Away from a Delray Beach house, condo or bungalow for the summer? BeacCorp Property Management offers home watch, led by licensed CAM and general contractor Randolph Scott Bell: call (561) 779-3213.
Design awards for this site: CSS Design Awards Special Kudos 2026 · Web Design Awards Winner 2026
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. Delray Beach runs from century-old bungalows near the beach to newer construction farther west, and the places an owner leaves empty range just as widely: a historic-district cottage, a condo in a 55+ gated community, a canal-side home.
BeacCorp Property Management is the firm behind this page. Randolph Scott Bell holds Community Association Manager license CAM34850 through the licensed firm CAB3255, so association rules and board practice are familiar ground. 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 how the office works, not a promise about visit schedules or response times.
Delray Beach is an incorporated city and permits through its own Development Services Building Division at 100 NW 1st Avenue, not through the Palm Beach County office that covers unincorporated areas. If a visit finds damage, repairs are permitted by the city, and a licensed contractor must hold the permit for roof and window work and be present for the final inspection. Some nearby mailing addresses sit just outside city limits in unincorporated county territory, so confirm the parcel first.
The city has five locally designated historic districts: Old School Square Historic Arts District, Del-Ida Park, Nassau Park, the Marina Historic District and the West Settlers Historic District. In those, the city's Historic Preservation Board reviews exterior changes to contributing structures, including roofing material and window styling. For a seasonal owner that means a storm repair on a historic home may need review before a permit is worth filing, so ask early.
Farther from downtown, gated communities such as Kings Point and Rainberry Bay, both 55+, run their own association approvals, and in some of them the dues already cover roof or exterior maintenance. Whether the association or you are responsible for a problem the visit finds depends on your documents, so read them before you leave.
All of Palm Beach County, Delray Beach included, sits inside the Florida Building Code's Wind-Borne Debris Region, so replacement openings and new work must be impact-rated or shutter-protected. The county's published wind maps put oceanfront and Intracoastal parcels in a higher band than inland ones, and the exact figure depends on the parcel and the code edition. For an empty house, settle in writing who secures shutters and the patio, and who checks the property after a named storm.
Because Randolph Scott Bell is also a certified general contractor (CGC1528750) and certified roofing contractor (CCC1332751), he can tell you what a problem involves once it is found. Insurance is separate: some policies carry vacancy clauses, so ask your insurer in writing what applies while the house 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. 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 Boynton Beach and West Palm Beach, or return to home watch across Palm Beach County and BeacCorp property management in Delray Beach.
Also in Delray Beach: if a visit finds a roof or window problem, our Delray Beach construction page explains permits through the city and historic-district or association review, and our Delray Beach roofing page covers re-roofs; for land or acreage elsewhere in the county, see our Delray Beach land services page; and for a gathering once you are back for the season, see our Delray Beach food truck page.
Home watch has someone check on your Delray Beach property while you are away so problems are found early. The scope varies by provider, so agree in writing how often visits happen, what is checked and how you are told.
Yes. Home watch is one of the property services BeacCorp Property Management offers, and Delray Beach is in Palm Beach County. Call (561) 779-3213 or use the form on this page to ask about your property.
The price depends on the property and the scope, and this page does not publish one. Ask any provider for a written price that says what each visit includes.
The City of Delray Beach Development Services Building Division at 100 NW 1st Avenue permits work inside the city. A licensed contractor must hold the permit for roof and window work and be present for the final inspection.
It can. The city has five locally designated historic districts, and its Historic Preservation Board reviews exterior changes to contributing structures, including roofing material and window styling.
Often it does. Many associations have rules on extended absences, vendor access, shutters and hurricane preparation, and some cover exterior maintenance in their dues. Check your governing documents.
It can. Some policies have vacancy clauses, so ask your insurer in writing what applies when the property sits empty.
No. This page makes no promise about visit schedules or response times. Agree the schedule and who is called first in writing with whichever provider you choose.