--- title: Teardown and Rebuild in South Tampa | Custom Home Builder | Crescent Homes description: Tear down the old house and build new on your South Tampa lot. Crescent Homes handles demolition, permits and the build with open-book cost-plus pricing and a permanent Home Record. --- [![](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Crescent%20Homes_logo.png?width=350&height=88&name=Crescent%20Homes_logo.png)](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/?hsLang=en) - [Home](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com) - [Available Inventory](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/available-inventory) - [Services](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/services) - Where We Build - [South Tampa](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-south-tampa) - [Davis Islands](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-davis-islands) - [Snell Isle](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-snell-isle) - [Luxury Homes in Tampa](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/luxury-custom-home-builder-tampa) - [Behind the Build](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/behind-the-build) - [Portfolio](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/portfolio) - [Blog](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/blog) - [Home](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com) - [Available Inventory](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/available-inventory) - [Services](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/services) - Where We Build - [South Tampa](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-south-tampa) - [Davis Islands](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-davis-islands) - [Snell Isle](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/custom-home-builder-snell-isle) - [Luxury Homes in Tampa](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/luxury-custom-home-builder-tampa) - [Behind the Build](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/behind-the-build) - [Portfolio](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/portfolio) - [Blog](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/blog) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Teardown and Rebuild in South Tampa Many new homes in South Tampa start with an older one coming down. Crescent Homes handles the whole sequence: demolition, tree permit, building permit, the build. Built to Last. Built for You. [Inquire Now](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/teardown-and-rebuild-south-tampa#contact) We tear down and rebuild on client-owned lots in Beach Park, Sunset Park, Palma Ceia, Bayshore Beautiful and Davis Islands, and we buy teardowns ourselves. We are active buyers of lots in South Tampa and St. Petersburg. If you own one and are thinking of selling, call us. ## Is your house a teardown? It usually is when three things line up: the house is decades old, the lot is worth more than the house, and the house sits below today's required flood elevation. That describes a large share of South Tampa. The question is not whether the house can be saved. It usually can, at a price. The question is whether you would rather spend that money on a 1960s house or on a new one, elevated, built to current code, designed for you. If your house was flood-damaged, the City's 50% rule may decide it for you. See our [Rebuilding After a Flood page](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/rebuilding-after-a-flood-tampa-bay?hsLang=en). ## What the sequence looks like 1. **Lot review.** Flood zone, setbacks, trees, utilities. We check the City's Flood Information Search (tampafl.withforerunner.com/properties) before anything else. 2. **Design and budget.** Our in-house team draws the new house. The trades bid it. You see the bids. 3. **Permits.** Demolition, tree removal, utilities, then the building permit, all through the City's Accela portal with a sealed survey, site plan, sealed plans, energy calculations and, in a flood zone, an elevation certificate (City of Tampa Residential New Construction Permit Application Guide). 4. **Demolition.** Utilities cut and capped, the house down, the lot cleared, erosion control in place. 5. **Build.** Every inspection and pre-drywall photo into your Home Record. 6. **Close.** Keys, Home Record, our number. ## Trees Tampa protects trees. Every tree within 20 feet of the construction area goes on the survey with a mitigation table, with barricades inspected before you dig and replacements at the end (Permit Application Guide). A grand oak in the middle of the lot changes the plan, so we want to know before the drawings. Where trees come out, the City requires replacement plantings or a payment into its tree trust fund. That goes in the budget up front. ## Flood zone and elevation The reason many old South Tampa houses are teardowns is that they sit below today's required elevation. FEMA's high-risk zones are A, AE and VE; X is outside them (fema.gov/glossary/flood-zones). In a high-risk zone the Florida Building Code puts the lowest floor at or above the Base Flood Elevation plus 1 foot, or the design flood elevation if higher (FBC Residential R322.2.1). Tampa sets its design flood elevation in City Code Ch. 5-121. Below that line the City allows parking and storage only, unfinished, with flood vents and flood-resistant materials, and records a non-conversion agreement on the property (City of Tampa, Technical Guide: Flood Requirements for Residential New Construction, 3/14/24). We design the entry, garage and outdoor rooms to the required height from the start. ## How the price is built We do not publish prices. A teardown is priced in two parts: the demolition and site work, bid by the trades, and the new house, priced from its plans and finishes. Both are open-book cost-plus. You see every bid and every invoice, and our fee is a line in the contract. ## Three things you get from us ### We find your lot If you do not own one, our acquisition team finds a teardown, or you come in early on one of our custom homes under construction and make it yours. ### Open-book cost-plus Every dollar visible. ### The Home Record Photos of every wall before drywall, every inspection, every product, the as-builts. Permanent, and it transfers with the house. ## Finished Crescent homes ![Pool and rear elevation at a Crescent home on S Barbara Ln, Beach Park](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/hubfs/Portfolio/403%20S%20Barbara/crescent-homes-barbara-pool-rear-elevation.jpg) 403 S Barbara Ln, Beach Park ![Sport court and yard at a Crescent home on W Platt St, Beach Park](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Portfolio/5102%20Platt%20-%20Beach%20Park%20Luxury/66-web-or-mls-IMG_3264.jpg?width=1600) W Platt St, Beach Park ![Great room at a Crescent home on W San Miguel St, Tampa](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/hubfs/Portfolio/5007%20W%20San%20Miguel/crescent-homes-san-miguel-great-room.jpg) 5007 W San Miguel St, Tampa ![Front exterior at a Crescent waterfront home in Beach Park](https://www.crescenthomesinc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Portfolio/Beach%20Park%20Waterfront%20-%20Calvin%20Baty%20Updated%202026/60_IMG_3164_mls.jpg?width=1600) Beach Park waterfront, Tampa ## Questions we get How much does a teardown and rebuild cost? Demolition is bid by the trades. The new house is priced from its plans and finishes. Both open-book. We give you the numbers in person. How long does the whole thing take? Design and permits first, then demolition, then the build. We give you a schedule with the budget. Will the new house have to be elevated? If the lot is in a high-risk flood zone, yes, to the height the code and City require. What about the trees? Located on the survey, protected during construction, mitigated if removed. We handle it and it is in the budget. Can you buy my teardown instead? Sometimes. Our acquisition team buys lots in these neighborhoods. Send the address. Who do I talk to? Our senior staff. Call 813-923-1023 or send the form and we connect you. ## Send us the address Thinking about tearing down? Send the address. We will look up the flood zone and the lot, and a person calls you back the same business day. 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