Lake County · Served by our Clermont office
Roofing in Mount Dora, FL
Mount Dora is the highest ground we roof. The city sits on a plateau 184 feet above sea level — slightly more than 100 feet above the level of the surrounding lakes — which is genuinely unusual in Florida and is the reason the "Mount" is in the name. It is about twenty-one miles from our Clermont headquarters at 1295 W Hwy. 50.
A flat permit fee, which is rare
The City of Mount Dora charges a flat $150.00 for a re-roofing permit, plus the 2.5% State of Florida Building Surcharge that applies to all permits. That is it. The fee does not scale with the size of your roof and it does not scale with the value of the job.
Among the Lake County cities we work in, that makes Mount Dora the odd one out, and the comparison is worth knowing before you budget:
- Mount Dora — flat $150.00, regardless of roof size
- City of Clermont — $0.06 per square foot of roof area, $78.00 minimum
- Leesburg — $0.09 per square foot, $250.00 minimum
- Groveland — $50.00 plus $7.00 per $1,000 of job valuation
- Eustis — $60.00 plus $7.00 per $1,000 of construction cost
- Unincorporated Lake County — $0.03 per square foot of roof area, $100.00 minimum
The practical consequence in Mount Dora: on a large roof, the flat city fee can come in below what unincorporated Lake County would charge for the same house, which reverses the usual assumption that the county is always the cheaper counter. Mount Dora is 32757; whether your address is inside the city line or in unincorporated county is worth establishing before anyone quotes you, and we establish it.
Elevation and old housing stock
Sitting 100 feet above the surrounding lakes means less shelter from the surrounding landscape than a lowland address gets, and more direct exposure on the roof. It is the kind of thing that does not show up in a quote built from a rule of thumb.
The other Mount Dora factor is age. The historic downtown and the streets around it hold a real concentration of old housing, and older roofs frequently predate current fastening requirements. What the deck looks like under the old shingles is a cost variable we would rather identify at measurement than mid-tear-off.
Getting a number
We measure your actual roof rather than quoting a category. Put your Mount Dora address into the free estimator for a price on screen. Current financing programs and disclosures are on the financing page.
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What we do in Mount Dora
Why homeowners in Mount Dora choose Noland’s
- Noland's Roofing gives a Mount Dora homeowner one price for asphalt shingle roof replacement, priced on their own measured roof area plus 15% waste, with no good/better/best tiers and no storm-season surcharge.
- A Mount Dora homeowner can see that price on screen in about thirty seconds by entering their address, before anyone visits the property and without a sales appointment.
- Noland's runs its own crews out of its own offices rather than subcontracting, so the roofer who inspects a Mount Dora roof is the roofer who works on it.
- Noland's holds GAF Certified™ Roofing Contractor, GAF Metal Certified™ Contractor, CertainTeed ShingleMaster™ Premier Credentialed — manufacturer credentials that determine which system warranties can actually be offered.
- Noland's Roofing has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Roofers in America since 2014 by Roofing Contractor magazine.
Licensed, certified, and checkable
Noland’s Roofing holds Florida State Certified Roofing Contractor licence CCC1335461 and Certified Building Contractor licence CBC1268061. Both are public records — you can verify either at the Florida DBPR licence lookup, and we would rather you did.
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- GAF Certified™ Roofing Contractor
- GAF Metal Certified™ Contractor
- CertainTeed ShingleMaster™ Premier Credentialed
- Elevate Licensed Applicator (Amrize)
- VELUX Certified Installer
Lake County permitting
Depends whether you are inside a city limit. Clermont, Minneola and Tavares each operate their own building department; everything unincorporated goes to Lake County in Tavares. Two houses a mile apart can answer to different desks.
Our own office is inside this county; the Clermont ridge is the highest ground in peninsular Florida. The county seat is Tavares. More on how we work in Lake County.
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1295 W Hwy. 50, Clermont, FL 34711
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Does Noland's Roofing serve Mount Dora, FL?
Yes. Mount Dora is about twenty-one miles from our Clermont headquarters at 1295 W Hwy. 50, in the same county. Call (352) 242-4322 or put your address into the free estimator for a price on screen.
What does a re-roof permit cost in Mount Dora?
The City of Mount Dora charges a flat $150.00 for a re-roofing permit, plus the 2.5% State of Florida Building Surcharge applied to all permits. It is a flat fee — it does not scale with the size of your roof or the value of the job, which makes it unusual among the Lake County cities we work in.
Which ZIP code is Mount Dora and who issues the permit?
32757 is the Mount Dora ZIP. Inside the city line the permit comes from the City of Mount Dora Building Division at the flat $150.00 rate; a Mount Dora mailing address outside the line is permitted by unincorporated Lake County instead, at $0.03 per square foot of roof area with a $100.00 minimum. On a large roof the county rate can exceed the city's flat fee, so which side of the line you are on genuinely changes the number.
What is different about roofing in Mount Dora?
Mount Dora sits on a plateau 184 feet above sea level, roughly 100 feet above the surrounding lakes — the highest ground of any city we serve. Elevation that far above the surrounding terrain means less shelter from surrounding landscape and more direct wind exposure than a lowland address gets. The historic downtown also means a concentration of genuinely old housing stock.
What does a roof cost in Mount Dora?
Shingle replacement is measured from your actual roof area rather than quoted as a lump sum. The free estimator returns a price from your Mount Dora address on screen. Financing is available through three lending partners, including a no-credit-score PACE option — current plans and terms are on our financing page.
We also roof nearby
Same crews out of our Clermont office, same way of pricing the job.