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Condo remodeling in Treasure Island is its own discipline. A unit sits inside a shared building, so the finished space has to respect the association's rules, the City of Treasure Island permit, and the plumbing and structure the whole building depends on, much of it original to the 1970s and 1980s. CMK Construction has spent over two decades doing exactly that, from a single condo bathroom on Sunset Beach to a full-unit gut on the Isle of Capri. Condo work is one part of our full range of remodeling services in Treasure Island.
Condo kitchens. Galley kitchens sealed off behind a wall get opened up where the structure allows, with custom cabinetry, quartz or granite counters, and salt-air-rated hardware. See our condo kitchen remodeling in Treasure Island 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 fixtures chosen to resist Gulf-side corrosion. Explore our Treasure Island 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 association approvals. It is part of our wider condo remodeling practice across the Gulf Coast.
From full-unit gut remodels in the concrete-block mid-rises along Gulf Boulevard to condo kitchens and baths on Sunset Beach and the Isle of Capri, browse the condo work CMK has completed across Tampa Bay.
We've completed condo remodels throughout Treasure Island, from the Gulf-front mid-rises to the bay-side buildings on the finger islands. Chances are we've already worked in your building. Here's a look at the areas we serve most frequently.
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The defining fact of condo remodeling on Treasure Island is that most of the inventory sits in concrete-block (CBS) mid-rise buildings put up in the 1970s and 1980s. Buildings like Key Capri, Paradise Island Tower, Mansions by the Sea, Sunset Vistas, Pointe Capri, and Harbor House, along with the canal-side buildings around Blind Pass Lagoons and Treasure Cay, share the same DNA: solid poured slabs and reinforced block walls, and a set of original plumbing lines hidden inside them that are now close to fifty years old. The block is not the problem. What runs behind it can be.
Remodeling a unit in one of these buildings is nothing like remodeling a house. Some of what you want to change is yours to change, and some of it belongs to the building. A contractor who does not know the difference finds out the expensive way, on your schedule and your dime. Here is exactly where that line falls, and how CMK Construction works on the right side of it.
CBS mid-rises are built from a poured concrete slab on each floor and reinforced concrete-block walls, many of them load-bearing and part of the structure that holds the building up. Those block walls, the slab, and the structural columns are fixed. You do not casually remove a block wall the way you might take out a stud partition in a single-family home, and any change near the structure runs through an engineer and the association. The upside is that a well-built 1970s block building gives you a solid, quiet shell to remodel inside. The discipline is knowing which walls you can touch and which ones the building depends on.
Almost everything you see and use inside the unit is fair game. We replace kitchen and bathroom cabinets, counters, tile, flooring, and fixtures, remove non-structural partition walls to open up a closed galley, and update the in-unit plumbing branches and electrical that serve your kitchen and baths. New supply and drain lines from your fixtures back to the point where they meet the building's shared system are part of a normal condo remodel. That is a large scope, and for most owners it is the entire wish list. The finished unit looks and functions like new, even though the building's bones stay exactly where they are.
The drain and waste lines in a 1970s or 1980s building were almost always cast iron, and cast iron does not last forever. After decades of salt air and constant use, the inside of these pipes scales up, rusts, and thins, and the horizontal runs are usually the first to go. When we open a wall to rework a kitchen or bath, we sometimes find cast-iron drain pipe that is corroded, cracked, or nearly closed off with rust. The branch lines inside your unit we can replace as part of the remodel, upgrading them to modern PVC where the layout and code allow. That is one of the real advantages of remodeling an older unit down to the studs: you get eyes on pipe that has been sealed behind block and drywall for half a century.
The same era used galvanized steel for water supply lines, and galvanized pipe corrodes from the inside out. Owners in these buildings often notice weak pressure, rusty water on the first draw, or a hot side that never quite delivers, and aging galvanized supply is a common culprit. Where the failing supply line is inside your unit, we replace it with modern piping during the remodel. Where the weak pressure traces back to the building's shared risers, that is a building system, and we tell you plainly which side of the line the problem sits on instead of selling you a fix that was never yours to make.
The main vertical cast-iron stacks and the water risers that run floor to floor serve every unit in the column, so they are building-owned and shared. The slab, the structural block walls, and the columns are the building's structure. None of these can be replaced or rerouted by a single owner on a single-unit remodel, and cutting new penetrations through a structural slab is restricted without engineering and association sign-off. A remodel designed to work with the existing wet walls, drain locations, and risers is a remodel that clears review and finishes on time. When a change truly requires touching a shared line, that becomes a conversation with the association, not a surprise mid-demolition.
