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Ornate arched iron double gate between rendered pillars at an estate entrance

The entrance · Homestead, FL

Drawn, fabricated and hung so the entrance reads as one piece of work.

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Driveway Gates · Homestead

05 frames
Lit driveway gate at night with uplit palms behind it

After dark

Sun setting through the vertical slats of a dark metal gate
Vertical slat, low sun
Black swing gate open onto a paver driveway with a lawn either side
Swing pair on pavers
Black sliding driveway gate beside a stone pillar with palms behind
Slide, single leaf
Horizontal timber slat gate between brick pillars under flowering bougainvillea
Horizontal slat, brick piers
Solar panel mounted above a white ornamental gate, with the operator box sitting at its foot.
The south corridor — Down US-1 toward the agricultural edge, where lots widen again and mains power is not a given.

Homestead · Miami-Dade County

A gate is the only part of a property everyone sees and nobody walks past quickly. Piers, gate, fence line and the light on it either belong to each other or obviously do not, so they get drawn together rather than bought separately.

A gate set well back on a long drive is a different brief — a wider clear opening for a truck and trailer, longer cable runs, and a leaf that has to stay square with no wall to lean on.

Utilities thin out quickly away from the built-up grid, so the supply question gets asked before the design question.

Wind load first, paperwork second

The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone covers Miami-Dade in full, which is what decides the frame and the fixings long before anyone picks a finish. Approval is a separate, local question: in Homestead it runs through whichever authority has jurisdiction, and where a homeowners' association governs the street its architectural review usually runs alongside it.

Driveway Gates — the full breakdown

Before / after

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Drag the divider to see the change. Where a frame is marked Concept it illustrates the starting point rather than photographs it.

Illustration of a plain builder-grade gate shown on the same driveway
The ornate custom estate gate built on that driveway
Concept · sample
DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

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  • Drawn before it's cut
  • Shop-fabricated
  • Coastal finish
  • On-site measure
  • Solar & battery options
The gate is nowhere near a power supply.
That is a normal starting point. Solar, battery and trenched runs are all real options, and the site decides between them.
How far can the control run?
Further than most people expect, but the run length is what decides the cable, the voltage drop, and whether wireless is the better answer.
Do I need a permit for this?
Often, and Miami-Dade is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating matters too. Permits are issued locally, so we confirm what your authority wants before we start.
What is the HVHZ?
The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — the Florida Building Code's strictest wind-load region. It covers all of Miami-Dade, which is why the hardware spec here is not the spec further north.

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