Looking for custom homes in St. Petersburg? LRG Contractors Group is a licensed Florida general contractor serving St. Petersburg and the surrounding Pinellas County — from Historic Old Northeast, Kenwood, Downtown / Central Avenue and beyond. Ground-up custom homes and teardown rebuilds, designed and built to Florida code.
Building a custom home in Tampa Bay is the ultimate project — and the one with the most ways to go wrong. Between flood-zone and elevation requirements, wind-load engineering, the Florida Building Code, and the sheer coordination of a ground-up build, it demands a builder who manages the whole thing as one disciplined process.
For St. Petersburg specifically, it comes down to local realities: St. Pete's split between protected 1920s historic bungalows and low-lying waterfront blocks means the right remodel in Old Northeast is the wrong one in Shore Acres — we scope to the home's era and its flood exposure, not a template. St. Petersburg runs its own building department under the Florida Building Code; bungalow districts add historic-character considerations, and waterfront blocks like Shore Acres sit in FEMA flood zones where substantial-improvement and elevation rules can apply. We design to those rules from day one. We design and permit your custom homes around exactly those conditions.
Custom Homes in St. Petersburg — what we handle
- Ground-up custom home construction
- Teardown and rebuild projects
- Coastal and flood-zone builds (FEMA elevation compliance)
- Architectural design and structural / wind-load engineering
- Hurricane hardening: impact-rated windows, doors, and roofing
- Florida Building Code energy and high-performance building
- Premium finishes and custom millwork
- Full permitting, plan review, and inspections
Custom Homes cost
Typical Tampa Bay ranges for construction cost (land separate), not a quote. Site complexity, flood-zone elevation, finish level, and design drive the number. We develop a detailed fixed-scope budget through the design phase.
Timeline
Custom homes typically run 10–18 months from design through completion, depending on size, site, and flood-zone requirements.
St. Petersburg permits
St. Petersburg runs its own building department under the Florida Building Code; bungalow districts add historic-character considerations, and waterfront blocks like Shore Acres sit in FEMA flood zones where substantial-improvement and elevation rules can apply. We design to those rules from day one.