Bathrooms that outsmart the humidity.

The primary bath is where Miami Beach homes show their age first. Original 1930s houses in Flamingo Park and Palm View hide small mosaic-tiled bathrooms that were charming for about sixty years; Mid-Beach ranches and MiMo-era homes carry 1980s remodels of 1950s plumbing; and even newer island estates on La Gorce and Allison Island reach the point where travertine and brass bought in 2004 has to go. Owners here rebuild toward the same brief: a real primary suite, a frameless shower you can live in, stone that reads calm, and a freestanding tub with a view if the lot allows.

Bathroom permits in Miami Beach are straightforward on paper — City of Miami Beach Building Department, plumbing and electrical inspections, tile after the shower pan passes — and unforgiving in practice. In condominium buildings from South of Fifth to Collins Avenue, wet-area renovations also need association sign-off, protection of the unit below, and respect for plumbing risers that serve forty neighbors. Florida's milestone-inspection era has made boards notably more attentive to who is opening walls and whether they are licensed. We are, visibly: Lic. CGC1539072 on every permit card.

Waterproofing is where we are least flexible, because a barrier island gives water too many ways in: from above, from below, and from the air itself. Every PGX bathroom gets a full waterproofing membrane system, flood-tested pans, sealed niches, and ventilation sized for actual Miami Beach humidity rather than a code minimum. The scope is written and fixed before demolition, one supervisor checks the work daily, and finishes elsewhere in the home stay under protection until we hand back the keys. It is the detail nobody sees and, on our projects, nobody regrets.