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Condo remodeling in Sarasota is its own discipline. A unit sits inside a shared building, so the finished space has to respect the board's architectural rules, the City of Sarasota permit, and the plumbing and structure the whole tower depends on. CMK Construction has spent over two decades doing exactly that, from a single condo bathroom on Golden Gate Point to a full-unit gut in a downtown tower. Condo work is one part of our full range of remodeling services in Sarasota.
Condo kitchens. Closed galley kitchens get opened toward the bay or skyline view where the structure allows, with custom cabinetry, quartz or granite counters, and fixtures suited to high-rise living. See our Sarasota kitchen remodeling for the full scope.
Condo bathrooms. Primary and guest baths are reworked within the building's wet walls, with walk-in showers, new tile, and updated fixtures. Explore our Sarasota bathroom remodeling options.
Full-unit remodels. When you want the whole condo redone, one accountable team handles the kitchen, the baths, flooring, and finishes together, sequenced around one elevator reservation and one set of board approvals. It is part of our wider condo remodeling practice across the Gulf Coast.
From downtown high-rise gut remodels to condo kitchens and baths in the bayfront buildings around Golden Gate Point and the Quay, browse the condo work CMK has completed across the Gulf Coast.
We've completed condo remodels throughout Sarasota, from the new downtown towers to the established bayfront buildings. Chances are we've already worked in your building or a neighbor's. Here's a look at the areas we serve most frequently.
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The defining fact of condo remodeling in Sarasota is that the market splits in two, and both halves sit in the same few blocks of the cultural coast. On one side is a skyline that is still rising: new towers going up around the Quay, Golden Gate Point, and Gulfstream Avenue, where owners buy into a walkable arts district next to the opera, the theaters, the galleries, and the bayfront. On the other side are the established buildings from the 1980s through the 2000s that line Sarasota Bay and hold some of the best views in the city. Remodeling a unit in either one is nothing like remodeling a house. The building, not the owner, sets most of the rules, and a contractor who has never worked inside one learns that on your schedule.
CMK Construction has worked in both kinds of building, from brand-new towers such as BLVD Sarasota, 1350 Main, and The Vue Sarasota Bay, to the residences at The Ritz-Carlton Residences and the Ritz-Carlton Tower Residences, to the established bayfront buildings around Beau Ciel on Golden Gate Point, Rivo at Ringling, and The Plaza at Five Points. Here is how a downtown or bayfront condo differs from a single-family remodel, and how we manage each part so you do not have to.
The newest towers around the Quay, Golden Gate Point, and Gulfstream Avenue are handed over as polished but fairly standard units, and many owners want to personalize them almost immediately: a better kitchen island, a different cabinetry line, upgraded tile and stone, a reworked primary bath. Even in a building only a year or two old, that work still runs through the association and the City of Sarasota, and it still moves through a shared freight elevator on the building's schedule. We treat a nearly new tower with the same discipline as a gut remodel, because the building's rules do not relax just because the concrete is fresh.
The 1980s-to-2000s buildings along Sarasota Bay, the Beau Ciel and Rivo at Ringling generation, hold owners who have lived with the original kitchens and baths for years and are ready for a full update. These units reward a careful hand: original finishes to remove, aging in-unit plumbing and wiring to bring current, and layouts that can open up considerably once we understand which walls are structure and which are not. An older bayfront building also brings its own compliance calendar, from reserve studies to milestone inspections, that a remodel has to be sequenced around rather than dropped into blindly.
Sarasota is a design city. It has its own school of mid-century architecture, a serious arts scene, and buyers who care about proportion, materials, and detail. Downtown condo owners here are not looking for a builder-grade refresh; they want a considered interior that holds up next to the galleries and the theaters they moved downtown to be near. Our designers work with you on cabinetry lines, stone, tile, lighting, and hardware chosen in person at the CMK Sarasota Design Studio on Clark Rd, so the finished unit reads as intentional rather than assembled from a catalog.
Almost every downtown and bayfront building runs an architectural or board review before any interior work begins, and the tower is occupied the entire time you are building. That means neighbors on the other side of the wall, quiet hours, and a board that expects the work to be documented and insured before it starts. We prepare the review packet, carry it through the board or its committee, and schedule the noisy phases within the building's approved hours, so your remodel never becomes the reason the board tightens the rules for everyone else.
