Outdoor rooms under old trees.

Nobody in Coconut Grove wants a backyard that fights the trees — the canopy is why people move here. In South Grove and gated enclaves like Entrada Estates and Camp Biscayne, outdoor projects are built into the shade, not instead of it: stone terraces set between oaks, summer kitchens under proper roofs, pergolas that filter what sun the canopy allows through, and pools worked into lots that are rarely flat or simple. The best Grove exteriors feel like the garden was always going to end up this way. That takes planning, not luck.

Exterior work is where Coconut Grove's rules concentrate. Permits run through the City of Miami, the NCD conservation overlays care about what you build and what you pave, and the city's tree ordinance means root-zone work or any removal near a protected tree needs a permit and, usually, replacement planting. Structures like pergolas and summer-kitchen roofs must be engineered for Miami-Dade's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and in the bayfront blocks, drainage and flood elevation deserve attention before pavers do. We design around all of it and file the paperwork first.

Outdoor projects fail on coordination more than craft — the trades stack up: concrete, gas, electrical, roofing, stone, landscape. PGX runs them under one fixed written scope with a supervisor on site daily, protecting the lawn, the irrigation, and the driveway you are keeping. In guard-gated communities we register crews properly and work clean, because in the Grove your contractor's conduct is part of your reputation. Licensed and insured, CGC1539072, one accountable team from estimate to warranty.