Before demolition we walk the unit, note the age of the building, and plan for what is likely behind the walls. Once a wall is open, we inspect the exposed cast iron and galvanized pipe and show you what we find, in plain language, with photos. If it is an in-unit branch, we scope the replacement and fold it into the job. If the failing pipe is a shared stack or riser, we document the condition, advise you on what it means, and coordinate with your building manager or board so the association can address its portion, sometimes on the same timeline as your remodel so the wall only opens once. You get a straight answer either way, which is worth more than a lowball estimate that pretends the pipe does not exist.
This is the difference between a contractor who has remodeled these buildings and one who hasn't. The block, the slab, the stacks, and the pipe age behind the walls are exactly what a Treasure Island condo remodel has to reckon with, and we reckon with them up front so nothing derails the job halfway through.
A condo remodel has to clear three tracks at once: your association, the City of Treasure Island, and Florida's building-safety rules. CMK runs all three so the job starts clean and passes on the first look.
Treasure Island is its own incorporated barrier-island city, so any condo remodel involving plumbing, electrical, or structural work is permitted through the City of Treasure Island 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 building 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, and it is also when an association is most likely to be planning work on shared pipe. 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. We handle the COI and the elevator booking with management as part of mobilizing the job.
Buildings set the hours crews can run noisy work, and many restrict or pause construction during the peak winter season for the sake of seasonal residents. With no on-site dumpster allowed at most buildings, debris leaves through the service elevator on the schedule the building sets. We build all of this into the project calendar before demo day.
The building's cast-iron plumbing stacks and risers are shared and generally fixed, and cutting new penetrations through the structural 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.
Treasure Island condo owners have choices. Here's why thousands of Tampa Bay families have chosen CMK, and why they refer us to their neighbors in the building.
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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.
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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 Treasure Island condo remodel clients on Gulf Boulevard, Sunset Beach, the Isle of Capri, Paradise Island, and in the Gulf-side mid-rise buildings.
"Full remodel of our Gulf Boulevard condo in Treasure Island. CMK reworked the galley kitchen, built a quartz island where the wall used to be, and handled the whole association packet for us. Their project manager kept us posted every day and the crew left the corridor spotless every evening. Worth every week of the wait."
"Our unit on the Isle of Capri is in an older concrete-block building and the original kitchen was closed off. When CMK opened the wall they found aging cast-iron drain lines and flagged it before it became a bigger problem. Our project manager Barry walked us through what we could fix inside the unit and what belonged to the building. The condo finally feels like one open space."
"We replaced the original kitchen in our Sunset Vistas condo with custom cabinets, a quartz island, and new lighting. Picking everything at the showroom in person made the decisions easy. On schedule, on budget, and the install crew was meticulous inside a busy building."
"Our Sunset Beach condo had never been touched since the 1970s. CMK designed cabinetry that fits the unit perfectly, updated the wiring and in-unit plumbing behind the walls, and treated the building and our neighbors with real respect. The result looks like it belongs there."
"Condo at Paradise Island Tower in Treasure Island, complete unit remodel. CMK steered us toward finishes and hardware that stand up to the salt air, which no other contractor even mentioned. The quartz island and new layout completely changed how we entertain."
"We're in Key Capri and wanted a condo that's easier to move around in. CMK lowered a section of counter, widened the walkways, and added better lighting throughout. Daily updates from the project manager, a clean elevator and hallway every evening, and the schedule they promised is the schedule they kept."
Estimates are where good and bad contractors look the most alike. These are the questions that separate them, worth asking any Treasure Island 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 Treasure Island permit, handles HOA architectural-review paperwork the building requires, 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 4,000 sq ft CMK Design Studio on W. Hillsborough Ave 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 association packet, elevator reservation, and building rules folded into the schedule from the first step so your remodel never surprises the board or your neighbors.
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 Treasure Island condo owners ask us most often about HOA approvals, permits, milestone inspections, aging pipe, building logistics, and timeline.
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Courtney & Manny Kavouklis
Owners, CMK Construction
Courtney & Manny Kavouklis
Owners, CMK Construction
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