Cleveland is the settlement on the south bank of the Peace River just east of Punta Gorda, upriver from the Interstate 75 bridge along Riverside Drive. It was a steamboat landing in the 1880s before the railroad reached Punta Gorda, and the community that remains is a mix of riverfront homes of every era, ranch houses on the inland streets toward the airport, and manufactured-home communities along US 17.
The river is the exposure here rather than the open harbor. Ian's surge in September 2022 came up the Peace River past Punta Gorda and into the Cleveland streets, and the wind on the south side of the eye went over everything. Roofs range from pre-code plank decks to post-Ian metal.
This site connects Cleveland homeowners by phone with an independent local roofing contractor. It does not do the work.
An older riverfront home whose trusses have never been documented is a wind mitigation inspection, and adding straps from the attic is sometimes possible on a pre-2004 house. A manufactured home with a leaking roof-over is a roof repair by a contractor who works those roofs. A shingle roof that lost a section in Ian and was patched by a crew that has since left the state is a roof inspection first, so there is a photo record before anything else is decided.
Punta Gorda Airport sits at the south edge of the community and was the county's staging point for relief flights after Ian. Homes in Cleveland are in unincorporated Charlotte County, so roofing permits go through Community Development in Murdock rather than the city.
Call (941) 294-6154 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Cleveland.
A leak traced to its real entry point, then the flashing, boot, tile, or shingle that let it in put right and photographed.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and tile, metal, or shingle fastened to the Florida Building Code, with the county permit pulled.
A tarp on the opening before the next rain band, then photos and a written scope of what the wind took.
A walk of the roof and the attic side, with photos and a written condition report you can hand a buyer or an insurer.
The state OIR-B1-1802 form completed on your roof's straps, deck nailing, and water barrier, so your agent can apply the credits.
Dated photos, a line-item scope, and a contractor at the adjuster visit, so the claim is about what the roof shows.