Remodeling in St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg runs its own permitting — your remodel goes through the City of St. Petersburg, not Pinellas County. And if your home sits in one of the city's local historic districts — Historic Kenwood, the Historic Old Northeast, Old Southeast, or Historic Uptown, where the 1910s-to-1940s bungalows are — exterior changes and additions need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city's historic-preservation review before a permit can be issued. We design to those guidelines and carry the review through so your project doesn't stall.

The housing splits two ways. There are those historic bungalows — beautiful, but built with small footprints, single bathrooms, and tight lots — and the mid-century block-and-ranch homes that fill much of the rest of the city. Both have good bones and dated guts. We open up cramped kitchens, add the second bath, and replace the wiring and plumbing hiding behind the plaster.

Then there's the water. Low-lying neighborhoods near the bay and the Gulf — Shore Acres, Snell Isle, the islands, and the beach communities — sit in FEMA flood zones, where a large enough remodel can trigger flood-elevation rules (the so-called 50% rule). If your home is in one, we flag it before you fall in love with a plan.