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Impact windows, re-roofs, remodels, and concrete restoration across the City of Greenacres — from Cresthaven and Lucerne Lakes to Royal Palm Estates — permitted through the City, built to Florida code, and inspected by the owner himself. The only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer, based just west in Loxahatchee.
Signature Offer
Greenacres homes carry a full South Florida summer of heat and humidity plus real storm exposure every hurricane season. Before you spend a dollar, we walk your home as a certified energy rater, checking your openings, roof, and envelope for both the insurance credits you may be leaving on the table and the comfort and cooling-cost gains an upgrade would bring. No other Greenacres contractor pairs a general contractor and a certified energy engineer in the same person. Every job also carries a written one-year workmanship warranty.
What We Build in Greenacres
Why Greenacres Is Different
Greenacres was founded in 1923 by Massachusetts developer Lawrence Carter Swain and officially incorporated in 1926 — the same year the Great Miami Hurricane very nearly destroyed the young town. Residents rebuilt, only to be hit again by the hurricane of 1928. The city was later dis-incorporated in 1945 and re-incorporated in 1947, and in 2026 Greenacres marks its centennial. That history is a useful reminder for homeowners here: this ground has taken direct hurricane hits before, and building and re-roofing to current Florida Building Code wind standards is not theoretical.
Day to day, Greenacres runs its own Development & Neighborhood Services Building Division out of City Hall at 5800 Melaleuca Lane, with its own ePermit portal for applications, plan review, and inspection scheduling — separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County and from neighboring Lake Worth Beach or West Palm Beach. A licensed contractor must hold the permit and be present at final inspection for roof and window work; we pull permits in Greenacres regularly enough that its process is not a learning curve for us.
Local Housing Stock
Greenacres' housing stock spans nearly a full century. Pockets near the older core date to the postwar years, a large share of the city's single-family homes and condo communities — Cresthaven, Lucerne Lakes, Lucerne Park, Sherwood Lakes, Springhill, and Covered Bridge among them — went up between roughly 1970 and 1999 as concrete block construction, and newer neighborhoods like Royal Palm Estates and the area around Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club were built in 2000 or later toward the city's western edge. With more than 17,000 homes across single-family houses, villas, townhomes, and condos, Greenacres is one of the county's more affordable, family-oriented cities, which also means a wide range of ages and conditions of roofs, windows, and concrete work.
That age spread matters for planning a project: a 1970s-80s concrete block home is typically due for a roof replacement and still carries original single-pane aluminum windows, while a 2000s home in Royal Palm Estates may only need targeted repairs or a kitchen and bath update. We inspect honestly and scope the work to the home's actual age and condition, not a one-size-fits-all package.
Insurance & Energy
In Greenacres, storm hardening and energy efficiency are the same conversation — impact windows and a sound, code-compliant roof can qualify for wind-mitigation insurance credits while cutting the heat load that runs your air conditioner all summer, and that matters most in the city's older single-pane, block-and-stucco homes. Because the owner is a certified energy rater, we can measure both — see how these upgrades can also lower your energy bills. Financing is available through our partner Renew Financial's RenewPACE program, designed for exactly these energy and storm-protection upgrades — ask us about eligibility.
Questions, Answered
Yes. The City of Greenacres runs its own Development & Neighborhood Services / Building Division out of City Hall at 5800 Melaleuca Lane, separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County, with an ePermit portal for permit applications, plan review, and inspection scheduling. A licensed contractor must hold the permit for window and roof work and be present at final inspection. We pull the City permit, submit the Florida Product Approval numbers, and carry the job through Greenacres' inspections.
Greenacres sits a few miles inland from the coast, so it is generally outside Florida's Wind-Borne Debris Region, but the Florida Building Code still requires wind-resistant construction across Palm Beach County, and impact-rated openings remain the simplest way to meet that requirement without shutters. We check your exact address against the current wind-speed map before we quote, and most Greenacres homeowners choose impact windows anyway for the insurance credits, noise reduction, and not having to install shutters before every storm.
All of Greenacres — Cresthaven, Lucerne Lakes, Lucerne Park, Sherwood Lakes, Springhill, Covered Bridge, Palm Beach Villas, and the newer Royal Palm Estates and Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club areas near the city's western edge. Greenacres sits a direct, short run from our Loxahatchee base along Lake Worth Road and Jog Road.
Greenacres' housing stock is a genuine mix of eras — pockets from the 1950s and 60s near the older core, a large wave of 1970s-1999 concrete block single-family homes and condos in neighborhoods like Cresthaven and Lucerne Lakes, and 2000s-and-newer construction out toward Royal Palm Estates. A home from the 1970s-80s is typically past its original roof's rated life and still carries builder-grade single-pane windows, both of which are common, straightforward upgrades. We inspect first, tell you honestly what needs doing now versus what can wait, and quote accordingly.
Often, yes. Florida's wind-mitigation inspection credits — for impact-rated openings, roof-deck attachment, secondary water barrier, and roof shape — apply the same in Greenacres as anywhere in the county, and premiums have climbed enough countywide that these credits are worth pursuing on almost any home. Because the owner is a certified energy rater, every roofing or window estimate in Greenacres includes a free wind-mitigation and energy walk-through, so you can see the numbers before committing.
In parts of the city, yes. Federal rules require lead-safe work practices on renovation, repair, or painting that disturbs painted surfaces in housing built before 1978, and Greenacres' older sections near its historic core — the city was first developed in the 1920s and grew steadily through the postwar decades — include homes old enough to fall under that rule. Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation is an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), which applies directly to remodeling and window work in those older Greenacres neighborhoods.
Yes. Greenacres has a large share of condos, villas, and townhomes — Covered Bridge, Palm Beach Villas, and similar communities among them — and we work directly with owners and, where the scope calls for it, HOA or condo boards on roofing, window, and exterior projects that need association sign-off alongside the City permit.
Yes. Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation holds Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC1528750 and Certified Roofing Contractor license CCC1332751, is fully insured, is an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), and is BBB A+ accredited. Both licenses are verifiable on the state DBPR site and are the ones Greenacres' Building Division requires on the permit.
Yes. Financing is available through our partner Renew Financial's RenewPACE program, designed for energy and storm-protection upgrades like impact windows and new roofs. Ask us about eligibility — as a certified energy engineer, the owner can also point you toward current efficiency and storm-hardening programs.
Free estimate, 24-hour response, a free wind-mitigation & energy walk-through, and a licensed contractor who answers his own phone.