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Jeff Trosclair

CEO and co-founder of JAS Builders, a St. Petersburg, Florida house-lifting and home elevation contractor.

Oct 2, 2026

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think they've observed how we're lifting these homes and they've seen the process so many times that they're basically trying to I think it's their goal to get these homes as Florida code compliant as possible.
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And so they end up putting, when they see that we're doing renovations to a home, they want to try to impose that on us and say, look, you got to go do this, you got to do that.
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and like drainage plans and uh you know permeability studies uh all those sorts of things come into play like like you would with a new construction home and so um one of the big things that that's kind of more recent that happened was is you know as i told you when we first started this um there weren't a lot of uh restrictions put on us and then just sort of came and came and came and To the point where the pendulum swung pretty far into the requirement arena.
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But one of the new ones is people have been living in these homes when they're on temporary cribbing.
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Not our job sites.
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It's in our contract.

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58:41
And can you explain what these letters were and how they affected homeowners?
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Mm-hmm.
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Right? And so they end up putting-- When they see that we're doing, you know, renovations to a home, they wanna try to, you know, impose that on us and say, "Look, you gotta go do this.
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You gotta go do that." And, like, drainage plans and, uh, you know, permeability studies, uh, uh, all those sorts of things come into play like, like you would in with a new construction home.
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And so, um, one of the big things that, that, that's kinda more recent that happened was is, you know, as I told you when we first started this, um, there weren't a lot of, uh, restrictions put on us, and then just sorta came and came and came to the point where the, the pendulum swung pretty far, uh, into the, uh, requirement arena.
45:57
But one of the new ones is people have been living in these homes when they're on temporary cribbing.
46:03
Not our job sites.
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It's in our, it's in our contract.

13 MINS LATER

58:41
And can you explain what these letters were and how they affected homeowners?

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