Lawrence is the wealthiest of the Five Towns and one of the most established old-money villages on Long Island. Founded in 1897 by the Lawrence brothers and built around the Rockaway Hunting Club — the oldest country club in America still operating on its original site — the village has roughly 6,500 residents on lots that often exceed an acre. The community blends a long-established Orthodox Jewish population with multi-generational professional and finance families, anchored by Lawrence Country Club, the Rockaway Hunting Club, and the Woodmere Club just over the village line. Lawrence homeowners are buying outdoor structures for permanence: 25-year, multi-generational installations expected to coordinate with significant landscape architecture, custom pool design, and architect-led home renovations.
Why Lawrence Homeowners Choose Azenco + Breslow
Lawrence homeowners have access to any architect, builder, or specialty contractor in the New York metro. They choose Breslow because we operate at the level Lawrence's architects and landscape designers expect — PE-stamped structural drawings on every project, in-house design coordination, factory-direct Azenco product, single-PM accountability, and a 102-year-old family business standing behind every install. Many of our Lawrence projects come through architect referrals from firms we've collaborated with for decades.
Our Lawrence projects typically run $120,000 to $400,000+. These are usually integrated outdoor environments — multi-bay motorized pergolas spanning new pool decks, custom outdoor kitchens, and entertaining loggias coordinated with the home's existing architecture. Sukkah-compatible builds, where designated louvered sections are engineered to open fully to the sky during the holiday, are a regular request and one of our specialties.
Lawrence: Coastal & Architectural Considerations
Lawrence's most ambitious outdoor projects cluster across three areas. Back Lawrence — the bay-front and creek-front section south of Rock Hall Road — features the village's largest waterfront parcels, with bulkheads, docks, and full coastal exposure to Reynolds Channel. The Country Club section around the Lawrence Country Club and Rockaway Hunting Club holds many of the village's most architecturally significant homes — restored 1920s Tudors, Colonial Revivals, and Mediterranean estates. Lord's Woods and the inland streets along Causeway and Rock Hall feature larger interior lots with mature canopy and meaningful landscape architecture.
Waterfront properties face full coastal exposure with 130 MPH design wind speeds, salt-air corrosion, FEMA flood zones, and tidal wetlands review. Our specifications use marine-grade aluminum, stainless hardware, sealed electrical systems, and foundation designs calculated for both wind uplift and flood. For inland country-club parcels, the focus shifts to architectural fidelity — matching trim, proportion, and material finishes to a home's existing facade.
Lawrence Permitting
Lawrence is its own incorporated village with its own building department: the Incorporated Village of Lawrence Building Department. Permitting here is more rigorous than typical Nassau jurisdictions — the village reviews accessory structures for setbacks, lot coverage, architectural compatibility, and (for waterfront parcels) flood elevation and tidal wetlands. The process can take longer than neighboring villages, but the standards are clear and predictable.
Where approvals are required, Breslow handles or assists with every step in-house. Our Lawrence permit packages include full site plans with village setback calculations, PE-stamped structural drawings, electrical riser diagrams, drainage plans, FEMA flood elevation certificates for waterfront sites, and (where required) NYS DEC tidal wetlands documentation. Our familiarity with the village's preferences is why our permits typically clear without revision.
Lawrence Real Estate Value
Lawrence's median home value sits around $1.8M to $2.5M, with waterfront and country-club estate properties trading from $3M well into the $8M+ range. This is unambiguously upper-end territory — comparable to Greenwich's mid-country, Westchester's most affluent villages, or the eastern Hamptons. A $200,000 to $350,000 outdoor living investment is appropriate to property values and recovers strongly at resale, particularly for homes that buyers expect to be fully finished, professionally landscaped, and entertainment-ready on day one.
Nearby Communities
In addition to Lawrence, Breslow serves neighboring Five Towns and South Shore communities including Hewlett Harbor, East Atlantic Beach, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, and Inwood. Our full Long Island service area covers Suffolk and Nassau counties.
