What Bradfordville homes are dealing with

A lot of the housing stock at this end of the corridor is newer construction, built out over the past few decades as the area filled in north and east of town. That means asphalt shingle roofs at moderate pitches, longer fascia runs than you find on older, smaller footprints, and in a fair number of cases, deed restrictions or an HOA that has a say in exterior color and material choices. If your lot falls under one of those associations, we work within whatever the covenant allows for gutter color and profile, and it is worth checking your documents before we finalize a color so we are not ordering material twice.

The bigger factor is the tree canopy. This part of Leon County holds onto more mature pine than the tighter subdivisions closer to downtown, and pine drops needles constantly, not just in fall. A gutter without a guard on a heavily wooded Bradfordville lot can silt up with needles in a matter of weeks during a heavy drop, and that buildup is what causes overflow at the fascia during a summer storm rather than a slow, gradual clog. Grade and drainage matter too. Newer lots out here are often graded well off the house, but where a downspout empties matters more than the grading itself. We check where water goes once it leaves the downspout, not just where it leaves the roof.