{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Mahi Mahi Construction LLC","home_page_url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com","description":"Mahi Mahi Construction LLC","author":{"name":"Mahi Mahi Construction LLC"},"items":[{"id":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/lanai-conversions-in-florida-costs-permits-and-what-can-go-wro","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/46b223ab-8b66-4987-86f7-cb24a2e3dcc3/IMG_9742.jpg\"/><p>A lanai conversion looks like the cheapest square footage you'll ever add. The roof's already there, the slab's already there, and all anyone needs to do is fill in the openings and run some AC. Sometimes that's close to...</p>","url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/lanai-conversions-in-florida-costs-permits-and-what-can-go-wro","title":"Lanai Conversions in Florida: Costs, Permits, and What Can Go Wro","summary":"A lanai conversion looks like the cheapest square footage you'll ever add. The roof's already there, the slab's already there, and all anyone needs to do is fill in the openings and run some AC. Sometimes that's close to...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T12:02:19Z"},{"id":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/rough-in-101-what-happens-behind-your-walls-before-drywall","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/46b223ab-8b66-4987-86f7-cb24a2e3dcc3/DSC05914.jpeg\"/><p>Nobody photographs rough-in for the design boards. It's pipes, wires, and holes in framing, and it's over before most clients ever walk the site. It's also the stage that decides more about how your house actually lives ...</p>","url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/rough-in-101-what-happens-behind-your-walls-before-drywall","title":"Rough-In 101: What Happens Behind Your Walls Before Drywall","summary":"Nobody photographs rough-in for the design boards. It's pipes, wires, and holes in framing, and it's over before most clients ever walk the site. It's also the stage that decides more about how your house actually lives ...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T12:02:15Z"},{"id":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/buying-your-own-materials-what-it-really-costs-you","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/46b223ab-8b66-4987-86f7-cb24a2e3dcc3/DSC05838.jpeg\"/><p>&quot;We'd like to buy our own materials.&quot; We hear this on probably a third of our projects, and we understand exactly where it comes from. You've seen the retail price of the tile. You know the builder marks it up. Cut out t...</p>","url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/buying-your-own-materials-what-it-really-costs-you","title":"Buying Your Own Materials: What It Really Costs You","summary":"\"We'd like to buy our own materials.\" We hear this on probably a third of our projects, and we understand exactly where it comes from. You've seen the retail price of the tile. You know the builder marks it up. Cut out t...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T12:02:11Z"},{"id":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/who-actually-approves-your-build-north-port-vs-sarasota-county","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/46b223ab-8b66-4987-86f7-cb24a2e3dcc3/80693748731__E1B34093-B9B8-44FE-8DA0-DF1A9DA45.jpg\"/><p>A homeowner in North Port calls about a project and mentions they've been trying to figure out Sarasota County's permit requirements. Reasonable, since North Port is in Sarasota County. Also wrong, and the mix-up costs p...</p>","url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/who-actually-approves-your-build-north-port-vs-sarasota-county","title":"Who Actually Approves Your Build: North Port vs. Sarasota County ","summary":"A homeowner in North Port calls about a project and mentions they've been trying to figure out Sarasota County's permit requirements. Reasonable, since North Port is in Sarasota County. Also wrong, and the mix-up costs p...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T12:01:56Z"},{"id":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/what-a-500000-custom-home-actually-gets-you-in-north-port","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/46b223ab-8b66-4987-86f7-cb24a2e3dcc3/80693742984__661EDA96-408F-4E18-8729-568C81F1F.jpg\"/><p>We take on one to three custom homes a year, and we set our minimum at $500,000. That's not us being precious about it. Below that number, the custom process stops making sense for the client, and you should understand w...</p>","url":"https://mahimahiconstruction.com/builders-notes/f/what-a-500000-custom-home-actually-gets-you-in-north-port","title":"What a $500,000 Custom Home Actually Gets You in North Port","summary":"We take on one to three custom homes a year, and we set our minimum at $500,000. That's not us being precious about it. Below that number, the custom process stops making sense for the client, and you should understand w...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T12:01:41Z"}]}