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Managing Invasive Wildlife in South Florida Communities

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At Seacrest Services, we have found that community association management in South Florida brings up all kinds of interesting and unique situations. There have been many articles written recently about the consequences of the increasing invasive wildlife in South Florida communities. This invasive wildlife is comprised of species that are not native to our South Florida location, and typically spread diseases and damage the environment. For many of these critters, since they have no natural predators here in South Florida, the only population controls that they face are cold temperatures or pest control methods.

When you are looking for the best community association property management company near you in South Florida, you are virtually searching for a local property management business with local knowledge, local know-how, and local expertise. Seacrest Services is your ultimate choice for a local property management company serving Stuart that is supported by successful systems and processes that have developed for over 40 years! When it comes to managing invasive wildlife in South Florida communities, we want to make sure that residents and associations stay informed. Precautions should always be taken when managing invasive wildlife, whether you have elected to remove the invasive critters from your property by yourself, by hiring a professional, or not at all.

South Florida’s may not be Jurassic Park yet, but it’s getting kind of close. Some experts say that packs of green iguanas may be at record numbers as they swarm seawalls, roam community yards and community parks, and leave a path of destruction and filth in their wake. There are more than five hundred different non-indigenous or non-native wildlife – including fish and plant species – that live and thrive in South Florida. These exotic and foreign creatures and vegetation can threaten native species and cause serious economic damage, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

From these wild, green iguanas to Burmese Pythons or lionfish and air potato vines, there must be some control taken for communities and residents to feel safe. Right now, the invasive green lizards are out of control, with as many as hundreds of thousands creeping and crawling around Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. Unfortunately, green iguanas can potentially live up to ten years, laying dozens of eggs at a time, which is why the population issue has grown so out of control. One of the ways in which these green iguanas are affecting our community association properties is that they also tend to destroy landscaping, gardens, damage infrastructure, and leave their droppings everywhere with potentially harmful diseases, such as Salmonella.

Finding Solutions with Seacrest Services Community Property Management

It seems that because of record heat levels this summer, the only viable option is to control the green iguana population. In fact, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced an open season on these green iguanas, stating that community homeowners are allowed to eliminate these iguanas on their own properties without a permit, as well as on 22 public lands in South Florida.

Some of the stories of invasive wildlife in South Florida seem almost too surreal to be true; there has been a colony of Vervet Monkeys who live near the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood airport for many years. These swinging critters pose a definite threat to our health and safety, as wild primates carry diseases, such as herpes B. There are solutions to these animal invasions as well, and things can be done according to the FWC; for example not feeding these wild monkeys is a good start!

Our professional landscaping teams know all too well about the invasive air potato vine, which is an aggressive weed that tends to smother other vegetation in our South Florida community gardens, yards, and properties. But even this invasion has a solution with the experts from Seacrest Services, and recently small leaf beetles seem to be helping to control these noxious property invaders!

From complete community associate property management services and professional accounting services, to the best landscaping and property maintenance in South Florida, Seacrest Services can tailor a specific plan for your community association or commercial property, no matter how unique the situation!

As one of the top property management companies located in Stuart, we can promise your association that we will keep your property looking its best and functioning seamlessly and safely throughout the year, with our dedicated team of experienced and knowledgeable professionals. Call today to find out more about why Seacrest Services offers the most trusted property management services in Stuart.

Preparing Your Community for Hurricane Season

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As South Florida residents are bracing for a potential hurricane, at Seacrest Services, we like to make sure that we have done all we can to minimize the damage to community properties and speed up your community’s return to normalcy.

At Seacrest Services of West Palm Beach, we are grounded in years of successful community association property management experience, and like to keep high-quality projects on track with the perfect end goal in mind. The Seacrest Services team can ensure our valued communities that the right equipment, tools, staff, and materials will be onsite when they are needed, and that all of our properties and communities are well-prepared for things like hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters.

Is your community and property ready and safe for the pending hurricanes during hurricane season? We can help you to be even more proactive to prepare for the effects of a natural disaster and to stay safe and organized throughout the rest of the hurricane summer season. Even though community association management during the summer months typically entails the need for more air conditioning maintenance, problematic mosquitoes, and other pests, it also means being ready for hurricane warnings. When it comes to property management, this is a very important time for proactive preparation, checking properties, and continuing with maintenance and repair “To-Do” lists.

If you are wondering what to do to prepare for the potential hurricane, there are things you can do immediately, such as going over policies, insurance, and home inventories, which are vitally important. You can also:

1) Document the conditions and prepare properties for any storm or hurricane by photographing and/or filming all of the main public property areas. Take photos with the date stamp of everything in lobbies and common areas, and make sure there are digital copies of any important documents stored in several computers and devices.

