Cook facing the water, not a wall.

In Fort Lauderdale the kitchen is usually the room fighting the view. Mid-century ranches in Coral Ridge and Poinsettia Heights put the kitchen at the back of the house behind a wall, facing the canal through one window over the sink. The 1920s houses in Victoria Park and Colee Hammock did worse: a service galley off the dining room with a pantry nobody uses. So high-end kitchen remodeling here is nearly always a layout problem first. Take out the wall, turn the room toward the water or the pool, and put an island where the cook can see both.

A real kitchen remodel touches structure, plumbing, gas, electrical and mechanical, so it gets permitted and inspected through Fort Lauderdale Building Services, with the application filed on LauderBuild. Inspectors here are certified by the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals, and the county amendments to the Florida Building Code apply on top of the state edition. Older Fort Lauderdale houses frequently need an electrical service upgrade before a modern appliance package will run, and that work belongs in the same permit rather than in a surprise call three weeks in. Condo kitchens along Las Olas and the beach add association approval and elevator scheduling.

PGX sequences kitchens the way they should be sequenced. Cabinetry is ordered early because custom boxes take months. Stone gets templated after the cabinets are set, not off a drawing. Appliances are confirmed by model number before rough-in so nothing gets framed an inch wrong. The scope is fixed in writing, a supervisor is on site daily, and the rest of your house gets covered and taped like it matters. Licensed and insured, Lic. CGC1539072, with 20-plus years of South Florida work behind the estimate.