Malabar got its post office in December 1883 and incorporated as a town in 1962, and it has spent the years since deciding to stay rural while Palm Bay grew up around it on three sides. Most lots are an acre or more. The houses are 1970s through 2000s single-family homes set back on wooded parcels along Malabar Road and the lagoon, with horse properties and citrus remnants between them, and a few older houses near US 1 and the river. Shingle is the common roof, metal is the common replacement, and the big oaks that make the town what it is also drop limbs on roofs in every summer storm.
Frances and Jeanne crossed just south of here in September 2004. Ian's rain in September 2022 stood in the low ground west of Corey Road, and Milton's outer bands on October 9, 2024, brought gusts of 50 to 70 mph through south Brevard. Tree damage, more than wind alone, is what Malabar calls tend to be about.
This site connects Malabar homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor by phone. It does not perform the work.
A limb through the shingle after a storm is a storm damage call that starts with a tarp and photos. A 1990s shingle roof under a heavy canopy, dark with algae and holding leaves in the valleys, is a roof inspection to find out how much is wear and how much is shade. A roof replacement on an acre lot has room for the crew and the dumpster, which is not true in Palm Bay.
Malabar runs its own building department at Town Hall on Malabar Road, and re-roofs inside the town go through it rather than through Brevard County. The Town of Malabar keeps its own account of the 1883 post office and the pioneer families. West of the houses, the county's Malabar Scrub Sanctuary protects 577 acres of scrub-jay habitat, and the sand pine scrub there is the same ground the town's older homes sit on.
Call (321) 490-1097 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Malabar.
A lifted shingle, a rusted pipe boot, a valley that drips in every afternoon storm, or salt-eaten flashing on a beachside roof, found and fixed.
Tear-off to the deck, re-nailing, sealed underlayment, and a new shingle or metal roof permitted through the right city or county desk.
Tarping, photos, and repair after wind, a tornado band, or a named storm lifts shingles or peels panels off a Brevard roof.
A walk on the roof and a look in the attic, written up with photos for a renewal letter, a closing, or a check before June 1.
Standing-seam and exposed-fastener metal for Space Coast homes, with the coastal-grade fasteners and trim the beachside needs.
The state OIR-B1-1802 form that records deck nailing, roof-to-wall straps, and roof shape so your insurer prices the wind risk correctly.
What to photograph, what a written roofing scope gives your adjuster, and how Florida's claim deadlines and roof-age rules work.