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Recent hurricane & storm damage projects.
When a named storm hits SWFL, the first 72 hours are board-up, tarp, and water mitigation. The next 6 months are insurance documentation, mold prevention, and rebuild. We handle all of it — Ian-tested, IICRC certified, two SWFL offices for fast dispatch.
Hurricane work is a sequence: secure, mitigate, dry, document, remediate, rebuild. Skip a step and your insurance claim suffers or mold takes over. We run the full sequence and document every step the way adjusters want it.
Naples experienced significant surge from Hurricane Ian along the 5th Avenue South corridor and Old Naples beachfront. Pelican Bay and Park Shore saw less surge but extensive tree damage. The Naples market also has the highest concentration of out-of-state out-of-season homeowners — meaning storm damage often goes undiscovered until winter returns.
Our Naples crew works across the full city — from 5th Avenue South, Naples Pier, Naples Botanical Garden, Naples Zoo, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach — and we're familiar with how hurricane / storm damage scope changes between Old Naples and 5th Avenue South.
Naples disaster history: Hurricane Ian (2022), Hurricane Irma (2017 — eye crossing), Hurricane Wilma (2005). We were on the ground in this city for each event and know the local permitting + insurance landscape.
Naples took the eastern eyewall of Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022 — surge pushed up Gordon River into Aqualane Shores and Royal Harbor, flooded 5th Avenue South and Tin City to waist height, and broke windows in towers along Gulf Shore Boulevard. Irma's eye crossed Marco on September 10, 2017. Wilma came through in October 2005. Three Cat 3+ hits in twenty years has trained Naples homeowners that the first 72 hours decide whether the claim pays clean or gets watered down by ongoing damage.
A blown-out sliding door on the 12th floor of a Pelican Bay tower can't be tarped from a lift. We pre-stage shrink-wrap, 6-mil reinforced sheeting, and custom-cut plywood at the Naples office before any named storm enters the Gulf. When the wind drops below safe-work threshold, the dispatch order runs by structural-risk severity. High-rise work is coordinated with the building engineer and the association — freight elevator access, common-corridor protection, and pre-cut panels staged on the affected floor so the work zone never breaches finished common space. We document the pre-existing elevation with drone photography before the panels go up. Chubb, AIG Private Client, and PURE will all ask.
5th Avenue South and Tin City sit at an elevation that Gordon River surge reaches in any Cat 3+ landfall west of Marco. Older waterfront commercial and residential real estate in that corridor is still resolving Ian-era questions — historic plaster walls behind modern paint that wicked salt for months, Old Naples retail tenants discovering substrate damage three winters later. Surge brings salt, sewage, and substrate contamination — Category 3 by default under IICRC standards. We cut wall finishes to a documented inspection height (typically 24 inches above the high-water line, marked on every stud bay or block course), pull saturated insulation, and stand up dehumidification before mold pressure builds. Old Naples estates west of 3rd Street get the same protocol with finish-protection layered on.
After a federally declared disaster, a Naples homeowner may have a private HO-3 with Chubb or PURE, an NFIP flood policy on the structure, and a FEMA Individual Assistance application running simultaneously. Each one wants different documentation. We produce a single damage assessment package — geotagged photos, room-by-room moisture logs, depth-of-flood markers tied to FEMA Flood Zone designation (AE, VE, or X), and an Xactimate-compatible scope with premium-finish supplements — that satisfies all three. That same package supports re-opening an Ian-era file that closed before the latent finish damage surfaced.
The crew that ran Naples through Ian still runs Naples. We know which Aqualane and Royal Harbor lots took surge that the FEMA map didn't predict, which 5th Avenue South buildings still have unresolved scope, and which carriers will fight the supplemental claim 24 months later. When the next storm forms in the Gulf, dispatch from the Naples office is already rolling before the cone narrows.
First 48 hours: roof tarp, window board-up, debris removal, water mitigation start. Property secured against rain and intrusion.
Structural drying, moisture mapping, daily photo logs, equipment counts, content inventory. Everything an insurance adjuster needs.
Roof, drywall, paint, stucco, flooring, fixtures. Hurricane-code compliant rebuilds. Same crew that mitigated does the rebuild.
For Naples homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Naples homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Naples homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Naples homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
For Naples homeowners, the answer depends on the specific scope — call us at (239) 989-2430 for a same-day estimate. Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew handles this routinely; we can give you a clear quote after a 15-minute walkthrough.
Our Naples hurricane / storm damage crew dispatches across the full city — from Old Naples, 5th Avenue South, Port Royal, Aqualane Shores, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach, Park Shore, Pine Ridge, Royal Harbor, Coquina Sands, North Naples, Lely, East Naples, covering ZIP codes 34102, 34103, 34104, 34105, 34108, 34109, 34110, 34112, 34113, 34114, 34116, 34119, 34120. Storm damage scope varies street by street in Naples — our local crew knows which neighborhoods need which response first.
