Totem Construction and Real Estate, LLC

What this record tells you

Totem Construction and Real Estate, LLC holds Florida licence CRC1334595, 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 2024, which makes it one of the newer licences for the trade in this area. Roughly 82% of the 458 active home building & remodeling licences based in the Lakeland & Winter Haven area were issued earlier than this one, and the local median sits at 2015. That is 2 years of continuous licensure.

Totem Construction and Real Estate, LLC is one of 209 active home building & remodeling licences registered to an address in Lakeland, 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 Totem Construction and Real Estate, LLC

• Re-check licence CRC1334595 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 Totem Construction and Real Estate, LLC or its qualifying agent, James Harris Woodsby.
• Compare at least three written quotes from other home building & remodeling contractors in Lakeland & Winter Haven.
• Confirm in writing that the contractor — not you — pulls the building permit.