Charlotte Park is the unincorporated pocket just south of Punta Gorda's city limits, between Burnt Store Road and the harbor, where the streets end at Alligator Creek and the mangroves. It is older and plainer than Punta Gorda Isles next door: 1950s and 1960s block homes, some on short canals to the creek, with manufactured homes mixed in and a few newer builds on the higher lots.
It is also low. Ian's surge came up Alligator Creek on September 28, 2022, and the wind that followed the eye across the harbor went over roofs that had already been through Charley in 2004. Many of the roofs here are on their second or third shingle layer, and the decks under them are plank.
This site connects Charlotte Park homeowners by phone with an independent local roofing contractor. It does not do the work.
A 1960s home with layered shingle is a roof replacement down to the plank deck, with the deck re-nailed and a sealed underlayment under the new covering. A leak at a valley or a rusted flashing is a roof repair once the entry point is found. A manufactured home with a leaking roof-over is a repair by a contractor who works those roofs, and the caller should say so. A roof that has never been documented for the carrier is a wind mitigation inspection, and an older house often has the most to gain.
The Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center at Alligator Creek Preserve on Burnt Store Road is the community's back yard and a good place to see where the surge line reached in the mangroves. Charlotte Park is outside the city, so roofing permits go through Charlotte County Community Development in Murdock.
Call (941) 294-6154 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Charlotte Park.
A leak traced to its real entry point, then the flashing, boot, tile, or shingle that let it in put right and photographed.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and tile, metal, or shingle fastened to the Florida Building Code, with the county permit pulled.
A tarp on the opening before the next rain band, then photos and a written scope of what the wind took.
A walk of the roof and the attic side, with photos and a written condition report you can hand a buyer or an insurer.
The state OIR-B1-1802 form completed on your roof's straps, deck nailing, and water barrier, so your agent can apply the credits.
Dated photos, a line-item scope, and a contractor at the adjuster visit, so the claim is about what the roof shows.