2) Create a plan for buildings to close down, and an immediate To-Do list, such as:

  • Turn off pool pumps
  • Move elevators to a higher floor so they don’t get flooded
  • Plan to inform residents of any building closures
  • Distribute an evacuation plan

 3) Give your association a list of disaster essentials for their residents to have ready, such as: a Social Security Card, passport, credit cards, proof of residency (electric bill or driver’s license), insurance policies, prescriptions, photos of their units, water, food, gasoline, propane, candles, and if possible, an operational, well-maintained generator.

There are many other things to do to be well-prepared for the event of a hurricane or storm in South Florida. It’s not just hurricanes that require an efficient disaster protocol; remember that floods can also devastate communities anywhere, because floods are not only isolated to coastal areas or flood zones.

Seacrest Services Protocol for an Extreme Weather Event: Hurricane Clean Up

Wherever you are in South Florida, at Seacrest Services, we like to think of our clients as partners. A strong work ethic that honors commitment can be hard to find in the world of property management in South Florida. Community property managers are responsible for the safety and comfort of the communities they serve, providing important skills and expertise that are essential to the successful management of associations. Part of our successful management entails having protocols for extreme weather event clean up.

There are three phases of extreme weather event cleanup with Seacrest Services, and our community associations provide pre-approval and work authorizations to allow for a seamless process. Phase one is the initial cleanup:

  • Seacrest Services will comply and abide by all the local, state, and federal government laws.
  • Seacrest Services will provide the necessary labor, tools, insurance equipment, and any vehicles that are required to clean and stack debris that may block community entrances and roadways.
  • Seacrest Services will remove trees from walkways, buildings, and automobiles, as directed by the Board of Directors or an authorized representative.

The remaining phases or steps to be taken as cleanup operations will consist of cutting and stacking debris along roadways, and removing leaves and small debris based on damages incurred in the storm.

At Seacrest Services, you get more than just the best property management team for hurricane preparation in South Florida; you have the opportunity to utilize our one-stop-shopping, all-inclusive community property management. Maybe it’s time to renovate with high-impact glass, improve your flood protection preparation, or even up your landscaping game to compete on whole new level with other elite properties and associations. With Seacrest Services, you can get:

  • Top-notch property management
  • Complete maintenance and janitorial services
  • Superior accounting and bookkeeping accounts payable and receivable
  • Budget preparation
  • Outstanding community association experience
  • Commercial and residential landscape design and maintenance

Choose Seacrest Services for Quality Preparation and Property Management

All of the Seacrest Services community association managers are state-licensed and undergo Seacrest’s extensive in-house training program. Their hands-on approach provides communities with the accountability and supervision that every property deserves.

Why wait until a major hurricane is hanging out off the coast before you take action? Call in the best local community property managers! Proactive preparation and maintenance for the rest of Summer into the Fall will help avoid many troublesome scenarios. Our innovative, proactive approach to property management is what keeps Seacrest Services the leaders in our industry and allows us to provide the highest level of service to your community and association. Call Seacrest Services today!

The Hottest Landscape Design in West Palm Beach

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At Seacrest Services, our landscape design team is constantly searching for ways to improve the curb appeal of the properties we manage in West Palm Beach, all within our clients’ specific budget parameters. When selecting the best landscaping company or building management team, you want to find the one that can boast landscape design that helps them stand out from the crowd. It could be their quality control processes, their professionalism, their cutting-edge tools, or their experience; at Seacrest Services, it’s all of the above!

So, what exactly is “landscape design?” According to the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, landscape design is “the analysis, planning, and design of exterior living spaces. Landscape design today integrates a wide variety of elements to achieve functional and beautiful spaces for outdoor living. Professional landscape designers offer a broad range of planning and design services tailored to a spectrum of client needs. By engaging the services of a landscape designer, outstanding design solutions can be developed while avoiding costly mistakes and unnecessary confusion.“

With comprehensive planning and professional installation, the outdoor living areas can be an excellent investment of your property. Studies have proved that thoughtfully developed outdoor spaces can increase the value of a home up to twenty percent.

A professional landscape designer can help bring your garden dreams to fruition while keeping a close eye on practical considerations like budget, site analysis, or even what appropriate plants and trees fit your property. Well-executed landscape design increases not only the enjoyment of a home or residence, but also the actual square footage of valuable, usable space! We are proud to say that our 40-plus years of experience in West Palm Beach is one of our most appealing assets, and has helped us to fine-tune how to navigate the unique terrain. Our landscape design team has artists who value color, line, form, texture and scale as tools, which are used in combinations to adjust design principles. Landscape design principles include factors like unity, balance, transition, proportion, and simplicity.

