Modern rear addition with floor-to-ceiling glass — home additions in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Architectural rendering.

Home Additions · Hillsboro Beach, FL

Adding square footage where land is scarce.

Rear extensions, second stories and garage conversions in Hillsboro Beach, engineered for coastal wind and flood elevation, taken through town site plan review and permitting, and built by one licensed, insured team.

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Home Additions in Hillsboro Beach

Growing a house between two waters.

Land is the scarce thing in Hillsboro Beach. The town holds roughly a third of a square mile of dry ground, strung along one road, and nobody is making more of it. So owners on Hillsboro Mile expand what they have: a rear wing toward the Intracoastal, a second floor over a low 1960s ranch, a garage turned into a guest suite, a conditioned room where a screened porch has been slowly losing its argument with the salt. Estate lots that run from the beach across A1A to a private dock have room in the middle. Most of the work happens there.

Additions here are a zoning exercise before they are a construction one. The Town of Hillsboro Beach reviews site plans at the commission level, and a complete set of drawings is expected two months ahead of the meeting it is calendared for. The code caps most buildings at three stories and thirty-five feet, measured above average dune elevation east of A1A and above the crown of the road on the west side, and holds an 85-foot front setback. Runoff has to stay off A1A, mechanical equipment has to be screened, and oceanward work can fall under the state's coastal construction control line.

Experience on an addition either shows or is conspicuously absent. Tying a new foundation to a fifty-year-old one, matching stucco texture and roof profile so the seam disappears, keeping the occupied half of the house livable and clean while the other half is open to the sky. PGX has delivered more than 150 remodels and additions across South Florida, every one permitted and inspected. We fix the scope in writing, we run the site daily, and we carry the project from the first feasibility conversation through final inspection and warranty without handing you off.

Covered terrace joining a modern rear addition — architectural rendering

Where we work in Hillsboro Beach

Hillsboro Mile Royal Flamingo Villas Hillsboro Island House Hillsboro Mile Ocean Club Opal Towers The Sea Club Port de Mer Kingsley Arms Hillsboro Windsor Recess

Elsewhere in Hillsboro Beach? Call us — if it's in Miami-Dade or Broward, we probably build there.

What's included

Where an oceanfront lot has room.

Every one of these starts with a survey, a structural opinion and a clear read of the town's standards. Then we draw.

01

Building toward the Intracoastal

Family rooms and primary suites extended toward the Intracoastal side, with footings, beams and the roof connection drawn as a single engineered package.

02

Second floors, structure first

An engineer evaluates existing block, footings and tie beams before anything is drawn, then the upper floor is designed to the three-story cap the code allows.

03

Converting the garage properly

Bringing garage and covered space into the conditioned envelope with insulation, impact openings and permitted mechanical work an appraiser can count.

04

Guest and staff suites

Private quarters with a shower bath and small galley for visiting family or house staff, scaled to the architecture rather than bolted onto the back of it.

05

Elevation and flood work

Raising finished floor, reworking foundations and detailing flood openings where base flood elevation or a substantial improvement determination puts the house into current standards.

Glass sliders and roofline of a new rear addition — architectural rendering

How we work

A remodel is a promise. We keep it in writing.

20+
Years building in South Florida
150+
Remodels and additions delivered
100%
Permitted and inspected work
1
Team accountable from estimate to warranty

AFixed scope, honest pricing

A detailed written scope before we start — so the number you sign is the number you pay, and changes are decisions, not surprises.

BA superintendent on site, daily

Your project is run by someone whose name you know, who answers the phone, and who walks the site every working day.

CBuilt to code, warrantied in writing

HVHZ-rated products, inspected phases, closed permits, and a written warranty when we hand back the keys.

How it goes

From first walk to final walk-through.

01

Walk-through & estimate

We visit, measure, listen, and come back with a real scope and a real number — not a teaser.

1–2 weeks
02

Design & permits

Drawings, engineering where needed, product approvals, and the permit package — filed and tracked by us.

4–10 weeks
03

Construction

Scheduled trades, daily supervision, weekly updates with photos, and inspections we prepare for and attend in person.

Per scope
04

Closeout & warranty

Punch list cleared, permits closed, documents handed over, warranty in writing. Then we leave it spotless.

1–2 weeks

FAQ

Straight answers.

Does my addition have to go before the Town Commission?
If it needs site plan approval, yes. Hillsboro Beach runs site plan review and its Board of Zoning Appeals through the Town Commission itself, and complete, coordinated drawings are expected roughly two months ahead of the meeting. Survey, civil, landscape and architectural sheets all have to agree, with a signed coordination letter from the consultants. It is a small town with a serious process. We build that lead time into the schedule from day one.
How tall can I build on Hillsboro Mile?
Less tall than most people assume. The code holds most of the Mile to three stories and thirty-five feet, measured above average dune elevation on the ocean side of A1A and above the crown of the road on the Intracoastal side, with that dune elevation established on your survey. Decorative features such as cupolas and railings can add a limited amount above the cap. Variances exist, but they are heard by a Board of Zoning Appeals made up of the Town Commission, and the hardship standard is not a formality.
Can I build toward the beach?
Rarely as far as you would like. Construction seaward of Florida's coastal construction control line needs a permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the dune and its vegetation are protected, and the town's plans have to show an easterly building line that structures respect. Practically, that pushes most additions toward the road or the Intracoastal side of the property. We map the control line, the dune elevation and the setbacks onto your survey before anyone sketches a room with an ocean view.
How long does an addition take here?
Front-load your patience. Design, structural engineering, site plan review and permitting commonly consume several months before ground breaks, and the town's submittal calendar sets part of that pace. Construction then runs several more months depending on size, elevation work and whether a second story is involved. Twelve months between the first conversation and furniture in the new room is not a pessimistic estimate for a substantial addition; it is the normal one. You get the full timeline in writing, with the review milestones named.
Is adding on worth it, or should I rebuild?
On this island, the arithmetic is unusual. Lots are effectively unrepeatable, and the flood rules mean that once your investment crosses the substantial improvement threshold, the whole structure has to meet current standards anyway. Sometimes that tips the answer toward a full rebuild; often it does not, especially when a house sits at a workable elevation. We run that analysis with real numbers before you commission drawings, and we tell you when the honest answer is not the one that gives us more work.

Contact

Sketch it before you commit

Send the survey and describe the room you are missing. You get a feasibility read, the review path, and honest numbers, in English o en español.

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Miami, FL
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