There are no stairs for a stone slab, a full cabinet run, or a soaking tub in a downtown high-rise. Everything comes in and out through one shared freight or padded elevator, and most buildings require a reserved elevator window, a certificate of insurance naming the association, and sometimes a refundable damage deposit before a single tool arrives. We size slabs and cabinet boxes to the elevator cab before ordering, book deliveries into the building's reserved windows, and stage smaller loads instead of one large drop, so nothing shows up that cannot physically reach your floor.
Whether your unit is a fresh handover near the Quay or an original interior in an established bayfront building, the goal is the same: a refined condo that fits its building. We design each layout around the fixed points the tower depends on, protect the corridors and elevator the whole way to your door, and leave the shared spaces cleaner than we found them. That is exactly what condo remodeling in downtown Sarasota demands, and it is what keeps owners referring us to the neighbor two floors up.
We have solved every one of these, in building after building. The tower's rules become our problem to manage, not yours.
A condo remodel has to clear three tracks at once: your board, the City of Sarasota, and Florida's building-safety rules. CMK runs all three so the job starts clean and passes on the first look.
Any condo remodel within the city that involves plumbing, electrical, or structural work is permitted through the City of Sarasota building department. We prepare the drawings, pull the permit, and schedule every inspection under our State Certified General Contractor license, CGC 1516665, with in-house licensed plumbing (CFC 1430533) and Registered Electrical Contractor ER 13016498. You never visit the permit counter.
Almost every downtown and bayfront tower requires the board or its architectural committee to approve the work before it begins. That packet typically includes the scope, drawings, a contractor license and insurance certificate, and a signed alteration agreement. Approval lead time runs from a couple of weeks to a couple of months depending on how often the board meets. We assemble the packet and work with your building manager so it is complete the first time, instead of bouncing back for a missing document.
Since the 2022 condo-safety law, buildings three stories and taller face milestone structural inspections and a Structural Integrity Reserve Study, or SIRS, on a set schedule. When one of these is underway it can affect building access, assessments, and timing. We ask about it up front so your remodel is sequenced around any inspection or reserve work the association has scheduled, rather than colliding with it.
Most buildings require a reserved freight or padded elevator for deliveries and demolition, plus a certificate of insurance naming the association as additional insured before anyone starts. Some also hold a refundable damage deposit and require the building manager to sign off on the crew and schedule. We handle the COI, the elevator booking, and the management approvals as part of mobilizing the job.
Towers set the hours crews can run noisy work, and a downtown building shares its loading area, curb, and parking with residents and neighboring towers. With no on-site dumpster allowed at most high-rises, debris leaves through the service elevator on the schedule the building sets. We build the work-hour windows and debris haul-off into the project calendar before demo day so the job never stalls at the loading dock.
The building's plumbing stacks and risers are shared and generally fixed, and cutting new penetrations through a post-tensioned or reinforced concrete slab is restricted or prohibited without engineering and association sign-off. That is why a condo kitchen or bath is designed to work with the existing wet walls and drain locations rather than moving them freely. Where a change is truly needed, we bring in the engineering and approvals the building requires before any work touches the structure.
Sarasota condo owners have choices. Here's why thousands of Gulf Coast families have chosen CMK, and why they refer us to their neighbors in the building.
Lifetime-warranted waterproofing membrane installed under every tile we lay. No paint-on membranes, no skipped steps. Built to last 30+ years in Florida's humidity and salt air.
Named People's Choice Best of the Best every year from 2020 through 2025. Voted on by the Tampa Bay community, not a panel of judges.
After your project begins, you select every tile, vanity, fixture, and finish in person at a CMK Design Studio. Nothing is ordered until you approve it.
You get a dedicated, named project manager who visits your home and will communicate with you directly.
Licensed plumbing and Registered Electrical Contractor ER 13016498. Our plumbers and electricians are on every CMK bathroom remodel, start to finish.
Every CMK project is covered for one full year on all workmanship and materials. If something isn't right, we make it right. No arguments, no extra charge.
Real reviews from Sarasota condo remodel clients in the downtown and bayfront towers around Golden Gate Point, the Quay, Gulfstream Avenue, and Bird Key.
"Our condo at The Vue Sarasota Bay needed a full kitchen redo, and the building had a long list of rules. CMK assembled the association packet, reserved the freight elevator, and opened the galley toward the bay view. Their project manager was on-site several times a week and the corridor was spotless every evening."
