2005
Working since
Owner-run
On every job
Two counties
Lee & Charlotte
CBC1253747
State licensed
Since 2005 · Cape Coral
Cabinets are a precision trade, and we came to it from trim work where a sixteenth of an inch shows.
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We source the cabinets, doors, and closet components and install them ourselves. No hand-off to a subcontractor.
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We serve Lee County and Charlotte County, from Cape Coral and Fort Myers up to Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda.
What we do / 01—05
Five services,
one crew
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Cabinet Refacing
New doors, drawer fronts, matched veneer, and soft-close hardware without tearing out the kitchen. The existing boxes are cleaned, leveled, and re-hung so the reveals stay even, and finishes are matched to the counters and floor already in the room. Most kitchens are done in five to seven days and stay usable throughout.
02
New Kitchen Cabinets
Supplied and installed, from dependable stock lines to custom wood cabinetry. We measure the room ourselves, lay out the runs around the appliances and plumbing, and order once the drawings are approved. Doors, drawer boxes, and hardware are specified at the same time, so nothing holds up the install.
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Custom Closets
Walk-in and reach-in systems laid out around what you actually own. Hanging heights, shelf spacing, drawer banks, and shoe storage are set to your wardrobe rather than to a catalog module, then built and finished on site.
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Custom Cabinets & Built-Ins
Vanities, living-room built-ins, pantry, home office, and garage storage. Built to the dimensions of the wall it lands on, scribed to the floor and ceiling, and finished to match the trim already in the house.
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Finish Carpentry
Crown molding, baseboards, and door casing. Where we started in 2005. Long runs are coped rather than mitered at the corners, so the joints stay closed as the house moves. Every profile is cut and finished on site.
Before & after
The same kitchen, in about a week
Refacing keeps the boxes and the plumbing where they are. New doors, drawer fronts, matched veneer on the frames, and soft-close hardware. No demolition and no kitchen out of service for a month. We template the existing openings first, so the new doors sit on the same hinges and the reveals stay even across every run. Door styles, finishes, and hardware are chosen against the counters and floor already in the room, and the crew works one section at a time so the sink and range stay usable while the job is underway.
On site
5 to 7 days
Demolition
None
Typical saving vs. new boxes
40 to 50%
Before
After
Owner
We would rather do four of these a month properly than twelve of them fast.
Walter Martinez, owner
How it goes
From estimate to final trim
Four steps, the same crew from the first visit to the last piece of casing.
From recent jobs
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Free consultation
Walter comes out, looks at the space, and tells you what the work involves.
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Measure and select
Field measurements, then doors, finishes, and hardware chosen against your room.
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Build and install
Our own crew on site. Cabinets set, closets fitted, trim scribed to the wall.
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Walk-through
We go through the job together and adjust anything that isn’t sitting right.
Service areas
Lee County and Charlotte County
If you are outside these areas, call and ask. We will tell you straight whether we can take the job.
Cape CoralFort MyersNorth Fort MyersPort CharlottePunta Gorda
The gallery
Finished rooms,
photographed on site
Every photograph below is a job our own crew installed, shot the day we handed the room back. No stock rooms, no renderings.
KitchensClosetsTrimCabinetry
By the numbers
600+
Kitchens, closets and trim packages installed across Lee and Charlotte counties since 2005.
Photographs from recent jobs · 2024–2025
You talk to Walter at the estimate, and Walter is the one fitting your doors and setting your trim.
Walter Martinez, owner
Cape Coral · 2005—today
Our mission
Build the woodwork like it is going in our own house
Balance Construction stayed small on purpose. One owner, one crew, and a schedule short enough that Walter can be on every job from the measurement to the walk-through. That is the whole business model, and it is why the details hold up years later.
We take the work we can do well and turn down the work we cannot. If your project is outside what we are set up for, we will say so and point you somewhere better.
2005
Founded
One crew
No subcontractors
40 min
Radius from the shop
More about our work
Cabinet, closet, and trim carpentry in Southwest Florida
Twenty years of cabinetry, closets and finish carpentry across Lee and Charlotte counties, run by the same owner who measures the job.
