Can we stay in the house?

Usually. It is loud and parts are closed off. We will tell you honestly if it is not realistic.

How long does drying take?

Typically several days, verified by moisture readings rather than by how surfaces feel.

Will my premium go up?

It can, and a denied claim can still affect your record. Worth weighing before you file.

What are additional living expenses?

Coverage for accommodation if the house is unlivable. Ask about it in week one, not week six.

Your situation · Homeowners

You Live Here, and You Need to Keep Living Here

The complication for an owner-occupier is that the house has to keep functioning while it is being repaired, and that shapes every scheduling decision.

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Photographs, moisture readings and a written scope. If you should not file a claim, that is what you will be told.

A general contractor — we rebuild, not just dry

1 year

Florida deadline to report a new or reopened claim

No AOB

We do not ask you to sign over your claim

Licensed

General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida

Living in a job site

Drying equipment is loud and runs day and night. Containment closes off rooms. Rebuild takes months. Most families can stay, and the ones who struggle are those nobody warned about the noise and the timeline at the start.

What to sort out early

Whether your policy covers additional living expenses, and what the limit is.
Which rooms can stay in use and which cannot.
How long the drying equipment will run — usually several days, noisily.
Whether the damage is genuinely above your deductible.
Who in the household is the single point of contact for decisions.

How we handle it

01Assess and document before anything is removed.
02Sequence work so the house stays livable where possible.
03Be explicit about noise, containment and duration up front.
04Give an honest read on whether to file.
05Rebuild under the same contract.

Ask your carrier about additional living expenses early, not late. If the house genuinely cannot be lived in, that coverage exists on most policies and people routinely fail to claim it because nobody mentioned it in week one.

Said plainly

Where we stop

If the loss is small and below deductible, we will tell you to pay for it directly. A claim that recovers nothing still lands on your loss history.

FAQ

Common questions

Can we stay in the house?: Usually. It is loud and parts are closed off. We will tell you honestly if it is not realistic.
How long does drying take?: Typically several days, verified by moisture readings rather than by how surfaces feel.
Will my premium go up?: It can, and a denied claim can still affect your record. Worth weighing before you file.
What are additional living expenses?: Coverage for accommodation if the house is unlivable. Ask about it in week one, not week six.

What we restore

Water Damage

A burst supply line, a failed water heater, a supply hose behind a washing machine. The water itself rarely destroys much. What destroys things is how long it sits.

Storm Damage

After a named storm, everything happens at once: the house is open, every contractor is booked, and unfamiliar crews are knocking on doors.

Mould Remediation

Mould is not the problem. Mould is evidence of a moisture problem, and remediation that does not find the source is a cosmetic exercise with a schedule.

Fire & Smoke Damage

In most house fires the flames damage one area and the smoke and the firefighting water damage everything else. The restoration is mostly about those two.

Sewage & Contaminated Water

Water is classified by what is in it, and the category changes the job completely. Category 3 — sewage, ground water intrusion, flood water — is grossly contaminated.

Reconstruction

Drying a house takes days. Rebuilding it takes months, and it is where restoration projects most often stall — because the company that dried it is not a builder.

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More your situation

Landlords & Rentals

A rental adds two things a homeowner does not have: a tenant with legal rights, and a policy that may cover lost rent.

Condo Associations

In a condominium the hardest question is not how to dry it. It is whose it is.

Businesses & Commercial

For a business the repair cost is usually the smaller number. Being closed is the larger one, and the work should be planned around that.

Next step

Find out what is actually wrong with it.

An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.

Get an assessment (954) 807-3208