Mobile Home Leveling on Pine Island: Bokeelia and Matlacha

On the Pine Island side, Matlacha is about 15.4 miles in a straight line from the middle of North Fort Myers, Pine Island Center about 18.5 miles and Bokeelia about 18.4 miles. We take mobile home work in Bokeelia, Matlacha and elsewhere on the island: releveling, anchors and checks after a storm. Typical relevel ranges are $450 to $800 for a singlewide and $750 to $1,400 for a doublewide, and the written quote follows a look under your home.

Storms

During Milton in October 2024, an EF1 tornado at Matlacha half-unroofed a mobile home. Two years earlier Ian made landfall as a Category 4 at Cayo Costa. After any storm, our post-hurricane inspection checks the level, the piers and every strap.

Wind zone and anchors

Lee County is HUD Wind Zone III, with a 110 mph design wind. Florida Rule 15C-1 calls for approved galvanised auger anchors set for the soil class, 180 square inch stabiliser plates, diagonal frame ties no more than 5 feet 4 inches apart and longitudinal ties. Coral anchors do not meet Zone II or III, and if we find them on an island home we will say so. See tie-downs and anchors.

Flood elevation

If a home in a FEMA flood zone is placed, replaced or substantially improved, Lee County requires it to be elevated so its lowest floor is at base flood elevation plus one foot (the bottom of the frame in VE and Coastal A zones), with the floor elevation verified by a registered surveyor after the home is set. Raise this before planning major work.

Before work starts

Ask whoever does the work for the FLHSMV mobile home installer licence number, and ask whether the job needs a Lee County permit. Typical ranges are on the pricing page.