Baths built to stay dry.

An original Coral Ridge house came with two bathrooms, sometimes two and a half, sized for a family that showered quickly and did not own a hair dryer. The primary bath is typically a five-by-eight box with a tub, one sink, and a window that faces the neighbor. Owners along Bayview Drive and in Coral Ridge Country Club Estates fix that by annexing a bedroom or a closet: one real primary suite with a double vanity, a walk-in shower, and a tub that is there because someone wanted it.

Bath work is permitted by the City of Fort Lauderdale, with plumbing, electrical, and mechanical inspections booked before anything gets covered. That sequence is the whole value. Inspectors carry certification from Broward County's Board of Rules and Appeals, and their visit lands while the rough plumbing and the membrane are still visible. The local wrinkle is what these houses are made of: slab-on-grade floors and original cast iron drains. Cutting a slab for a curbless pan is routine here; finding a failing stack afterward is not a good day.

Think of it as a waterproof box holding expensive things; we build it that way. The membrane is flood-tested and photographed before any tile lands, slopes get checked with a level, niches are formed inside the waterproofing rather than carved in afterward, and heavy glass hangs on blocking put there deliberately. Then the ordinary manners: dust walls, protected routes, a supervisor daily, and a written scope agreed before selections are ordered. Coral Ridge humidity punishes shortcuts, so we do not take them.