Carpentry & Finish Work in Bonita Springs, Estero & Naples
Trim, crown, custom built-ins, wainscoting and wood rot repair across Southwest Florida, by a licensed Florida Certified Building Contractor.
Why finish work shows
Carpentry is the last trade on the job, so it is the one everybody sees. Good trim hides a lot. Bad trim advertises it.
Every wall in a house is slightly out of plumb and every floor is slightly out of level. Trim is what reconciles that. A finish carpenter who scribes to the wall, miters tight and fills honestly makes a twenty year old house read as new. One who caulks over a quarter inch gap gives you something you will stare at every evening for the next decade.
Complete Construction Group is a licensed Florida general contractor (Certified Building Contractor CBC1266704) based in Bonita Springs. Owner Brian Davis runs the finish work personally, whether it is the last stage of a full remodel or a standalone job like built-ins, crown throughout, or replacing rotted exterior trim before it reaches the framing.
What we build
Five kinds of finish work
Trim, Crown & Baseboard Per project
The job most people mean when they say carpentry. New baseboard, crown moulding, and door and window casing through a whole house, or matched into an existing profile so a single remodeled room does not announce itself.
- Baseboard, crown, chair rail and door and window casing
- Existing profiles matched so new work blends into older rooms
- Scribed to the wall rather than caulked over, which is what makes it last
- Paint-ready or finished, your choice
Custom Built-Ins & Millwork Per project
Shelving, cabinetry and storage built for the actual wall rather than ordered to the nearest standard size. This is where a house stops looking like every other house in the community.
- Bookcases, window seats, mudroom benches and closet systems
- Entertainment walls and fireplace surrounds
- Office built-ins and custom desks
- Plywood construction rather than particleboard, which matters in this climate
Wainscoting, Panelling & Accent Walls Per project
Board and batten, shiplap, slat walls and raised panel. A single accent wall is one of the few changes that costs very little and visibly changes a room.
- Board and batten, shiplap, slat and raised panel
- Full wainscoting in dining rooms, halls and stairwells
- Coffered and tray ceiling detail
- Finished and painted, not left for someone else
Wood Rot & Exterior Trim Repair Per project
Southwest Florida humidity, wind-driven rain and sun destroy exterior wood faster than most of the country. Caught early this is a trim repair. Left alone it reaches the sheathing and framing behind it and becomes a structural job.
- Fascia, soffit, door and window trim replacement
- Column wraps, railings and exterior detail
- We open it up far enough to find where the water actually stopped
- Repaired, primed and painted so it does not come straight back
Doors, Hardware & Painting Per project
The finish stage that ties everything together. Hanging and adjusting doors so they latch properly, and painting the work rather than handing you a bare job to arrange yourself.
- Interior door hanging, replacement and hardware
- Barn doors, pocket doors and closet systems
- Interior painting of new and repaired work
- Caulk, fill and sand done properly before any paint goes on
Recent work
Finish work we have done
Every photo here is our own work, shot on the job. No stock photography.
What it costs
Carpentry is priced per project, and here is why that is honest rather than evasive.
Kitchens and bathrooms have ranges because the scope repeats. Carpentry does not. Crown through four rooms of an open-plan condo and crown through four bedrooms with eight inside corners each are the same material and nowhere near the same labor. Anyone quoting you a per-foot price over the phone is guessing, and the guess gets corrected later in your favour exactly never.
What moves the number
- Linear feet and corners. Corners are the labor. A long straight run is quick; a room with six returns is not.
- Profile and material. Paint-grade MDF, poplar and solid hardwood are three very different prices for the same look on day one.
- Height. Crown at nine feet is a ladder job. Crown at eighteen feet over a stairwell is staging.
- Matching existing. Matching a discontinued profile means milling it, which costs more than starting fresh.
- What is behind it. On rot repair we do not know the real scope until it is open. We tell you what we find before we carry on.
How we quote it
- Brian walks it. Not a salesperson, and not a number over the phone from a description.
