Home Improvement Contractors in Upper Grand Lagoon, FL

The median home in the community of Upper Grand Lagoon was built in 1995, newer than the U.S. median of 1980 and newer than the Florida median of 1988. That is in line with the Bay County median of 1993.¹ Most of Upper Grand Lagoon's housing is recent: only 14% of units predate 1980 (U.S. 50%) and 14% were built since 2010. The largest single share, 45%, dates from 1980-1999. That makes it an older stock than Bay County as a whole (24% built before 1980).¹ On houses from the 1980s and 1990s, polybutylene supply lines, builder-grade windows and first-generation openers are the usual items a contractor confirms before quoting. Owner-occupied and rented homes in Upper Grand Lagoon are of similar age: median build years 1994 and 1991.¹

Upper Grand Lagoon has a mixed housing stock: 50% detached houses, 9% attached or townhouse units and 23% in buildings of five or more units. Mobile and manufactured homes are 9% of units.¹ Manufactured homes take different roofing, skirting, anchoring and addition details from site-built houses, so say which kind of home it is when you call. 62% of occupied homes in Upper Grand Lagoon are owner-occupied, below the Florida share of 68%.¹ The median owner-occupied home in Upper Grand Lagoon is valued at $373,200 (ACS), close to the Florida median of $359,000. Within Bay County the median is $310,500, so Upper Grand Lagoon sits above it.¹

Upper Grand Lagoon is about 2 miles from the ocean or Gulf coast in a straight line.^2,3 Proximity to salt air makes fastener grade and corrosion protection part of every exterior quote. Upper Grand Lagoon sits in IECC climate zone 2A (Hot-Humid).⁴ Building permits in Upper Grand Lagoon are normally issued by the county, as this is an unincorporated community.^5,6 As an unincorporated community, permits and inspections run through the county.