The homes inside Broken Sound, Woodfield, St. Andrews, and Boca’s other private clubs were mostly built in the late 1980s and 1990s. They are generous, well-located, and — by today’s standards — chopped into small rooms with dated kitchens and primary suites that no longer match how people actually live. The good news: the bones are usually excellent. These homes are built to be reworked.

Work through the architectural review, not around it

Every private club has an Architectural Review Board, and each one has opinions about roof lines, exterior color, windows, and what you can and can’t change on the elevation. An experienced builder treats the ARB as the first stop, not an afterthought — assembling drawings, samples, and neighbor considerations the way that particular club expects to see them. It is the single biggest difference between a project that breaks ground on time and one that spends a season in committee.

The moves that matter most

Across dozens of country-club renovations, the same handful of changes deliver the biggest return in how a home feels and functions:

• Opening the kitchen, dining, and living areas into one connected space.
• Rebuilding the primary suite — larger bath, real closets, better light.
• Replacing original windows and sliders with impact glass for storm protection and comfort.
• Refreshing exteriors and outdoor living to match the interior — the part the club sees.

Additions and reconfiguration

Sometimes the right answer isn’t just finishes — it’s space. Bumping out a room, adding a proper office or guest suite, or reconfiguring a tired floor plan can make a 1990s home live like a new one, without leaving the community you bought into. That work has to be planned around the existing structure, the lot, and the club’s setback and review rules from day one.