Serving one of Broward County’s smallest and most private communities, APEX Roofing of Delray Beach handles roof repair, replacement, and storm restoration for Lazy Lake’s mid-century homes on Lazy Lake’s own private lake.
Licensed, Permitted, and Built for the Water You Live Near
Every job is licensed and insured under Florida rules, with permits pulled before work starts and thorough inspections at each stage, so nothing gets covered up.
Knowing which streets sit closest to the Intracoastal, which communities carry HOA architectural review, and which blocks need different fasteners than three streets inland.
Neighborhood association approvals get sorted before the crew shows up, not discovered halfway through, since nobody wants a stop-work order mid hurricane season.
Upgrades anchor the roof to the home’s structure more securely, often lowering insurance premiums once the inspection is filed correctly.
Lazy Lake isn’t organized into distinct sub-neighborhoods the way larger cities are, it’s a single enclave of roughly 22 homes built around a private lake that was originally a rock quarry, developed starting in 1946 by Hal Ratliff with architect Clinton Gamble.
The village’s original mid-century modern homes, many shaded by mature banyan trees on oversized lots, are old enough that roofing systems installed decades ago are well past any reasonable service life, even where maintained carefully.
Because Lazy Lake is entirely surrounded by Wilton Manors and shares infrastructure with its larger neighbor, homeowners here benefit from the same regional resources without the village trying to run a separate, full-scale building department for two dozen homes.
This whole area falls within Broward County, and given Lazy Lake’s minimal independent permitting infrastructure, most building and roofing permit processing here runs through Broward County’s own channels rather than a dedicated village department.
Gutters and waterproofing keep water away from the fascia and foundation, and roof leak detection finds the actual entry point instead of guessing, since a wrong patch just moves the same leak somewhere else. See gutter services.
Considering solar alongside a new roof? APEX handles both under one license and one crew. See solar installation.
Roof repair covers everything from broken tiles to storm damage, while a full roof replacement makes sense once shingles are past their service life. Explore our roofing services.
Storm restoration work moves fast after a named system passes through, documenting damage for insurance claims while crews handle emergency tarping. See storm damage restoration.
A roof inspection before hurricane season catches small problems early, and roof maintenance between storms extends the life of tile, metal, or shingle systems without waiting for a leak to force the decision.
Commercial roofing and HOA roofing follow different rules than a single family home, with condo boards and property managers needing full system replacement scheduled around tenants.
Lazy Lake does not operate as a homeowners association in the typical sense, it’s a small, self-governing municipality. If a specific property carries its own private covenants, APEX confirms those requirements directly with the homeowner rather than assuming a village-wide HOA structure that doesn’t exist here.
Yes, a permit is required for reroofing regardless of a village’s size. Given Lazy Lake’s minimal independent building department infrastructure, permitting here typically runs through Broward County’s own processes rather than a dedicated village portal. APEX handles that coordination directly so you’re not left figuring out which office to contact.
Age alone from that era is usually enough reason for a real inspection, since materials and installation standards have changed considerably since original construction. A free inspection tells you whether you’re looking at a repair window or a full replacement decision.
It removes the daily salt-air corrosion coastal properties deal with, but Florida’s wind-load building code still applies the same way regardless of how far a property sits from open water, so wind mitigation still matters here.
Ask how they’ll coordinate with a community that has no independent building department of its own, a contractor unfamiliar with that reality may cause delays assuming a process that doesn’t exist here. Past client experiences are worth reading before hiring anyone for an unusual jurisdiction like this one.
Document visible damage with photos where it’s safe to do so, then request a free inspection before filing an insurance claim, so the documentation is in place before an adjuster ever sees the roof.
A single, private village of roughly 22 homes built around its own lake. If you’re in Lazy Lake, you’re already in our service area.
