Miami-Dade County
Mold Removal in Hialeah, With the House's Flood History in View
Before you buy, rent or repair in Hialeah, an assessment can tell you whether a stain is today's leak or something the last flood left behind. The county's mitigation plan counts 220 residential repetitive loss properties in Hialeah, more than any other city in its table, so the history of the house belongs in the brief you give the assessor.
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Hialeah's repeat flood losses and lived-in housing, sourced
The Local Mitigation Strategy counts 220 residential repetitive loss properties in Hialeah in 2024, more than any other municipality in its table (unincorporated Miami-Dade has 652). Of 66,725 buildings mapped in Hialeah, 21,569 are in flood zone AH and 4,478 in zone AE, about 39 percent in a special flood hazard area.
Source: Miami-Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy, Part 5: NFIP and CRS (September 2025), Tables 8 and 12, accessed 2026-09-23
Hialeah has 79,130 housing units in the ACS 2020 to 2024 estimates, and only 2.6 percent are vacant. 59.6 percent were built before 1980, 38.0 percent are single-family detached and 27.3 percent are in buildings of 20 or more units; 53.4 percent of occupied units are renter occupied.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, table DP04 Selected Housing Characteristics, Hialeah city, Florida, accessed 2026-09-23
Section 468.8419(1)(e) bars an assessor from inspecting for a fee 'any property in which the assessor or the assessor's company has any financial or transfer interest', and (1)(h) bars accepting an engagement 'in which the assessment itself, or the fee payable for the assessment, is contingent upon the conclusions of the assessment.' Section 468.8419(2)(e) bars a remediator from remediating for a fee a property in which it has a financial or transfer interest.
Source: The Florida Senate, 2025 Florida Statutes, Chapter 468 Part XVI, section 468.8419(1)(e), (1)(h) and (2)(e), accessed 2026-09-23
The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser's folio chart gives each municipality a two-digit code as the first two digits of the folio: 01 Miami, 02 Miami Beach, 03 Coral Gables, 04 Hialeah, 06 North Miami, 08 Opa-locka, 10 Homestead, 24 Key Biscayne, 25 Sweetwater, 28 Aventura, 32 Miami Lakes, 33 Palmetto Bay, 34 Miami Gardens, 35 Doral and 36 Cutler Bay. 'Code 30 indicates properties in Miami-Dade County not within the municipality, otherwise referred to as unincorporated.' Kendall does not appear on the list.
Source: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser, Folio Numbers, accessed 2026-09-23
Buying in Hialeah, or living there now?
A buyer needs the history of the house and an owner needs the source of the water. Tell us which you are and what you can see.
Buying or renting in Hialeah: ask what the last flood did
Hialeah permits are issued by the City of Hialeah for folios beginning 04. The housing is almost fully occupied, with only 2.6 percent of units vacant, and six in ten homes were built before 1980, so mold here is usually found by the people living with it, around bathrooms, water heaters and the air handler's drain. The flood record is what sets Hialeah apart. About 39 percent of its mapped buildings are in a special flood hazard area, most of them in zone AH, and 220 homes are on the county's repetitive loss list. If you are buying, ask whether the property has taken flood water before and tell the assessor, because damage from an earlier event can sit behind finishes that look new. Florida bars an assessor from inspecting for a fee a property in which it has a financial or transfer interest, so hire your own rather than one the seller chose.
What we arrange for Hialeah owners and buyers
Mold Assessment and Water Source Report
You found a dark edge in the AC closet, a ring on the ceiling under the unit above, or a smell waiting at the door after the summer, and you want to know what it is, whose water fed it and how big the job is, from a licensed assessor who will not be the one removing it.
Mold Assessment in Hialeah →Water Damage Drying and Dry Out
Water came through the ceiling from the unit above, the AC drain backed up into the closet, or the power was off for days, and you want the place measured and dried before a leak turns into a mold job.
Water Damage Drying in Hialeah →Put the Hialeah address and the stain in one message
Someone reads it and replies with the questions that decide the job, including whether the property has flooded before. Sending it commits you to nothing.