Home Builder & Renovator in Hillsborough County
Design-build construction across all of Hillsborough County — City of Tampa, Lutz, Citrus Park, Town 'n' Country, Temple Terrace, Brandon, and every unincorporated submarket. One firm. County-wide coverage.
Get an EstimateOne contractor. All of Hillsborough.
Hillsborough County is Tampa Bay's largest residential market — covering everything from South Tampa's waterfront luxury to Lutz's wooded acreage, from Citrus Park's master-planned communities to Plant City's historic homes. The county spans 1,000+ square miles and contains the City of Tampa, the City of Temple Terrace, the City of Plant City, and vast tracts of unincorporated suburbs where most of Hillsborough's homes actually sit.
Taurus Builders is the design-build firm that works across this entire county. We handle City of Tampa permitting for properties inside the city limits, Hillsborough County Building Services permitting for everything in unincorporated areas, and municipal permitting for the smaller cities like Temple Terrace and Plant City. Each system has its own quirks — plan review cycles, fee structures, inspector pools — and operating fluently across all of them is what county-wide service actually means.
Whether you're in a waterfront Hyde Park bungalow, a 1980s Carrollwood ranch on a 1-acre lot, a FishHawk Ranch master-planned home, or a Temple Terrace mid-century — the model is the same: design-build, fixed-price before construction, single accountable PM.
Two counties. Three permit paths. One contract.
Most Hillsborough projects involve at least one operational handoff — city vs. county permitting, HOA architectural review, FEMA elevation checks, sometimes municipal review for Temple Terrace or Plant City. The local builder who's done a dozen of these knows where each path stalls and which submittals come back with corrections.
That's the operational advantage of a Hillsborough-local contractor: we've already worked your permit path. The permit isn't a research project — it's a known sequence we file, track, and close.
Six service lines. County-wide.
Every Hillsborough County project — Tampa, Lutz, Citrus Park, Temple Terrace, Plant City — runs with the same design-build accountability.
Custom Home Builder
New custom homes across Hillsborough — urban infill, suburban acreage, master-planned communities.
Learn MoreKitchen Remodeling
Kitchen renovations across Hillsborough — bungalows, ranches, tract homes, custom estates.
Learn MoreBathroom Remodeling
Master bath renovations with waterproofing built for Florida humidity, anywhere in Hillsborough.
Learn MoreHome Additions
Master suites, ADUs, second-story builds, and sunrooms across all Hillsborough submarkets.
Learn MoreWhole Home Renovation
Gut renovations of older Hillsborough homes — 1920s bungalows, 1960s ranches, 1980s tract homes.
Learn MoreCommercial Construction
Office, retail, restaurant, medical fitouts across Tampa's Westshore, downtown, and county corridors.
Learn More
Three permit systems. One firm that works all three.
Inside City of Tampa limits, you permit through the City of Tampa's Construction Services Center — own plan-review office, own inspectors, own fee schedule. In unincorporated Hillsborough (which is most of the county geographically), you permit through Hillsborough County Building Services — different review cycles, different inspector pool, different submittal portal. Temple Terrace and Plant City each have their own municipal permitting offices.
For most homeowners this is invisible until you hire a contractor who doesn't know which AHJ owns your address. Permit delays at the wrong office cost weeks. Taurus has worked all three city paths and the county system many times over. We know which inspector covers Lutz on Wednesdays, which Hillsborough County reviewer is conservative on egress, and which Temple Terrace plan reviewer hates incomplete site plans.
Hillsborough County submarkets we serve:
- City of Tampa
- Temple Terrace
- Plant City
- Lutz
- Citrus Park
- Northdale
- Town 'n' Country
- Greater Carrollwood
- Egypt Lake-Leto
- Thonotosassa
- Brandon
- Riverview
- Apollo Beach
- Ruskin
- Sun City Center
- Bloomingdale
Building in Hillsborough County.
What areas in Hillsborough County do you build in?
What's the difference between Hillsborough County and City of Tampa permitting?
Do you handle properties in unincorporated Hillsborough?
Can you build on larger lots out in Lutz, Citrus Park, or Thonotosassa?
What about HOA architectural review?
Do you handle FEMA flood-zone work in Hillsborough?
How do I get started?
Let's build the right one in Hillsborough.
Tell us about your project — the address, the scope, what you have in mind. Whether you're in Tampa, Lutz, Temple Terrace, or anywhere else in Hillsborough, we respond within one business day.
Get an Estimate