From Fort Lauderdale
to Deerfield Beach.
What building and renovating involves in each city on this stretch of coast, and the neighborhoods Johnson works in.
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is several markets inside one city. A canal estate, an oceanfront condominium and a 1920s bungalow each call for a different conversation with a builder. Johnson Construction and Remodeling works from Fort Lauderdale, and Mike personally manages a limited number of projects, so you deal with the contractor responsible for yours.
WILTON MANORSWilton Manors
Wilton Manors is an island city, bounded by the North and South Forks of the Middle River, with Interstate 95 as its western edge. Most of its housing is post-war, so the work tends to be careful updates of mid-century houses and the occasional new build. Mike Johnson personally manages a limited number of projects, and you deal with him directly.
OAKLAND PARKOakland Park
Oakland Park is mostly mid-century ranch country: single-story block homes from the 1950s and 1960s on generous lots, some of them on canals or lakes. The research points mostly to renovation and addition, not rebuilding: a well-planned project that makes a modest house work the way a family now lives.
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEALauderdale-by-the-Sea
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea sits on a narrow barrier island between A1A and the Intracoastal. It has a beach grid of older low-rise buildings and two waterfront enclaves where houses are being rebuilt. Salt air and seasonal ownership shape the work here more than anywhere inland.
SEA RANCH LAKESSea Ranch Lakes
Sea Ranch Lakes is a gated community of just over two hundred mostly single-family properties. It was developed in 1956 and the village incorporated in 1959. Many of its homes have since been torn down or heavily renovated.
POMPANO BEACHPompano Beach
Pompano Beach covers more ground than most visitors expect: canal-front ranch homes, inland mid-century streets, a historic downtown of cottages and a strip of oceanfront towers. Each asks for a different kind of project, and a different set of questions before design.
LIGHTHOUSE POINTLighthouse Point
Most of Lighthouse Point was built on canals dug in the 1950s and 1960s, so nearly every house is a waterfront decision. Original ranches stand beside new estates, which makes the first question in this city a simple one: renovate this house, or build a new one.
HILLSBORO BEACHHillsboro Beach
Hillsboro Beach is a thin barrier island with the ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other. Its oceanfront estates are being rebuilt, and its condominium buildings line A1A. Both ask for a builder who plans around coastal rules and seasonal owners.
DEERFIELD BEACHDeerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach has a waterfront core in The Cove and Little Harbor, and a condominium-heavy barrier island along A1A. The Cove is where most single-family renovation and rebuilding happens, between U.S. 1 and the Intracoastal.
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