San Carlos Park, Lee County
A lift replacement can turn into a wider dock discussion once you look at the supports. For your San Carlos Park project, use this page to separate those pieces before requesting visits. The records help you identify active contractors, understand the categories in their work history and prepare questions about the structure you already have.
The ranking covers unincorporated Lee County because San Carlos Park ZIPs have too few permits for a town ranking. It measures activity rather than quality. Check the license and compare quotes for your scope.
| 1 | WB Williamson Bros | 78 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 81 | $32,800 | 68% |
| 2 | Honc Docks & Lifts | 64 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 75 | $39,200 | 65% |
| 3 | Honc Marine Contracting | 54 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 54 | $32,800 | 66% |
| 4 | Stokes Marine | 46 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 51 | $29,500 | 66% |
| 5 | Crocker Marine Services | 38 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 43 | $44,000 | 34% |
| 6 | Rusnell Marine Construction | 36 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 40 | $29,700 | 71% |
| 7 | Hawley Construction | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | $22,800 | 70% |
| 8 | J and M Boatlift and Repair | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | $16,600 | 80% |
| 9 | SWFL Dock and Lift | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | $30,000 | 45% |
| 10 | Williamson and Sons Marine Construction | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | $18,000 | 71% |
| 11 | Submerged Consultants | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | $24,600 | 57% |
| 12 | Mauney Marine Construction | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | $15,000 | 61% |
Source: Lee County permit records (Dock and Shoreline permits) across the unincorporated county. Fewer than 10 marine permits were filed in San Carlos Park ZIP codes, so this table shows the county. Ranked by dock, boat lift and seawall permits issued or filed Nov 2025 - Oct 2026; all marine permits also counts lift covers and other marine work. Median job = the median value declared on the contractor's dock, lift and seawall permits here. Finaled = share of all its permits that passed final inspection or closed. How we rank.
78 dock, lift and seawall permits in Lee County
Where it works most: Cape Coral (213), Lee County (48), Cypress Lake (12), North Fort Myers (9)
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64 dock, lift and seawall permits in Lee County
Where it works most: Cape Coral (227), Lee County (57), Cypress Lake (8), North Fort Myers (7)
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54 dock, lift and seawall permits in Lee County
Where it works most: Lee County (39), North Fort Myers (6), Cape Coral (4), Cypress Lake (4)
Put the boat and the structure in the same cost conversation. A new lift, its motor and any changes to the dock need clear descriptions. San Carlos Park homeowners can use the table to organize that conversation before a contractor visits.
| Job | Median permit value | Middle half of jobs | Permits | Data from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock + boat lift | $45,000 | $29,600 - $64,800 | 618 | Cape Coral + Lee County |
| Dock | $24,000 | $12,500 - $40,000 | 493 | Cape Coral + Lee County |
| Seawall | $20,000 | $14,000 - $33,000 | 545 | Cape Coral + Lee County |
| Boat lift | $16,600 | $8,360 - $25,200 | 176 | Cape Coral + Lee County |
| Lift cover or canopy | $2,490 | $2,280 - $6,280 | 475 | Cape Coral + Lee County |
Values are what contractors declared on public permits (job value at filing). They are local averages for information, not a quote: only a contractor who sees your shoreline can price your job.
Seawalls in Cape Coral and Lee County: a median of $240 per linear foot on 417 permits that state a length (middle half $184-$375); the typical wall was 80 feet.
The boat-lift row reports a median declared permit value of $16,585 from Cape Coral and Lee County records. That figure summarizes filed values, not completed invoices, and is not a San Carlos Park quote. Read the dock-and-lift row separately if your plan includes both structures. A motor change, a full lift and a combined project need different written descriptions before their proposals can be compared.
Walk the route from the road to the shoreline with the contractor. Explain where the old dock or wall material is located and ask how demolition is described in the proposal. Then discuss decking, the supports below it and the lift equipment. Only the contractor looking at your property can price the job, including the work required to get equipment and material to the water.
If a seawall is part of the project, keep its scope visible rather than hiding it inside a dock heading. Ask what length of wall is involved, which panels are proposed and what happens to the existing cap and material. For the deck, choose between wood and composite before comparing written prices. Changes to any of those choices need to be clear on each bidder's proposal.
Plan for the last permit check when you hire, not after the work is finished. Lee County's Dock and Shoreline permits cover this office's marine work in San Carlos Park. The contractor files, and you keep the number to check completion.
Permit office: Lee County (Dock and Shoreline permit)
Your contractor pulls the permit; you can look it up afterwards by address in the office's public permit search.
