Coconut Grove · Land & New Construction
$7,525,000
30 Samana Drive
Represented the buyer on the land acquisition, then on the completed new-construction residence.
Luxury New Construction · Coconut Grove, Miami
Buying a house that isn't finished yet.
Many of our buyers are moving to Miami from somewhere else, on a compressed timeline, and deciding on a residence that is still under construction — sometimes from two time zones away. We represent them. One of us reads the build, the other reads the contract, and neither of us works for the builder.
What out-of-town buyers don't know to ask.
If you are coming from New York, Chicago, or the Northeast, you are likely evaluating Miami on a few short trips — and new construction on a set of drawings. The questions that decide whether a Grove house is a good buy are not the ones that mattered where you came from.
Where the lot actually sits
Elevation and flood zone vary block to block in the Grove, and two houses on the same street can carry very different insurance and long-term risk. It is the first thing we check and the last thing most buyers think to ask.
What "new construction" is really covering
A house built to current Florida code — impact glazing, current roof and structural standards, new systems — behaves differently in a storm and in an insurance review than a 1940s Grove cottage with a renovation on top. Not every "new" listing is built the same way, and the difference is visible on site.
Which Grove you are buying
North Grove, South Grove, the village, and the waterfront streets behave like separate markets on price, canopy, lot size, and walkability. Minutes from Brickell, but the block matters more than the neighborhood name.
Whether it can be bought remotely
It can. We walk sites on video, send unedited footage rather than marketing reels, and are on these projects through construction — so you are not relying on a listing agent's description of a house you have stood in once.
Two sides of the same house.
Victor Billskoog has worked both ends of a new-construction project — finding the land, and selling the finished house. He grew up inside Miami's luxury residential trade, designing, fabricating, and installing high-end kitchens, closets, and custom interiors through his family's business, Scandinavian Design House, so he reads a set of plans the way most people read a floor plan: he knows what a detail costs, how long it takes, and whether it will actually be built the way it was drawn.
Tayreen Nelson spent more than two decades in law before real estate — probate, title, and transactional work — and is a founding member of Law Grads of Compass. She handles the part of new construction that goes wrong quietly: the contract, the deposit structure, the completion and punch-list language, the survey and title issues that surface late.
Together, inside the Riley Smith Group at Compass, that means a buyer gets someone who can walk a job site and someone who can read the builder's contract — and a developer gets a team that can position a project without waiting to be told what it is.
Victor Billskoog
Land Acquisition & New Construction
Victor's path into real estate ran through the trade itself. Working alongside his father and sister at Scandinavian Design House, he spent years in the design, construction, and installation of high-end kitchens, closets, and custom interiors across Miami's luxury homes — building a foundation in both craftsmanship and client relationships.
Before that, he spent more than three years caddying on the PGA Tour for Erik Compton, working over 95 events and five major championships, including the 2015 Masters and a second-place finish at the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. He graduated from Barry University with a degree in Sports Management and a minor in Business Marketing, where he was part of two national championship golf teams under coach Jimmy Stobs.
His experience runs the full length of a project. He has represented buyers on the land acquisition and then carried the same site through to the sale of the completed residence — on record twice in Coconut Grove, at 30 Samana Drive and at 1701 Micanopy Avenue. Knowing what a lot will carry before anyone breaks ground is a different skill from listing the house once it stands, and it is uncommon to find both in one agent.
Born and raised in Miami, he brings the work ethic of a tour caddie and the eye of someone who has installed the millwork himself.
- Land acquisition through sale of the completed residence
- High-end kitchens, closets & custom interiors — Scandinavian Design House
- Design, construction & installation across Miami luxury residential
- PGA Tour caddie — 95+ events, five majors
- Barry University · Sports Management, Business Marketing minor
- Born and raised in Miami, Florida
Tayreen Nelson
Contract & Transaction
Tayreen is a Florida residential real estate advisor with the Riley Smith Group at Compass and a former practicing attorney, bringing more than two decades of legal training to residential transactions across Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Pinecrest, and South Miami.
A graduate of Florida State University and St. Thomas University School of Law, her background in probate, title insurance, and real estate transactional law shapes how she reads a builder's contract — anticipating issues early, protecting client leverage, and coordinating with lenders, title professionals, inspectors, and legal counsel when a deal requires it. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and a founding member of Law Grads of Compass.
She is also a former professional athlete. As a defensive back for the Florida Stingrays, she played in the 2003 Women's Professional Football League national championship game, finishing second in the nation — and before that played on Florida State University's nationally ranked Women's Rugby Team from 1995 to 2000. Reading a play before it develops is a useful habit to carry into a contract.
A Miami native, she represents buyers and sellers across the Grove and the Gables with an emphasis on preparation over enthusiasm.
- Former practicing attorney — probate, title, transactional
- Florida State University · St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D.
- Founding member, Law Grads of Compass
- Bilingual — English & Spanish
- Defensive back, Florida Stingrays — 2003 WPFL national runner-up
- Florida State University Women's Rugby — nationally ranked · 1995–2000
- Miami native · Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Pinecrest, South Miami
A new build has a cast. Someone has to run it.
A resale involves maybe four professionals. A new-construction purchase can involve a dozen — and most of them have no reason to talk to each other unless someone makes them. Surveys arrive late. The lender's appraiser cannot value a house that is not finished. Insurance needs an elevation certificate nobody has ordered. A lien waiver goes missing and the closing moves a week.
That coordination is the job. Because of where we each come from, we can actually hold both conversations: Victor can talk to the contractor, the architect, and the superintendent in their own terms. Tayreen can work with the surveyor, the title company, and your closing attorney in theirs. Nothing gets lost being relayed between two people who do not speak the same language.
