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

Outdoor Living & Exterior · Pinecrest, FL

Backyards that earn the acre.

Outdoor living construction for Pinecrest homes — covered terraces, summer kitchens, pergolas, and driveways, permitted through the Village and built by a licensed contractor (CGC1539072) to hurricane-zone standards, with supervision on site daily.

Licensed & insured Lic. CGC1539072 Pinecrest · Miami-Dade County Hablamos español

Outdoor Living & Exterior in Pinecrest

An acre of yard is a design brief.

Pinecrest backyards are the point. The village grew up around Pinecrest Gardens and its canopy of oaks and banyans, and the best properties in South Pinecrest and along Old Cutler Road treat the outdoors as another wing of the house: a covered terrace with a summer kitchen, a pergola over the dining area, a driveway that arrives rather than merely parks. On an acre, outdoor living is not decorating — it is construction, with footings, gas, drainage, and electrical that should be permitted and built like the house itself.

Exterior work here runs through the Village of Pinecrest Building and Planning Department, and the canopy comes first: tree protection is written into the village code, so terraces, driveways, and pergolas get designed around root zones and protected specimens, not over them. Anything structural or roofed also has to meet High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements, meaning engineered footings and connections plus Miami-Dade approved products for any new openings. We handle the permits, the arborist coordination, and the inspections as one package.

Outdoor projects attract unlicensed crews the way pools attract leaves; Pinecrest deserves better. PGX builds exterior work on a fixed written scope with real drawings, supervises the site daily, and coordinates every trade that touches your house — stucco, paint, re-roof coordination, impact openings — so the exterior reads as one design instead of five subcontracts. We protect the landscaping and hardscape while we work, and we leave the site clean enough that the only evidence is the terrace.

Summer kitchen under a covered outdoor terrace — architectural rendering

Where we work in Pinecrest

North Pinecrest South Pinecrest Pinecrest Gardens Devonwood Kendall Park Estates Suniland Pinecrest by the Sea Red Road Old Cutler Road Killian Drive Ludlam Road

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

What's included

Outdoor and exterior work we take on.

Construction-grade outdoor living — engineered, permitted, and finished to the same standard as your interiors.

01

Covered terraces under the canopy

Roofed outdoor rooms with fans, lighting, and tongue-and-groove ceilings, tied into the structure and engineered for hurricane-zone wind loads.

02

Summer kitchens, permitted and piped

Built-in grills, refrigeration, and stone counters with the gas, electrical, and ventilation permitted and inspected — not merely assembled.

03

Pergolas clear of the root zones

Custom pergolas and trellises with proper footings and fastening, sited around Pinecrest's protected trees instead of against them.

04

Acre-lot driveways and pool decks

Pavers, concrete, and natural stone for long acre-lot driveways and pool surrounds, graded so storm water goes where it should.

05

Exterior envelope refresh

Stucco repair, full repainting, impact windows and doors, and re-roof coordination that makes a 1970s exterior read current.

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.

Do I need a permit for a summer kitchen or pergola in Pinecrest?
Almost always. Structures, roofs, footings, gas lines, and electrical all require permits through the Village of Pinecrest Building and Planning Department, and anything roofed or enclosed must meet High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements. Unpermitted backyard structures are a classic problem at sale time in this village. We design, permit, and inspect the outdoor work with exactly the rigor the main house gets.
Can you build a terrace near the big oaks without hurting them?
That is the assignment on most Pinecrest lots. Root zones limit where footings and grade changes can go, and the village's tree protection rules back that up with permitting and arborist review. We plan structures around driplines, use footing layouts that respect the roots, and treat the canopy as the ceiling of the outdoor room. The oaks were here first; good design admits it.
Will a covered terrace hold up in a hurricane?
Built correctly, yes — that is what High-Velocity Hurricane Zone engineering is for. Footings, columns, connections, and roofing are all designed for Miami-Dade wind loads, and products for openings carry Miami-Dade approvals. The outdoor structures that fail in storms are overwhelmingly the ones built without engineering or permits. Ours are inspected at every stage, which is precisely the point.
Do you build pools too?
We build everything around the pool — terraces, summer kitchens, pergolas, drainage, lighting — and we coordinate with licensed pool contractors when a pool is part of the project, so sequencing and elevations actually line up. What we will not do is pretend one trade covers everything. One accountable team runs the project; specialists do what they are licensed to do.
How much should I budget for outdoor living work?
It scales with structure. A pergola is one conversation; a covered terrace with a full summer kitchen, gas, and electrical is genuine construction and priced like it. On Pinecrest acre lots the temptation is to phase everything separately — we usually recommend one master plan, built in stages if needed, so the driveway, terrace, and drainage agree with each other.

Contact

One plan for the whole yard

Walk the yard with us — in English o en español — and we'll map what a permitted, built-to-last outdoor project looks like on your lot.

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