Storm Damage Roofing in The VillagesOpen ground. Open wind. Documented right.

Storm Damage Roofing in Orange Blossom Gardens, the Village of Lady Lake, the Spanish Springs villages, the Lake Sumter Landing villages, the Brownwood villages, the villages south of SR 44, Fenney and the Villages of Southern Oaks.

Storm damage in The Villages is a wind problem more than a tree problem. The community was built on former pasture and citrus land across Sumter, Lake and Marion counties, and outside a few mature sections the canopy is young. That means tropical storm force gusts, like the ones Milton pushed through in October 2024, reach the roof edge with nothing in the way. The day after Milton, Brehm crews were in The Villages installing emergency tarps, making minor repairs and walking homeowners through what came next. The pattern was consistent: lifted shingles along rakes and eaves on the 1990s and 2000s roofs around Spanish Springs and Lake Sumter Landing, ridge caps with exposed fasteners pulled loose on the 2000s and 2010s roofs around Brownwood, and birdcage and lanai enclosures that moved enough to open the flashing where they tie into the house.

Villas add a wrinkle. Courtyard and patio villas sit close together, and wind damage on one roof often shows as water on the neighbor's party wall. After a storm we inspect both sides of a shared wall and write the scope for the unit the entry point is actually on, with photos for both owners. Designer and premier homes with large hip roofs tend to hold their field shingles but lose ridge and hip caps, which is a repair, not a replacement, if the field still has seal.

The first visit is about stopping water and building the file. We tarp and secure the opening, photograph the damage and the attic side before anything moves, and date everything in CompanyCam. Then we write two scopes: what the storm did, in the language your insurance adjuster expects, and what the roof already needed. Many Villages homeowners have already received roof-age letters from their carrier, and that is exactly why the two scopes have to stay separate. A carrier covers sudden storm damage. It does not cover a 2001 roof that was due, and an adjuster can tell the difference.

Brehm holds Florida certified roofing license CCC1336098 and general contractor license CRC1334991, carries general liability and workers' compensation, and is an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor. If the damage justifies a replacement, that replacement is installed to current Florida Building Code with the wind-mitigation photos your carrier wants, qualifies for the manufacturer's extended warranty options, and goes through the Architectural Review Committee before the crew arrives. Permits run through Sumter County Building Services for most addresses, the Town of Lady Lake or Lake County for the Lady Lake sections, and Marion County for the northern villages.

The honest version: after Milton, most of what we did in The Villages was repair work. Ridge caps, rake shingles, a tarp over an opened lanai transition, a resealed party wall. We did not file replacement claims on roofs that needed a repair, and we told homeowners whose roofs were already past their service life that the carrier would likely see it that way too. You will get the same straight answer, with photos, before any claim is filed.

Homes we work on in The Villages: 1980s and early 1990s homes around Orange Blossom Gardens and Lady Lake, 1990s and 2000s designer and premier homes around Spanish Springs and Lake Sumter Landing, 2000s to 2010s homes around Brownwood, and 2018 onward construction south of SR 44 including Fenney and the Villages of Southern Oaks. Courtyard and patio villas with attached or close-set roofs are common throughout.