More square feet, same street.

Hollywood Lakes was platted on fifty-foot lots with garages at the back and service alleys running behind every street. A 1920s two-bedroom on Tyler Street or a compact ranch on Jackson Street usually has room behind it and a way to get materials there without parading them past the front door, which is why so many owners here extend rather than list. The common projects are a rear family room and primary suite pushed into the back yard, a second story added over an original single-story plan, a garage turned into conditioned space, and an in-law suite for a household that has grown in both directions.

Hollywood's Building Division looks hard at exactly this kind of work. Zoning setbacks, lot coverage and height are reviewed by the Division of Planning and Urban Design, the Building Division permits the construction, and on a designated property inside a historic district the Historic Preservation Board weighs massing and materials through a Certificate of Appropriateness. Expect sealed structural engineering for footings, tie-beams and uplift, HVHZ product approvals for every new opening, and for lots near the Intracoastal, a hard look at flood zone and federal substantial improvement limits before anyone draws a wall.

Additions are where two decades of South Florida work actually shows. Tying a new footing to a 1920s foundation, matching stucco texture and barrel tile so the seam disappears, and keeping the occupied half of the house livable while the other half has no roof are all learned skills. PGX runs the project on a fixed written scope with a supervisor on site daily, coordinates the engineer and the reviews, and keeps one accountable team from the first feasibility conversation through final inspection and warranty.