What a serious Sarasota remodel actually costs

People ask for a number before they have a scope. That is how you get a number that cannot be built. Two kitchens of the same size on Siesta and in Lakewood Ranch are not the same job. Openings, millwork, appliances, and what is inside the walls decide more than square footage.

On this coast you also pay for climate. Hardware, stone, wood, and HVAC that survive salt and humidity cost more than inland packages. If a bid looks like a catalog from another state, it probably is.

We do not publish a fake average. In a Project Review we will tell you whether your range and your scope are in the same universe. Then we write allowances for the finishes you have not chosen, and a method for the things we cannot know until walls open.

The cheapest remodel is the one whose number does not surprise you in month seven. That requires paper, not optimism.