- Name
- Sweetwater Homes Team
- Company
- Sweetwater Homes, Inc.
- E-mail
- Contact Sweetwater Homes Team (Sweetwater Homes, Inc.)
- Website
- http://www.SweetwaterHomes-FloridaKeys.com
- Office Phone
- (305) 872-9520
- Fax
- (305) 872-4791
- Address
- 30051 Pond Ln., Big Pine Key, FL, 33043
- Description
- Sweetwater Homes, a family owned off-site built home builder, since 1973 has made the dream of owning a home come true over 1,700 times in the Florida Keys.
Bring your ideas to Sweetwater Homes and we will design and build your home to fit your budget and your lifestyle. Sweetwater Homes provides in-house state-of-the-art CAD 2D and 3D design tools to create a true, full color layout, images and renderings of your home. These powerful design tools allow you to visualize your completed home. Sweetwater Homes builds throughout the Florida Keys, including:
Tavernier Key Largo Islamorada
Upper Matecumbe Layton Marathon
Big Pine Key Little Torch Key Big Torch Key
Ramrod Key Summerland Key Cudjoe Key
Sugarloaf Key Baypoint Bluewater Key
Big Coppitt Key Geiger Key Rockland Key
Stock Island Key West
In these trying economic times Sweetwater Homes continues their effort to provide affordable and high-quality homes. Sweetwater Homes also provides custom built homes with hundreds of unique options, including "green friendly" options or the cost saving option to complete some of the work yourself.
Florida and local building codes require that homes are secure and well-built. Florida Keys seasonal weather has always been a concern for the Sweeting family, prompting the Sweetwater Homes management team to design superior quality homes engineered to withstand wind speeds of 150 mph to 175 mph. Since 1973 the Sweeting family has taken pride in building beyond state and local building codes. The entire Sweeting family lives in Sweetwater-built homes, trusting their family's safety and security to superior building practices. The Sweeting family has built over 1,700 homes from Key Largo to Key West, none of these homes has ever sustained any significant damage in any storm.
January 10, 1999
Dear Jack, Joyce and Shane,
As you know, we took possession of the home you built for Jim and me in July 1996. In the process of planning our home you explained to us certain options which we did not know that were available and valuable in your opinion. Among these was the possibility of adding strength in the building that would exceed the code for hurricane strength. Although there was no attempt to "sell" us on this option, we decided to go to the 155 mph hurricane strength. We also decided to add two feet to the stilts. At all times, your office was considerate and professional in every way. As a lawyer, Jim appreciated the straightforward way you approached this construction.
The proof of the pudding so the speak became obvious after the September 1998 hurricane Georges. My neighborhood received a horrible blow from Georges and most of my neighbors had extensive damage. Knowing that I had recently become widowed, I was especially grateful that Shane quickly checked the house for me. My total damage consisted of a few lost roof shingles over one corner of the deck roof and the loss of three or four lower stair 1" X 1" decorative timbers no doubt caused by the storm surge of more than two feet. Shane took care of the repairs at a minimal cost to me, far less than the deductible on my insurance. I was also pleased that the ground floor store room m which we kept outdoor furniture and yard supplies performed exactly as it was supposed to do under the code. Although quite a bit of water flowed into the store room, it also drained out and aside from some mess, no damage was done.
As a recent widow, I did not need more problems so I am especially appreciative that the modular home you built performed better than I could ha ye imagined. I would unconditionally recornuiend your homes and your work to anyone anticipating building in the Keys..
With best regards to all of you. I am Sincerely yours,
Betty R O'Flarity
