Building in Merritt Island
Waterfront property brings its own construction category: docks, boat lifts, seawalls and shoreline stabilization, all of which are permitted and built differently than the house behind them. Add a housing stock built largely during the original space program era, and the result is a market dominated by renovation, replacement and repair.
Older houses in a marine environment produce the familiar problem of a project that grows once it starts. Envelope, roofing and structural conditions are frequently worse than a walkthrough suggested, and the contract signed at the beginning stops describing the job.
Marine and waterfront structures
Docks, lifts, seawalls and revetments are built by a different set of contractors than houses, under different permits, and they deteriorate on a schedule of their own. Owners often engage them separately from any general contractor, on paperwork that is thin, and only discover how thin when something needs to be put right.
How Ready Legal helps
Ready Legal works with owners, associations, contractors and subcontractors on construction matters. That includes drafting and negotiating construction contracts before work begins, and handling payment disputes, lien claims, defect claims and construction litigation when a project goes wrong.
Courts serving Merritt Island
Merritt Island sits in Brevard County, which is served by Florida's Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Litigation arising out of Merritt Island disputes is generally handled in Brevard County. Ready Legal's office is in downtown Orlando and the firm is available to represent clients in matters in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.