How does it hold up here?

Salt and sun are the design brief in South Florida, so material and finish are specified for the coast.

Can I see it before it's built?

Yes. It gets drawn onto a photograph of your entrance, and the changes happen there rather than in the shop.

What about the fence either side of it?

Drawn at the same time. A gate that does not agree with its fence reads as two separate purchases from the road.

Not necessarily. Posts, piers and rendered pillars are three different structures, and the leaf and the ground decide which one is right.

Driveway Gates in Lighthouse Point, FL

Black swing gate open onto a paver driveway with a lawn either side

Swing, slide, cantilever · Lighthouse Point, FL

Your slope, your curb and your parking decide which one you can actually have.

Get a quote

(954) 245-0182

Aerial view of a coastal residential street, its rear gardens enclosed by hedging and fencing. — The coastal strip — The barrier island and the streets immediately behind it, from the county line up to the Hillsboro Inlet.

Lighthouse Point · Broward County

A swing pair needs an arc. A slide needs a run alongside the opening. A cantilever needs neither but wants a counterbalance behind the post. Which of the three your driveway allows is a geometry question with one right answer, and it is worth settling early.

Close to open water the gate lives in salt air, so material and coating get specified before styling does — aluminum, or steel that is coated for the exposure rather than for the showroom.

Wind exposure on the water is not only a number in a code table — it is what actually loads a gate leaf, every afternoon.

Ask before the steel is ordered

Broward is inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so the wind rating is settled by code rather than by preference. What is not settled by code is the local review — Lighthouse Point handles that itself, and starting it early is the cheapest decision on the whole project.

Driveway Gates — the full breakdown

Before / after

Drag it backto how we found it.

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 — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

The ornate custom estate gate built on that driveway — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

Driveway Gates · Lighthouse Point

05 frames

Horizontal timber slat gate between brick pillars under flowering bougainvillea

Horizontal slat, brick piers

Wide driveway gate and railing photographed at dusk from the street — Dusk, from the street

Lit driveway gate at night with uplit palms behind it — After dark

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

Sun setting through the vertical slats of a dark metal gate — Vertical slat, low sun

Straight answers

Drawn before it's cut
Shop-fabricated
Coastal finish
On-site measure
Specified for salt exposure

How does it hold up here?: Salt and sun are the design brief in South Florida, so material and finish are specified for the coast.
Can I see it before it's built?: Yes. It gets drawn onto a photograph of your entrance, and the changes happen there rather than in the shop.
What about the fence either side of it?: Drawn at the same time. A gate that does not agree with its fence reads as two separate purchases from the road.
Do I need pillars?: Not necessarily. Posts, piers and rendered pillars are three different structures, and the leaf and the ground decide which one is right.