Premium Custom Pergolas in South Florida

There are hours in the middle of a South Florida day when the pool deck you invested in goes unused. From late morning until the sun finally drops, it's simply too hot to stand on, and the surface you chose so carefully becomes something you look at through the window instead of something you use. 

A Deck & Drive pergola or patio cover gives you those hours back, but most of what passes for a pergola in this state is a wood kit bolted to a slab. It photographs beautifully the week it goes up, and then the Florida climate goes to work on it: relentless sun, salt air, and a hurricane season that tests every fastener holding a structure to a surface never engineered to carry it. 

Our pergolas are different. They’re made of heavy-duty aluminum, anchored into the foundation, and designed as a permanent extension of the home rather than an object set down beside it. This isn't décor. It's architecture.

Deck & Drive has been building outdoor spaces across South Florida for 20+ years. We're the highest-rated and most referred paver installer in the region, with hundreds of verified reviews on Google, and every project we complete is guaranteed for life.

Design Rendering: See Your Pergola Before We Break Ground

A pergola is harder to picture than a patio. Scale decides everything, from how far the roof reaches to where the posts land. Nobody can hold that in their head from a brochure.

So we don't ask you to. Your designer will measure your yard, work through materials and finishes with you, and turn all of it into a custom rendering of your property. You’ll see the structure standing in your own space, at the right size, before a single post goes in the ground.

Pergola Design Upgrades

A custom pergola can be built out into a room you use year-round rather than a roof you stand under. Available upgrades include:

• Electric shades

• Fans

• Feature walls

• TVs

• Speakers

We plan the electrical during design, so nothing has to be retrofitted later.

Anchored Into the Foundation, Not Bolted to the Surface 

A structure is only as good as what it stands on.

Deck & Drive is a paver company at its core. We've been installing paver surfaces across South Florida since 2006, with more than 50 million pavers in the ground, which means we control the base from the first step.

Most companies build on top of whatever is already there. We build the foundation and everything above it, so your pergola isn't placed on a patio. It's engineered into a load-ready base, with post placement and footings planned before a single paver gets set.

That's the difference between something that looks good and something that lasts.

Permits and HOA Approval

A pergola is a permanent structure, which is why most South Florida municipalities require a building permit before installation begins. Requirements vary from city to city.

We prepare the documentation, file it with the appropriate authority, and track the application through approval before scheduling the build. If a permit carries a fee, it passes through to you at cost. We don't mark it up.

Then there's your homeowners association. A pergola is a permanent structure that changes how your property looks from the street, which puts it near the top of what architectural review committees care about. Almost every community in South Florida has one.

We prepare that application too, submit it, answer whatever the committee comes back with, and follow it through to a decision. It costs you nothing. Approval averages about 15 days on our projects, and the signed approval reaches us before it reaches you.

Financing Your Custom Pergola

A permanent structure shouldn't have to be paid for the way you'd pay for patio furniture. Our “Pave Now, Pay Later” financing option offers nothing down and no payments for the first 12 months, which means your pergola can go up this season instead of the one after you've finished saving for it. 

Where We Build Pergolas

We serve the following counties:

• Palm Beach County

• Broward County

• Miami-Dade County

• Martin County

• St. Lucie County

• Indian River County

Visit our service areas page for the full list of cities we cover.