01The companyA licensed building contractor in Cape Coral
01 / The company
A licensed building contractor in Cape Coral
Balance Construction is a Florida licensed building contractor, CBC1253747, based in Cape Coral and working throughout Lee County and Charlotte County. Walter Martinez started the company in 2005 doing finish carpentry, and cabinetry grew out of that trim work. He still runs the estimates and works on the installations, so the person who quotes your kitchen is the person fitting the doors.
In the shop · Cape Coral
02CabinetsCabinet refacing versus new cabinets
02 / Cabinets
Cabinet refacing versus new cabinets
Refacing is the right call when the cabinet boxes are sound and the layout works. We replace the doors and drawer fronts, apply matched veneer to the face frames, and fit new soft-close hardware. The plumbing stays put, there is no demolition, and the kitchen is usually back in service in about a week.
When the boxes are failing, the layout needs to change, or you want a different footprint, new cabinets are the better investment. We supply and install both, from dependable stock lines through custom wood cabinetry.
Before · original boxes, dated doors
03TrimFinish carpentry, where we started
03 / Trim
Finish carpentry, where we started
Crown molding, baseboards, door casing, and window trim are still a large part of what we do. Trim is unforgiving work, since a sixteenth of an inch shows on a long run against an uneven wall. That habit of scribing and fitting carries into every cabinet we hang.
Casing and crown, finished on site
04StorageCustom closets and built-in storage
04 / Storage
Custom closets and built-in storage
Closet systems are drawn around what you actually own: hanging lengths, shelving, drawers, and shoe storage in the proportions that match your wardrobe. The same approach applies to pantries, home offices, garage storage, living-room built-ins, and bathroom vanities. Everything is measured in the field and installed by our own crew.
Closet system · Punta Gorda
05ProcessWhat a project looks like
05 / Process
What a project looks like
It starts with a free consultation at your home. Walter looks at the space, talks through the options, and tells you plainly what the work involves. From there we take field measurements, help you select doors, finishes, and hardware, and schedule the install. When the work is done we walk the job together and adjust anything that is not sitting right.
Walk-through · Fort Myers
06CoverageWhere we work
06 / Coverage
Where we work
We serve Cape Coral, Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda, and the communities between them across Lee and Charlotte counties. If you are just outside that range, call and ask. We will tell you straight whether we can take the job.
New cabinetry · Fort Myers
The kitchen is the last room people rush and the first one they notice. We take the extra day.
Walter Martinez, owner
Free consultation Tell us about your kitchen, closet, or trim
Where we work
Five towns,
two counties
Our trucks stay inside a forty-minute radius of the shop in Cape Coral. That is deliberate: it keeps the same crew on your job from the first measurement to the final piece of casing.
Cape Coral Lee County
Home base. Most weeks there is a kitchen or a closet running somewhere off Del Prado or Santa Barbara, and Walter is usually on one of them before lunch.
Same-week estimates
Fort Myers Lee County
McGregor, Whiskey Creek, and the newer builds off Daniels. Mostly refacing, vanities, and living-room built-ins.
Built-ins & vanities
North Fort Myers Lee County
Older houses with good cabinet boxes underneath dated doors. Refacing country, and a fair amount of garage and pantry storage.
Refacing & storage
Port Charlotte Charlotte County
Closet systems and full trim packages, often picking up where a remodel or a repair left off.
Closets & trim
Punta Gorda Charlotte County
Historic-district trim that has to match what is already on the wall, and waterfront kitchens that have to hold up to the humidity.
Matched profiles
Inside the radius
Free consultation
Call (239) 989-1045 or book your free consultation
Questions
Frequently asked
01How long does cabinet refacing take?
Most kitchens are finished in about a week. The boxes and the plumbing stay where they are, so there is no demolition and no kitchen out of service for a month.
02Should I reface or replace my cabinets?
Reface when the boxes are sound and the layout works. Replace when the boxes are failing or the layout needs to change. Walter will tell you which one your kitchen calls for at the consultation.
03Do you use subcontractors?
No. We source the cabinets, doors, and closet components and install them ourselves, with our own crew on site.
04Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Balance Construction is a Florida licensed building contractor, license CBC1253747.
05What areas do you serve?
Lee County and Charlotte County: Cape Coral, Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda. If you are outside these areas, call and ask.
06Is the estimate free?
Yes. The consultation and the estimate are free, and Walter does them himself.