Second story additions in Ponte Vedra

Ponte Vedra is the one part of this coastline where the permit does not come from a city at all: Ponte Vedra Beach is unincorporated St. Johns County, so a second story addition here is reviewed by the St. Johns County Building Department — a different county government than every other neighborhood we serve. Homeowners who have built elsewhere in Jacksonville are often surprised by the change of rulebook at the county line; for us it is simply the second county we work in every week.

The case for building up in Ponte Vedra is the strongest in Northeast Florida, because the alternative is brutal: in Old Ponte Vedra and along the boulevard, the going replacement for a house that is too small is a teardown. Adding a second story keeps the lot, the oaks, the established landscaping, and the address — and upgrades the one asset that actually appreciates here, the location — for a fraction of the disruption of demolishing and rebuilding, and without leaving the community for two years of construction.

Coastal engineering does the heavy lifting. A Ponte Vedra second story is designed to Florida's 130 mph ultimate wind standard with a continuous uplift load path, impact protection where the wind-borne debris region requires it, and — on oceanfront and near-ocean lots — a check against the state's Coastal Construction Control Line and the FEMA 50 percent rule before design begins, so the scope is honest from day one. Brackish Builders runs design, engineering, the St. Johns County permit, and construction as one team, and the weatherproof-above-the-roof sequence keeps your household living at home, in place, while the new level goes on.

Neighborhoods we serve in Ponte Vedra

ZIP codes served: 32082