More house, same character.

The Upper East Side has generous lots and, by today's standards, modest houses. A 1930s Morningside home often offers less space than its lot could gracefully carry — which is why rear extensions, primary-suite wings, and carefully judged second stories are how families stay in Belle Meade, Palm Grove, and Bayside instead of leaving them. The best additions here read as if the original architect returned with a bigger budget: same proportions, same materials, more house. That standard is the job.

An addition is where this area's rulebook earns respect. Inside the Morningside, Bayside, and Palm Grove historic districts, new construction needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board — rear-facing additions that defer to the original street elevation have the smoothest path. Everywhere in the neighborhood, permits and inspections run through the City of Miami Building Department under Miami 21 zoning. And on bayfront lots in FEMA flood zones, we do the substantial-improvement math early, because it can decide how ambitious the project should be.

Structurally, additions in this neighborhood are marriages of 1930s masonry and current Florida Building Code — new foundations tied to old footings, tie beams and hurricane strapping the original builders never imagined, stucco profiles matched so the seam disappears. PGX has delivered 150-plus remodels and additions across South Florida, every one permitted and inspected. You get one contract, one accountable team, a supervisor on site daily, and — in Belle Meade and Bay Point — crews that treat the gate, the neighbors, and the schedule with equal care.