Home watch services in Boca Raton, FL for seasonal condo and estate owners

Home watch means a person checks on your property while you are away, so a leak, a failed air conditioner or storm damage is found early instead of by a surprised owner in November. Boca Raton is a seasonal city, and what gets left empty ranges widely: a condominium in an A1A oceanfront tower, a Spanish Mediterranean house in the older streets near downtown, a home on Lake Boca or the Intracoastal, or a villa inside a gated golf community such as Boca West, Broken Sound or Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club.

BeacCorp Property Management is the firm behind this page. Randolph Scott Bell holds Community Association Manager license CAM34850 through the licensed firm CAB3255, and as a certified general contractor (CGC1528750) and certified roofing contractor (CCC1332751) he can also say what a problem involves once it is found. He lives and works in the same community he manages and attends association meetings himself rather than sending a coordinator. That is a statement about credentials and how the office works, not a promise about visit schedules or response times.

Boca Raton is an incorporated city and permits through its own Development Services building division, not through the Palm Beach County office that handles unincorporated areas. If a visit finds damage, repairs inside city limits are permitted by the city, and roof and window work must be pulled by a licensed contractor. Confirm the parcel before you assume: some Boca Raton mailing addresses sit in unincorporated county territory.

Much of Boca Raton's seasonal housing is condominium. Florida law requires milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies for condominium buildings of three stories or more, so a unit owner away for the summer should know whether the building is due for either, how the association will pay for the work and where notices are sent while the unit is empty. Because BeacCorp manages associations, we know those documents are worth reading before you leave.

Gated communities add a second layer. Many require vendors to be registered at the gate, restrict what can be done to exteriors without architectural-review approval and set their own hurricane-shutter rules, so tell the gatehouse or your manager who is allowed to enter while you are gone.

Boca Raton sits on the Palm Beach County side of the county line with Broward, which is where the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone begins. Palm Beach County is inside the code's Wind-Borne Debris Region but outside that zone, so replacement openings must be impact-rated or shutter-protected under the county's rules rather than Broward's. The design wind speed for a parcel depends on its location and the code edition, so confirm it with the city rather than from a neighbour's house.

Water matters as much as wind. Parcels along the Intracoastal, Lake Boca and the canals sit in different FEMA flood zones from inland streets, and an empty house is where a small roof or window leak runs unseen. For a house that sits empty, settle in writing who secures shutters and patio furniture, and who checks the property after a named storm. Insurance is separate from home watch: some policies carry vacancy clauses, so ask your insurer in writing what applies while the property is empty, and read our vacation home watch guide for the questions to ask.

Whoever you choose, settle these on paper: how often the property is visited and by whom, what is checked each time, how you are told what was found, who is called first when something is wrong and who pays, how each visit is recorded, and what happens ahead of a named storm. Ask for the answers by email so you hold a copy. This page publishes no price because the scope depends on the property; call (561) 779-3213 to ask how BeacCorp would set it up for yours.

Also see home watch in Delray Beach and Boynton Beach, or return to home watch across Palm Beach County.

Also in Boca Raton: when you are back for the season and hosting, our Boca Raton food truck page covers catering for a gathering at home or in your community.