"CMK remodeled both baths and the kitchen in our Beau Ciel condo on Golden Gate Point. New cabinets, quartz counters, and updated fixtures throughout. Our project manager Davis kept us informed every day and worked entirely within the building's plumbing without touching the shared stacks."
"We are on a high floor at 1350 Main downtown and worried a remodel would upset the building. CMK pulled the City of Sarasota permit, reserved the elevator, and finished our condo kitchen without a single complaint from the board. It looks like it was always meant to be there."
"Full-unit remodel of our condo at Rivo at Ringling: kitchen, two baths, flooring, and finishes, all sequenced around one elevator reservation. Permits, protection of the shared hallways, everything handled. The unit feels brand new."
"After interviewing four contractors, CMK was the only one who understood what remodeling inside a downtown tower like BLVD Sarasota actually takes. The PM kept the whole project on schedule and the design studio made every selection easy. Gorgeous result."
"Our older bayfront condo near Bird Key needed a full gut. CMK pulled every City of Sarasota permit, managed every inspection, protected the elevator and lobby, and delivered on schedule. Clean work, honest pricing, no surprises."
Estimates are where good and bad contractors look the most alike. These are the questions that separate them, worth asking any Sarasota company before signing a contract, not just CMK, and doubly important when the work happens inside a shared building.
Why it matters: Unlicensed contractors can void your homeowner's insurance and leave you personally liable for code violations.
Good answer: A state-issued CGC license number printed on every estimate, plus general liability and workers' comp on file. CMK is CGC 1516665 with Registered Electrical Contractor ER 13016498.
Why it matters: Homeowner-pulled permits make you personally liable for code compliance, not the contractor.
Good answer: The contractor pulls every City of Sarasota permit, handles the board architectural-review paperwork where it applies, and schedules every inspection at no extra charge.
Why it matters: Without a named project manager, you'll spend the build chasing updates from a salesperson who's already moved on to the next deal.
Good answer: A named PM, a real person you can call, who visits the job multiple times per week and communicates daily.
Why it matters: "We stand behind our work" is not a warranty. Get it in writing before you sign.
Good answer: A written, named warranty that covers both workmanship and materials for at least one year. CMK's Peace of Mind Warranty does both.
Why it matters: Catalog-only selections lead to surprises on install day. Tile and stone look completely different under real lighting.
Good answer: A real, walkable showroom where you handle cabinet doors, countertop slabs, tile samples, and fixtures before anything is ordered. The CMK Sarasota Design Studio on Clark Rd is open to active clients.
Why it matters: "It'll take a few months" is not a schedule. Vague timelines almost always slip.
Good answer: A written project schedule with named milestones (demo, rough-in, cabinet install, countertop template, final inspection) and weekly progress updates.
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Remodeling a condo means working inside a live building with neighbors on the other side of the wall. The same CMK process applies, with the board packet, elevator reservation, and building rules folded into the schedule from the first step so your remodel never surprises the board or your neighbors.
Almost every Sarasota condo association sets a minimum sound rating for hard-surface flooring, written into the rules as STC (sound carried through the structure) and IIC (impact sound, like footsteps overhead) numbers. Many buildings require an STC and IIC of 50 or higher, and some Gulf-front and high-rise buildings hold the upper floors to a stricter standard. In practice that means tile, wood-look plank, or stone cannot be set straight onto the slab: the floor needs a rated acoustic underlayment, and sometimes a floating assembly, so the owner below does not hear every step. CMK builds the floor assembly to your building's exact requirement, keeps the product cut sheets that document the rating, and submits them with the board packet so your flooring is approved up front rather than flagged after it is installed.
Book your free, no-obligation estimate. We learn your goals, scope, and budget for your remodel.
We come to your home, measure the space precisely, and verify every structural detail before anything is ordered.
Walk our 4,000 sq ft CMK Design Studio and select every cabinet, countertop, tile, vanity, and fixture in person.
Sit down with your designer to finalize the layout, materials, finishes, and a timeline built around your home.
We pull every required permit, then assign the dedicated project manager who owns your build start to finish.
Construction begins, with daily communication through to your final walkthrough and a one-year Peace of Mind Warranty.
Answers to the questions Sarasota condo owners ask us most often about board approvals, permits, milestone inspections, building logistics, and timeline.
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Courtney & Manny Kavouklis
Owners, CMK Construction
Courtney & Manny Kavouklis
Owners, CMK Construction
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