Sanibel Restoration
& General Contractor

On Sanibel we deliver water damage extraction and structural drying, mold remediation, third-party mold testing, fire and smoke restoration, hurricane and storm response, exterior painting calibrated for V-zone salt exposure, stucco and lath repair, and full general construction including rebuild-to-code projects under current FEMA V-zone requirements. Sanibel's barrier-island building stock — older cottages near the Sanibel Lighthouse, Periwinkle Place commercial corridor, single-family homes adjacent to J.N. Ding Darling NWR, and Bowman's Beach area properties — means every scope accounts for chronic salt, wind-driven rain, V-zone elevation, and the logistics of working across the Sanibel-Captiva Causeway.

Sanibel sits across the Sanibel-Captiva Causeway, so realistic dispatch from our Cape Coral office at 918 SE 27th Terrace is 45–60 minutes when the causeway is open and traffic is moving. We pre-stage drying equipment on Sanibel during named-storm threats so first response isn't gated on causeway access. For active losses near the Sanibel Lighthouse, off Periwinkle, around Bowman's Beach, or near J.N. Ding Darling NWR, call (239) 920-7972 and we'll quote a realistic ETA at intake. Post-hurricane, we coordinate with Lee County re-entry passes for licensed contractors so we can get to clients before general access reopens.

All of Sanibel — east-end neighborhoods near the Sanibel Lighthouse, the Periwinkle Place corridor, mid-island residential blocks, the Gulf-front strip from Tarpon Bay Road west, west-end neighborhoods near Bowman's Beach, and properties adjacent to J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Most of Sanibel reads FEMA V-zone or coastal AE, which changes both the restoration approach and the rebuild substantiation required. SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation) coastal-conservation considerations also matter on certain west-end parcels — we coordinate with the city's vegetation and conservation requirements when scope touches site work.

Sanibel's barrier-island risk profile pushes most homeowners into Citizens Property Insurance for wind and NFIP for flood, with a meaningful premium slice carried by Chubb, AIG Private Client, PURE, and Cincinnati on Gulf-front estates. Almost every Sanibel parcel sits in FEMA V-zone or coastal AE, so wind and flood scopes are written separately with photo-documented elevation data, breakaway-wall details where applicable, and chloride testing on any framing exposed to surge. We document to the standard premium carriers expect — itemized Xactimate, daily moisture logs, IICRC protocol citations, and IEP clearance for mold remediation.

Sanibel was inside Ian's catastrophic V-zone eyewall — the causeway was severed, much of the island lost first-floor structures or worse, and recovery has run for years. We've been on Sanibel from causeway-reopen forward and continue to work long-tail Ian files: supplementals, reopened claims, second-phase rebuilds, and rebuild-to-code projects that have to meet current V-zone elevation, breakaway-wall, and wind-load requirements. Our Sanibel approach pairs chloride testing and salt neutralization on retained framing with full Xactimate documentation and FEMA Substantial Damage analysis where the 50% rule is in play. We coordinate with island engineers and surveyors already on file.

V-zone construction experience, willingness to work across the causeway, and self-performed reconstruction under one Florida GC license. A lot of mainland restoration vendors decline Sanibel calls because the logistics are brutal — staging, permits, causeway closures during storms, SCCF and city coordination on west-end parcels. We've worked Sanibel from the Lighthouse to Bowman's Beach since before Ian, we understand FEMA V-zone substantiation and the 50% Substantial Damage rule, and we don't subcontract reconstruction to a third party the homeowner has never met. Family-owned, IICRC certified, and on Sanibel as a primary service area.