Naples insurance carriers we work with: Citizens Coastal, Chubb / AIG Private Client, Pure Insurance, HOA carriers for Pelican Bay / Park Shore. 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:
Recent storm history: Hurricane Ian (2022 — Cat 4 direct mainland hit), Hurricane Milton (2024), Hurricane Irma (2017 — eye crossing), Hurricane Wilma (2005)
Why 2026 matters: 2024 brought Helene + Milton in 5 weeks, dropping fresh damage onto homes still finishing Ian-era supplements. NOAA's 2026 outlook (released March 2026) keeps the Atlantic basin in above-normal territory. Hurricane Ian (2022 — Cat 4 direct hit Collier mainland), Hurricane Wilma (2005), Hurricane Irma (2017 eye-crossing), Hurricane Milton (2024); afternoon t-storm leaks; saltwater humidity drives mold in vacant seasonal homes
Pro GC's 2026 pre-storm protocol for Naples: pre-positioned equipment in Lee County staging 48 hours before forecasted landfall, crew rotation locked in for first 72 hours post-clearance, supplemental claim documentation for any remaining Ian + Milton + Helene scope that hasn't closed.
📞 Get on the priority list — (239) 989-2430Impact-rated glazing in Pelican Bay towers occasionally fails at the corner mullions during a direct hit, as several units saw during Ian. We mobilize a high-rise board-up crew with swing-stage rigging or rappel-certified technicians depending on building height and HOA rules. Plywood is cut to fit inside the existing aluminum frame to preserve the glazing pocket for the eventual replacement, and we secure with Tapcons into the structural sub-frame, never through the storefront face. COIs naming the association and the property manager go out before mobilization, and we coordinate elevator pads and crane permits with Collier County.
Ian pushed roughly 6 feet of surge into the 5th Avenue South corridor and Tin City, flooding ground-floor retail, restaurants, and parking. Our sequence is: secure the structure with temp board-up, document the high-water line photographically before pump-out, then de-water with trash pumps rated for debris-laden water. Anything porous below the surge line is removed as Category 3 under S500 — drywall to 24 inches above the high-water mark, kick plates, and any cabinetry built on toe-kick boxes. We coordinate with the Naples building department on substantial improvement determinations before any rebuild scope is finalized.
Waterfront homes in Port Royal and Aqualane Shores typically carry NFIP Preferred or Private Flood policies layered with high-value carrier excess flood through PURE, Chubb, or AIG. Documentation needs to distinguish wind-driven rain from storm surge — wind is the homeowner policy, surge is flood — and the FEMA Proof of Loss form must be filed within 60 days. We separate scope by cause-of-loss and provide signed photographic logs. For substantial improvement triggers under Collier County's 50% rule, we keep reconstruction documented so you don't accidentally trip into a full elevation requirement.
Post-Ian, the City of Naples and Collier County issued thousands of permits in a compressed window, and inspection scheduling was a real bottleneck for Old Naples reconstruction along 1st through 7th Avenue South. We work emergency repair permits first under the city's post-storm protocol, which lets us dry-in roofs, replace windows, and stabilize structures without waiting on full permitting. Substantial work follows a master permit with phased inspections. Our Naples office maintains direct working relationships with Collier County plan reviewers, which keeps turnaround predictable when normal queues stretch to weeks.
Seawall damage along Royal Harbor and Aqualane Shores canals — common after Ian and Irma — typically combines a failed cap, washed-out backfill, and undermined slabs near the pool deck. Temporary protection is two-stage: marine sheet piling or sandbag containment to stop further erosion on the wet side, then helical pier or compaction grouting on the dry side to stabilize the slab. We coordinate with marine contractors holding South Florida Water Management District and Collier County permits for any in-water work, and document baseline conditions with drone photogrammetry before stabilization begins.
Pro GC's 2026 protocol for Naples: pre-storm equipment staging in Lee County 48 hours before high-confidence landfall, dedicated crew rotation reserved for the first 72 hours post-clearance, and supplemental claim documentation for any Ian, Milton, or Helene scope still open. Existing Naples clients and active project sites get first-response notification.
Yes — Naples has active supplemental scope from all three named events. Carriers including Citizens Coastal Account, Tower Hill, Chubb Private Client, and AIG Private Client are still accepting Ian-era supplements where new damage emerged (re-discovered moisture, secondary mold, settling-related stucco cracks). Pro GC's documentation includes original Ian scope dates referenced for proper claim sequencing.
Document your home's current condition with date-stamped exterior photos (every elevation), interior room-by-room photos, and a written inventory of recent improvements. Confirm your wind/hail deductible percentage, your named-storm vs hurricane deductible language, and whether you carry NFIP flood coverage. Pro GC offers free 2026 pre-season home assessments for Naples clients — call (239) 989-2430.
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