- Measured, then written. You get an itemized scope with the material and profile named, so an upgrade has a visible price before you choose it.
- One contract. Carpentry, caulk, fill, prime and paint under one scope. We do not hand you a bare install and leave the finish to someone else.
- Free and no obligation. If the job is smaller than it is worth bringing a crew out for, we will tell you that too.
How the finish stage actually runs.
No sales rep, no handoff to a project manager you have never met. Brian walks the job, writes the estimate and runs the schedule.
Walkthrough
We measure the runs, look at the existing profiles, and talk honestly about where trim will and will not fix what is bothering you.
Written estimate
An itemized scope naming the profile and material, so you can see what solid hardwood costs over paint-grade before you decide.
Install
Floors protected, cuts made outside where we can, site cleaned daily. Most finish work is days rather than weeks.
Fill, caulk & paint
The stage that separates good trim from bad. Filled, sanded and painted properly, then walked with you before we call it done.
Wood in this climate
Rot here is not a maintenance issue. It is a clock.
Southwest Florida runs humid most of the year, takes wind-driven rain from the side rather than straight down, and bakes anything facing south. Exterior wood that would last thirty years in a dry climate fails here in a fraction of that, and it almost always starts somewhere nobody looks: the bottom of a door casing, the back edge of a fascia board, the joint where a column meets the deck.
Caught at the trim stage it is a short job. Left until it is soft to the touch, the water has usually already reached the sheathing behind it, and what you thought was a trim repair turns into framing. The honest advice is to look at your exterior wood once a year and press on it.
- Bottom of door and window casing
- Fascia behind the gutter line
- Column bases and porch railings
- Soffit at the roof edge
- Open it until we reach sound material, not just the soft part
- Replace with material rated for exterior exposure
- Prime all six sides before it goes up, including the cut ends
- Seal the joints that let the water in to begin with
When to schedule
Finish carpentry is one of the few trades that runs comfortably year round here, which makes it useful work to slot into season when bigger projects are restricted.
Seasonal resident? We can do interior finish work while you are north and send photographs as it goes.
Specified for this climate
What holds up in a Florida house
The material question matters more here than almost anywhere, and the cheapest option on install day is frequently the most expensive one over five years.
Paint-grade MDF is stable, takes paint beautifully and will not telegraph grain. It also turns to porridge if it ever gets wet, so we keep it well away from bathrooms, laundry rooms and anywhere near an exterior door.
PVC and composite trim in bathrooms, laundries and anywhere humidity collects. It costs more and it does not care about water at all, which in this climate is worth paying for.
PVC, fibre cement or properly treated and primed wood. Primed on all six faces including the cut ends, which is the step most often skipped and the reason most replacement trim fails again.
Plywood carcasses rather than particleboard. A closed-up house in August is exactly the condition that makes particleboard swell, and once it has, nothing brings it back.
Before you guess at a number
Brian walks the job, measures it, and puts the price on paper.
Free in-home consultation. Written, itemized estimate. No obligation.
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Featured project
Jasmine Bay Towers, West Bay
A high-rise condo in Estero taken room by room. Beyond the kitchen and baths, the finish stage carried new trim, ceiling detail and built-in storage through the whole unit, which is what made a renovated condo read as one house rather than three remodeled rooms.
- Location
- Estero, FL
- Scope
- Full interior, including finish carpentry
- Building
- High-rise condominium
Who runs your job
Born and raised in Bonita Springs.
I was born and raised here, and I have been working with my hands since I was a kid. When I went into business for myself, the whole point was that the person you meet is the person who runs your project.
Finish work is where I am fussiest, because it is the part you look at every day. A miter that opens up over the first summer, or a baseboard that does not meet the floor, is the kind of thing a homeowner notices forever. I would rather spend the extra hour scribing it than have you live with it.
