Marco Island, Collier County
Demolition in Marco Island
Marco Island was cut into a grid of canals and seawalls after the Deltona Corporation bought it in 1964. Almost every lot touches water, so a demolition here is as much about the seawall and the groundwater as about the house.
Deltona dredged and filled the island and built more than ninety miles of finger canals, bulkheaded and lined with concrete. A lot on one of those canals often means a seawall at the back and a shallow water table below. Heavy work beside a bulkhead has to be planned around the wall, not just the house. Heavy equipment near an aging wall needs a plan before it arrives.
The city's current demolition application, effective for permits submitted from May 2026, sets out a clear order. If a septic system is being removed or abandoned, the Florida Department of Health must issue an abandonment permit before the city issues the demolition permit. A survey is filed with the state environmental agency when a building holds asbestos. An interior-only permit covers interior work and nothing else. Total commercial demolitions need a bond in an amount the building official sets.
Hurricane Irma's eye came ashore on Marco Island in September 2017, with surge of two to four feet that reached less than half a mile inland. Because the island is built on tidewater, flood-zone rules shape what can be rebuilt, and the city can tell you the zone for your lot.
Sources: Paradise Coast: Marco Island history · National Weather Service: Hurricane Irma summary for South Florida
Permit office for Marco Island
City of Marco Island, Building Services
The city's demolition application page links a 2026 form, effective for permits submitted from May 2026, that requires a Health Department abandonment permit for any septic system, an asbestos survey filing where asbestos is present, and a final inspection before more plans are submitted.
See the official pageWhat follows is general information, not legal advice. Hire Romco and we file the permit ourselves, as contractor of record. Collier permit overview
What we quote in Marco Island
Demolition work we quote in this area
- Interior demolitionCondo and office strip-outs, and flood-damaged rooms cut back to the studs.Interior demolition in Collier →
- Selective demolitionTake out a lanai, addition or wall and leave the rest of the building standing.Selective demolition in Collier →
- Commercial demolitionStrip centers, offices, warehouses and apartment buildings, planned from the survey on.Commercial demolition in Collier →
- House demolitionRanch houses, canal homes and rural homes on septic, taken down after the file is complete.House demolition in Collier →
- Structural demolitionConcrete frames, elevated slabs, piles and foundations near water, in engineered order.Structural demolition in Collier →
- Concrete removalDriveways, slabs, patios and decks broken out, separated and hauled for recycling.Concrete removal in Collier →
- Pool removalPartial or full pool removal, with the cage, the water and the fill planned together.Pool removal in Collier →
- Mobile home demolitionTrailers and mobile homes cleared from park and private lots, utilities shut off first.Mobile home demolition in Collier →
- Storm damage demolitionSurge-flooded and storm-damaged buildings, made safe and removed with records kept.Storm damage demolition in Collier →
- Site clearingOpen up a lot once the vegetation, wetland and wildlife checks are done.Site clearing in Collier →
- Asbestos coordinationTesting, state filing and licensed removal sequenced ahead of the machines.Asbestos coordination in Collier →
- Accessory structure demolitionLanais, cages, docks, sheds and garages taken off a lot without harming the house.Accessory structure demolition in Collier →
- Something else?If your job is not shown here, ring us and describe it. Every type and size gets a quote.Call (239) 510-4206 →
Start to finish
Six stages in a fixed order
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. These stages apply whether the job is a small shed or a large building.
Send the address and the scope
Ring us or use the quote form, and attach photos or drawings if you have them. Give the area, what has to go and what has to stay.
We walk the site
We visit the lot and look at the building, the utility connections, septic or sewer, the flood zone, how machines and trucks will get in, and the neighbors.
Written scope and quote
A written quote lists what comes out, what is shielded, and what leaves by truck. Anything that depends on a survey is marked.
Surveys, permit and disconnects
Required asbestos testing, utility shutoffs and septic abandonment happen here, and the permit goes to the office that covers your parcel.
Demolition and haul-off
The crew follows the agreed order of work. Debris is taken to permitted facilities, and load records are kept.
Final inspection
The permit is closed by the building department after its last inspection, leaving a clear lot or the shell you requested.
Questions
Demolition in Marco Island
Does a Marco Island house on septic need a permit before demolition?
Yes. The city's application says the Florida Department of Health must issue a septic abandonment permit before the demolition permit is issued. Ask the building services office for the current form.
What goes into the cost of a demolition?
A quote comes after we visit the property, or after we review photos and drawings that show enough. The price follows the building's materials and height, the asbestos survey, utility and septic work, how machines reach the lot, what stays, and where the debris goes. We do not publish prices, because two lots that look alike seldom cost alike.
What is done about asbestos before a demolition?
Testing comes first, by an independent licensed consultant, since the federal asbestos rule wants a thorough inspection ahead of a regulated demolition. Naples and Marco Island both say a survey is filed with the state environmental agency where asbestos is present. When material is found that the job would disturb, a licensed abatement firm takes it out. We schedule the two visits but never perform abatement.
How long until work can begin?
That cannot be answered honestly before the facts are in. The start moves with permit review at your office, notice periods like the fourteen days Naples gives neighbors, historic review, utility and septic paperwork, asbestos findings and the weather. We hand you the order of work, with each dependency named, once those are known.
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Any type, any size, anywhere in Collier County
Name the place and the job, and we will put a price on it.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A single wall or a full building: either way you get a written scope and a quote.