I am a Florida REALTOR® (SL3247858, brokered through LoKation) and a Florida Certified General Contractor (CGC1528750). The same house looks different through each licence, and the first thing that changes the answer is the town, because each city or village in the county permits its own work. Here is what we added or sharpened this week, one section per page.
Buying in Boynton Beach: who holds the permit history?
Boynton Beach is an incorporated city with its own Building Division at City Hall, 100 E. Ocean Avenue, so the roof, window and pool permits on a house you are touring sit there and not with the county. The page also covers the 55+ communities, where each community writes its own rules. Read the page →
Buying in Delray Beach: does a historic district apply?
Delray Beach has five locally designated historic districts, and inside one of them the City reviews exterior changes to contributing structures. If you plan new windows or a re-roof, that review decides your timeline, and the city's Building Division at 100 NW 1st Avenue holds the permit history. Read the page →
Buying in Greenacres: what does a contractor see at a showing?
Greenacres is an incorporated city with its own Building Division at City Hall, 5800 Melaleuca Lane, and much of its housing dates from roughly 1970 to 1999. That age is why the page tells you to ask for the roof permit date instead of the seller's estimate. Read the page →
Buying in Lake Worth: which Lake Worth is it?
Lake Worth Beach, the city, runs its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North, while the unincorporated area west of it also gets called Lake Worth and permits through the county. The page explains why you ask which office holds the permit history before you offer. Read the page →
Buying in Palm Beach Gardens: who approves the changes?
Many Palm Beach Gardens communities run their own architectural review, so roof tile, window finish, screen enclosures and generators can need board approval on top of the city's building division. The page lists what to ask for in the governing documents. Read the page →
Buying in Palm Springs: a lot or a condominium unit?
Palm Springs is its own incorporated Village with a Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 226 Cypress Lane, separate from the county division that covers Loxahatchee. The approvals differ for a single-family lot and a condominium unit, and the page shows how. Read the page →
Buying land in Loxahatchee: which jurisdiction governs the parcel?
Most land sold as Loxahatchee is unincorporated Palm Beach County and permits through the county, but the Town of Loxahatchee Groves and the City of Westlake are separate municipalities with their own building departments. A parcel can carry a Loxahatchee address and still be in one of them. Read the page →
Buying land in The Acreage: what is ITID?
The Indian Trail Improvement District maintains roads, canals and swales across most of The Acreage, is not an HOA, and charges an assessment that appears on the county tax bill. A driveway culvert commonly needs its approval on top of the county permit. Read the page →
The hub for all of it is Real Estate. If you already know the town and want to talk, call (561) 779-3213.
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