Service Areas

We work throughout Sarasota and the towns around it. On the barrier islands, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and Anna Maria, homes sit in constant salt spray and close to open Gulf water, so we lean toward stainless or coated hardware and higher design pressures. Helene's surge hit this shoreline hard: a USGS sensor on Longboat Key measured a storm tide of 6.68 feet above high water, and Anna Maria Island was heavily damaged. Farther south, a tower at Venice Beach recorded Milton's strongest reported sustained wind in Florida, and the surge from Venice south past Englewood reached 6 to 9 feet above ground, so homes in Osprey, Nokomis, Venice and Englewood see some of the hardest exposure on this coast. Inland, Lakewood Ranch and North Port have many newer homes where association rules may shape the look of shutters and frames, and North Port runs its own building department with its own permit checklist. Bradenton and Anna Maria fall in Manatee County, Longboat Key straddles both counties but runs its own building division, and several cities issue their own permits, so the permit office changes with the address. Each town page covers what is different there.