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Condo remodeling in Venice 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 Venice permit, and the plumbing and structure the whole building depends on. CMK Construction has spent over two decades doing exactly that, from a single condo bathroom on Venice Island to a full-unit gut a block from the Esplanade. Condo work is one part of our full range of remodeling services in Venice.
Condo kitchens. Galley kitchens sealed off from the Gulf and Intracoastal views 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 Venice 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 Venice 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 Gulf-front full-unit gut remodels on Venice Island to condo kitchens and baths near downtown Venice and the Intracoastal Waterway, browse the condo work CMK has completed across Florida's Gulf Coast.
We've completed condo remodels throughout Venice, concentrated in the Gulf-front and downtown buildings on Venice Island. Chances are we've already worked in your building. Here's a look at the areas we serve most frequently.
Don't see your building or area? Call us. We serve all of Venice (34285) and surrounding Sarasota County areas.
The defining fact of condo remodeling in Venice is where the inventory sits. Venice Island is the established seasonal and retiree market on the Gulf Coast, and its condo stock runs from Gulf-front and Intracoastal mid-rises built in the 1960s through the 1980s to the newer buildings closer to downtown Venice and Venice Avenue. Buildings such as Valencia on the Gulf, Sansovino, Gulf Point, Bella Costa, Bahia Mar, Che Vista, The Towers, Gulf Twin Towers, and Macarthur Beach are part of the same island fabric, wrapped in the city's Northern-Italian and Mediterranean architectural character. Remodeling a unit in one of these buildings 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 inside island buildings for years, and the same constraints come up in almost every Venice condo remodel. Here is how each one shapes the job, and how we manage it so you do not have to.
A unit facing the Gulf or the Intracoastal breathes salt spray every single day. Standard fixtures, cabinet hinges, drawer slides, and fasteners pit and seize within a few seasons in that air, and a finish that looks perfect in a showroom can fail fast once it faces the water. On Venice Island condos we specify salt-air-rated or marine-grade hardware, stainless or coated fasteners, and finishes chosen for corrosion resistance rather than looks alone. It is the single most common thing other contractors skip, and it is usually the first thing to fail in a coastal unit.
Much of the island's condo stock dates to the 1960s through the 1980s, and while the layouts and finishes read as dated, the real story is behind the walls. Original wet walls, cast-iron and copper supply lines, aluminum-era wiring, and thin slab construction all shape what a remodel can and cannot touch. We open a unit knowing what to expect in a building of that era, plan the kitchen and baths around the existing stacks and drain locations, and bring in the licensed plumbing and electrical work under CFC 1430533 and Registered Electrical Contractor ER 13016498 to bring the unit up to current code where the scope calls for it.
There are no stairs for a stone slab, a full cabinet run, or a soaking tub in a mid-rise on the island. Everything comes in and goes out through the elevator, usually a single service elevator that the whole building shares. So slab sizes and cabinet boxes are checked against the elevator cab dimensions before anything is ordered, deliveries are booked into reserved elevator windows, and the schedule bends around the building's calendar rather than ours. We size, sequence, and stage every material around that one elevator, so nothing arrives that cannot physically reach your floor.
Island and downtown buildings have tight, shared parking and little or no room for a contractor to stage materials or drop a dumpster, and Venice Avenue and the streets around the Esplanade stay busy through the winter season. Many buildings prohibit an on-site dumpster outright and restrict where crews can park. We haul debris out through the service elevator on the building's schedule, coordinate smaller staged deliveries instead of one large drop, and keep the crew's footprint to the loading area the building assigns. On the island in season, that logistics discipline is the difference between a job that runs on time and one the building shuts down.
Your neighbors share the hallway, the elevator, and the lobby, and the association holds the owner responsible for any damage along the way to the door. Before a single tool comes up, we lay floor and wall protection through the corridor and the elevator cab, mask the common surfaces, and provide the certificate of insurance the building requires naming the association. Daily cleanup covers the shared path, not just the unit. A remodel that leaves the corridor spotless every evening is how you stay on good terms with the board and the building manager for the length of the job.
We have solved every one of these, in building after building. The building's rules become our problem to manage, not yours, which is exactly what a Gulf-front or downtown condo remodel on Venice Island demands.
A condo remodel has to clear three tracks at once: your association, the City of Venice, and Florida's building-safety rules. CMK runs all three so the job starts clean and passes on the first look.
Condo buildings on Venice Island and within the city limits fall under the City of Venice building department, so any condo remodel involving plumbing, electrical, or structural work is permitted there. 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, which matters in a seasonal community where boards may meet less often in the off-season. 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. This is a real factor for the island's older Gulf-front and Intracoastal buildings. 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 service 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 island 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 plumbing stacks and risers are shared and generally fixed, and cutting new penetrations through a 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.
Almost every Venice 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 upper-floor units are held 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.
Venice 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 Venice condo owners in the Gulf-front and downtown buildings on Venice Island.
"Full-unit remodel of our condo at Valencia on the Gulf on Venice Island. CMK handled the board's architectural approval and the certificate of insurance the building required, reserved the elevator, and protected the shared corridors the whole time. New kitchen, two baths, and flooring, all sequenced around one elevator schedule. Their project manager kept us posted every day."
"Our condo at Bella Costa still had the original closed-off galley kitchen. CMK opened it up as far as the building's structure allowed, kept the plumbing within our unit's wet wall, and walked our association through the plans before a single permit was pulled. The unit finally feels open, and the City of Venice inspection passed the first time."
"We redid the kitchen and both bathrooms in our condo at Gulf Point. Picking every finish at the Sarasota showroom made the decisions easy, and CMK steered us toward hardware and fixtures rated for the salt air off the Gulf. On schedule, on budget, and the crew respected the building's work-hour rules."
"CMK remodeled the primary and guest baths in our Sansovino condo on Venice Island. They coordinated the whole job around the elevator and loading times the building allows, and left the corridors and lobby spotless every evening. The tile work and new walk-in shower are exactly what we pictured."
"Full condo remodel at Bahia Mar. CMK managed the HOA architectural review and the City of Venice permit from start to finish, and chose finishes that stand up to the Gulf-side salt air, which no other contractor even mentioned. The new layout completely changed how we use the place."
"We wanted our condo at The Towers to be easier to move around in. CMK widened the walkways, updated the kitchen and bath within the building's limits, and added better lighting throughout. Daily updates, careful protection of the shared hallways, 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 Venice 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 Venice or Sarasota County permit, handles HOA 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 4,000 sq ft CMK Design Studio on Clark Rd in Sarasota 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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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 Venice condo owners ask us most often about HOA approvals, permits, milestone inspections, building logistics, and timeline.
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Courtney & Manny Kavouklis
Owners, CMK Construction
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Owners, CMK Construction
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