The back yard, finally finished.

The back yard is the cheapest square footage in Coral Springs and the least used. Lots here are generous by South Florida standards, particularly in the older sections along Riverside Drive and through Westview, and the golf and lake frontage around Eagle Trace, Wyndham Lakes and Cypress Run gives a lot of houses a view worth building toward. What owners want now is an outdoor room rather than a slab and a grill: a summer kitchen with real utilities, shade that survives a storm, and a pool deck that actually drains.

Outdoor living is where Coral Springs regulates hardest, because almost all of it is visible from somewhere. Patios and pool decks, screen enclosures, pergolas, driveway pavers, fences, retaining walls, gas systems, generators and even swale work each carry their own permit through the Coral Springs Building Department, and residential tree removal has a separate application. Exterior color has to land inside the city's approved palette, and roof tile has to come off the pre-approved list, so a covered patio roof is a selection with rules attached. Anything anchored is engineered for HVHZ wind loads.

We build outside to the standard we use inside. Gas, water and electrical for a summer kitchen are permitted trades, not weekend work. Cover and pergola footings are engineered and inspected before concrete. Deck drainage is planned so water leaves the house instead of collecting against the foundation, and materials are specified for sun, salt-laden air and chlorine rather than for a showroom photograph. Fixed written scope, one supervisor, and crews who keep staging tidy because your neighbors and your association are both paying attention. Lic. CGC1539072, licensed and insured.