Modern rear addition with floor-to-ceiling glass — home additions in Ponce-Davis & High Pines, Florida. Architectural rendering.

Home Additions · Ponce-Davis & High Pines, FL

Room to grow, no teardown required.

Home additions across Ponce-Davis and High Pines: rear extensions, second stories, and in-law suites engineered to current code, permitted through Miami-Dade County, and supervised every working day under license CGC1539072.

Licensed & insured Lic. CGC1539072 Ponce-Davis & High Pines · Miami-Dade County Hablamos español

Home Additions in Ponce-Davis & High Pines

Acre lots were made for this.

Ponce-Davis lots run from half an acre to well over an acre, which means most owners who need space do not need to move; they need a contractor who can add it. Families here stretch 1950s ranches with rear wings and new primary suites, put second stories on homes near Red Road and Sunset Drive, and convert garages into gyms, offices, and in-law quarters. With Gulliver, Epiphany, and St. Thomas Episcopal minutes away, this is a neighborhood people settle into for decades. The houses have to keep up.

Additions in unincorporated Miami-Dade go through county RER review: a zoning check on setbacks and lot coverage, full structural plan review, and a DERM tree permit if the footprint forces a protected oak to be removed or relocated. New foundations must tie correctly into old ones, and tie beams often need upgrading before a second story is even a conversation; our engineers design for that, and the county verifies it. Ponce-Davis has no municipal design board, but the inspectors read plans carefully. So do we.

An addition done right should read as original to the house: the same floor level, matched roof lines, stucco that does not telegraph the seam. PGX carries the full chain of survey, engineering, county permits, construction, and finish work under one fixed written scope, with a supervisor on the property daily and staging that respects a quiet street. You keep living in the house while we build. We keep the site contained, the schedule honest, and the paperwork airtight from estimate through warranty.

Covered terrace joining a modern rear addition — architectural rendering

Where we work in Ponce-Davis & High Pines

Ponce-Davis High Pines Stonegate Ponce Road Estates Red Road Davis Road Ponce de Leon Road Schoolhouse Road Sunset Drive

Elsewhere in Ponce-Davis & High Pines? Call us — if it's in Miami-Dade or Broward, we probably build there.

What's included

How we grow a house here.

From single-room bump-outs to full second stories, every addition we build is engineered, permitted through Miami-Dade County, and finished to match the original home.

01

New wings on acre lots

Family rooms, kitchens, and primary wings extended into deep back yards, with new foundations doweled into the existing slab and roof lines carried through cleanly.

02

Second floors over 1950s ranches

Full upper floors built over strengthened tie beams and columns: engineering first, county-approved plans second, then a house with twice the room.

03

In-law quarters, legally habitable

Attached or detached quarters with proper baths and kitchenettes, designed and permitted as legal habitable space rather than wink-wink storage.

04

Garages turned into gyms and offices

Garages reborn as gyms, studios, and offices with insulation, conditioned air, and legal egress, plus an honest plan for where the cars go.

05

Structural and foundation work

Underpinning, new footings, and tie-beam upgrades designed by licensed engineers and inspected by Miami-Dade County at every required stage.

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.

How large an addition does zoning allow on my lot?
Unincorporated Miami-Dade zoning sets the setbacks and lot coverage, and on Ponce-Davis estate lots those limits usually leave far more room than owners expect. The honest answer requires pulling your folio, checking the zoning district, and running the numbers on your survey, which we do before design begins so nobody falls in love with an addition the county will never approve.
Will we need tree permits for the addition?
Possibly. The oak and banyan canopy is a defining feature of Ponce-Davis, and in unincorporated Miami-Dade removing or relocating a protected tree requires a permit through the county's environmental division, DERM. Our first move is designing the footprint around significant trees, which usually works on lots this size. When removal is unavoidable, we handle the permitting and any required mitigation.
Is an addition smarter than tearing down and rebuilding?
In Ponce-Davis both happen constantly, so it is a fair question. If the existing structure is sound and the layout mostly works, an addition delivers the space with less money, less time, and less disruption, and you keep what you like about the house. If the house fights you at every turn, rebuilding can win. We will run both scenarios with you honestly.
How long does a home addition take from start to finish?
Budget several months for survey, engineering, and Miami-Dade County plan review before ground breaks, then roughly four to nine months of construction depending on whether it is a single-room extension or a full second story. Structural reviews are thorough here, and we would rather clear them properly than rush a set of plans that bounces back twice.
Can we live at home while you build the addition?
Usually, yes; that is one of the underrated advantages of adding instead of rebuilding. We keep the existing house sealed and functional while the new structure goes up outside, and we schedule the tie-in, the phase where we open the wall between old and new, as a tightly managed sprint rather than a months-long hole in your home.

Contact

Put the addition on paper

Bring the wish list: bedrooms, gym, in-law suite. We will walk the lot, check the zoning, and price it in writing, in English o en español.

Office
Miami, FL
Hours
Mon–Fri, 8:00–18:00
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