Reading a Seawall Before Buying a Delray Beach Florida Waterfront Lot
Seawall condition belongs in the purchase decision. The visible indicators are spalling concrete, rust staining that signals reinforcement corrosion, separation at panel joints, and depressions in the yard where soil has escaped through them. Any of these means remediation, and the range between capping a serviceable wall and replacing a failed one is wide enough to change what a parcel is worth.
The structural question sits apart from the condition question. Even a sound wall may lack the capacity to carry a new residence and hardscape set close to the water, and that takes an engineer, not an inspection. Anyone hiring a waterfront home builder in Delray Beach should expect this work before an offer goes in. Cannatelli Builders handles it during due diligence, and its experience as a builder and developer means the assessment covers what the land will support as well as what the wall will.