Every phase of your Hernando County build, under one license.

Hernando County permitting, plainly.

Hernando has two permitting authorities and a groundwater problem that shapes what you are allowed to build. Neither is obvious from a listing photo.

Two authorities

Unincorporated Hernando — which is most of Spring Hill — permits through the Hernando County Building Division. Addresses inside Brooksville city limits permit through the city. Spring Hill is not a municipality, which surprises people, and it means the county is your authority for the majority of residential work here.

Springs protection

Hernando sits over the aquifer that feeds Weeki Wachee, and parcels inside the spring protection overlay carry additional constraints on impervious surface, stormwater handling and septic. A driveway or pad expansion that would be routine elsewhere can require stormwater review here.

Karst and sinkholes

Hernando is in the same limestone belt as Pasco. On additions to older Spring Hill housing stock, existing foundation condition and soil bearing are the first things worth checking, because a tie-in to a compromised slab is a much larger problem discovered late.

Older housing stock

A large share of Spring Hill homes predate current code. Once a remodel crosses a threshold of the structure's value, or touches structural or electrical systems, current-code compliance can be triggered on work you did not plan to touch. Scope that in at the start.

Well and septic

Much of Hernando is on well and septic. Adding bedrooms can require septic capacity review through the health department, which runs alongside the building permit rather than after it.