Brian Davis
Owner, Complete Construction Group (Complete Maintenance & Home Improvements LLC)
Florida Certified Building Contractor License CBC1266704, verifiable at myfloridalicense.com
Water Restoration Specialist ID# 23011038
Questions
Carpentry questions
Straight answers to what people ask on the first call. If yours is not here, call (239) 687-0144.
How much does carpentry and trim work cost in Bonita Springs?
It is quoted per project rather than per foot, because the labor is driven by corners, height and how much matching is involved rather than by linear footage alone. A single accent wall and crown moulding through a whole house are very different jobs. Brian walks the work and follows up with an itemized written price, free and with no obligation.
Do you take small carpentry jobs, or only full remodels?
We take standalone carpentry work. Built-ins, crown through a few rooms, a wainscoted hallway or exterior trim repair are all normal jobs for us. If what you need is genuinely too small to be worth bringing a crew out for, we will tell you that on the call rather than after.
Can you match the existing trim in my house?
Usually, yes. Many common profiles are still stocked, and where a profile has been discontinued it can be milled to match. Matching costs more than starting fresh, so on a whole-house job it is often worth comparing the two before deciding.
What is the difference between paint-grade and stain-grade trim?
Paint-grade is built to be painted, typically MDF or poplar, and it gives the cleanest painted finish because there is no grain to telegraph through. Stain-grade is solid hardwood chosen for its grain, because you are going to see it. Stain-grade costs more in both material and labor, since every joint has to be near perfect with no filler to hide behind.
Should I use MDF trim in Florida?
In dry interior rooms, yes, it is stable and takes paint better than wood. Not in bathrooms, laundry rooms, garages or anywhere near an exterior door. MDF swells permanently once it takes on water and there is no repairing it. We specify PVC or composite in those areas.
How do I know if I have wood rot?
Press on it. Sound wood resists; rotted wood gives, feels spongy or crumbles at the edge. Check the bottom of door and window casing, fascia behind the gutters, column bases and soffit at the roof edge. Peeling paint in one isolated patch is often the first visible sign, because the wood underneath is moving.
Can wood rot be repaired, or does it have to be replaced?
Small surface damage can sometimes be consolidated and filled. Anything structural or more than superficial should be cut out and replaced, because filler over rot traps moisture and the damage carries on underneath where you cannot see it. We open it up until we reach sound material and show you what we found before carrying on.
Do you paint the carpentry you install, or do I need a separate painter?
We paint it. Caulk, fill, sand, prime and finish coat are part of the scope. Handing over a bare install for someone else to finish is where most trim jobs go wrong, because the quality of the fill and sand decides how the finished trim looks.
Can you build custom built-ins for an awkward space?
That is most of what makes built-ins worth doing. Alcoves, sloped ceilings, around windows and under stairs are all spaces where nothing you can order off a shelf will fit properly. We build to the actual wall, which is never quite square.
Do you do carpentry work in condos and high-rise buildings?
Yes, and finish carpentry is often the easiest work to get approved, because it is quiet, dust-light and quick compared with a full remodel. We still prepare the association package, book the service elevator and work inside the building’s permitted hours.
Do you warranty your work?
Yes. Everything we install carries a one year workmanship warranty. If something we installed fails because of how it was installed, we come back and correct it.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Complete Construction Group is owned by Brian Davis, a Florida Certified Building Contractor, license CBC1266704, and the business is insured. You can verify the license on the Florida DBPR website at myfloridalicense.com.
Where we work
Bonita Springs, Estero and the Naples coast.
We take carpentry and finish work throughout Lee and Collier counties, in single-family homes, gated communities and high-rise condominiums. Bonita Springs is home, so most of our work sits within twenty minutes of the shop.
Including Bonita Bay, Pelican Landing, Spanish Wells, Palmira, Bonita National, Barefoot Beach, West Bay, Shadow Wood, Coconut Point and the surrounding communities. Not sure if we cover your neighborhood? Call (239) 687-0144.
Let’s talk about your project.
Free in-home consultation · Written, itemized estimate · No obligation