100 Water Club in North Palm Beach is luxury living at its best. Here you can have your cake and eat it too! In this townhouse, you can have what feels like a private, single family living, but yet everything is taken care of for you and you are within steps of luxury amenities. This 2 story villa is stunning. Located in the newer construction gated intracoastal community of Water Club, this unit was completed in December 2016 and has barely been lived in. The unit is the most northern unit in the development with wide water views of the intracoastal and Lake Worth Lagoon. The home has an attached 2 car garage, living room, dining room, kitchen and powder room on the first floor. Outside is a summer kitchen and private patio. Upstairs the master also overlooks the intracoastal and has a large walk in closet and spacious, luxurious master bathroom with double sinks, walk-in shower and bath tub. There are 2 additional bedrooms upstairs each with ensuite bathrooms and the laundry room is also upstairs. The home is loaded with high end finishes. Fees include all exterior maintenance, security and building insurance. Just steps away from your private residence you find 2 luxurious swimming pools, a private beach with chairs and a couple fire pits, a social room, and a fitness center. The development also has a guarded gate and 24 hour concierge. Paradise awaits!
707 Weldwood Road, Jupiter
707 Weldwood Road is conveniently located in Jupiter, Florida off Toney Penna Drive, just west of Military Trail just behind Jupiter High School. This home has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. The property has many bonuses, such as hurricane impact windows, a fireplace, a large gated backyard with a screened in patio, a split bedroom floor plan, a newer AC and a new water heater. The home has tile in the living areas and wood floors in the bedrooms. Best of all, there are no HOA fees!
4542 Mediterranean Circle, Palm Beach Gardens
4542 Mediterranean Circle is located in Trevi at the Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath 2 story townhouse also has a 2 car garage. The first floor houses the kitchen, dining area, living area, a powder room and the master bedroom. The master bedroom has a large walk in closet and an ensuite bathroom with tub and shower. The kitchen has dark wood cabinets, granite countertops and stainless appliances. Upstairs houses 2 bedrooms with a shared jack-and-jill bathroom and a loft/landing area. The home has tile throughout living areas and carpeting in the bedrooms, hurricane impact windows, plantation shutters and a screened in patio off the living area looking out to green space. Trevi at the Gardens is a newer construction gated neighborhood of townhouses conveniently located off Hood Road.
Are impact windows worth it?
Are impact windows worth it?
Well, I guess the answer to this one is: If money is no object then sure, why not?
In terms of protection, I could make an argument that panels are ‘tougher’ than the glass. BUT, they need to be put in place so if that doesn’t happen then, wll they’re not much good. If a piece of debris hits a panel then perhaps it will bent that panel but no big deal. If debris hits an impact window it may not fail (breech) but you will need to fix it and that’s expensive.
YOU GET THE SAME INSURANCE DISCOUNT WITH IMPACT RATED WINDOWS AS YOU DO WITH NON IMPACT RATED WINDOWS THAT HAVE SHUTTERS OVER THEM. Read more on this in THIS POST.
So, how much more do they cost? Well, I stopped in at the windows and doors desk at Home Depot last night nd asked. An 8′ wide by 80″ tall (standard height) slider in non impact is about 1200+tax so about $1284. And in an impact rated door this same size is 2800 + tax or $2966. Now on that 1284 one still needs to add the cost of the shutters material and the cost to install it. And on the install of the impact rated door we need to add for the fact that these are typically wider than the same door in non-impact and thus the jambs need to be modified. Bottom line is that I would figure 5k for the slider in and impact door and 2500 for one in non impact with shutters. If this were one door then probably not a big deal but with multiple doors then it might be.
The last point I will make here is that impact windows in a storm may not breach but if they are hit by debris they can and will break which will require that the glazing be replaced at great expense. Or, all that debris flying around can scratch the glass which will require that it be buffed or replaced and again this is expensive.
I’m an engineer and in my house I have non-impact windows with steel High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ or ‘Miami Dade’) shutters over them. Yes the steel ones are heavy but it’s inexpensive and very tough.
16109 72nd Drive N, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
I viewed the property at 16109 72nd Drive N, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 in Palm Beach Country Estates a little over a month ago with a customer. The property was off the market and is now back on and they are steadily reducing the asking price. This is a CBS home and has been well maintained by the current owners. The base house is a 3 bed and 2 baths with 1810 s.f. under air however the garage has been converted to add some portion of 380 s.f. to the house and another bedroom. The garage addition does appear to have been done without a permit but it is air conditioned with a mini split. The pool is a great feature of this house as is the old horse barn. It has a full concrete driveway and paving will be done this summer to bring paving right up to the lot line. This all being said though, because it’s a small house, it is over priced in my opinion.
Is there a time when buildings built without a permit are ‘Grandfathered’?
Is there a time when buildings built without a permit are ‘Grandfathered’?
First, this is for work with NO PERMIT. If a permit was pulled, and not closed, then in 2019 the legislature created a method to deal with that.
Technically, in Florida, yes there is BUT they have to have been built a long time ago, by Florida standards. If the improvement was made before an ordinance was adopted which would have made that improvement require a permit then it did NOT require a permit when it was built and therefore is considered to be grandfathered. For example, in Palm Beach County a zoning ordinance was not adopted until 1957. So anything built before that date in what was then, or is still now, unincorporated county land did not require conformance to zoning regulations.
If an improvement or addition or anything that requires a permit was done at a property AFTER the date when a permit would have been required to do so then that improvement is NEVER grandfathered. The building official, or code enforcement, could force the Owner to come into compliance at any time.
And as of 2019 there is now an avenue to close out old permits.
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