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Recent general construction projects.
Licensed Florida general contractor for full remodels, additions, lanai builds, hurricane-code rebuilds, and post-restoration reconstruction. From a single bath remodel to a whole-home rebuild after a storm.
Florida general contractor work in 2026 is regulated tightly — hurricane code revisions, energy code updates, and HOA architectural review boards all need handling. We carry the licenses, write the permits, manage the inspections, and keep the homeowner informed daily.
Captiva general contracting work is dominated by post-Ian rebuilds and HOA-approved structural improvements. Captiva Island has unique permitting through Lee County combined with strict community aesthetic review. Sea-level building code applies.
Our Captiva crew works across the full city — from South Seas Island Resort, Captiva Beach, Andy Rosse Lane, Bowman's Beach (Sanibel side), Tween Waters Inn — and we're familiar with how general construction scope changes between Captiva Village and South Seas Plantation.
Captiva disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022 — catastrophic), Hurricane Charley (2004), Hurricane Irma (2017). Post-storm rebuild work in this city often requires code upgrades to current hurricane standards.
Captiva sits in an unincorporated Lee County overlay with strict FEMA flood-zone designations across nearly the entire island. Most parcels are V-zone (high-velocity wave action), with AE pockets along the protected Pine Island Sound side. Add the Captiva Community Panel architectural standards in the village core, the South Seas Plantation HOA review process for properties inside the resort boundary, and the post-Ian tightening of Lee County's substantial-improvement enforcement, and a general construction project here has more pre-build process than build process. Anyone bidding without all three approval paths mapped is going to miss a permit.
A Captiva home that took substantial damage in Ian and is being remodeled rather than rebuilt triggers the FEMA substantial-improvement test the moment the proposed scope exceeds 50% of the pre-damage market value. Cross that line and the entire structure must be brought into compliance with current V-zone code — typically meaning elevation to the current Base Flood Elevation plus freeboard, breakaway lower enclosure, and current ASCE 7 wind-load engineering. We model the 50% calculation on the Lee County Property Appraiser pre-storm value, with the actual scope priced line by line, before the homeowner commits to a remodel that's actually a rebuild in disguise. That conversation saves six figures of wasted design work.
V-zone construction on Captiva requires breakaway walls below the lowest horizontal structural member, pilings or columns sized for both gravity and lateral wave load, flood-resistant materials below BFE, and no obstruction in the under-house enclosure beyond the breakaway walls themselves. We work with structural engineers who run wave-load calculations specific to Captiva's open-coast exposure, not generic Gulf coast assumptions. The piling depth on a Wulfert Road parcel and a beachfront Andy Rosse Lane parcel are different by 4-6 feet because the substrate transitions from mangrove peat to beach sand within a few hundred yards. A generic pile schedule pulled from a mainland set fails here.
Lee County issues the building permit, but Captiva Erosion Prevention District, the South Seas Plantation ARB (for in-resort properties), and the Captiva Community Panel for village-area projects all review architectural and aesthetic compliance. We submit all three packages in parallel with the Lee County permit application, not sequentially, to compress the approval calendar from 5-6 months to roughly 10 weeks. Material logistics add their own complexity: every truck crosses the Sanibel Causeway through a tolled chokepoint with weight and time restrictions during tourist season. We schedule deliveries on causeway off-peak hours and consolidate concrete pours into single mornings.
A Captiva construction project that ends on budget started with a 50% rule calculation, three parallel approval packages, and a build schedule structured around the causeway. We carry the Florida CGC license, the V-zone engineering relationships, and the local approval-board familiarity that make that schedule actually hit. That is how a Captiva rebuild closes — permitted, inspected, and CO'd — rather than stalling in a third-round revision.
Scope walkthrough, design review, permit application, HOA submission if needed. Clear timeline + budget before demo starts.
In-house project manager on every job. Daily progress updates. Inspections scheduled and met. Subs we vouch for, not random GC's pickups.
Punch-list walkthrough with you. All inspections passed. Written workmanship warranty on every finished job.
For Captiva homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Captiva general construction crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Captiva homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Captiva general construction crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Captiva homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Captiva general construction crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Captiva homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Captiva general construction crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Captiva homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 920-7972 for a same-day estimate. Our Captiva general construction crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Captiva general construction crew dispatches across the full city — from Captiva Village, South Seas Plantation, Sunset Captiva, Twin Palms, Captiva Beach, Plantation Estates, covering ZIP codes 33924. Permit and HOA review requirements vary widely across Captiva's neighborhoods — we navigate both.
Captiva insurance carriers we work with: Citizens Coastal Account, high-value home carriers, NFIP. We bill direct on most claims and document to adjuster standards from the first call.
Same crew, same standards — we cover the surrounding cities too:
Substantial-damage elevation on Captiva is a 9-18 month project depending on structure type. For a CMU home, the slab is typically abandoned and a new elevated structure (pilings or stem-wall) is built to current V-zone or A-zone criteria — BFE plus Lee County freeboard. For wood-frame, structural lifting on cribbing is feasible and we coordinate with a specialized lifting subcontractor. The permit set requires a Florida PE-stamped foundation design, V-zone certification if applicable, an elevation certificate at completion, and signoff from the Lee County floodplain administrator. NFIP Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) coverage may fund up to $30,000 of the elevation.
Yes. Several Captiva Drive and South Seas Plantation lots remain vacant or partially rebuilt three years after Ian, often because owners were navigating insurance recovery, V-zone redesign, and the Lee County permit backlog simultaneously. A new-build on Captiva involves V-zone foundation engineering, hurricane-rated envelope (impact glazing per ASTM E1996, FBC 2023 wind zone, typically 170+ mph), elevated mechanical placement, and a stormwater plan that respects the limited site coverage on barrier-island parcels. Expect 14-24 months from permit submittal to CO, with material logistics across the Sanibel-Captiva Causeway being the most common schedule risk.
Lee County administers Captiva permits but applies the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) overlay enforced by FDEP for any work seaward of the CCCL, which on Captiva captures most Gulf-facing parcels. That adds a separate FDEP permit on top of the county permit, with dune-vegetation, lighting (sea turtle compliance), and structural-setback requirements. Inspections require coordination because not all county inspectors travel to Captiva daily, and Captiva-specific overlay districts may impose architectural review on visible exterior elements. We submit with both jurisdictions in parallel to avoid sequential delays.
Sequence matters more on Captiva than on the mainland because the conditioned-shell milestone determines when finishes can safely go in. We hold cabinetry, solid-wood flooring, and millwork until the building has been dehumidified to 45-55% interior RH for at least two weeks — typically after permanent HVAC startup and operating window/door seals. Drywall installation can proceed earlier with portable dehumidification but framing moisture must read below 19% before close-up. Stainless or hot-dip galvanized fasteners are standard everywhere — electrogalvanized fails within a year of Captiva exposure even inside wall cavities.
Plan a 15-20% contingency on a Captiva project versus 8-12% on a mainland Lee County job, and front-load it because the discoveries that drive change orders tend to surface early. The cost drivers specific to Captiva are causeway-restricted material logistics (lumber, ready-mix concrete, and crane services are billed with island premiums), specialty wind-zone glazing lead times of 12-20 weeks, parallel CCCL and county permitting, and the prevalence of concealed Ian-era damage in any structure not fully gutted. We give clients a written risk register at contract identifying which of these line items are likely triggers.
Free estimate. No pressure. Insurance billing handled. Call our Cape Coral line and we'll have a project manager in Captiva fast.
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