What a Motorized Pergola Costs in Lawrence
A complete motorized louvered pergola installed in Lawrence typically starts around $65,000 for a ~320 sq ft system, with most residential projects falling between $75,000 and $135,000 depending on size. Every Breslow installation includes the structure, motorization, smart controls, integrated lighting, professional installation, and PE-stamped engineering — there are no stripped-down base prices.
| Size | Approx. Area | Typical Investment |
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| ~16 × 20 ft | ~320 sq ft | from ~$65K |
| ~20 × 20 ft | ~400 sq ft | ~$75K – $90K |
| ~20 × 23 ft | ~460 sq ft | ~$90K – $105K |
| ~20 × 32 ft | ~640 sq ft | ~$115K – $135K |
Larger multi-bay commercial systems typically run $190,000–$220,000 for a three-bay (~1,100 sq ft) installation, and $400,000+ for the largest projects. Site-specific factors — permitting, structural work, and rooftop lift logistics — are scoped into your written proposal, so the number you receive is complete. See the full pricing & size guide or get an exact figure in a free consultation.
Here’s What You’re Investing In
The simplest way to understand the number: you're extending your home. When you add a room in the conventional sense, the price is immediately understood. A Breslow motorized pergola is that addition — engineered, permitted, and professionally installed — except what you get is a durable, year-round outdoor room, not just an add-on to your house. And we'll be straight with you: we are not the cheapest — our mission is to make sure the job is done right the first time. That's our motto.
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The gold-standard product in the industry. We install Azenco — hurricane-rated, manufactured in Miami, no long-term water issues, and the best warranty you can find. See why Breslow is a Platinum Elite Azenco dealer
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Not the DIY pergola kits you see online. A $10K kit from an online brand is a bolt-together box shipped to your driveway — you assemble it, you maintain it, and it performs like it. An Azenco system is permanent and engineered: hurricane-rated, PE-stamped, permitted, and installed by a licensed team. A different product in a different league. The difference between DIY kits and a professional install -
Fully turnkey — a full construction company, not just a pergola company. One of the most experienced design-and-installation teams you'll find — over 200+ residential and commercial installations across 9 states — with design, permitting, and an in-house engineering team, and installation handled end to end. If you want it done right the first time, we're your team — what you pay for is what you get, no unexpected costs, and we handle everything for you. Four generations of craftsmanship — our story
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Custom styles that match your home’s architecture. We build custom columns, custom trim, and custom configurations — matching your existing column profiles, rafter details, and rooflines so the structure reads as original architecture. Classic and transitional designs for luxury homes across the Northeast, and modern when that’s the house. We don’t build things that look like cheap add-ons. Browse our custom styles portfolio ← swipe the photos -
Virtual designs with pinpoint accuracy. Before we ever install, you know exactly what your space will look like — we design it virtually first, down to the trim. Design your own in our 3D pergola configurator
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A true year-round outdoor room. Sun, rain, bugs, and wind handled at the touch of a button — the feeling of being outside without the discomfort, in every season. Click here to hear from our customers who now have a true season-proof outdoor space
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Struxure vs. Azenco — a direct comparison
Side by side: why we chose to install Azenco.
Our partnership with Azenco
Dana with Azenco co-founder Leslie — why we’re not the cheapest, and why that’s the point.
The gold-standard product in the industry
Why Azenco is the best motorized pergola brand.
Hurricane-rated, manufactured in Miami
Engineered to the strictest wind standards in the country.
Rainproof — no water issues, long term
The details that add up to a genuinely dry patio.
The best warranty & service you can find
Manufacturer warranty plus Breslow's own service, 102 years in.
One of the most experienced motorized pergola contractors
Our installation process, from first visit to finished build.
This is not a DIY project
Precision systems installed by professional crews.
Professionally installed, every time
What a professional install gets you that DIY can't.
You're extending your home
The same concept as a home addition — understood immediately.
A year-round outdoor room, not an add-on
Outside without the sun, rain, and cold-season discomfort.
It adds real value to your home
Why motorized pergolas increase what your home is worth.
Schedule Your Free Lawrence Consultation
Breslow offers complimentary on-site design consultations for Lawrence properties. Call (973) 798-9328 or click below to schedule. We'll walk your property, evaluate your options, and produce 3D renderings showing exactly what's possible.