Sandalwood Sheds & More delivers wood sheds, carports, boat and RV covers, and metal buildings across Tavares and Lake County. We are a veteran-owned, family-run Stor-Mor dealer in Belleview, and on most Tavares addresses delivery and setup are included. Tell us what the building is for, and we will size it right, match it to your home, and set it on your lot ready to use.
Tavares earned the name America’s Seaplane City, and life here moves with the water. Whether your place sits on the Harris Chain of Lakes, a block off Lake Dora, or on a few acres south of town, you want a building that handles boats, gear, and Florida storm season without falling apart. We build the shed, cover, carport, or metal building that does that. You tell us what it is for. We confirm the right size and style, match the color and shingles to your house if you want, and set it on your lot ready to use.
Plenty of folks around Tavares have bought the thin metal box or the bargain shed, watched it rust, sag, or buckle after a couple of Florida summers, and ended up paying for the same building twice. The humidity, the afternoon storms, and the sun coming off the water test a building hard out here. The same sun bakes a boat or an RV left out in the open, fading the gelcoat and cooking the seals season after season. That is the external problem.
The internal one is worse: the nagging feeling you got talked into the wrong thing, or hit with a delivery fee nobody mentioned until the truck was at the curb. Here is what we believe. You deserve a straight answer and a building that outlasts the weather and looks like it belongs by the lake. Buy it right once, and you stop thinking about it.
We get it, because we have heard it on the lot for years: the hidden fee, the salesman who vanished, the building that did not last a third summer. Joe has spent more than thirty years building, and Sandalwood has delivered close to two hundred buildings with zero repossessions. That is not a slogan. It is people keeping the building, because it was the right one and the terms were fair.
We are veteran-owned and family-run, a straight shot up US-441 from Tavares in Belleview, and we are a Stor-Mor Authorized Dealer. A lot of the boat and RV cover ads you see online come from out-of-state factories that ship a kit and add freight at the end. We are a neighbor who answers the phone after the sale. Most people who come to us already know roughly what they need. Our job is to confirm the right size and style, match it to your home if that matters to you, steer you away from a costly mistake, and stand behind it.
Lofted barns, utility, cottage, garden, and studio styles for storage, a workshop, fishing and lake gear, or a quiet space out back, finished to match your house.
Ready-to-deliver buildings on the lot now when you do not want to wait, delivered and set up in Tavares in about a week.
Cover the truck, the car, the trailer, or the lawn equipment with a carport sized to your driveway.
Keep the boat, the pontoon, the camper, or the motorhome out of the sun and the rain with a cover sized to your rig and your lot.
Metal-sided buildings and custom steel sized for equipment, a workshop, or storage on rural acreage south of town.
Not sure which fits? Tell us what it is for and we will point you to the right one.
On the Harris Chain, the boat and the camper are part of the family, and the Florida sun is hard on both. Left in the open, gelcoat fades, seals dry out, tires crack, and a season of storms works on every seam. A covered spot in the yard is the difference between a rig that is ready to launch and one you spend the weekend fixing.
We size carports and covers to your boat, pontoon, travel trailer, or motorhome, with the height and length to clear it and the wind rating to hold up when the weather turns. You get one all-in price with delivery and setup, not a freight charge tacked on after you order. If you want storage and a cover together, we can pair a utility building with the carport so the gear and the rig live in one place. Tell us the size of your boat or RV and we will recommend the right cover.
It is in the parts you do not see at first glance. Our Stor-Mor wood buildings are engineered to 160 MPH wind loads. The walls use 2×4 studs on 16-inch centers, with double studs every four feet, double-studded corners, and a double top plate, so the structure holds its shape when the storms roll in off the lakes. The floor is LP ProStruct treated tongue-and-groove on 2×6 joists over 4×6 pressure-treated skids, the part that fails first on a cheap building in our humidity.
Outside, LP SmartSide siding with SmartGuard treatment stands up to sun and rain and is backed up to 50 years, under a metal roof rated for decades. We can match the siding color and the shingles to your house, so it looks like it was always there. That is the difference between a building you buy once and a box you replace. We are not the cheapest, and that is exactly why it costs less over ten years.