At Seacrest Services we promise to:

  • Follow through: We do what we say we will do, when we say we will do it.
  • Provide trained staff: Only trained Landscape employees will provide all of our services.
  • Great communication: We provide regular reports to property managers, board members, and/or owners.
  • Quality: We deliver quality assurance with regular inspections by our account managers, technicians, and management staff.
  • Quick response: We offer quick response times and flexibility so that we can adjust to changes as needed.

At Seacrest Services, we not only have a stellar landscape design team, but we have landscapers and groundskeepers who provide raking, mowing, trimming, planting, digging, mulching and all manners of landscaping design. It’s a landscaper’s job to make every yard they touch as pretty as the cover of a magazine. Having a green thumb is not genetic, and it isn’t something that you can come by easily (some people can’t even grow weeds), and at Seacrest Services, we have done our due diligence to hire and work with only the best landscapers available in your area.

This year’s edition of the Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects, has determined a number of trends that are hot for 2019 – and not just because it’s summertime! Using only native plants, installing outdoor yoga spaces and charging stations are hot. Three most popular outdoor landscape design elements include: fire pits/fireplaces, lighting, and seating/dining areas.

Here are some of the landscape design elements in highest consumer demand:

  • Native plants
  • Native/adapted drought tolerant plants
  • Low-maintenance landscapes
  • Flexible use space
  • Drip/water-efficient irrigation
  • Permeable paving
  • Rain garden
  • Reduced lawn area
  • Food/vegetable gardens
  • Charging stations

Are you ready to be the envy of other properties in West Palm Beach and the surrounding areas? Thanks to your beautiful landscape design team, the best landscaping is not just about maintaining, it often requires improving your landscape. Seacrest Services is not only in Palm Beach County, but is expanding our landscape design services to:

  • Dade County
  • Broward County
  • Martin County
  • Lucie County

Wherever you are in South Florida, at Seacrest Services we like to think of our clients as partners. As in any committed partnership, we promise to do what we say we will do. A strong work ethic that honors commitment can be hard to find in the field of landscape design. A partnership with Seacrest Services means we will provide a full range of landscaping services with solutions that will meet your all of you needs and expectations, all within your budget. With Seacrest Services, you can get:

  • Top-notch property management
  • Complete maintenance and janitorial services
  • Superior accounting and bookkeeping accounts payable receivable
  • Budget preparation
  • Outstanding community association experience
  • Commercial and residential landscape design and maintenance

At Seacrest Services, you get more than just the best Landscape design in West Palm Beach, you have the opportunity to utilize our one-stop-shopping, all-inclusive property management. Maybe it’s time to up your landscaping game and to compete on a whole new level with the West Palm Beach elite.

Management Company for Residential Properties

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Residential property management projects of all sizes require substantial coordination, resources and time. At Seacrest Services of West Palm Beach, we are grounded in years of successful residential property management experience and like to keep high quality projects on track with the perfect end-goal in mind. The Seacrest Services team can ensure that the right equipment, tools, staff and materials will be on site when they are needed.

The temperatures have already spiked for the summer of 2019. Is your property ready for the summer? We can help you to be even more proactive to prepare for the summer sizzle and stay safe and organized throughout the humid hurricane summer season!

Residential property management in West Palm Beach is not just about filling vacancies and looking after properties; there are many other things on the daily “to-do” list. At Seacrest Services, we take pride in making sure tenants are happy, our contractors are doing their jobs, and that property owners are making money from their investment. While much of the West Palm Beach residential property management companies have dropped out after some years- unable to meet the long hours, never-ending stress, and hectic demands of the job- Seacrest Services has consistently stayed in the game, by providing exceptional service year in and year out since 1975. Everyone we work with is professional and resourceful, personable and articulate. In addition to looking towards the future, as top-notch residential property managers, we are also physically present, visiting each building or property monthly.

As your West Palm Beach residential property managers, we are able to listen and communicate, as well as be proactive and involved, staying current and knowledgeable. We love to stay on top of the hottest mainstream trends and opportunities for the best residential property management experience in West Palm Beach.

In addition to property management with our trained and experienced staff, by hiring Seacrest Services, Inc., you will also be able to receive the highest quality customer service. We customize a customer service program specific to your association’s needs. We also provide premier landscaping, with the expertise to create and maintain a lush, beautiful, and healthy landscape for your residential property. In addition to our trained and experienced property management staff, hiring Seacrest Services also brings you:

  • Quality Customer Care: Seacrest comes with the highest quality customer service we customize your systems to meet specific requirements of associations in residence
  • Premier Landscaping: We have the expertise to create and maintain a lush, beautiful, and healthy landscape for your residential property
  • Accounting Services: Seacrest Services has maintained outstanding accounting services for hundreds of south Florida properties, catering to their own unique, structural needs
  • Maintenance and Janitorial Attention: Part of our responsive service and attention to detail means taking the stress out of keeping your property clean and looking its best
  • TQM Program: With Seacrest, you can gain access to our uniquely tailored total quality management program, TQM

New residential or commercial properties in the following counties can benefit from Seacrest Services:

Palm Beach County

Broward County

Dade County

Martin County

St. Lucie County

Before you look to other companies to help you maintain your property, find out what Seacrest Services in West Palm Beach can do for you. We know that after you hear about our cost-effective solutions, unmatched work ethic, and talented team of professionals, you’ll be wondering why you hadn’t called us sooner.

