Do I need a City permit for a whole-home remodel in Greenacres?
Yes, for anything structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or touching the building envelope. Greenacres is an incorporated city with its own Development & Neighborhood Services / Building Division at City Hall, 5800 Melaleuca Lane, separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County. A licensed contractor must hold the permit and be present at final inspection.
What wind rating applies to a Greenacres whole-home remodel?
Greenacres sits inside the Wind-Borne Debris Region, but being a few miles inland puts it in a lower wind-exposure category than the coast — generally a design speed in the roughly 140-150 mph range, meaningfully lower than the 160-170+ mph seen closer to the water in Palm Beach Gardens or Boynton Beach. Structural and envelope work during a whole-home remodel still has to meet the wind-load bracing the City checks at permit review, and any window, door or roofing product carries a Florida Product Approval rated to that standard.
Do Covered Bridge or Palm Beach Villas require separate approval for a home remodel?
Typically, yes. Covered Bridge and Palm Beach Villas, like most of Greenacres' association-governed condo, villa and townhome communities, generally require board approval of exterior material, height and placement before the City will permit the work. Older single-family blocks such as Cresthaven and Lucerne Lakes vary block by block. We confirm which review, if any, applies to your address before we finalize a design.
What Greenacres neighborhoods do you remodel in?
All of them — Cresthaven, Lucerne Lakes, Lucerne Park, Sherwood Lakes and Springhill (the 1970s-1999 concrete-block wave making up much of the city), the condo, villa and townhome communities of Covered Bridge and Palm Beach Villas, and the newer Royal Palm Estates and Pawleys Plantation areas near the city's western edge.
Are you licensed for whole-home remodeling in Greenacres?
Yes. Randolph Scott Bell holds Florida STATE-CERTIFIED General Contractor license CGC1528750 — a certification, not a local registration, meaning he may contract in any Florida county without additional local licensure. Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation is also an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2) and BBB A+ accredited. We hold the Palm Beach County Business Tax Receipt; there is no Greenacres municipal receipt on our confirmed list, and we won't claim one.
Have you completed a whole-home remodel in Greenacres before?
No confirmed Greenacres remodel project of any service type is on our project-to-city ledger yet, and we won't invent one. We lead entirely with the credential stack: CGC1528750, EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm #NAT-F122701-2, and BBB A+ accreditation.
