Selling an acre-plus home on a well and septic? Randolph Scott Bell lists here as a Florida REALTOR® with LoKation and as a licensed Certified General Contractor, so the roof, the permits and the repair list are read by a builder before you price the house.
Florida real estate sales associate SL3247858, brokered through LoKation. REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of REALTORS® through the local board, Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors®; that membership is separate from the licence. Certified General Contractor CGC1528750 and Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1332751, both state licences verifiable at myfloridalicense.com. Born and raised in West Palm Beach.
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A listing agent represents you, the seller: advising on condition and preparation, pricing, marketing, showings, offers and contract terms, and carrying the sale through inspection, appraisal and closing. This page is for sellers. If you are buying, see the buyer's agent page for The Acreage.
It is general guidance, not a valuation, a listing of specific homes or a promise of a sale price or time on market. No sale, price or client is claimed on this page.
Unincorporated Palm Beach County. The Acreage is not a village or a town, so repairs before you list are permitted through the county's Planning, Zoning & Building Division. Loxahatchee Groves and Westlake next door are separate municipalities with their own departments; confirm which one holds your parcel.
The Indian Trail Improvement District. ITID is a special taxing district, not an HOA. It maintains roads, canals and swales, and its assessment shows on the tax bill, which a buyer will read.
HOA resale rules. Most of The Acreage has no HOA, but some later subdivisions carry deed restrictions, an association and resale paperwork. Check your parcel before you list.
Flood zone. FEMA zones are address-specific and re-mapped periodically. Check the current map for your address and the elevation of the house, because lenders and insurers will.
Wind and product approval. All of Palm Beach County is in the Florida Building Code's Wind-Borne Debris Region, so replacement windows and doors must be impact-rated or protected; the design wind speed is checked per address at permit time.
Before the house goes live, he walks the roof, openings, slab and outbuildings and writes the list in order: what a buyer's inspector is likely to raise, what is worth repairing, and what a buyer will price in. That is capability, not a guarantee of any inspection or sale result. The same builder can then price the repair with Bell Engineering & Construction, if you want it done.
Also in The Acreage: if the pre-listing walk turns up a roof or window repair, construction and roofing can price it; if an overgrown back half needs clearing before photos, see land services; and if the parcel sits in an association, property management covers the paperwork.
Randolph Scott Bell is a Florida real estate sales associate (SL3247858) brokered through LoKation, and a REALTOR®. He is not an independent brokerage and does not act as broker of record. He is also a Certified General Contractor (CGC1528750) and a Certified Roofing Contractor (CCC1332751).
No. The Acreage is unincorporated Palm Beach County, not a village or town, so there is no separate municipal building department. Permits for roof, window and structural repairs go through the county's Planning, Zoning & Building Division. Confirm the parcel's jurisdiction first, because neighbouring Loxahatchee Groves and Westlake are separate municipalities.
ITID is a special district, not a homeowners association. It maintains roads, canals and drainage swales in the community, and its assessment appears on the tax bill. Driveway and culvert work commonly needs ITID approval in addition to the county building permit, so a buyer will read that line and ask about any driveway or culvert changes you made.
Most of The Acreage carries no HOA, but some later subdivisions and enclaves have their own deed restrictions and resale rules. Check your parcel's documents before you list, and ask the association what it requires from a seller. If your property is in an association, we can also point you to our property management division for the paperwork side.
Buyers on acreage routinely order a separate well water test and a septic inspection with a pump-out, because a standard home inspection does not certify either. Seeing your own results first means no surprise inside the buyer's inspection period, and you can decide what to repair or disclose on your schedule.
It depends on the parcel. FEMA flood zones are address-specific and are re-mapped from time to time, so check the current map for your address and the elevation of the house and any outbuildings. A buyer's lender and insurer will check the same thing, and the answer affects the insurance quote.
He walks the roof, openings, slab and any barns, sheds or additions, and tells you what a buyer's inspector is likely to raise, which items are worth repairing and which a buyer will simply price in. That is a builder's read on condition, not a valuation and not a promise of a sale price or time on market.
No. This page explains how listing representation works in The Acreage and lists no homes, sales or prices. To talk about your own property, call (561) 779-3213 or use the short form at the top of the page.