What it takes to build here
Gino Torriero on construction costs, technology, energy and oversight in Southwest Florida. Written from live projects in Naples, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers.
The FEMA 50% rule, flood elevation and cost: how a Naples general contractor decides whether an older home should be renovated or rebuilt.
Read →Design, permitting and construction: a Naples general contractor’s realistic timeline for a custom home, and where the delays usually happen.
Read →What actually drives construction costs in Naples, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers: code, insurance, impact fees, subcontractor demand and the real cost per square foot.
Read →How artificial intelligence, model-based coordination and jobsite data are changing commercial and residential construction in Southwest Florida.
Read →A generator with propane runs over $20,000 in Naples. What solar and battery storage cost instead, and how they hold up through a Southwest Florida hurricane season.
Read →Building or renovating in Naples without knowing the local contractors, codes and costs is expensive. What an owner’s representative does, and what it saves.
Read →Most Southwest Florida projects hire an architect, then a contractor, and the two meet over a set of drawings nobody priced. Nello Build combines both roles.
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