More house on a tight lot.

Lot lines are the first conversation in Harbor Islands. Apart from the estate parcels, most homesites here are compact and tightly platted around canals, cul-de-sacs and the water off Harbor Island Drive, with side setbacks that leave less room than owners expect. That geometry pushes additions upward and backward: a second story over the garage in Harborview, a rear family room and covered terrace in Grand Harbor Estates, a ground-floor in-law suite where a formal dining room has been sitting empty since 2004.

Three separate approvals stack up on an addition here. The City of Hollywood reviews zoning first, since setbacks, lot coverage and height on these plats leave less room than owners expect, then the Building Division reviews the structural drawings under the Florida Building Code as administered in Broward by the Board of Rules and Appeals. Harbor Islands architectural review looks at massing, roof pitch, tile and color so the new volume reads as original. On waterfront lots, the federal fifty-percent substantial improvement rule the city administers through its flood ordinance can shape the budget, so we test it before drawings.

A contractor's experience on an addition is visible from the street. Tying new footings to a twenty-five-year-old foundation, matching stucco texture and barrel tile so the seam disappears, keeping the occupied half of the house dry and livable while the other half is open to the sky: none of that is improvised well. PGX runs one team from feasibility through final inspection, with a fixed written scope, daily supervision, and 20-plus years of building in South Florida behind the schedule we hand you.