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11390 Twelve Oaks Way 121, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33408

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11390 Twelve Oaks Way 121, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33408

This property is located in Twelve Oaks in North Palm Beach.

Experience tranquility. Welcome to Twelve oaks. Conveniently located at the intersection of US-1 and PGA Blvd this private community is unlike any other. The stylishly updated condo feels like home. You will be amazed at how large the fully renovated kitchen feels. With hardwood cabinets, updated stainless steel appliances, and high end touches throughout it is truly a standout. The overside porcelain tile floors were just recently installed. Views are what set this property apart. Endless water views, as well as the beautiful boats (slips available). The unit was just freshly painted and ready for its new owners. Lastly, the deeded carport spot is less than 15 feet to the front door. Schedule your showing today!

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726 Cable Beach Lane, North Palm Beach, FL 33410

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If you are looking for coastal elegance 726 Cable Beach Lane in Prosperity Harbor in North Palm Beach is the home for you.

This renovated and truly turn-key Mediterranean style townhouse has 3 spacious beds, 2.5 baths, a 2 car garage and a HUGE back yard that lives like a house but has all exterior maintenance in the fees. The renovated kitchen includes quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, custom tile back splashes with 10 ceilings. The bathroom renovations included new tile flooring, water closets, frameless shower door and quartz countertops and custom back splash. The first floor tile was cleaned and sealed, all new carpet wall and trim painted. Protected by impact windows or accordion shutters. The covered porch and screened Florida room beyond that face south and lead out to a private back yard view that you OWN and control. There’s plenty of room for a pool, garden or private oasis of your choice.

Prosperity Harbor is the best of all worlds in this small community with a manned guard gate just off PGA and Prosperity Farms Rd there is a community pool and community day dock right on the intracoastal. The town houses in this community have chosen to pool their insurance and maintenance costs and thus the fee includes building insurance, roof and building maintenance, yard maintenance and cable.

Trucks are OK so long as they are in garage at night. No commercial vehicles, RV’s or boats allowed anyplace.

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740 Osprey Way, North Palm Beach

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I got to preview 740 Osprey Way yesterday for a client. This single story, single family home has a great location centrally in the Village of North Palm Beach. The home has CBS, concrete block construction and has been fully renovated from the new metal roof and impact windows to new flooring with a beachy driftwood look and fully renovated bathrooms and kitchen and a newer AC unit. You enter the home into a large, bright open living room area with the dining room beyond it opening up to the spacious back yard and a large kitchen to the right. The kitchen has new white cabinets, quartz countertops, stainless appliances and a large island with a wooden block top. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. The home has a split floor plan and spacious closets with 3 out of the 4 bedrooms having large walk-in closet. This home feels brand new and is move-in ready. Call our office today to set up an appointment to view.

 

 

Hurricane Resistant Homes – Part 3

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Part 3 – CBS or wood frame?

Now we know if the house was constructed under the Florida Building Code 2001 or later version as discussed in Part 2  is in the best category for wind storm insurance rating and now under FEMA Risk Rating 2.0 CBS homes get a better rating for flood insurance as well.

So let’s look at the basic construction of the house, CBS (Concrete Block and Stucco) or Frame (wood frame)? I did this post on the various acronyms used by the property appraiser for basic wall construction.

This questions is as “old as the hills.”  To be clear, there is wood framing in most houses in the roof trusses and the plywood or OSB roof sheathing.  Wood framing is perfectly capable of resisting the loads of a hurricane BUT concrete block is a MUCH tougher material and much less prone to building or maintenance flaws.  What do I mean?  Well, wood framing is reliant on the person framing the house using enough nails and metal hurricane straps to hold everything together which may or may not be true.  Also, wood degrades due to insects or lack of maintenance allowing water in and wood rot to occur.  For these reasons wood framed houses tend (TEND) to not do as well in a hurricane as CBS houses.  And thus, insurance rates are higher for wood framed house.

I myself choose to live in a CBS house with plaster interior walls in North Palm Beach.

Many 2 story houses have CBS first floor walls with a wood framed second floor and second floor walls.  How about these? This configuration does protect the wood wall framing from subterranean termites as well as plants, ants and the like that tend to be at ground level. This is better than an all wood framed.  The better constructed newer multi story homes have CBS walls right up to the roof trusses in communities like Botanica and these have a concrete second floor slab as well.  For flood insurance only the first floor need be CBS to get the best rate.

How about those wood roof components? In our area most of the roof structure is made of wood trusses fabricated off site in a somewhat controlled environment. Post hurricane investigations have shown that truss failure is generally not a problem BUT soffit failure is and this can lead to the plywood failing if the wind gets under it due to a soffit failure.

And the plywood (or OSB) sheathing over the trusses? If the roof has been replaced under the 2002 (or later) FBC then this has been re-nailed so long as there was a permit pulled for the work which is true for most roofs.  People tend not to re-roof a house themselves. Again, if there are enough nails then generally the plywood itself does not fail but it can if the roof has been leaking and the water has degraded the plywood.

