Doylestown's historic borough and surrounding township neighborhoods are full of homes worth expanding with care. We design and engineer additions and renovations for them.
Doylestown is the Bucks County seat, a borough of about two square miles founded in 1745, surrounded mostly by Doylestown Township, with which it shares a postal address and school district. The Doylestown Historic District is on the National Register, as are the Mercer Museum and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and Fonthill stands in the township. SEPTA's Lansdale and Doylestown Line ends at Doylestown station.
Historic borough houses, township homes and newer houses each call for a different approach to an addition. Our engineers check the existing structure first, then design the new work with the architecture.
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.
In Pennsylvania, building permits are reviewed under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code by the township or borough, zoning comes first, and a project that needs relief from the zoning ordinance goes to the Zoning Hearing Board.
Homes in the borough's historic district may need review of exterior changes before a permit. We design additions that respect the original architecture and prepare drawings for that review.
Because the borough and the township have separate zoning, we confirm which applies to your home before design.
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.
Yes. We design new work that respects the original house and prepare drawings for review.
They have separate zoning. We confirm which applies before design.
Our instant quote gives you a fixed design fee, which we confirm after a site visit.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.