Someone on your side of the table.
Building or renovating a Palm Beach estate means signing contracts written by other people’s lawyers and approving work you were never trained to inspect. Cartlidge Construction represents one party on the project — you.
On most projects, the owner is the least-protected person in the room.
The architect has their agreement. The general contractor has their lawyer and their margin. Every subcontractor has its own interest to defend. The owner signs all of it — and absorbs the cost of every gap, every change order, and every defect that surfaces after closeout.
An owner’s representative changes who is watching the project on the owner’s behalf: a single, accountable advocate with the standing to question the price, the schedule, and the quality before they become problems you pay for.
One point of accountability between you and the project.
Owners typically deal with a dozen parties at once, each on its own contract. As your representative, Cartlidge stands between you and that chain — so you have one set of eyes answerable to you alone.
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You answer to no one but your own goals.
Budget, standard, and timeline are set by you — and we hold the project to them.
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We answer only to you.
No builder’s margin, no design fee, no divided loyalty. Our only client on the job is the owner.
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The chain answers to a professional.
Pay applications, change orders, and inspections all pass through someone who can read both the plans and the paperwork.
A builder who reads the drawings. A lawyer who reads the contracts.
Reads the drawings.
As a Florida Certified Residential Contractor, we evaluate scope, constructability, schedule, and workmanship the way a builder does — because we’ve built. Wind-borne-debris details, HVHZ requirements, slab and structural work: we know what right looks like on a Palm Beach County set.
CRC1335809Reads the contracts.
As an attorney board-certified in construction law, we negotiate the AIA agreements, protect your lien rights under Chapter 713, and structure change orders and notices before they harden into disputes. The fine print is reviewed by the person who also walks the site.
Florida Bar · 2017Most owners hire two professionals to cover this ground — and pay both to coordinate with each other. Here, it’s one set of eyes.
Representation across the whole arc of the project.
Pre-construction
- Architect and general-contractor selection and vetting
- Contract negotiation and risk allocation
- Budget review and competitive bid leveling
- Schedule and constructability review
Construction oversight
- On-site quality control and progress monitoring
- Pay application and lien-waiver review
- Change-order evaluation and defense
- Milestone tracking and plain-English owner reporting
Risk & resolution
- Chapter 713 lien-law compliance
- Construction-defect consulting
- Warranty and closeout management
- Dispute support and documentation
Four stages, one advocate, start to finish.
Program & budget
We learn the project, the standard you expect, and the number it has to live within.
Team & contracts
We help select the right team and paper the agreements on terms that protect you.
Build oversight
We represent your interest through every pay app, change order, and inspection.
Closeout & warranty
Punch list, lien releases, documentation — and a watchful eye through the warranty year.
Built for significant homes.
Owner’s representation earns its keep when the contracts and the construction both deserve a professional set of eyes — typically homeowners building or substantially renovating significant residences along the Palm Beach County coast.
Have one professional looking out for your side.
Tell us about the project. We’ll walk you through where an owner’s representative changes the outcome — and whether it’s the right fit for yours.
This page is general information about owner’s representation services and is not legal advice. Reviewing it, or contacting Cartlidge Construction, does not create an attorney-client relationship; an engagement is formed only by a signed written agreement. Construction services are provided under Florida Certified Residential Contractor license CRC1335809.