How about the roof straps? These are the metal straps that connect the roof framing (truss) to the wall. THESE ARE CRITICAL, can be problematic and should be inspected. First, there’s some ‘funny math’ as to IF the straps HAVE to be re-nailed when the roof is replaced. So just because the roof is replaced it does NOT equate to the straps being re-nailed. Second, they’re metal so they CAN rust, but honestly rarely do as life expectancy of 35+ years. In a CBS house these are set into the concrete at the top of the wall and if the truss lay out changed then they may not have been in the correct location. Check this. Finally, although the straps used in the 70’s for instance were very thick and wrapped over the top of the truss (which is great) they had just two nails in them. These (the number of nails) need to be inspected and yes it is possible to add nails to the existing straps. Interested in how how this will save you? Read HERE,

Next up in this series we will discuss the roof itself in part 4 of the series

Jupiter Area Bridge Clearance Data

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Boats, Boats, Boats! I love boats but I need to get from that waterfront house to the ocean and there’s these darn bridges everywhere.  So I get this one often:  What’s the bridge clearance for this bridge or that bridge?  And, here they are in no particular order but generally go from south to north.

The Blue Heron bridge over the intracoastal in Riviera Beach is <65′ at Mean High Water FIXED. This bridge is UNDER 65′. The tide boards are just wrong as I have personally seen an “intracoastal height” 64′ sailboat hit it at about mid tide.

The Little Lake Worth bridge in North Palm Beach/Palm Beach Gardens on Jack Nicklaus Drive (the extension of PGA Blvd east of US-1 headed toward Singer Island) is 12′ at Mean High Water (MHW) and connects Lake Worth to Little Lake Worth accessing the communities of Lost Tree, Portage Landing, Hidden Key, Captains Key and Seminole Landing. The Twelve Oaks community is in front of this bridge.

The Lighthouse Road bridge in North Palm Beach is 15′ at Mean High Water FIXED.  Note that this is slightly higher that the new Coast Guard standard of 12′.  The Village of North Palm Beach residents only boat ramp is behind this bridge as well as the lower Route 1 bridge to the west of Frigates.

The A1A bridge over the C-17 Canal (a/k/a “Earman River”) in North Palm Beach is just under 8′ at Mean High Water FIXED.  There are only a hand full of properties behind this bridge. Note that the Village of North Palm Beach has plans to replace and RAISE this bridge by about now 3′ by raising the deck and limiting the space below the deck allowed for the super structure.

The Route 1 bridge over the C-17 canal (a/k/a “Earman River”) in North Palm Beach is +/-7′ (I have to drop my bimini at high tide) at Mean High Water FIXED.  This is the bridge by the Frigates restaurant that had a section collapse recently. Note that the Village of North Palm Beach also has plans to replace and RAISE this bridge by about 2 foot by raising the deck and limiting to space allowed for the super structure.

The Route 1 (Parker) bridge over the intracoastal in North Palm Beach is 25′ at Mean High Water but is bascule style DRAW bridge opening at 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the hour.

The PGA Blvd bridge over the intracoastal in Palm Beach Gardens is 25′ at Mean High Water bascule style DRAW bridge opening on the hour and the half hour.

The Ellison Wilson Road bridge in Juno Beach is VERY low and I would say it’s 4.5′ clear fixed bridge at mean high water. Just a guess on this one though.

The Donald Ross bridge over the intracoastal in Juno Beach is 35′ at Mean High Water bascule style DRAW bridge opening opening on the hour and half hour.

The Indiantown Road bridge over the intracoastal in Jupiter is 35′ at Mean High Water bascule style DRAW bridge opening on the hour and the half hour.

The US-1  bridge over the intracoastal in Jupiter is 25′ at Mean High Water bascule style DRAW bridge opening on demand but not more than two times in any given hour.  AS OF 2020 THIS BRIDGE IS NOW SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED STARTING IN 2022 WITH A 35′ clearance DRAW BRIDGE.

The A1A bridge in Jupiter over the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter is 25′ at Mean High Water FIXED.  There are MANY MANY homes behind this fixed bridge and the adjacent railroad draw bridge. The railroad bridge is scheduled to be updated with the Brightline updates but most of the time this bridge is open anyway. It is VERY narrow between the abutments here and with the current this can be a tough one if two boats decide to go for it at the same time. The vessel with the tide behind it has the right or way such as outgoing vessel on an outgoing tide.

The Jupiter Island bridge over the intracoastal in Tequesta is 25′ at Mean High Water bascule style DRAW bridge opening on demand but not more than two times in any given hour.

The Tequesta Drive bridge over the north fork of the Loxahatchee River in Tequesta by Bermuda Terrace is +/-14′ FIXED. This one was replaced on an emergency basis a few years ago.

The Center St. bridge over Sims Creek in Jupiter is +/- 4.5′ at Mean High Water FIXED.

The Island Way bridge (in Martin County) over the south fork of the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter is +/-12′ at Mean High Water FIXED.

Of Course, if there is a king tide, or as sea level rises, there will be less bridge clearance. In another post I explore where one can buy ethanol free gas on the road in the north county.

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