Rescreening a condo building or HOA community in Tampa Bay is priced unit by unit, at about $800 to $1,600 for each 200 to 400 square foot lanai in standard fiberglass, and it brings rules a single home does not: one screen spec for every unit, association approvals, licensed contractors and permit exemptions that were written for single-family homes. This page covers condo and HOA rescreening in Tampa, FL and across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Sarasota and Hernando counties.
What multi-unit rescreening costs
Start from the per-unit price and multiply; a building-wide job is where multi-unit pricing comes in. Published single-unit figures:
| Job | Published price | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Single panel repair | $75 to $150 | Tampa Bay contractor guide, Jan 2026 |
| Several panels, one visit | $250 to $600 | Tampa Bay contractor guide, Jan 2026 |
| Lanai, 200 to 400 sq ft, 18x14 fiberglass | $800 to $1,600 | Tampa Bay contractor guide, Mar 2026 |
| Small lanai or screened porch, under 20 panels | $800 to $1,800 | Central Florida screen company, 2026 |
| Full pool cage rescreen, Florida | $1,500 to $4,500+; $1.50 to $3.50 per sq ft | Florida contractor guides, Dec 2025 and Mar 2026 |
| Pressure washing | $150 to $300 | Tampa Bay contractor guide, Mar 2026 |
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Compiled from published contractor price guides fetched 2026-10-13. Multi-unit discounts are not published; treat per-unit figures as the ceiling for a building-wide job.
| Units | At $800 to $1,600 per lanai | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 10 lanais | $8,000 to $16,000 | Notice of Commencement territory in Clearwater (contracts over $5,000) |
| 20 lanais | $16,000 to $32,000 | Plus any community pool cage |
| 50 lanais | $40,000 to $80,000 | Large jobs can be phased by building |
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Arithmetic from the published Tampa Bay lanai range (Mar 2026). Clearwater's Notice of Commencement threshold is from the city's pool and enclosure permit checklist.
One screen spec for the whole community
The first decision is the spec, because every unit should end up the same color and mesh. Published community standards show how specific they get:
| Community | Screen rule |
|---|---|
| Country Club Village, Lakewood Ranch | Charcoal, 18x14 or 20x20 mesh, fiberglass or fiberglass-coated PVC |
| Venetian Golf & River Club, Venice | Charcoal screen, bronze aluminum, bronze super gutters |
| Westchase | Charcoal; privacy screening up to 40% of the screen height |
| FishHawk Ranch, Lithia | Charcoal; written approval before work |
| Seven Oaks, Wesley Chapel | Charcoal; white or bronze frames, no mill finish |
| Meadow Pointe, Wesley Chapel | Smoke or aluminum-colored; white or brown frames |
| Twin Lakes of Brandon | Gray or black only; bronze or white frames |
| Starkey Ranch, Odessa | No Florida Glass or spray-on vinyl laminate without approval |
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From each community's published design guidelines, homeowners manual or community standards, fetched 2026-10-13. Get the current version from your association.
Mesh choice follows the site. Phifer's 20x20 No-See-Um is made for coastal and marshy areas with gnats and sand flies, PetScreen resists tears from dogs and cats, and Glas-Shield vinyl-laminated mesh suits lower panels and privacy walls but not roofs. The screen types guide compares each.
Approvals: who signs off
Like-for-like rescreening is the easiest approval; anything that changes color or material goes to the committee. Examples from published rules:
- Lakewood Ranch's Country Club and Edgewater villages: no committee approval needed if a replacement cage is exactly like the original; new designs need a Modification Request Form.
- Venetian Golf & River Club: maintenance that matches the existing condition needs no approval, except painting, which always needs an application.
- Heritage Springs, Trinity: written approval from the Architectural Control Committee for any exterior change.
- Kings Point, Sun City Center: more than 100 separate homeowners associations, each with its own rules.
- East Lake Woodlands, Oldsmar: two layers of governance, a master association and a neighborhood sub-HOA.
Permits and licensing for multi-unit work
Multi-unit jobs lose some of the shortcuts single-family homes get.
- Rescreening is listed as permit-exempt in Pasco County (outside flood zones), Hernando County, the City of Bradenton and the City of Venice.
- Manatee County exempts rescreening and hardware or fastener repairs from permits but says the work requires a license.
- Pinellas County requires a permit for work over $500 or needing an inspection, and does not address rescreening.
- St. Petersburg cites F.S. 489.103 for work of $1,000 or more being done by a licensed contractor.
- Temple Terrace's owner-repair exemption covers an owner's primary residence only; rental property is treated as commercial.
- Clearwater requires a Notice of Commencement when the contract price is over $5,000.
Screen enclosure work in Florida falls under the Specialty Structure Contractor license, which covers screened porches, screened enclosures and pool enclosures. The Tampa Bay permit guide lists every county and city.
Communities where screens are a shared job
Tampa Bay has large concentrations of attached and age-restricted housing where screen work is planned community by community. Kings Point in Sun City Center has 5,277 homes, many of them villa condos in duplex configurations, built from 1973 to 2015. In Sun City Center, 63.8 percent of residents are 65 or older, and in Venice the figure is 62.8 percent. Ranchero Village in Largo has 946 manufactured homes, whose screen rooms and carports fall under the same aluminum structure permit category as pool enclosures.
Coastal buildings need closer attention to the frame. A University of Florida report for the Florida Building Commission found fastener corrosion more serious near the coast because of chloride, which matters for condominiums on Clearwater Beach, St. Petersburg's waterfront and Sarasota Bay. A building-wide rescreen is a good time to replace corroded screws; a Tampa Bay company quotes a full fastener refresh at $800 to $2,400, or $1,000 to $3,400 combined with a rescreen.
Planning a building-wide rescreen
- Count every enclosure and note which are lanais, balconies, villa screen rooms and pool cages.
- Confirm the approved screen color, mesh and frame color in writing from the association.
- Decide who pays for what: common elements versus unit-owner enclosures, per your declaration.
- Ask for the contractor's Florida license and any local registration, such as the PCCLB card in Pinellas.
- Check with the building department whether multi-unit rescreening needs a permit at your address.
- Avoid the lovebug flights in April to May and August to September if the schedule allows, and plan around storm season.
- Schedule unit access and notify owners, especially seasonal residents.
Condo and HOA rescreening across Tampa Bay
Associations and owners ask about building-wide jobs in Sun City Center, Clearwater, Largo, Trinity and Sarasota. Every town is on the service area page. For a single home, see lanai screen repair or pool cage rescreening, or request a free quote.
