After looking at dozens of places to live in South Florida, Leah Mills said she and her husband settled on Hypoluxo Island because they fell in love with what she described as a “quintessential whimsical Florida Keys-style home.”
That whimsy, however, has turned into a nightmare since the couple last year made what seemed like a routine request to add two bedrooms to their dream home along the Intracoastal Waterway.
With a permit in hand from Lantana, the Oklahoma couple demolished parts of the house in February 2025. Since then, town officials have refused to give them permits to rebuild it…