We understand that your residents are the lifeblood of your community, which is why providing quality customer service to each of them is our privilege. Our interactive Live Operator Customer Service Program is tailored to fit the unique needs of each association we oversee. A live operator answers all calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With Seacrest Services as your property management team, you can get back your life and let us take care of the rest!

Commercial Janitorial Services in West Palm Beach: The importance Of Cleanliness

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When it comes to optimum commercial property management, you want to work with experienced professionals like Seacrest Services to take care of a number of janitorial and maintenance issues. Although there are a number of basic issues that arise for the cleanliness of any property, a clean environment both residentially and commercially are essential for many reasons. There are a variety of things that can negatively affect your health, like molds and bacteria that can actually spoil our immune system. Our health is dependent on a substantially cleaner work place or home space than most people are aware of.

The meaning of cleanliness may vary from person to person. However, in 2019, the best commercial janitorial services in West Palm Beach has to include a task list and monitoring for unparalleled cleanliness.  With the humidity and moisture of the summer months in West Palm Beach, you want a top-notch company like Seacrest Services to make sure that all of your janitorial and maintenance needs are being met safely and effectively.

Commercial cleaning consists of maintenance and cleanliness on a very large scale, requiring the most up to date and modern technology.  You can count on Seacrest Services to create and maintain a clean, pollution-free environment. Our business services are perfected by using emerging machines and technologies that help us to perform our tasks in much less time and more efficiently.

There are multiple reasons to keep your office clean, namely because office staff need and deserve to work in a clean environment, and an office’s cleanliness or filthiness actually reflects a lot about that business. Business owners have so many obligations outside of operating a business-all of the behind the scenes things a business owner does in order to keep the business operating efficiently- and the best way for business owners to focus more on their business is to turn the janitorial and maintenance duties over to the well-respected professional cleaning services at Seacrest!

There are countless benefits of having Seacrest Services at your side:

  • Our professional cleaning companies are skilled in properly cleaning and sanitizing. There is more to do than simply making sure everything is orderly- our experienced janitorial team knows what to do in order to ensure a clean environment.
  • Don’t let the morale in an office sink. Your office staff does not want to clean the bathroom, empty the trash, or mop floors. Let your workers to do what they do best, and leave cleaning to the experts.
  • As dust builds in an office or moisture builds up, it can easily turn into a respiratory hazard. We can help ensure your office space has minimal allergens.
  • As a professional cleaning company, we can ensure that certain products are kept on hand like paper towels in the restroom, as well as toilet paper. These can be easily overlooked.
  • When offices and commercial properties are clean and sanitized, people are less likely to get sick. When workers are sick, there is always a loss in production or output.

With over 40 years of maintenance and janitorial experience, and the Seacrest Services motto of “Doing it right the first time,” Seacrest Services has the experience to bring unique and economical solutions to maintain your facility. Although we started in West Palm beach, we are very excited about our expansion to the nearby cities of Hobe Sound, Palm City, Stuart, Jensen Beach, Jupiter Island and Port St. Lucie.

Seacrest Services is proud to offer our customers in all of South Florida a highly capable management team, and utilizing the latest building maintenance equipment, cleaning techniques, and commercial janitorial supplies that will meet and exceed all of your standards of cleanliness and enhance your facilities appearance. The Seacrest Services list of janitorial services will rival that of any of our competitors. We offer daily janitorial and maintenance services that include:

  • Full service janitorial
  • Monthly lighting checks and bulb replacement
  • General cleaning and washing of building exterior
  • Upkeep of pool and patio furniture
  • Event setup and takedown
  • Pressure Cleaning
  • On-site handyman services
  • Water intrusion cleanup

Maybe it’s time to tidy up the loose ends of your business, and to upgrade your janitorial and maintenance needs so you can become the shining example of cleanliness and professionalism. Contact Seacrest Services today for premiere commercial janitorial services in West Palm Beach.

Seacrest Services: The Best Landscaping Company in West Palm Beach

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There’s no doubt about it, green is good. We’re talking about your grassy green lawns and gorgeous West Palm Beach Landscapes, of course!

