PlayaStaysDesign Studio
Covered ocean terrace with teak sofa

Patios & Rooftop Terraces.
Rooms without ceilings.

Custom patios, decks and rooftop terraces — designed and built as true living space.

No. 1The Standard
Your rooftop is the most valuable room you’re not using.

We turn bare rooftops and back patios into composed living space: decking, shade, built-in seating, kitchens, fire and lighting — one coherent design instead of accumulated purchases.

Rooftop terrace with built-in seating over Playa del Carmen
Rooftop terrace · Playa del Carmen

Terrace & Patio Construction

rooftop terraces — PlayaStays Design Studio, Playa del Carmen01Rooftop TerracesFull rooftop transformations for condos and villas
decks & surfaces — PlayaStays Design Studio, Playa del Carmen02Decks & SurfacesHardwood, composite and stone underfoot
built-in seating — PlayaStays Design Studio, Playa del Carmen03Built-in SeatingConcrete and hardwood lounges made for the space
lighting & shade — PlayaStays Design Studio, Playa del Carmen04Lighting & ShadeComfort from noon to midnight
Selected Details
Penthouse rooftop terrace at sunsetRooftop terrace · sunset lounge
Built-in poolside seating under rattan lanternsBuilt-in seating & fire
Villa terrace with wood ceilingDeck detail · tzalam
—How It Works

How a terrace or patio is transformed.

Rooftops and ground-floor terraces rebuilt as rooms — surfaced, shaded, drained and furnished.

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Survey levels and drainage

Where the water goes is the whole job. We check falls, outlets and the structure before choosing a surface.

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Design it as a room

Zones for eating, lounging and sun, with the circulation that makes them usable. Shade and lighting planned in, not added later.

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Surface, shade and build

Travertine, chukum or hardwood deck, laid to a fall. Pergola or palapa where the sun needs breaking, planting where it needs softening.

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Furnished and lit

Outdoor furniture built for the weather, lighting on a circuit you can actually switch, and a terrace you use after dark.

Book a Call Get a Quote Thirty minutes, no charge. You leave with a budget range and an order of work.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Can my rooftop support a terrace build?

Almost always — but we verify before we design. Every rooftop project starts with a structural review, and we engineer decking, planters and pools to the slab’s real capacity.

What surfaces work best here?

Tzalam and composite decking, local stone and polished concrete all age gracefully in the Riviera Maya. We’ll show you all of them at the studio.

How long does a rooftop transformation take?

Shade structure, kitchen and plunge pool are phased in one written schedule — decking and lounge builds lead, the trades follow.

What about shade and rain?

Most terraces need both. A pergola, palapa or louvred roof gives you back the middle of the day, and the deck is pitched and drained so an afternoon storm runs off instead of pooling.

Featured Work

Casa Verema,
Aldea Zama

White box to finished home — turnkey interiors, rooftop plunge pool and full connectivity, delivered as one project.

Casa Verema — finished living and dining, Aldea ZamaCasa Verema · the reveal
Playa del Carmen · Riviera Maya

Begin with a conversation.

Every project starts at our Playa del Carmen studio — or with a walkthrough of yours.

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Bedroom with a warm wood headboard, striped pillows and a woven pendant lamp, facing a wall of windows onto palm trees

You dream it,
we build it.

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