Stucco repair costs in Sarasota

In Venice, stucco was written into the deeds. When the town was built in the 1920s, every deed carried design review and called for a "Northern Italian" look, the style most people now call Mediterranean Revival. The standards asked for sloping roofs of colored tile and smooth stucco, kept ornament simple, and even regulated awning colors, since awnings were often the only color on the house. Most of those early buildings were hollow clay tile made at a local factory, finished in smooth or rough-cast stucco.

So parts of the Sarasota area have old masonry stucco next to newer block and frame houses. If you own one of the originals, its plain, quiet wall is the point of the design, and a repair should leave it looking that way.

The Gulf makes sure those walls get tested. Hurricane Milton came ashore on Siesta Key on the night of October 9, 2024, as a Category 3. The strongest sustained winds reported in Florida were at a University of Florida tower on Venice Beach: 79 knots sustained, with a gust to 93 knots, which is over 100 mph.