West Palm Beach has a plentiful and diverse natural beauty with a dazzling array of flora and fauna keeping the expert team at Seacrest Services very busy. Summertime can be harsh here in West Palm Beach, especially on our lawns! At Seacrest Services, we believe that keeping your landscape in tip-top shape starts with knowing how to care for it through all the seasons. Although we started in West Palm Beach, we are growing to offer our services to these great cities!

  • Hobe Sound
  • Palm City
  • Stuart
  • Jensen Beach
  • Jupiter Island
  • Port St. Lucie

Seacrest Services: A Premiere Landscaping Company Serving South Florida

People really do judge a book by its cover, which is why when it comes to picking the best landscaping company in West Palm Beach, you definitely want to weed out the competition by finding a company that understands that making a good first impression means presenting the best image possible for your business or residence.

Seacrest Services Inc. is a full-service property management company that does everything for you, from professional accounting services to complete landscaping and property maintenance, and even janitorial services! Seacrest Services does it all with outstanding customer services and capabilities that allow us to tailor a specific plan for your community, association, residential, or commercial property.

At Seacrest Services, we are focused on maintaining beauty in all the communities and properties we manage. Nothing shows success better than Seacrest Services landscaping, which includes not only sustainable development and functional maintenance, but also harmonious and attractive overall landscapes. Our residential and commercial landscape maintenance provides multi-faceted processes designed to help property owners create and maintain their optimum vision while keeping their landscapes healthy, clean, attractive and safe. As the first thing clients see should speak volumes, you want to foster long-lasting impressions with the best possible landscaping company in West Palm Beach.

Our landscaping team has over 40 years of experience in the industry, catering to a wide variety of clients ranging from businesses to HOAs and business parks. The Seacrest Services landscaping team consists of:

  • A Certified Landscape Irrigation Contractor (U-22050)
  • A Certified Nursery Professional
  • A Lawn and Ornamental Certified Pest Control Operator
  • A National Arborist Association Member
  • A Certified Horticulturist

Seacrest Services clients often ask how we keep their properties and lawns so beautiful. It’s obviously more than just applying the right fertilizer. Water and turf management means taking a creative and dynamic approach to the grounds that we manage, and it shows in the expert results that we achieve for our clients.

In the Seacrest Services world of landscaping, each client and property is unique, and therefore, we approach every project with the best solution possible for that specific property. We personally collaborate with you on how to most effectively manage your property and landscaping needs. We can help you set goals and find solutions that will enhance your landscape environment while positively affecting your bottom-line budget!

By picking Seacrest Services, you will experience a world of difference in all of your landscaping needs. We are committed to 100% satisfaction in several areas of expertise:

Landscape Design and Management: Our landscape management team is here to help you formulate, articulate and develop a set of strategies geared towards enhancing a specific landscape choice. We can help improve the quality as well as the sustainable development, using the appropriate instruments and implementing the proper actions set out in a landscape management project. We are the go-to team in West Palm Beach for Turf management, Planting and transplanting Lawn and ornamental pest control and Interior and exterior pest control.

Water Management: Seacrest Services can tap into our stream of knowledge with a team of water management experts who can bring you the latest in water-saving technology and trends. Water is one of our most precious resources. We provide professional advice on ways to reduce waste and recoup costs through savings and offer full irrigation service, including design, installation, and maintenance.

Tree Care and Management: Tree removal, installation, and care is just part of what our tree experts take care of. The character, beauty, and protection of trees make them one of the most valuable landscape assets for any community or property.  If these resources are not managed properly, they can become a liability to the community or property- even potentially decreasing its value over time.  Our team of certified arborists is committed to professionally managing your inventory of trees with proper pruning techniques, including keeping them cleared from buildings, streets, and sidewalks. We are also dedicated to consistently evaluating the health of the trees on every property we manage, and can remove trees when necessary.

Weed Management: Nothing looks worse than a community or property filled with weeds. Pesky weeds need to be controlled for a variety of reasons. Weed control and management and a botanical component of pest control attempts to stop weeds from competing with your desired flora and fauna. Proper weed management requires necessary expertise and constant attention. Our Seacrest Services landscaping team includes licensed and trained applicators specialized in weed management.

Seacrest Services Inc. is proud to announce that we are the recipients of the 2019 Florida Community Association Journal’s Reader’s Choice, Diamond Level Awards for property management and landscape services. We are always dedicated to meeting and exceeding your expectations, no matter how unique they may be. Call Seacrest Services of West Palm beach today to learn how using a premiere landscaping company can make a world of difference for your property.

Managing Emergency Plans for Your Community in Stuart Florida

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Seacrest Service provides property management services for dozens of South Florida coastal towns, including Stuart, Florida. We understand that the residents of your properties are the lifeblood of your community, which is why maintaining quality customer service is our privilege.

