Kitchen Remodeler in Sarasota County, FL

Barrier Islands, Mid-Century Blocks and New Suburbs: What Sarasota County Kitchens Face

Sarasota County housing falls into a few clear bands, and each one wears out cabinets in its own way.

• Barrier islands (Longboat Key, Lido, Siesta Key, Casey Key and Manasota Key): condos and raised homes in constant salt air, where particleboard swells and plated hinges corrode. Hurricane Helene’s surge flooded many ground floors in September 2024, and Hurricane Milton came ashore near Siesta Key on October 9, 2024.
• Mid-century neighborhoods in and around the city (Southgate, Gulf Gate, Sarasota Springs): concrete-block ranch homes on slab with compact galley or L-shaped kitchens, walls that are rarely square and terrazzo under the old base cabinets.
• Planned suburbs (Palmer Ranch, Fruitville and the Sarasota County side of Lakewood Ranch): homes from the 1980s onward with builder-grade boxes and HOA rules on contractor access.
• South county (Venice, North Port and Englewood): Venice’s 1920s town plan and retiree condos, North Port’s new subdivisions, and low waterfront streets in Englewood near the Charlotte County line.

Humidity and storm water tie it together. Where a kitchen sits below base flood elevation, plywood or PVC boxes, raised toe kicks and stainless hardware deserve a place in the design. If storm repairs are large, the county or city floodplain administrator may apply FEMA’s substantial-improvement rule (50 percent of the structure’s value), which changes what can be rebuilt. See storm damage cabinet replacement for our approach.

How Do We Serve the Whole County From 6th Street?

1. 1

   Technical visit

   A salesperson or technician comes to the home, whether it is a Venice condo or a Fruitville ranch, takes measurements and talks through ideas, storage needs and materials.

2. 2

   Project development and 3D presentation

   Our designers model the room in specialized design software and walk you through a 3D presentation, so cabinet heights, island clearances and countertop seams are settled before ordering. More on this stage at kitchen design and 3D rendering.

3. 3

   Delivery and installation

   Cabinets are delivered and installed, and countertops are templated once the boxes are set and level.

Which office reviews permits depends on where the parcel sits, not the city printed on the mail. Inside Sarasota city limits it is the City of Sarasota Building Division. Unincorporated areas, including most of Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Fruitville and Osprey, go to the Sarasota County Building Division. Venice, North Port and Longboat Key each run their own building departments.

Designing and installing cabinets is not a licensed trade in Florida on its own, but moving plumbing, wiring or walls is. That part of a remodel is permitted and carried out by a contractor holding a Florida license for that trade, and you can check any license at myfloridalicense.com. We fit our cabinet and countertop work around those trades or your general contractor.

Where Does Our Coverage Run, From Longboat Key to North Port?

Sarasota County was split from southern Manatee County in 1921 and covers about 556 square miles of land. Our routes follow I-75 inland and US 41 (the Tamiami Trail) near the bays, and the 18.5-mile Legacy Trail, on an old rail corridor from the Venice train depot to Fruitville Road, marks the Osprey, Palmer Ranch and Bee Ridge homes along it.

Since March 2026, unincorporated permits are handled at the county’s PDS One Stop, 870 Apex Road, beside the Celery Fields; south-county applicants can also use the R.L. Anderson Administration Center in Venice.

• Our base is 2235 6th St, Sarasota, FL 34237, in the county seat.
• Drive times run from about 10 minutes for Southgate to roughly 45 minutes for North Port and Englewood.
• The county had an estimated 476,604 residents in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Company-wide, Google reviewers give FT Cabinetry 5.0 stars across 28 reviews; read them on our reviews page.

Homes inside the city of Sarasota are covered on our kitchen remodeling page. Other communities have their own pages, linked below.