Paver pool decks on Longboat Key
Travertine, marble and porcelain decks for Bay Isles, Country Club Shores and the Gulf-front estates, permitted by the Town and built to be flushed.
- Jurisdiction
- Town of Longboat Key
- Permit page
- rules and office
- Drive from Sarasota
- 25 to 40 minutes via the Ringling Causeway and St. Armands, or from the north via Cortez Road and the Longboat Pass bridge
- Service
- Paver Pool Decks
What does a marble or porcelain paver pool deck cost on Longboat Key?
Honed marble about $24 to $34 per square foot and 2 cm porcelain $22 to $32, travertine $20 to $26 and concrete pavers $13 to $16, plus 5 to 15 percent for island logistics, so a 900-square-foot estate deck lands near $23,000 to $35,000 in marble or $12,500 to $16,500 in concrete pavers not counting demolition, coping or drains.
Planning band from the September 10, 2026 cost tables; not a quote.
What's different about pool decks in Longboat Key
Longboat decks are large, high-end and exposed: Bay Isles and the Longboat Key Club want marble or porcelain floors that continue the interior, Country Club Shores and Sleepy Lagoon canal homes want travertine that survives the seawall, Gulf of Mexico Drive condos want phased common decks. All of it stood in salt water in September and October 2024. The base is built for the next time: geotextile, lifts, concrete curbs, a field that resets. Porcelain in a mortar bed over an engineered slab is the answer under elevated rebuilds.
Every fixture is amber and fully shielded from the first sketch; Code Enforcement surveys from the beach.
Rules that apply here
Town of Longboat Key permit for both county halves, Planning & Zoning review of at-grade decks, substantial-improvement check on the file (Town rules); Ordinance 2021-01 lighting; Bay Isles, Club and condo review first.
A worked example
A 1998 Bay Isles home with a 1,050-square-foot travertine deck that stood in 2 feet of surge, with the seawall-side base washed out and the coping loose. Scope: field lifted and stacked, base rebuilt in lifts and flushed, new travertine bullnose coping mortar-set, porcelain field in a large format on a re-screeded bed (the owner switched from travertine to skip annual sealing on the salt pool), concrete curb at the seawall and cage, amber wall-cap lights, polymeric sand on a dry day. Town permit; site work documented. Budget band: $27,000 to $36,000.
Does the Town count the deck toward the 50 percent rule?
The deck is a site improvement, outside the building's substantial-improvement calculation under FEMA's guidance, but the Town documents it in the file for any property under review. Keep the deck on its own invoice and say so on the application.
Where to go next
Request an estimate in Longboat Key
Last reviewed September 10, 2026 by the Sarasota Concrete editorial team (author name pending owner input).