With Seacrest Services at your side, community associations are led into the future of property management services with fully-trained and experienced property managers. Our outstanding Seacrest Services team members are here to guide and support you through South Florida emergencies this hurricane season. Because Seacrest Services only provides the best and most reliable services, all of our property management personnel are state-licensed community association managers and undergo the extensive Seacrest Services in-house training program. We have regularly scheduled reviews of your property, and enforce association rules and regulations and prepare monthly management reports for the board. As part of providing the most optimal quality property management services, we like to make sure that our communities, board members, associations and property owners in Stuart are well prepared for the 2019 Hurricane season in South Florida.

Emergency Hurricane Plans in Stuart Florida

In Stuart, Florida, silvery sailfish and simple afternoons rule your glorious days by the water. The abundant shoreline of the Treasure Coast and natural beauty this small, intracoastal gem keeps generations of families—and new residents from various corners of the globe—calling Stuart home. The new two-mile-long wooden Riverwalk in Stuart provides free concerts on the weekends, fishing off the pier, and walking to local businesses and crafty shops. It really is a South Florida dream town.

As property managers for many towns along the Atlantic Seaboard, including Stuart, we know that it’s vital to review how to prepare for hurricanes before the next storm hits. It’s time to start reviewing your documents, insurance policies, and operations checklists to be sure that your staff is ready. We all hope that our home, community, coworkers, and friends never need to implement an emergency action plan. However, it makes more sense to be completely prepared for the possibility, rather than try to figure out what to do in the middle of confusion and fear.

Seacrest Services is Ready for the Rainy Season in Stuart

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1st and ends November 30th. Seacrest Services would like to remind all of our properties of the importance of being prepared and having a hurricane plan of action. Don’t wait until a disaster strikes. Take the time to consider what responsibilities your association should take on before, during, and after an emergency happens. Every community is unique, and your emergency plans should reflect that.

Seacrest Services believes that practice is an important part of effective emergency preparedness. Properties should develop and conduct a preparedness drill not only for hurricanes, but also fire, flood, chemical spills, airborne disease, and severe weather conditions. These drills are especially necessary where there are elevators, stacked homes with stairwells, or when the community is located near a major highway for South Florida evacuation routes.

Your plan should include but not be limited to the following action items:

-Maintain an up-to-date emergency contact list

-Establish a hurricane shutter policy

-Provide insurance coverage for the board

-Educate owners and residents on insurance coverage

-Back up and storing records

-Allocate debris storage space

-Identify residents with special needs for a hurricane execution plan, and

-Put together your vendor list and arranging for cleanup and repairs

-Develope a plan to communicate an evacuation order to all residents, and an “all-clear” when it’s safe to return home

-Provide residents with evacuation and emergency shelter information

-Install hurricane shutters before the wind picks up

-Remove and secure loose objects that could be dangerous when winds pick up, such as trash cans, potted plants, and pool furniture

-Shut off propane tanks

Call Seacrest Services for All your Stuart, Florida Property Management Needs

Seacrest Services can tailor a specific plan for your community association or commercial property, from complete property management services and professional accounting services, to the best landscaping and property maintenance in Stuart, Florida. Call today to find out more about why Seacrest Services offers the most trusted property management services in Stuart.

Why You Should Hire a Condo Management Company

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At Seacrest Services, we love being known for trusted condo property management in Stuart Florida – and we love Stuart, Florida! Who wouldn’t? Known as the “Sailfish Capital of the World,” the city of Stuart is located along Florida’s renowned Treasure Coast, north of our office in West Palm Beach and south of Vero Beach. Along with fishing and other coastal pleasures, Stuart is famed for its historic and pedestrian-friendly downtown. In the historic downtown of Stuart, Florida, there is a quaint sailfish fountain that marks the start of a group of unique artsy galleries, cafés, restaurants, and shops on Flagler and Osceola streets.

All of these dreamy qualities have meant that many people who have dreamed of owning a condo property as a second home or source of income are choosing Stuart as the place to make that dream a reality. This is why top of the line condo property management in the Stuart area has become increasingly necessary.

Choose Seacrest Services for the Best Condo Property Management Stuart, Florida

Choosing the best condo property management company for your Stuart community can be a complex task. The busier real estate market in Stuart may have dozens of residential management companies to confuse your choice, and they might seem very similar at first glance. How do you determine which property management company will provide you with the best service? It is important to begin with asking a lot of questions of property or homeowner association (HOA) management companies, and also doing your homework! It was important in grade school, and it still is for making wise and well-informed decisions in the digital age.

