General contractor for Marco Island
Collier County · Licensed CGC1536213 · Cost plus a fee, open book
Marco Island is the southern end of our working area and the most demanding place in it to build. Everything is coastal, almost everything is in a high-hazard flood zone, and the City runs its own building department. Nello Build works there from our Naples office, 45 minutes up Collier Boulevard, on new houses, whole-house renovations and the occasional commercial fit-out.
What the island demands
First-floor elevation is set by FEMA and the City before a plan is drawn, and it governs the whole section of the house: garage and storage below, living above, and how the two connect. Openings need impact glazing or shutters rated for the wind zone. Seawalls, docks and boat lifts are their own permits and their own trades, and a canal-front lot rarely has room for a crane, so the sequence of pours, framing and deliveries is planned around what can actually get to the site.
None of this is exotic to us. It is simply what building on a barrier island in Southwest Florida is, and the difference between a smooth job and a painful one is whether the contractor budgets and schedules for it up front.
Open book, cost plus a fee
Every Nello Build job is priced the same way. The construction cost is the real cost, visible to you down to each subcontractor bid and each invoice. Our fee is fixed at the start. That matters more on Marco Island than almost anywhere, because logistics and specialist trades push costs in ways a lump-sum contractor covers with contingency you never see. Gino Torriero sources the subcontractors himself and looks for best value, not lowest bid.
Residential and commercial
Most Marco Island work is residential: new canal-front houses, gut renovations of 1980s and 1990s stock, and additions that raise a house to current flood and wind standards. We also take on the commercial fit-outs that come with the island’s restaurants, marinas and small offices. See the residential and commercial pages for completed work, and the approach page for how a project runs from first call to keys.
Common questions
Do you build on Marco Island?
Yes. Marco Island is one of the four places named on our homepage for a reason. It is a 45-minute drive from our Naples office, and Nello Build takes on both new houses and full renovations there under the same open book, cost plus a fee arrangement as everywhere else.
What is different about building on Marco Island?
Almost everything sits in a coastal high-hazard flood zone, so first-floor elevation, breakaway construction below it, and wind-borne debris protection are settled before design starts. Barge and boat lift work, seawall condition and canal access also enter the schedule and the budget early.
How does cost plus a fee, open book, work on an island job?
The same way it works anywhere. You see every subcontractor bid and every invoice, and our fee is agreed at the start and does not move. On Marco Island that matters more than usual, because logistics and specialist trades push costs in ways a lump-sum contractor would simply pad for.
Can you handle City of Marco Island permitting?
Yes. Marco Island has its own building department, separate from Collier County, and its own review times. We plan the sequence around those dates rather than discovering them mid-project.