North Fort Myers Mobile Home Leveling 
About half of all homes in North Fort Myers are mobile homes. The 2023 American Community Survey counted 13,967 mobile homes out of 28,644 homes here, and those 13,967 are about a third of all the mobile homes in Lee County. That is the work we do: when doors start sticking, a floor slopes or the straps under the home look slack, we relevel it, sort out the tie-downs, and repair the vapor barrier and skirting.
Typical ranges for a relevel are $450 to $800 for a singlewide and $750 to $1,400 for a doublewide. We publish them so you have a number in mind before we look at the home, and the written quote comes after we have surveyed it. The full list is on the pricing page.
Where the homes are
North Fort Myers is an unincorporated community in Lee County, across the Caloosahatchee River from Fort Myers, with Cape Coral to the west and Charlotte County to the north. Mobile homes cluster west of US 41 around Littleton Road, in Suncoast Estates between Mellow Drive and Bayshore Road, and along US 41, Business 41 and Hart Road. Named 55+ communities include Lazy Days Village, a resident-owned park on Business 41, along with Lake Fairways Country Club, Pine Lakes Country Club and Tamiami Village. Other parks in the community include Serendipity, Southwind, Tara Woods, Del Tura, Island Vista Estates, Windmill Village, Buccaneer Estates, Julia MHP, Pioneer Village and The Heritage.
The 2020 Census counted 42,719 people in North Fort Myers, and the median resident age is about 64.
Why homes here move
The ground under most of North Fort Myers is poorly drained flatwood sand: soil series such as Pineda, Oldsmar, Wabasso and Immokalee. The water table in these soils sits within roughly 10 to 40 inches of the surface for much of the year. Wet sand under a pier pad gives way more easily than dry ground, and when one pier drops, the steel frame sags over it and the home above shows it: doors rack out of square, drywall cracks at corners, floors dip.
Florida’s installation rule, 15C-1, asks for the ground under a home to be graded so water does not pond beneath it. On flat, wet ground that is one of the first things we look at, because a puddle under the home keeps softening the same pads after a relevel.
Storms are part of the job here
Lee County is in HUD Wind Zone III (110 mph design wind), and Lee County’s permit guide asks for proof of Wind Zone III. Two recent storms show what that means in practice:
- Ian, September 28, 2022. The state surveyed three North Fort Myers parks in its Mobile Home Tie Down Program, and none of the homes observed had left their foundations. About 80% of the damage was carports and add-ons lifting off, and in about 30% of those cases the carport took part of the roof with it. The park with the most damage also had the most homes built before HUD standards. Damage was also reported at Royal Coach Estates off Bayshore Road, Royal Coach Village, Carriage Village and Lake Fairways.
- Milton, October 9, 2024. The National Weather Service rated an EF2 tornado (an estimated 132 mph) that crossed the Caloosahatchee into North Fort Myers and damaged structures in two manufactured home communities before lifting near US 41.
That record is why tie-downs and a post-hurricane inspection sit right beside releveling in what we offer. A home that has settled can leave its straps slack, so we check them on every relevel.
What happens when you call
- You tell us about the home (singlewide or doublewide, age if you know it) and what you are seeing.
- We come out and survey the frame at the piers to see what has dropped and by how much.
- You get a written quote from us before any lifting starts.
- Before work begins, ask for the FLHSMV installer licence number, and ask whether your job needs a Lee County permit.
Areas we cover
We work in North Fort Myers and these nearby places: Suncoast Estates, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Pine Island (Bokeelia and Matlacha) and Alva.