If you think about it, condo property management companies may come and go, leaving you and your board in a bind. But finding a condo property management company that has been in the business for a long time is an excellent way to ensure that your condo property management company is probably here to stay. Having a professional condo property management company with decades of expertise and experience will prove very helpful if your community needs legal, accounting, emergency response, and maintenance expertise. The biggest benefit to a well-established company like Seacrest Services is by far that a company with longevity has most likely encountered and solved pretty much any and all issues or problems your community has; meaning that there’s nothing they haven’t seen and taken care of before.

Seacrest Services: A Tried and True Property Management Company

If it’s true that we are like a fine wine getting better with age, then Seacrest Services is a double-gold, award-winning Condo Property Management Company. The birth and heartbeat of our company began in the late 1960’s, when Seacrest was providing janitorial services to the Palm Beach County area. This was long before the gated communities in South Florida were only for the rich and famous. We catered to a variety of properties with a wide assortment of needs, always focusing on being impeccable to our word and providing Five-Star quality services to everybody. In 1975, “Full Service Property Management” became a part of our list of services, due to the large demand of the growing communities in the area. Seacrest Services was then purchased in 1996 by Mr. Richard Fowler, who expanded the company’s growing amenities and focused on delivering unparalleled customer service, making us the best condo property management choice in Stuart Florida!

Any organization can call itself a “full-service” residential management company, but this can mean very different things within the industry. Can the company help with strategic planning, arranging preventative maintenance and fund collection? How will a property manager be selected for your community? All HOAs – condos, high-rise, or large communities are different, so in order to provide the best service, property management companies should have a detailed process to find the right manager to fit the specific needs of your community. How do they handle maintenance issues when they arise?

Seacrest Services is the Answer

A top-notch residential management company will have procedures in place that clearly define how they’ll respond to maintenance and any other emergency issues that may arise; and as we all know, these issues always happen when we least expect them.

These are some of the many questions that Seacrest Services would be happy to answer for you as you embark on making such an important decision. Call today to see how we can be of service to you and your Stuart Florida property.

Seacrest Services: Property Management Companies Near Me

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Ever since people started doing more Google searches with the additional keywords “near me,” it became imperative for property management companies in West Palm Beach to begin incorporating “near me” into their titles and content. In theory, if you search for “property management companies near me West Palm Beach,” then the best ones will rise to the top, so to speak, and be the first ones that you see in your Google search. However, this is not necessarily always the case.

Let’s face it, when you are looking for the best property management companies near you in West Palm Beach, you are virtually searching for a local property management business with local knowledge and expertise. Seacrest Services is your ultimate choice for a local property management company in West Palm Beach that is supported by systems and processes that have developed for over 40 years!

With Seacrest Services, you are guaranteed to get the best return on your property investment. Our years of service to the West Palm Beach community have helped hundreds of people avoid problems that could cost them money down the road. Not to mention that we focus exclusively on property management and nothing else.

We beat the competition in West Palm Beach by continuing to provide outstanding quality service and incorporating systems and processes that work optimally for our West Palm Beach communities and properties. Seacrest Services wants to be at the top of a search for “property management companies near me” in West Palm Beach because we have an innovative, proactive approach to property management, keeping us on the pioneering edge of our industry.

Stand Out Property Management Companies Near Me in West Palm Beach

To really stand out from other property management companies in West Palm Beach, you actually have to stand out twice: once to your client owners, the property owners who choose you to look after their buildings, and once to your client tenants, who live in those buildings.

There are many ways that Seacrest Services does this:

Our TQM Program: Ensures that you are receiving the quality services you desire, and that all contractual obligations are met each month, with synergistic partnership between your Seacrest Services team and your Board.

Regular Inspections: The Total Quality Manager will conduct regular inspections of the property. During this review, services will be evaluated for contractual compliance, and work that has been completed will be assessed for quality and timeliness.

We follow Up: Follow-up meetings will be scheduled to verify that all requests or problems have been addressed and corrected to the association’s satisfaction.

We Redefine Convenience: One of the ways we do this is offering online applications, electronic deposits, and virtual tours 24/7.

Ensuring Quality Standards: Every Seacrest employee is committed to maintaining Total Quality Management and is reviewed and graded internally to ensure the highest quality standards.

Impeccable Customer Service: We customize your system to meet the specific requirements of your association and your residence.

Outstanding Landscaping: Our landscaping experts and south Florida experts can create and maintain a lush, healthy landscape for your West Palm Beach properties. We also have commercial landscape design and maintenance capabilities.

Accounting Services: Our state-of-the-art technology gives you the information that you need at the touch of a button, while our skilled accounting team provides support and assistance. We offer association accounting bookkeeping, accounts payable receivable, and budget preparation for community associations in West Palm Beach.

Professional Services: Our maintenance and janitorial professionals offer responsive services and attention to detail taking the stress out of maintaining your property safely and beautifully.

