Covered outdoor living with summer kitchen and pool terrace — outdoor living & exterior in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Architectural rendering.

Outdoor Living & Exterior · Hillsboro Beach, FL

Outdoor rooms between dune and dock.

Terraces, summer kitchens, pergolas, driveways and dock-side decks for Hillsboro Beach properties, engineered for wind and salt, permitted through the town and the agencies that govern the shoreline.

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Outdoor Living & Exterior in Hillsboro Beach

Two sides of one property.

An ocean-to-Intracoastal property in Hillsboro Beach is really two outdoor projects wearing one address. On the Atlantic side there is a dune, a beach walkover and whatever terrace the code and the control line will allow. On the Intracoastal side there is a seawall, a dock, a lift and the shaded terrace where people actually sit. Owners at Hillsboro Mile Ocean Club or Royal Flamingo Villas have a narrower version of the same problem: a balcony or patio that faces salt spray and needs to be built for it.

In Hillsboro Beach, a backyard project collects agencies. The town permits the structures and reviews the site plan, with rules covering pool deck setbacks, site walls held back from the A1A pavement, gate column heights, screened mechanical equipment and driveway runoff that must be kept off the state road rather than sheeted onto it. Beach access structures have to respect the easterly building line and the dune shown on your survey. Seawalls and docks pull in county environmental review and, depending on the work, state and federal approvals; Broward's resiliency standards are also raising minimum seawall elevations over the coming decades. Lighting follows the turtle ordinance.

Exterior work at PGX gets the same discipline as interior work, which is not universal in this trade. Utilities for a summer kitchen are permitted and inspected, not run and buried. Pergola footings are engineered for the wind loads the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requires. Terraces are pitched so water leaves the house instead of collecting against it. Fixtures on the ocean side are specified at the color temperature and shielding the turtle ordinance calls for. Fixed written scope, daily supervision, a clean site every evening, and a crew that keeps the one road passable.

Summer kitchen under a covered outdoor terrace — architectural rendering

Where we work in Hillsboro Beach

Hillsboro Mile Royal Flamingo Villas Hillsboro Island House Hillsboro Mile Ocean Club Opal Towers The Sea Club Port de Mer Kingsley Arms Hillsboro Windsor Recess

Elsewhere in Hillsboro Beach? Call us — if it's in Miami-Dade or Broward, we probably build there.

What's included

What we build outside the walls.

One terrace or both shorelines of the same property, it is drawn, permitted and built as a single job with one schedule.

01

Summer kitchens that survive

Marine-grade stainless, sealed dense stone and coastal-rated hardware, with gas, water and electrical runs permitted and inspected rather than improvised on a weekend.

02

Pergolas and covered terraces

Shade structures with engineered footings and hurricane-rated connections, detailed to the lines of the house instead of ordered from a catalogue of one size.

03

Beach walkovers and decks

Boardwalks and beach access structures set behind the easterly building line, detailed to protect the dune vegetation that holds the sand in place.

04

Seawalls, docks and terraces

Coordinating shoreline work and the deck above it, including county environmental review, so the finished terrace and the structure under it are one project.

05

Turtle-compliant exterior lighting

Shielded, low-mounted, long-wavelength fixtures and ocean-facing glazing chosen to meet the town's nesting-season limits, because a lighting violation is a very avoidable letter.

Pool terrace and seating beside a South Florida home — architectural rendering

How we work

A remodel is a promise. We keep it in writing.

20+
Years building in South Florida
150+
Remodels and additions delivered
100%
Permitted and inspected work
1
Team accountable from estimate to warranty

AFixed scope, honest pricing

A detailed written scope before we start — so the number you sign is the number you pay, and changes are decisions, not surprises.

BA superintendent on site, daily

Your project is run by someone whose name you know, who answers the phone, and who walks the site every working day.

CBuilt to code, warrantied in writing

HVHZ-rated products, inspected phases, closed permits, and a written warranty when we hand back the keys.

How it goes

From first walk to final walk-through.

01

Walk-through & estimate

We visit, measure, listen, and come back with a real scope and a real number — not a teaser.

1–2 weeks
02

Design & permits

Drawings, engineering where needed, product approvals, and the permit package — filed and tracked by us.

4–10 weeks
03

Construction

Scheduled trades, daily supervision, weekly updates with photos, and inspections we prepare for and attend in person.

Per scope
04

Closeout & warranty

Punch list cleared, permits closed, documents handed over, warranty in writing. Then we leave it spotless.

1–2 weeks

FAQ

Straight answers.

How many approvals does a backyard project actually need?
More than a backyard project sounds like it should. The structure gets a building permit, the gas, water and electrical runs get their own trade permits, and anything that changes site conditions may need site plan review at the town, where a complete set is due two months before the commission meeting. Push toward the dune or the water and you add Broward County, sometimes the state, occasionally the Army Corps. We assemble and track the whole stack so you are not learning agency acronyms at dinner.
Can I put lights around the pool during turtle season?
Yes, if they are the right lights. The town's ordinance bars lighting that directly illuminates the beach from sunset to sunup during nesting season, March 1 through October 31, and the practical fixes are long-wavelength lamps, shielding, and mounting low enough that the source is not visible from the sand. Ocean-facing glass carries a 45 percent transmittance limit as well. We design the lighting plan to those rules rather than retrofitting it after a nighttime inspection.
My seawall is old. Do I have to raise it?
Possibly, and the direction of travel is clear. Broward County has adopted resiliency standards that phase in higher minimum seawall elevations over the next couple of decades, applied to new construction and major rehabilitation, and coastal cities are aligning their codes with them. If your dock and terrace are due for work anyway, doing the seawall in the same permit and mobilization is usually cheaper than doing it twice. We will get a marine engineer's read before recommending anything.
What holds up outdoors on an oceanfront lot?
Very little that comes from a big-box aisle. Between salt spray, ultraviolet load and constant humidity, ordinary stainless pits, powder coat chalks, and cheap outdoor cabinetry swells within a couple of seasons. We specify marine-grade metals, sealed dense stone, coated fasteners chosen for coastal exposure and finishes that can be maintained rather than replaced. It costs more at selection and considerably less over ten years, which is the arithmetic most Hillsboro Beach owners are already running.
What should I budget for a full outdoor project?
It scales with utilities, structure and shoreline. A resurfaced pool deck is one order of magnitude; a covered outdoor room with a summer kitchen, gas, water, drainage and a rebuilt dock-side terrace is another entirely, before anyone mentions the seawall. Selections move the number as much as square footage does. After a site walk you get a written specification and a fixed price, which is a slower way to quote and a much less eventful way to build.

Contact

Show us both shorelines

Meet us on the property, ocean side and waterway side both. We scope it in writing, price it once, in English o en español.

Office
Miami, FL
Hours
Mon–Fri, 8:00–18:00
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