Renovating in
The Cove.
Deerfield Beach. Homes here include 1950s and 60s ranch and contemporary homes and waterfront estates. What the city and local broker guides say about building here, and what usually comes up when a house is renovated.
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The houses
Homes here include 1950s and 60s ranch and contemporary homes, waterfront estates, Mediterranean and Spanish-style homes and newer coastal-modern builds. Development began early 1950s; neighborhood established by 1963 per the Deerfield Beach Historical Society. A real estate site says history begins in 1959. Listings show 1958, 1963, 1974 homes plus current new construction.
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The lots and the water
The water here is canals and the Intracoastal. Between U.S. 1 and the Intracoastal. Brokerage: over 1,000 homes, 20 finger canals, 1,400 to 5,300+ sq ft; bexrealty listings sit on 0.16-0.25 acre lots. Styles per brokerage: ranch houses, custom modern estates, Spanish-style villas.
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Impact windows and roofs
Original 1950s-60s CBS homes with terrazzo floors and tile roofs: terrazzo refinishing or replacement, roof replacement, layout updates. Wind-rated windows, doors and roofs are standard in a coastal renovation, and an older house usually needs them updated as part of the scope.
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Tear down or renovate
Teardown / full rebuild into large new waterfront homes. Older homes here are often replaced rather than renovated. Which one makes sense for the lot and the budget is worth settling early.
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Pools and outdoor living
Many homes are 'newly built or fully renovated' with pools, lanais and summer kitchens. Pools, summer kitchens and terraces extend the house toward the water. They are planned with the seawall, the setbacks and the drainage in mind.
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Seawalls and docks
Seawall, dock and boat-lift work on finger-canal lots. On the water, the seawall and the dock are part of the project. Their condition and permits are looked at first, not after the kitchen is done.
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Flood zone and elevation
Flood elevation limits and impact windows/doors. Many older, low-lying homes here sit in flood zones. When the cost of work passes half of what the home is worth, the rules can require it to meet current flood standards, so this is checked before the design is final.
Where this comes from: deerfieldbeachhistoricalsociety.com, premierestateproperties.com, bexrealty.com, ocity.org. Housing and lot details are as the city and broker guides describe them, and broker figures are marketing snapshots. The photograph is from a Johnson job elsewhere. It shows the kind of work, not a house in The Cove.