Seacrest Services is proud to announce yet another way that we stand out from the crowd. We are the recipients of the 2019 Florida Community Association Journals Readers’ Choice Diamond Level Awards for property management and landscape services. Call us today to find out more about making us your top choice for “property management companies near me” in West Palm Beach.

Property Management Maintenance and Rules Reminders

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At Seacrest Services, we know what it takes for South Florida communities to thrive. The property management services we provide are necessary to make every community successful and feel at ease knowing they have a team of industry-leading professionals in technology, management skills, and relational expertise to meet all of their specific needs.

A growing number of homes in the United States belong to either a Homeowners Association (HOA), Condominium Owners Association (COA), or Property Owners Association (POA). Seacrest Services offers full-service property management to all community and associations with our licensed, professional community association managers who are the “professional backbone” of the communities they serve. We provide the skills and expertise that are essential to the successful management of associations. We also provide professional accounting services and professional maintenance and janitorial services.

Now that summer is right around the corner, we should share a little bit of information on rules and reminders for property maintenance. Although there are certain behaviors and policies that we take for granted as being understood, sometimes communities need an updated reminder of policies and rules. Summertime means more community activities and people sharing communal areas. Many Seacrest Services properties have attached golf courses, tennis courts and pools in addition to ponds, fountains and other watery community areas.

This is the perfect time of year to review rules, regulations, and guidelines for community living, in addition to some of the most basic seasonal maintenance issues to attend to, such as:

-Air-conditioning units and reflective materials
-ATVs off-road vehicles, bicycles, boats, trailers, campers and commercial trucks
-Community access control and community patrol
-Construction days in hours of operation
-Exterior lighting and skylights (fences and walls too)
-Firearms
-Garages, garbage recycle and trash removal
-Gas tanks, containers and cylinders
-General maintenance and littering
-Golf carts
-Hurricane shutters
-Mailboxes
-Noise control and regulations
-Parking
-Pets
-Play and recreational equipment and devices
-Satellite dishes in exterior antennas
-Smoking
-Solicitations
-Storage and meter areas

Summer Rules: Property Management Reminders

At Seacrest Services, we make sure that your community ushers in the change of seasons with a trained and experienced property management team. Our hands-on approach provides you with the accountability and supervision that every property deserves.

Moving into summer means reviewing certain safety and comfort-related codes and rules:

 Smoking: Several states (including Florida) have finally banned smoking in most public places. The ‘Florida Clean Indoor Air Act’ provides the uniform statewide code to keep public places and public areas free from tobacco smoke. By virtue of an amendment to the Florida Constitution last November, effective July 1, 2019, “vaping” will be also given the same status as “smoking.”
 Outdoor grilling: there are rules that prohibit the use of electric grills, gas-fired and charcoal grills on any balcony or under any overhanging portion or within ten feet of any structure. These codes are in effect for safety purposes, but should be reviewed by the board, especially for new homeowners. Fireplaces that are portable or leisure are not banned yet, but getting increasing attention. Counties and municipalities are required to enforce the current Florida Fire Prevention Code (FFPC), but each association should review it.
 Fire safety/sprinkler systems: with in-home smoking, candles, and fireplaces, fires are a constant concern for properties. Homeowners associations and property management teams have to ensure they’re following fire-safety mandates. There are several things to review, like knowing how often buildings need to be inspected, conducting fire drills; installing a life-safety system including things like sprinklers, smoke detectors, and ingress and egress lighting. Ideally, you should get an inspection of your buildings by your local fire department or fire marshal on an annual basis.
 Pets: many associations in South Florida and around the country have started to change their rules regarding pets to be a more welcoming atmosphere for animals. Non-pet-lovers cite noise, aggression and mess as their reasons for not wanting to share their properties. It takes a combination of courtesy, responsibility, accommodation, and respect of everyone who calls your community home to adhere to the rules. Homeowners are responsible for knowing and abiding by the rules and regulations spelled out in governing documents, and ignorance of or disagreement with a particular rule is not considered legal grounds for flouting it.
 Pest control: nobody wants to deal with communities that are overrun with pests of any kind. This is the perfect time of year to stay on top of pest control, not just in communal areas, but in homes as well. In Florida, associations are protected by the law to be able to enter homes and condo units during reasonable hours when necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any common elements or any portion of the unit to be maintained pursuant to the declaration- this includes pesky pests.

Seacrest For All Your Property Management Needs

All of our Seacrest Services property management personnel are state-licensed community association managers and undergo the Seacrest Services extensive, in-house training program. Quality service is of utmost importance to our valued clients, and therefore, the most basic expectation of the Seacrest management team.

Contact Seacrest Services today for more information on reviewing your property, supervising on-site personnel, handling association correspondence, establishing specifications for association insurance, offering the board of directors complete administrative support, education, community technology and so much more!

The Seacrest Difference

(561) 697-4990