Roof replacement, leak repair and hail & storm damage for homes in Hollywood. In Hollywood, the 2021 IRC is in force and 42% of the 2,589 homes were built before 2000. It starts with a free inspection that photographs every slope.
Hollywood runs to about 23.5 square miles and roughly 5,382 people. It sits about 16 miles west of downtown Charleston. The community dates back to 1949. We cover ZIP codes 29449 and 29470.
No completed roof in Hollywood is logged in our job records yet.
A small town center where Highways 162 and 165 cross, with town limits that since 1980 have spread over old plantations and new housing along Highway 162.
Hollywood began in the 1880s as a farming village that grew along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and later S.C. Highway 162, built on truck farming of potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage. After farming faded it became a bedroom community, and annexation since 1980 has stretched the town about 16 miles along Highway 162 across old plantation land and new housing.
Newer construction in Hollywood generally has OSB decking, architectural shingles and a proper ridge vent, so the roofs themselves start in better shape. The catch is what the shingle was: a great deal of the building through the 2000s went on with builder-grade shingles carrying a nominal warranty far longer than their real service life, and those are reaching the end now. Hail is the other factor — a newer roof is not a hail-proof roof, and a bruised mat can look perfect from the driveway for two years and then start failing all at once. If yours has never been looked at after a storm, that is the reason to have it looked at.
By the Census Bureau's estimate there are 2,589 homes in Hollywood, with a median year built of 2003. 66 of them (3%) went up before 1940 — 12th of 28 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 1,497 (58%) in 2000 or later. The 2000s were the busiest decade, adding 713 of today's homes (28%). (Charleston County as a whole: 5% before 1940.)
About 20 years is the usual service life of an asphalt shingle roof, by the figure in HUD's Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide. That puts 1,092 homes in Hollywood, the 42% built before 2000, past at least one full roof life, and 7% (184 homes) go back before 1970, two roof lives and more. Homes from the 2000s (713 in Hollywood) are reaching their first replacement, while the 784 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with.
By building type: 2,080 detached houses (80%), 79 attached (3%). 22 homes (1%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings. The count also takes in 408 mobile homes, which are a different kind of roof job. Owners live in 89% of the 2,309 occupied homes. On a housing mix like this, the likely work is first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles and hail checks on newer roofs that look fine from the driveway.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 66 | 3% | |
| 1940s | 36 | 1% | |
| 1950s | 17 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 65 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 284 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 265 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 359 | 14% | |
| 2000s | 713 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 637 | 25% | |
| 2020 or later | 147 | 6% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 2,589 homes, 2,309 occupied. Survey estimates.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center logged no reports of hail 1 inch or larger within 5 miles of Hollywood’s center from 2016 through 2025. That is a gap in the reports rather than proof that no hail fell: reports come from spotters and the public.
Hollywood's building department (CC&I) says South Carolina's building code requires a permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs or replaces part of a building, and roofing is not on its list of work that needs no permit. Ordinary repairs that do not cut into walls or structural parts need no permit. Residential permits cost $4.75 per $1,000 of job value, and fees double if work starts before the permit is issued.
Hollywood enforces the 2021 IRC. CC&I, which handles Hollywood's building permits, lists the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code (the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications) as the code in force since January 1, 2023, adopted statewide by the South Carolina Building Codes Council.
The published number is 864-586-6111. Building permits, plan review and inspections are handled by CC&I Services under contract with the town. The department page is here.
Wind design changes with location across greater Charleston: the published ultimate design wind speeds run 133–150 mph, and the building department can say which figure applies to a given address. See the roofing code guide for what it governs.
Hollywood borders Ravenel and Meggett. Our pages for them:
Also in Charleston County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | Not published | 2021 IRC | 2003 |
| Ravenel | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1993 |
| Meggett | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1991 |
| Adams Run | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1984 |
| Awendaw | Yes | 2021 IRC | 2001 |
| Charleston | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1995 |
| Unincorporated Charleston County | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
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Hollywood's building department (CC&I) says South Carolina's building code requires a permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs or replaces part of a building, and roofing is not on its list of work that needs no permit. Ordinary repairs that do not cut into walls or structural parts need no permit. Residential permits cost $4.75 per $1,000 of job value, and fees double if work starts before the permit is issued.
Hollywood enforces the 2021 IRC. CC&I, which handles Hollywood's building permits, lists the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code (the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications) as the code in force since January 1, 2023, adopted statewide by the South Carolina Building Codes Council.
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 42% of Hollywood's homes before 2000 and 7% before 1970, with a median year built of 2003 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 20 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
Not yet: no completed roof in Hollywood is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-10-24; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: www.townofhollywood.org · www.townofhollywood.org · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · hollywoodsc.portal.iworq.net · www.charlestoncounty.gov · llr.sc.gov · en.wikipedia.org · www.scencyclopedia.org · www.townofmeggettsc.org · www.scstatehouse.gov · www2.census.gov · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
