Kitchens, bathrooms, floors, painting, framing, drywall, outdoor kitchens and custom carpentry — handled end to end by R&SS Remodeling & Construction, insured with $2 million in liability coverage, across Tampa Bay and about 50 miles around it. The poolside outdoor kitchen behind this headline is our own work. Free estimates, in English or Spanish.
In Rafael's own words: “hago de todo” — I do everything. Kitchens, baths, floors, paint, framing, sheetrock, the lanai and the carpentry. The whole point of R&SS is that one insured crew carries the entire remodel, so you never juggle five contractors for one house.
Whole-home and room-by-room remodels carried end to end — the houses in our photos went from dated to done, outside and in.
Tear-outs, cabinets, counters and finishes — kitchens rebuilt to be used, indoors and out. The dark-cabinet kitchen in this photo is ours.
Walk-in showers in large-format marble-look tile, vanities, tubs and full refreshes — the shower in this photo is our tile work.
Wood-look tile and plank floors installed flat, tight and level through whole houses — prep and leveling included, never skipped.
Interior and exterior painting with real prep — stucco patched and sealed before the color goes on, so Florida sun and rain meet a finish that lasts.
Framing, sheetrock and layout changes — the bones of every remodel. These are Rafael's own trades, and the photos show the work mid-build, nothing hidden.
Outdoor kitchens, lanais and screened patios — Florida's extra room. The poolside kitchen under the slat-wood ceiling in our photos is the proof.
Built-ins and custom rooms — like the built-in bunk-bed room with stairs and lighting in this photo, designed and built from scratch.
Every photo on this page is our own work — the outdoor kitchen behind the headline, the marble showers, the bunk room, the houses redone outside and in. No stock photos, no borrowed jobs. What you see here is the standard your project gets.
A remodel is a trust decision. R&SS earns it three ways: real insurance behind the work, years of experience in the trades that make up a remodel, and one crew answering for the whole job instead of five subcontractors pointing at each other.
Work in your home should never put your home at risk. R&SS carries $2 million in liability insurance — ask about it at the estimate; we would rather you check than wonder.
When the framing, the drywall, the tile, the paint and the floors are one job, nothing waits on another contractor's calendar. The project moves in the right order because one crew owns the order.
One number — (813) 629-6813 — takes calls and WhatsApp in either language. The estimate, the questions and the follow-up all happen in the language that is easier for you.
We do not claim awards or invent numbers. We show finished showers, kitchens, floors and outdoor rooms we actually built — and give you a free, in-person estimate so the price is real before the work is.
Tell us your city and what the project is — a photo or two by WhatsApp tells us most of it before we arrive. English or Spanish, whichever is easier.
We walk the project with you — the layout, the surfaces, the access — and give you a clear price. No cost, no commitment; if it works, we schedule.
Everything quoted gets done by the same insured crew, in the right order — framing before drywall, drywall before tile, paint last. Your home stays protected the whole way.
Scraps, dust and old material leave with us. The project is done when it looks like the photos on this page — finished, level and clean.
Tampa Bay built in waves — block ranches in the 50s and 60s, family suburbs in the 80s and 90s, booming subdivisions since the 2000s. Each wave remodels its own way, and Florida's sun, rain and humidity write rules of their own on top.
Eleven months of outdoor season make the lanai, the screened patio and the outdoor kitchen the most-used room of a Florida house. Building them right — shade, screens, surfaces that take the weather — is some of our favorite work.
Concrete block and stucco are Tampa Bay's bones. Paint over hairline cracks and they come back by summer; patch, seal and then paint, and the finish survives the rain. The gray and white houses in our photos got the honest version.
Florida moisture finds bad drywall, cheap paint and rushed tile. Moisture-aware work — the right board, the right sealing, tile set full and level — is the difference between a remodel that lasts and one that bubbles by next August.
The newer suburbs are full of houses the builder finished to the minimum — carpet, plastic shower inserts, empty bonus rooms. Real tile, a marble-look shower and a finished room turn a standard house into yours.
R&SS Remodeling & Construction is Rafael Sarmiento's company, based in Tampa and working about 50 miles around it — St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Seffner, Riverview and everything between. The marble-tile showers, the poolside outdoor kitchen under the slat-wood ceiling, the built-in bunk-bed room, the houses repainted and refloored end to end: every photo on this site is a job he actually did, with years of experience behind every one.
The business exists because of a frustration every homeowner knows: needing five contractors for one house. Rafael's answer is in his own words — “hago de todo” — kitchens, baths, floors, paint, framing, sheetrock, outdoor rooms and carpentry, one insured crew with $2 million in liability coverage behind it. Call or WhatsApp (813) 629-6813, in English or Spanish, and you are talking directly to the person who will do the work.
Yes — R&SS carries $2 million in liability insurance. Work in your home should never put your home at risk, and you are welcome to ask about the coverage at the estimate. We would rather you verify than wonder.
Yes — every estimate starts with an in-person visit and ends with a clear price, and it costs you nothing. A real price comes from standing in the room: seeing the layout, the surfaces, the access. If the price works, we schedule; if not, you lost nothing.
Both. One bathroom, one room of flooring, a repaint, a drywall repair — all welcome. Many clients start with one job to see how we work, then call back for the bigger remodel having watched us handle the first one.
Yes — that outdoor kitchen is our build: the structure, the slat-wood ceiling, the counters, the finishes. Every yard is different, so we start with the free estimate, look at your space and your ideas, and design around how your family will actually use it.
Tampa is home base, and the everyday territory is about 50 miles around it — St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Seffner, Riverview and the towns between. A little outside that? Call or WhatsApp and ask; 50 miles covers a lot of Florida.
Tell us the job and we will tell you honestly — a small repair often fits within days, a full remodel gets scheduled like the project it is. Either way you get a real date at the estimate, not a guess, and you hear from us if anything changes.
Tampa Bay is several housing eras at once — 1950s block ranches in St. Pete with terrazzo under the carpet, 90s family two-stories in Brandon hitting update age, and brand-new Riverview builds waiting for real finishes. From Tampa, every one of these towns is inside the everyday circuit — same crew, same standard, same number everywhere.
Free estimate in English or Spanish — call or WhatsApp and tell us what your home needs, from one room to the whole house.
(813) 629-6813