Rising

Rising: permitted and not yet finished, with a live permit (the city extends it at each passed inspection) or city records in the past 90 days

Custom

Custom: owned by a person, so most likely built for the owner.

238 SW 14th Ave

Aerial of 238 SW 14th Ave, 20262026 · Palm Beach County · Palm Beach Co.

Aerial from 2026. The lot looked much the same in January 2025. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.

Where it stands

Last city record Jul 30, 2026
Estimated completionMay–Sep 2027From the permit date, with the middle half of build times for homes off the water. An estimate, not the builder’s commitment.

The numbers

From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll
Lot purchase
$78K Dec 2014
Lot size
8,046 sf 0.18 acres
Declared permit value
$135K as declared; real cost runs well higher
Home size
~1,662 sf under air from the permit’s plans
Plan
Not in the permit
Flood zone
X
Waterfront
No
Ownership
Private owner likely a custom home

Against the market

Delray Beach · since 2021
Build time, months from permit
0 mo30 mo60 mo

13.3 months since the permit. A typical home off the water in Delray Beach takes 19; the middle half take 13.6–23.3.

  • This home
  • Middle half, Delray Beach off the water

    352 homes off the water in Delray Beach permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.

  • Median
How we calculate this

Construction log

3 city records
  1. Foundation: termite pre-treatment certifiedTermite Treatment Report · Re-inspection required
  2. New-home permit issuedNew-Home Permit Issued · Issued
  3. New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued

Permit BLDR-005234-2025 on Delray Beach eServices: “New Construction of a … ** … PLAN REVIEW & INSPECTIONS ** … AT WINDOW/DOOR”

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