Sandpiper Bay, St. Lucie County
Demolition in Sandpiper Bay
Sandpiper Bay is where General Development built the first homes and businesses in the new city of Port St. Lucie. The company set aside 1,100 acres for a resort, and the Port St. Lucie Country Club opened in 1961. Its oldest lots follow the same city demolition checklist as everywhere else in Port St. Lucie.
The resort land has changed hands since the early days. The Club Med Sandpiper Bay property was sold in 2022 and reopened as Sandpiper Bay Resort, with 307 rooms on 216 acres. Around it, early General Development homes stand beside newer ones, and on an older lot the demolition can be the first step of a rebuild.
Early platted lots in Port St. Lucie were served by septic systems at up to four per acre, and the city's conversion to sewer is still in progress. If the house being removed is on septic, the tank is closed out under the state's onsite sewage abandonment rule. We coordinate that licensed work and the city's utility letters, FPL first, then the Utilities Department.
An older house also raises the asbestos question. The city's form asks only for the owner's initialled statement unless asbestos has been found, but a house from the city's first decade is where we arrange a licensed survey before demolition rather than after.
Sources: Hometown News: Sandpiper Bay history · Hotel Online: Sandpiper Bay Resort launch · City of Port St. Lucie: 2025 septic-to-sewer fact sheet · Florida Administrative Code: Rule 62-6.011, abandonment of onsite sewage systems (DEP)
Permit office for Sandpiper Bay
City of Port St. Lucie Building Department
Sandpiper Bay is inside the city. The checklist covers utility letters, the asbestos statement, the NOC at 5,000 dollars or more and owner-builder papers.
Read the official sourceThis summary is not legal advice. When Romco takes the job, we sign the permit application as the responsible contractor. St. Lucie guide to demolition permits
What we quote in Sandpiper Bay
More demolition we quote
- Interior demolitionStrip a suite or a house to the studs while the shell and its live systems stay intact.Interior demolition in St. Lucie →
- Selective demolitionTake out an addition, a wing or a bay and keep the building that remains in service.Selective demolition in St. Lucie →
- Commercial demolitionRetail, office and industrial buildings taken down, with approvals run in the right order.Commercial demolition in St. Lucie →
- House demolitionA full teardown of a single-family house, from utility letters to a graded lot.House demolition in St. Lucie →
- Structural demolitionFrames, walls and floors taken down in order, including buildings under unsafe orders.Structural demolition in St. Lucie →
- Concrete removalSlabs, driveways, footings and foundations broken out, hauled and recycled.Concrete removal in St. Lucie →
- Pool removalBreak out the top and backfill, or lift the whole shell, with the drainage handled.Pool removal in St. Lucie →
- Mobile home demolitionSingle and double wides removed with chassis, tie-downs, add-ons and debris cleared.Mobile home demolition in St. Lucie →
- Storm damage demolitionHurricane, tornado and flood damage taken down with the record your insurer needs.Storm damage demolition in St. Lucie →
- Site clearingLots cleared of old structures, slabs and debris, with protected trees left in place.Site clearing in St. Lucie →
- Asbestos coordinationLicensed survey, FDEP notice and licensed abatement scheduled before demolition.Asbestos coordination in St. Lucie →
- Accessory structure demolitionSheds, detached garages, carports and screen enclosures removed under permit.Accessory structure demolition in St. Lucie →
- Something else?If your job is missing from the list, call anyway. We price odd jobs too.Call (772) 310-3298 →
Start to finish
How a St. Lucie job moves
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A backyard shed follows the same order as a commercial building.
Reach out
Call or fill in the form. Mention whether the place has a septic tank; it adds a step before the permit.
We look at the property
We come out and trace the services: the FPL drop, the water line, and the septic tank or sewer tap. Then we look at the truck route in and at what sits next door.
A written scope and quote
Each line of the scope says come down, stay, or leave on a truck. Items waiting on the survey result are flagged so nothing is assumed.
Survey, notice, letters, permit
A licensed asbestos survey, the state demolition notice, the utility letters, then the permit from the city, town or county.
Demolition and hauling
The crew works through the scope in order. C&D debris goes to a permitted site such as the county facility on Glades Cut-Off Road, and every ticket is filed.
Final inspection
Last comes the final inspection from the city, town or county. After that the lot is bare and graded, or the shell you wanted kept is still standing.
Questions
Demolition in Sandpiper Bay
Is a house in Sandpiper Bay still likely to be on septic?
It depends on the lot. The city reported 12,717 septic tanks still in use at the end of January 2025, with 10,923 converted to sewer since 1999, so the neighborhood alone does not tell you. The city's Utility Systems department can confirm the connection, and a tank found on site is abandoned under the state onsite sewage rule as part of the demolition.
What will my demolition cost in St. Lucie?
Two houses on the same Port St. Lucie street can quote quite differently, so we post no rates. The price is set after a visit, or from photos and plans that show enough, and it follows the materials, the footprint and height, the asbestos survey, the service disconnects, any septic tank to abandon, how equipment gets in, what sits next door, what stays, and how far the debris travels.
Do I need an asbestos survey if I think there is no asbestos?
The state's position is that every demolition needs a written notice, even when no asbestos is found, and the notice has to be filed at least ten working days before demolition begins. St. Lucie notices go to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Southeast District. A building permit does not take its place. Fort Pierce also asks for an asbestos report on older homes and commercial buildings. Romco books a licensed survey and brings in a licensed abatement firm for any material found, since we hold no abatement license ourselves.
How long does the whole process take?
We give no estimate until the paperwork picture is clear. The ten-working-day state notice is fixed. Review time at the city, town or county, the utility letters, the survey result, any Fort Pierce historic board review and septic abandonment are not, and size and construction count too. When each is known, you get the steps in order and what each one is waiting for.
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Tell us what has to come down, and we will quote it.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A kitchen wall in Tradition and a strip center on US 1 are quoted the same way: on paper, line by line.