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Only 294 of Belleview's 2,874 housing units, 10.2 percent, were built in 2010 or later, while The Villages has been spreading north into Marion County since the 2010s. A new roof in Belleview goes up under a code that changes on December 31, 2026, when permit applications must meet the Ninth Edition.

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A roof deck sheathed in red-brown ZIP System panels with black seam tape, a bucket and a ladder on the deck, homes and a street behind.

Belleview figures this page uses

Share of homes built 2010 or later
10.2%
Housing units (ACS 5-year)
2,874
People (2020 Census)
5,413
Population estimate (ACS 5-year)
5,805

Local know-how

Inspections on a new Belleview roof

The Eighth Edition of the Florida Building Code has governed new permits since December 31, 2023, and its successor takes over for applications submitted on or after December 31, 2026. A house permitted this year and one permitted next January can be checked against different text. Inside the city limits, the City of Belleview Building Division issues the permit.

The building code lists a new home's inspections in this order:

  1. Foundation
  2. Framing, with trusses, bracing and connectors
  3. Sheathing, alone or as part of dry-in
  4. Exterior wall coverings and soffits
  5. Roofing: dry-in, insulation, covering, flashing
  6. Final

Roof sheathing on a new house is fastened with ring-shank nails, ASTM F1667 RSRS-03 as the standard, with RSRS-01 or RSRS-04 allowed on sheathing 15/32 inch or thinner. On shingle roofs, drip edge goes over the underlayment at eaves and gables, fastened no more than 12 inches apart, tightening to 4 inches where the design wind speed or a tall roof calls for it.

Soffits deserve the same care. FEMA's review of Hurricane Michael found wind-driven rain entering through damaged soffits, and the 2007 code began requiring soffits to resist the same wind loads as walls; fasten the panels at both the wall and the fascia.

Builders and owners

Belleview builders, roofers and the one-year law

A general, building or residential contractor putting up a house in Belleview has to sub out the roof unless it holds a roofing certificate or registration. The one exception lets it lay asphalt, fiberglass or wood shingles on a new building of its own construction; tile, metal and membrane roofs go to a roofing contractor.

Since July 1, 2025, Florida law has made the builder of a new home answer for 1 year for defects in equipment, material or workmanship that amount to a material violation of the building code (Fla. Stat. 553.837). Ordinary wear, settling, damage the owner causes and natural disasters are excluded.

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Questions

New construction roofing in Belleview: questions

Will a new Belleview home permitted in 2027 face a different code?

Yes. Permit applications submitted on or after December 31, 2026 must comply with the Ninth Edition of the Florida Building Code, while anything submitted before then stays under the Eighth Edition in force since December 31, 2023. Timing still matters after the permit is issued: the code voids a permit if work does not start within 6 months. Ask the City of Belleview Building Division which edition your application falls under before the roof design is final.

Source: FRSA on the 2023 and 2026 editions; FBC-B 105.4.

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Is a builder responsible for roof defects on a new Belleview home?

For 1 year, if the defect amounts to a material violation of the building code. Section 553.837, in force since July 1, 2025, makes the builder answer for defects in equipment, material or workmanship it furnished, counted from the first owner's closing or move-in, whichever comes first. Wear and tear, settling, owner damage and acts of God such as a natural disaster are excluded. Keep the inspection records from the City of Belleview Building Division; they show what passed and when.

Source: Fla. Stat. 553.837.

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Is Belleview growing?

Modestly, by the Census numbers. The 2020 Census counted 5,413 people, and the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey estimates 5,805. Housing is older than the county's: 10.2 percent of Belleview's homes date from 2010 or later, against 13.5 percent across Marion County. Nearby, at the county's southern edge, The Villages has been expanding north into Marion County since the 2010s. New homes here are a small share of the stock, so most roofing in town is still re-roofing.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Wikipedia.

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