Living here guides
Boca Raton guides on living here, newest revision first. Each one is dated and names the official sources it was written from.
Boca Raton · Pearl City streetYard rules in Boca Raton: watering days, trees, fertilizer and the swale
Boca Raton sets its own watering days, has no summer fertilizer ban but stops it before every storm, and lets most homeowners take down a tree in their own yard without a permit. The swale out front is another matter. What applies, and where the city writes it down.
Boca Raton · Mizner Park palmsHiring a landscaper in Boca Raton: the certificates, the contract and the storm-season plan
Mowing needs no licence in Florida, but fertilising, spraying and irrigation work each do, and they are different ones. What to check, what a written program should cover — and Palm Beach County Landscaping, a request service run by the company that publishes this site.
Boca Raton · Houses and palmsHiring a roofer in Boca Raton: the licence, the contract and the insurance-claim rules
Florida rewrote the rules for roofers and insurance claims, and most homeowners have not caught up. How to check a roofer, what a Florida roofing contract has to contain, what a roofer may no longer offer you — and South Florida Roofing, a request service run by the company that publishes this site.
Boca Raton · Houses and palmsProperty taxes and the homestead exemption in Boca Raton
Three offices share the job and most confusion comes from asking the wrong one. Who values your home, who sends the bill, the March 1 homestead deadline — and Amendment 3, on the November 2026 ballot.
Boca Raton · Post officeBoca Raton ZIP codes: which ones are in the city
Nine ZIP codes carry a Boca Raton address and most of them cross the city line. Which are wholly inside, which are wholly outside, which are split — and why the ZIP will never settle it for you.
Supplied · Guru Maids logoHiring a house cleaner in Boca Raton: standard, deep or move-out — and what to ask
Most disappointments with a cleaning service come from booking one kind of clean and expecting another. What each one covers, the questions to ask before anyone has your key — and Guru Maids, a small Palm Beach County team.
Boca Raton · Downtown streetTrash and recycling pickup in Boca Raton
Who collects your bins depends on whether you live inside the city limits. Your pickup days, the two-bin recycling rule, bulk items and where hazardous waste goes — and what changed for unincorporated areas on October 1.
Supplied · New Shower Doors UnlimitedShower doors in Boca Raton: frameless, framed or sliding — and when to repair instead
The three kinds of glass enclosure, what the glass thickness actually changes, which faults are a repair and which are a replacement — with New Shower Doors Unlimited, a family-run installer that works in Boca.
Boca Raton · City signWhich Boca Raton are you in?
Forty-three percent of the businesses with a Boca Raton address are not in the City of Boca Raton. Here is how to tell, and why it decides who you call.