Surveyor
Boundary and elevation certificate, setbacks, encroachments — ordered early, not the week of closing.
Architect & designer
Plan changes and finish selections, and what each one does to the schedule and the budget.
Contractor & trades
Schedule, change orders, punch list, and what is genuinely reasonable to ask for mid-build.
Municipality
Permitting and inspections through to the certificate of occupancy — the milestone your closing depends on.
Lender & appraiser
Draw schedules and appraising a residence that does not exist yet, which is its own problem.
Title & closing attorney
Notice of commencement, lien waivers, and clear title on a property that has had a dozen contractors on it.
Insurance
Wind mitigation, elevation certificate, and a bound policy before the closing table — not after.
Inspector
An independent set of eyes at the stages that matter, not only at the end when everything is closed up.
Your professionals stay yours. We coordinate with your own attorney, accountant, and advisors — we do not replace them, and we do not provide legal or tax advice. The point is that the people you have already chosen get what they need, on time, from someone who understands what they are asking for.
Between us, every stage is covered.
A new-construction deal moves through four stages, and each one fails in a different way. A lot that will not carry what you want to build. A finish schedule that quietly costs six figures. A contract with no real completion language. A finished house priced off the wrong comparables. Most buyers and developers assemble a different specialist for each — and lose something at every handoff.
We cover all four between the two of us: one from the build side, one from the contract side. Land, purchase, and sale — the same two people the whole way through.
Land
VictorSourcing the site and underwriting what it will actually carry — zoning, setbacks, and the realistic resale ceiling, before anyone commits.
TayreenTitle, survey, easements, and lot history — the quiet issues that surface late and stall a closing.
Design & Build
VictorReading plans and finish schedules from the inside: what a detail costs, how long it takes, and whether it will be built the way it was drawn.
TayreenHow allowances, change orders, and substitutions are treated on paper — so a mid-build decision does not become a dispute.
Purchase
VictorNegotiating from the construction side — what is actually reasonable to ask a builder for, and what is not.
TayreenDeposit structure, completion and punch-list language, warranty, and contingencies. Two decades of legal training pointed at the contract.
Closing
VictorWalking the punch list before you sign off — and knowing which items a builder will genuinely come back for, and which never get done once you have closed.
TayreenGetting it to the table — coordinating lender, title, survey, insurance, and your counsel when the transaction gets complicated.
On record in Coconut Grove. 30 Samana Drive — represented the buyer at land acquisition, then again on the completed new-construction residence at $7,525,000. 1701 Micanopy Avenue — site acquired at $2,975,000, now on the market at $8,900,000 as finished new construction. Two projects carried from raw land to the closing table.
Two ways buyers use us.
01
Buyers of new construction
You are buying a set of drawings and a promise. We walk the site with you at each stage, translate the finish schedule into what you will actually live with, and negotiate the terms that matter in a build contract — deposit structure, completion language, allowance and change-order treatment, warranty, and what happens if the date slips.
02
Owners building custom
For clients building on their own lot, we advise on lot acquisition and what the zoning will actually allow, connect them with architects and builders we know deliver, and keep an eye on resale consequences while the decisions are still reversible — on paper rather than in concrete.
What we are working on now.
Coming Soon
The Wave House
66 Samana Drive · Coconut Grove
5 BD · 7 BA · 4,747 SF · 0.22 Acres
Ground-up new construction entering its final stages — a folded, cantilevered roofline over full-height glass, a floating stair against full-height stone, and a wood soffit carrying through to the pool deck. A private First Look is being scheduled ahead of the open market.
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Currently Listed
1701 Micanopy Avenue
Coconut Grove
6 BD · 7 BA · 0.29 Acres · $8,900,000
Completed new construction on a lot we represented at acquisition — the full arc of a project, from buying the land to bringing the finished residence to market. Built in 2026 by the same team behind The Wave House: Urbane Capital with Billskog Construction. Italian Pedini millwork, Sub-Zero appliances, heated saline pool and summer kitchen.
Coming Soon
2050 Secoffee Street
Coconut Grove
Anticipated completion · Winter 2026
A second Coconut Grove new-construction residence in progress, roughly three months from completion. Details and a first look to follow.
Selected new construction closings.
New-construction transactions in Coconut Grove represented by Victor Billskoog with the Riley Smith Group at Compass — several from raw land through to the finished residence.
Coconut Grove · New Construction
$4,215,000
2245 Secoffee Terrace
Ground-up new-construction build.
Coconut Grove · New Construction
$3,100,000
2255 Secoffee Terrace
Ground-up new-construction build.
Coconut Grove · Land Acquisition
$2,975,000
1701 Micanopy Avenue
The lot behind the new-construction residence now on the market at $8.9M.
Building, not buying?
For developers & builders
Site sourcing, underwriting what a lot will carry, and taking a finished project to market — including two Coconut Grove projects carried from raw land to the closing table.
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Whether you are relocating and starting from scratch, circling a specific project, or planning a build on your own lot — tell us the situation and we will tell you what we would do next. No drip campaign, no automated listing alerts.
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Billskoog & Nelson is a partnership of licensed real estate sales associates within the Riley Smith Group at Compass; it is not a separate brokerage, construction company, or development entity. Scandinavian Design House, Billskog Construction, and any architects, contractors, or developers referenced are independent businesses; references to them describe professional background and project teams only and do not imply a joint venture, common ownership, or responsibility for one another's work. Project descriptions, renderings, and anticipated completion dates are subject to change and are not guaranteed.