Tavares is in Lake County, and Lake County rules are a little tighter than some neighboring counties. As a rule of thumb, a storage shed of 100 square feet or less that is properly anchored and meets the setback rules usually does not need a building permit in the unincorporated county, while anything larger does. Sheds are kept to the rear or side yard, out of the front, with side and rear setbacks off your property lines. If you are inside Tavares city limits, on a waterfront lot, or in a deed-restricted community, those can add their own rules.
We will help you understand this before you buy, not after. The county is the final word, so confirm your situation with Lake County Building Services at 352-343-9653. If a slightly smaller building keeps you under the threshold and still does the job, we will tell you. That is the kind of call that saves you time and money.
Tavares is two places at once. Down by Lake Dora and the seaplane base you have waterfront homes and tidy neighborhoods, where a building has to look right or it stands out for the wrong reason. Head out toward the county roads south of town and you are into pasture and acreage, where folks need real working storage for equipment, feed, and tools. We build for both.
For the home you have kept up, we match the siding color and the shingles so the new shed, cover, or cabin looks like it was always part of the property. For the acreage, we size utility sheds, lofted barns, carports, and metal buildings to handle the gear, the mower, the trailer, and the projects that come with land. Either way, you get one all-in price and a building set on your lot ready to use. Tell us where you are and what it is for, and we will recommend the right one.
Tell us what it is for. Storage, a workshop, an office out back, a cover for the boat or the RV, equipment storage on acreage. The use decides the building.
We confirm the size, style, color, and all-in price. No surprises, no hidden delivery fee. One number that includes the building, delivery, and setup, matched to your house if you want it.
We deliver and set it up in Tavares, then stand behind it. In-stock buildings usually arrive in about 7 to 10 days, and we are a short drive up US-441 if you ever need us.
Cost should not be the wall between you and the right building. We offer several paths: cash, financing through Launch Credit Union, which approves on your debt-to-income, not only your credit score, rent-to-own with no credit check, and 90 days same as cash. Tell us what works for your budget and we will match a payment path to the building you actually need, not the one that stretches you.
The boat and the camper are under cover, out of the sun, ready for the next trip on the chain. The garage is cleared out and you can park in it again. The mower, the tools, and the trailer gear are dry and locked. The workshop or the home office you kept putting off is finally a real space, steps from the back door. And the building looks like it belongs, matched to the house down to the shingles, so a neighbor driving by sees a property that is cared for. Ten years on, it still looks that way, because it was built for Florida and sized for your lot from the start. That is what buying it right once looks like.
Yes. We deliver and set up sheds, carports, boat and RV covers, and metal buildings throughout Tavares and Lake County from our Belleview lot. On most Tavares addresses delivery and setup are included, and we confirm your exact site when you call so there is no surprise at the curb.
Yes. We size carports and covers to your boat, pontoon, travel trailer, or motorhome, with the height, length, and wind rating to protect it through Florida sun and storm season. Tell us the size of your rig and we will recommend the right cover.
Generally a shed of 100 square feet or less, properly anchored and meeting the setbacks, does not need a building permit in unincorporated Lake County, while anything larger does. Tavares city limits, waterfront lots, and deed-restricted communities can differ. Confirm your situation with Lake County Building Services at 352-343-9653.
Yes. We can match the siding color and the shingles to your home so the building looks like it belongs, which matters on the waterfront streets around Lake Dora. Tell us your colors and we will build to them.
Our Stor-Mor wood buildings are engineered to 160 MPH wind loads, with LP SmartSide siding and a treated LP ProStruct floor. They are built for Florida sun, humidity, and storm season, not for a milder climate.
We offer financing through Launch Credit Union, rent-to-own with no credit check, and 90 days same as cash, along with cash. We match the payment path to the building you need.
Yes. We keep in-stock units ready to deliver to Tavares, and you can also custom order if you want a specific size, style, or color.
Tell us what you are using it for, and we will size it right, match it to your home, price it all in, and set it on your lot ready to use. All-in pricing, delivery and setup included, no pressure. If a smaller building is the right call, we will tell you.
