Combee Settlement is the unincorporated area on Lakeland's east side between Lake Parker and Saddle Creek, one of the oldest settled parts of the county, with small frame houses from the early 1900s, block ranches from the 1950s through the 1970s, and manufactured homes on the back streets. It sits low, between the lake and the creek, on land that was mined for phosphate a century ago.
Low ground between a big lake and a creek stays wet. After Ian in 2022 and Milton in 2024, yards along the creek side held water for days, and the block ranches on them show a damp band inside along the lowest course. The old frame houses are on piers over crawl spaces that breathe that same air.
A Combee call on this line reaches an independent local mold provider who works east Lakeland. That provider meters the block and the floor and tells you what has to come out.
A damp band along a block wall after the yard flooded is mold removal. A smell that comes up through a pier house floor is mold odor removal. Paneling and drywall put back once the block reads dry is mold damage repair.
Saddle Creek Park covers 750 acres on Morgan Combee Road, most of it water in the old mining pits, with campsites, boat ramps, and the creek that drains this side of Lakeland south toward Lake Hancock.
Call (863) 375-7712 and tell us what you see. An independent mold provider serving Combee Settlement takes the call.
Growth on drywall behind a leaking supply line, a window that took wind-driven rain, or a wet slab edge: room sealed, wet board cut to the meter line, framing cleaned and dried.
A dark patch on a wall or ceiling handled by how far the water went, not its color: containment, porous material out, block and framing cleaned, leak fixed before closing.
A house that sat wet after Milton, Ian, or a burst line while you were away, mapped room by room and cleared in zones as one project.
Coil, drain pan, and condensate line cleaned or replaced when the air handler in a Lakeland closet or garage sweats through a nine-month cooling season.
Growth behind a vanity, under a shower pan, or on a bungalow bathroom ceiling with no fan, removed with the leak or the venting fixed first.
Growth on roof decking under lifted shingles or around a sweating duct, cleaned and treated once the roof and the insulation are dealt with.
A musty smell in a house that looks fine, traced to the wet material under the floor or behind the cabinet, then removed and treated.
Drywall, baseboard, cabinet bottoms, and ceiling put back after removal, once the slab and framing read dry and the water source is repaired.