Mold Removal in Old Northeast, FL

Old Northeast is St. Petersburg's first planned neighborhood, platted in 1911 just north of downtown between 4th Street and Tampa Bay. The houses are 1910s and 1920s bungalows, Mediterranean Revival and Colonial Revival homes, brick streets, and hexagonal-block sidewalks. Most have plaster on wood lath, wood floors over a crawl space, and at least one original bathroom that has never had an exhaust fan.

The bayfront blocks east of Coffee Pot Bayou took surge from Helene on September 26, 2024, and Milton's rain followed on October 9. Away from the water, Old Northeast mold is slower and older: a crawl space that stays damp all summer, a plaster bathroom ceiling that speckles after every shower, a flat-roofed addition that holds water at the seams.

Homeowners in Old Northeast who call us reach an independent mold provider who works in the neighborhood. That provider reads the walls and does the removal.

Plaster, crawl spaces, and what Old Northeast owners ask

A 1920s bathroom ceiling that comes back a month after each repaint is bathroom mold removal, and the fix usually includes the fan the house never had. A musty smell in a house with no visible growth is mold odor removal, and the crew starts under the floor. A bayfront house that took surge is mold removal handled wall by wall, because plaster over lath is read, not cut like drywall.

Working on a historic house in Old Northeast

Rebuilding after removal in Old Northeast runs through the city's building department, and exterior changes on a contributing structure in the local historic district get a second look. The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association is the place to start for what that review covers, and the provider who rebuilds pulls the permit.

Call (727) 382-7755 now and tell us what you see in your Old Northeast home.