If you own in Boca West, The Polo Club, St. Andrews, Broken Sound, Woodfield, or any of Boca’s private clubs, your renovation runs through an Architectural Review Board (ARB) — and each one has its own standards and personality. Treating the review as the first step, not the last, is the single biggest factor in breaking ground on schedule.

What the ARB cares about

Boards focus on the things the community sees: rooflines, exterior color and materials, windows and doors, elevation changes, and anything that affects neighbors. Interior work is usually simpler, but exterior changes and additions get real scrutiny.

Submit it the way they expect

A clean submittal — drawings, samples, and neighbor considerations assembled the way that particular board likes to see them — moves quickly. A vague or incomplete one bounces back and costs you a review cycle. A builder who works in your community knows the difference.

Build to the community’s rules

Approval is only half of it. Gate access, construction hours, dumpster and parking placement, and site cleanliness all have rules, and following them keeps the board — and your neighbors — on your side for the length of the project.