Roofing Contractor in Lantana, FL

A Fishing Village With a Very Strange Resume

Lantana has one of the quirkiest histories on the Palm Beach coast. It was incorporated in 1921 with just 22 voters and — remarkably for the era — its first two mayors were both women, Ellen Anderson and Mary Paddock. In the late 1800s its sands were a stop for the legendary ’Barefoot Mailmen’ on their 183-mile coastal round trip. Then in 1971 the National Enquirer moved its world headquarters here, and for two decades this quiet fishing village was the epicenter of celebrity gossip — its owner even erecting a 100-foot Christmas tree billed as the world’s largest.

It’s still a waterfront town at heart, home to the Old Key Lime House — Florida’s oldest and largest waterfront tiki bar — on the Intracoastal. And because Lantana is one of the older communities on this stretch of coast, a lot of its homes sit on very old roofs, well past their service life.

Cottages, Family Neighborhoods, and Island Waterfront

Lantana’s housing is a real mix. Southwinds, Lantana Heights, and Ocean Walk are established family neighborhoods of modest single-family homes — often straightforward shingle replacements. Lantana Point has larger, expansive single-family homes, and Hypoluxo Island, just east of the mainland, is a quiet, tree-lined island of waterfront estates where tile and metal are the norm.

On the island and along the Intracoastal, salt air is the enemy, so we install marine-grade stainless fasteners, corrosion-resistant flashing, and fully sealed underlayment on the waterfront homes. And on Lantana’s older mainland cottages, our dual license means we can fix the decking or framing a decades-old tear-off reveals on the same permit.

Voluntarily Built to Miami-Dade Spec

Palm Beach County is not legally within the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone the way Broward and Miami-Dade are — but Lantana’s coastal and Intracoastal exposure means real wind, so we voluntarily build every roof here to Miami-Dade HVHZ spec, the strictest wind standard in the country.

That upgrade is also what qualifies your home for wind-mitigation insurance credits. On Lantana’s older homes especially, replacing a tired roof with a code-current one can meaningfully lower your premium — and we document every feature your insurer needs to apply the savings.

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