Thoughtful Workmanship is Art
A well-made thing is a work of art, that is all. Anything less is nothing. It may be a well laid tile floor, a well-built stone fireplace or a rock wall. Art is not special materials applied to an ordinary construction; it is in the application itself, if it is good. Most simply and generally art may be thought of as The Well-Doing of what needs Doing. Tile-setting is not just a trade, but a craft. Getting the job right takes skill and a skillfully created job is art.
Chris Boyer is a craftsman who stands behind his work and has a warranty to prove it. Since he wants his customers to feel confident in his ability to do the job correctly, all installations come with a two-year guarantee to be free from defect resulting from poor workmanship. Peace of mind, while making an investment in your home or business, is what Chris hopes to afford his clients. His goal is to provide to you, the Port St. Lucie home owner or buyer, the best and most appropriate service for your needs. He can help you select the proper tile for your particular needs and job consultation is free. Projects are excepted for both new and preexisting homes.
Port St. Lucie is the fastest growing city in Florida.
Despite the building recession of 2007, contractors are still building 250 new homes a month in Port St. Lucie. That fact has both positive and negative implications for St. Lucie County builders, contractors, and homeowners. For builders and contractors it means that there is still work available.
But, there is also a negative impact effecting all concerned and that is the shortage of qualified craftsmen to produce residential housing. St. Lucie County has long been home to many of the Treasure Coast's retail and service workers. But as the population has spiked from an influx of retirees and migrating South Floridians, the cost of a Treasure Coast home has more than doubled during the past five years.
Making matters worse, along came the 2004/2005 hurricane season to the Treasure Coast. Hurricane Wilma's eye went directly over Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce and its winds affected all of St. Lucie County as well as Stuart, Martin County, and much of the Treasure Coast to the south.
To be sure, Port St. Lucie has had its share of hurricane scares, its residents diligently boarding for catastrophic storms such as Andrew and Floyd. But each time the burgeoning oasis was spared, its residents left to breathe a sigh of relief as they watched graphic TV images of another, less-fortunate town wiped off the map.
The recent storms notwithstanding, the odds of a direct hit by a hurricane in St. Lucie County any given year are only 1 percent, compared with 2.4 percent in Martin and 6.3 percent in Palm Beach County, according to the National Hurricane Center.
When Frances pounded the region with 105-mph winds Labor Day weekend, most residents plopped buckets under leaky roofs and thanked God the winds weren't stronger. When Jeanne struck with more fury exactly three weeks later, heaping on more destruction and misery, some residents decided Florida and, more specifically, the Treasure Coast weren't the slices of paradise they had bargained for.
The economic aftershocks rippled through the area's residential construction industries from building contractors to tile setters. Thousands of homes were severely damaged and many of those homes were owned or rented by construction workers such as tile setters, carpenters and concrete workers. Some lost their homes and those who were renting had their rent increased dramatically. The end result was a loss of skilled construction labors able to stay in the Martin County and St. Lucie County areas; If you don't have workforce housing, you don't have a workforce. With the shortage of affordable housing currently in the Stuart, Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce areas, skilled tile contractors are in short supply. So, choose your builder and contractors carefully.
