We have an office right here at 58 Woodland Ave. Our licensed architects and professional engineers design additions, second stories, renovations and new homes for Allendale homeowners.
Allendale is a small, established Bergen County borough of about three square miles, built around its Erie Railroad station and now home to tree lined streets, the Celery Farm nature preserve and neighborhoods of single family homes. Many houses here were built decades ago on generous lots, which makes them strong candidates for additions and second stories.
Having an office in town means we can meet you at the house quickly, document existing conditions accurately and keep the design moving. Our architects and engineers work together, so the structure for a new second floor or an opened up first floor is designed with the plan, not after it.
Licensed architects and professional engineers on one team, one contract and one set of signed and sealed drawings. See all of our services.
Rear, side and wraparound additions for kitchens, family rooms and primary suites, with the existing house evaluated by our engineers.
New floors over ranches, capes, garages and one story wings, with foundations and framing checked and reinforced as needed.
Whole house and partial renovations, wall removals and open plans, basements and attics, with structure and systems designed in house.
Ground up single family homes and teardown rebuilds, from site planning to sealed construction drawings.
Decks, covered porches, pergolas and garages engineered for footings, ledgers and loads.
Beam replacements, foundation fixes and engineer's letters for homeowners, buyers and insurers.
Allendale has a combined Land Use Board that serves as both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. It reviews subdivisions, site plans and residential variances. If your addition needs relief from a setback or coverage limit, this is the board that hears it, and we prepare the drawings for that hearing.
In New Jersey, most additions and structural renovations need zoning approval from the town before the construction permit, and the construction permit itself is reviewed under the state Uniform Construction Code. When a design needs relief from a setback, coverage or height limit, it goes to the town's land use board for a variance hearing.
Before design starts we confirm your zone, setbacks and coverage limits so every option we show you is one that can be approved, and we tell you early if a variance is worth pursuing.
However your project is approved, we deliver signed and sealed drawings to you, support you and your contractor through the permit submission and answer the building department's review comments in house. Read how a project moves from consultation to close out on our process page.
58 Woodland Ave, Allendale, NJ. Our main office is in Princeton, and we also have an office in Brooklyn.
The borough's Land Use Board, which acts as both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
We deliver signed and sealed drawings and support you or your contractor through the submission, and we answer the building department's comments.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.