Bates Custom Homes Inc

What this record tells you

Bates Custom Homes Inc holds Florida licence CRC1329907, a CRC classification which authorises work as a certified/registered building or residential contractor. A "C" prefix means the licence is certified — valid anywhere in Florida.

This licence was first issued in 2008, which makes it a long-held licence for the trade in this area. Roughly 37% of the 1,985 active home building & remodeling licences based in the Orlando area were issued earlier than this one, and the local median sits at 2015. That is 18 years of continuous licensure.

Bates Custom Homes Inc is one of 154 active home building & remodeling licences registered to an address in Winter Park, so you have local alternatives to compare quotes against.

The licence is recorded as expiring on 08/31/2028. Florida licences renew on a fixed cycle, and a licence that is not renewed moves to delinquent status — which is why the expiry date matters if you are planning work close to that date. Confirm the current status on the state portal before signing a contract.

Before you hire Bates Custom Homes Inc

• Re-check licence CRC1329907 on the DBPR portal — status can change any day.
• Ask for a current certificate of liability insurance and workers' compensation, issued to you directly by their insurer.
• Confirm the name on your contract matches Bates Custom Homes Inc or its qualifying agent, Thomas Richard Jr Bates.
• Compare at least three written quotes from other home building & remodeling contractors in Orlando.
• Confirm in writing that the contractor — not you — pulls the building permit.