Final inspection is the closing step you should follow in the record. A Lee County permit is finaled when it closes with a certificate of completion. Before the last payment, ask the contractor to show you that final entry. Keeping the permit number with the agreement makes this a direct check of your job rather than a search through unrelated permits at the address.
In Accela Citizen Access, the county's Dock and Shoreline numbers start with DSH. The public file shows status, description, declared job value and the licensed professional's state license number. Read the description to see how it relates to the agreed dock, wall or lift work. If something is unclear, bring the question to the contractor handling the application before construction is under way.
Contractors obtain permits for their own work. An owner-builder application for your own home transfers the contractor's responsibilities to you, so understand that choice before signing it. Florida also uses a Notice of Commencement for larger projects. It is recorded in the county before work begins and posted at the property. Have the hired contractor explain that paperwork as part of preparing the job.
Begin your comparison with a written request every bidder can read. Include the lift equipment, deck work and demolition you want discussed. Then use the table's mix of jobs and finaled shares to select contractors whose recorded activity fits those questions.
Stokes Marine's displayed activity includes 13 boat-lift permits among 51 permits in the ranking area. Crocker Marine Services has 43 entries with dock, wall and lift categories in its mix. Those records help you ask about relevant work without attaching a workmanship judgment to either name. For a lift-focused project, read the lift breakdown itself before using the overall count to make your shortlist.
The finaled column tells you about completion recorded in permit files. It is separate from a license check and does not rate the appearance or durability of a structure. At Florida DBPR's lookup, check the contractor associated with the proposal. Then compare what each written agreement includes, which existing parts it leaves in place and how the last payment relates to confirming the permit's final.
The form lets you pick up to 3 contractors, and they will contact you to look at your San Carlos Park job. Have the boat information and photographs ready for each visit. After the visits, read the proposed work line by line, especially anything excluded. Your selected contractor takes responsibility for the contract, price, permit and construction, so those terms belong in its own written agreement.
Describe your use of the waterfront before choosing equipment: getting aboard, storing the boat or walking along an older wall. Your San Carlos Park address needs its own inspection of the water exposure, supports and access, even when a nearby project looks similar.
Take photographs that show how the dock, bank or seawall and lift sit together. Tell the contractor what water your lot faces and what movement you observe there. A canal setting and a more open shoreline need their actual conditions described. Where saltwater or barnacles are present, point them out along with worn cables or motor problems instead of treating all visible wear as a decking issue.
An old wall can show trouble behind its cap as well as along its face. Note lost fill, cracks or a leaning section and ask that the inspection address each area. Storms across the region have prompted rebuilding of docks, lifts and walls. If that prompted your project, identify what changed at your property so the proposal responds to the existing structure rather than a generic replacement description.
San Carlos Park is in Lee County, with Estero, Villas and Cypress Lake among the nearby towns listed here. The data does not give this page a counted San Carlos Park ZIP selection. Use neighboring pages for another look at recorded work while keeping their boundaries in view. The contract for your address still needs its own material choices, removal details and access plan established during the visit.
We count the marine permits each contractor pulled, from the city and county permit offices' public records.
The contractor named on the permit gets the credit. You can look up any permit by address yourself.
Contractors can't buy a higher rank. Network partners get a call button; the order stays the data's.
Yes. Read the boat-lift and dock-and-lift categories before the total. Stokes Marine, for example, has 13 lift permits in the displayed mix. Use that activity as a reason to ask project questions, then check the license and compare proposals covering your specific equipment and supports.
The median belongs to the permit category shown in the table. It does not define your scope or include changes at your address by default. Describe dock work separately from the lift, and have the contractor state any new pilings, decking or removal in its written proposal.
The named office is Lee County for Dock and Shoreline permits. Your contractor handles filing for its work. Request the permit number before work starts, look up the address through the county's public search, and follow that job's record through the final completion entry.
Use myfloridalicense.com, the Florida DBPR license lookup. Check the contractor whose name appears on the agreement rather than relying on the ranking position. The permit count answers a question about activity; the license lookup and a written scope answer separate questions before you sign.
Confirm the permit shows its final. For Lee County, finaled means closure with a certificate of completion. Discuss this payment step in the written agreement and keep the permit number handy, so the check relates to the current San Carlos Park work rather than an older record.
Tell the contractor if the wall is cracked, leaning or losing fill. Ask for that condition to be inspected and for any proposed wall work to be described separately. A new dock proposal should leave you able to tell which shoreline problems it addresses and which remain outside its scope.
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