Kitchens worth walking home to.

A 1940s Surfside house almost always hides its kitchen: a walled-off galley at the back, sized for one cook and a different century. On Abbott, Byron, and Carlyle Avenues, the modern remodel opens that room to the living space, anchors it with a stone island, and finishes it in custom cabinetry built to the ceiling. Along Collins Avenue, owners at residences like the Surf Club and Fendi Château commission kitchens to the same standard, tailored to concrete shells and association rulebooks instead of wood-frame walls.

In the houses, kitchen remodels are permitted through the Town of Surfside Building Department, and moving gas, drains, or panels means real plans and real inspections, not a handshake. In the condos, the association reviews come first: insurance certificates, contractor approvals, service-elevator reservations, and working hours in writing. Since Florida's milestone-inspection era began, Surfside boards look especially hard at anything that touches slabs, risers, or waterproofing, and a contractor who arrives with complete documents keeps a project off the wrong agenda.

Kitchens are where high-end work gets measured in millimeters, so we behave accordingly. PGX builds from shop drawings, templates stone after cabinets are set, and puts one supervisor on your project daily from demolition through the final punch list. The scope is fixed in writing, covering cabinetry, counters, appliances, and lighting, before we open a single wall. Twenty-plus years in South Florida have taught us that a calm kitchen project is a planned kitchen project.