Drywall Repair, Hang & Finish in Clearwater, FL

No, not for interior or common-area painting. Florida Statutes section 489.117(4)(a)1 says a local government may not require a state or local licence for painting, and may not require one to pull a permit for it. The one carve-out is rooftop painting, coating and cleaning above three stories, where a city or county that already licensed it before January 2021 may keep doing so. The full text is published by the Florida Senate as section 489.117.

Painted surfaces in a building from before 1978 are treated as lead-based paint unless they have been tested, and disturbing them falls under the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule. That means containment, dust control, a specific cleanup and a cleaning verification at the end, with records kept. Alan Campbell holds the individual EPA RRP Certified Renovator credential and runs those work practices on site. The company does not hold the separate EPA firm certification yet; the firm-certification answer below says exactly where that stands. Our EPA RRP page sets out what the rule means for you as the owner.

We walk the unit or the common area first, then price it in writing by tier. A light repaint is touch-up and minor patch in the existing colour: $350 for a one-bedroom, $450 for a two-bedroom. A standard repaint is walls, ceilings, trim and doors prepped and painted: $1,100 and $1,450. A heavy repaint covers damage beyond normal wear, a colour change, or cabinets, and starts at $1,800 and $2,400. Common areas are walked and priced by the building. Our pricing page lists the drywall and punch-list add-ons.

Not today, and we will not print that claim until we can produce the certificate. There are two separate EPA certifications and we hold one of them. Alan Campbell holds the individual Certified Renovator credential, which is the accredited course that qualifies the person running lead-safe work practices on site. The firm-level certification is a separate EPA application for the company, and that is the number a property manager usually asks for during vendor approval. If your approval process requires a certified firm number before we can be added, tell us and we will tell you exactly where that stands. We would rather lose the vendor slot than misrepresent a certification, which is the same thing we would want from a sub.

No, to both, and we will not take the job if you ask. Remediating mold in Florida requires a Mold Remediator licence and we do not hold one. Mitigation needs extraction and drying equipment and a crew built around it. We are the reconstruction side: once the space is dry and cleared, we hang and finish the drywall, match the texture, repaint and reset the trim. If you have an active loss, see our water damage referral page. We would rather hand that to a partner than sell you something we should not be selling.

Not for our scope. Florida House Bill 735 preempted local licensing requirements for a set of trades that includes painting, flooring, cabinetry and interior remodeling, so this work needs no contractor licence at any job value. We are not a licensed general contractor and we do not present ourselves as one. We do not do electrical, plumbing, roofing or structural work, which are the categories that do require licensing, and we will tell you on the walkthrough if what you are describing has crossed into one of them.

Generally no. We work for property managers, restoration contractors, general contractors, HOA and condo associations, senior living operators and hospitality. That focus is what lets us price by the unit rather than by the hour, and keep a schedule that multi-property clients can plan around. A single one-off job at one address is usually better served by a crew set up for it.

Same day you ask, during business hours. We know it is the second thing a restoration company or a management company asks for after the first conversation, and that a vendor file that sits for a week is a vendor file that quietly gets skipped. Our vendor packet page lists everything we can supply for a credentialing platform.

We walk the unit and assign it a tier, then price it in writing before we start. A light turn is $350 for a one-bedroom and $450 for a two-bedroom. A standard turn, with walls, ceilings, trim and doors painted in the existing colour, is $1,100 and $1,450. A heavy turn, for damage beyond normal wear, starts at $1,800 and $2,400 and is scoped on the walk. A standard turn is done in 3 days and a light turn in 1. The number is in writing before we start, never discovered on the invoice.

Every unit gets photographed before work starts and after it finishes, and the set goes out with the invoice. Room by room, including the damage or condition we were called about. Managers tell us it settles deposit disputes without a phone call, and on post-eviction cleanouts the before set is the record of what was actually in the unit. It is standard on every job rather than an add-on, because the one time it is missing is the time somebody needed it.

Pinellas County first: Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, St. Petersburg, Seminole, Dunedin, Palm Harbor, Safety Harbor and Oldsmar. We cross into Hillsborough and Tampa for portfolio clients and for restoration partners with steady volume. If your doors are just outside that list, ask rather than assuming.