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.
256 NW 8th Ave
Aerial from 2026, before work began. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Aug 13, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- Not recorded
- Lot size
- 5,441 sf 0.12 acres
- Declared permit value
- $353K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- ~1,650 sf under air from the permit’s plans
- Plan
- 1 story
- Flood zone
- X
- Waterfront
- No
- Ownership
- Private owner likely a custom home
Against the market
Delray Beach · since 20213.5 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
Construction log
2 city records- Roof: truss drawings filedFloor/Roof Truss System Plans/Shop Drawings · Passed
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · In review
Permit BLDR-018022-2026 on Delray Beach eServices: “New Construction for a one story residential home … Project - … - Requires a … prior to CO.”
More new homes nearby
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