Buying a Lake Worth house to renovate and sell? Bell Property Group self-performs the work under a Florida state-certified general contractor, CGC1528750. Free estimates: call (561) 779-3213 or send the form.
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Lake Worth Beach is an incorporated city with its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North and its own online permitting portal, so a flip inside the city limits does not go through the Palm Beach County Building Division. Addresses still written as Lake Worth west of the city line are a different case: they are unincorporated and permit through the county. Bell Property Group renovates houses for resale with its own crews, run by Randolph Scott Bell, a Florida state-certified general contractor, and the company holds a Palm Beach County business tax receipt. A business tax receipt is a local tax registration, not a contractor license; the license is the state certification.
On a flip the permit route is a carrying-cost question, so it is settled before the scope is priced rather than after the demolition starts.
The oldest Lake Worth Beach houses are wood-frame bungalows from the building boom of roughly 1910 to 1935, many from kit-house plans, along the streets of College Park and Old Lucerne. A second wave of 1940s and 50s concrete block homes filled in around them, and later ranches sit west of Dixie Highway. That age profile means original single-pane windows, roofs on their second or third replacement and wiring and plumbing that predate modern code, which is exactly what a buyer's inspector flags. Roofing and Florida code-approved impact windows and doors are services of the construction side of the company, so one contractor can carry a flip from demolition to the finished house.
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The city's local historic districts, among them College Park, Old Lucerne, Northeast Lucerne, Southeast Lucerne, South Palm Park and the Old Town Commercial District, require a Certificate of Appropriateness for exterior work, additions and demolition, submitted with the building permit. A flip in one of them is scoped to the district's guidelines from the first walk-through: roof profile, window style and siding and trim. Buying in a district without budgeting that review is how a flip loses weeks.
Where the house sits inside an HOA or condominium, exterior work needs the association's approval before a permit is worth filing. Randolph holds Community Association Manager license CAM34850 and firm license CAB3255 and attends association meetings himself, so the approval step is familiar ground. A flip that skips it risks a recorded violation, which shows up on the Lake Worth estoppel certificate the buyer reads at closing.
All of Palm Beach County is in the Florida Building Code Wind-Borne Debris Region, so replacement windows and doors must be impact-rated or shuttered, and the product is checked against the specific address before it is quoted. Near the lake and the Intracoastal, ask the county about the parcel's flood zone before you make an offer. Call (561) 779-3213 with the address and the scope you have in mind. Estimates are free. This page prints no price and no timeline, because what a renovation costs depends on what is found when the walls are opened.
A flip rarely stops at the interior. If the roof is the problem the inspector found, see roofing in Lake Worth; for permitted structural, window or remodeling work, construction in Lake Worth Beach, where historic review is explained; if the lot needs clearing or grading before work starts, land services in Lake Worth; and once the house is finished, a listing-day party can be catered by the AMERICA food truck in Lake Worth.
Investors working more than one town can read the same page for Delray Beach and Wellington. Return to the fix and flip contractor hub or BeacCorp Property Management. Owners who rent before they sell can read rental property management in Lake Worth.
It depends on the parcel. The City of Lake Worth Beach runs its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North, with an online portal. A Lake Worth address west of the city line is unincorporated and permits through the Palm Beach County Building Division. Confirm the jurisdiction from the parcel record before the scope is fixed.
Yes. The city has local historic districts, including College Park, Old Lucerne, Northeast Lucerne, Southeast Lucerne, South Palm Park and the Old Town Commercial District. Exterior work and demolition there need a Certificate of Appropriateness submitted with the building permit, so roof profile, window style and siding are settled before the budget is.
The oldest are wood-frame bungalows from roughly 1910 to 1935 in College Park and Old Lucerne, followed by 1940s and 50s concrete block homes and later ranches west of Dixie Highway. Older houses often have original single-pane windows, roofs on a second or third replacement and wiring or plumbing that predate modern code.
Yes. All of Palm Beach County is in the Florida Building Code Wind-Borne Debris Region, so replacement windows and doors must be impact-rated or shuttered. The product is checked against the specific address before it is quoted.
Yes, where the house sits inside one. Exterior work needs the association's approval before a permit is worth filing. A change made without it can leave a recorded violation, and a recorded violation shows on the estoppel certificate the buyer reads at closing.
Bell Property Group self-performs its renovations under a Florida state-certified general contractor, Randolph Scott Bell, CGC1528750. The company holds a Palm Beach County business tax receipt, which is a local tax registration and not a contractor license. The license is the state certification.
Roofing and Florida code-approved impact windows and doors are services of the construction side of the company, so one contractor can carry a flip from demolition to the finished house without a handoff to a second firm.
Estimates are free. Call (561) 779-3213 or send the form on this page with the property address and what needs doing. This page does not print a price, because the cost of a renovation depends on what is found when the walls are opened.