Harding's country estates, historic villages and the edge of the Great Swamp call for careful design. We design and engineer renovations, additions and new homes there.
Harding Township covers about 20 square miles of Morris County, with New Vernon at its center and historic village centers at Green Village, Logansville and Pleasantville. Farmhouses here were bought and enlarged by wealthy families from Manhattan and Newark, and many country estates have stayed largely intact for generations. A 1928 neighborhood agreement placed voluntary covenants on over 1,000 acres to protect the township's rural character, and it shaped later zoning.
Part of the Great Swamp lies in the township, and the Tempe Wick Road and Washington Corners Historic District extends into it from Jockey Hollow. Estate houses, enlarged farmhouses and new homes on large lots all need structure, site and design planned together, which is how our architects and engineers work.
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 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.
Properties near the Great Swamp often include wetlands and buffers that limit where an addition or new house can go. We check those constraints on the first visit and design around them.
Older farmhouses and estate houses carry generations of alterations. We document the existing building, often with LiDAR scanning, and design new work that ties into it.
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 document the house and design the renovation and its structure to tie into the original building.
Not necessarily. We check wetlands and buffers first and design within them.
Yes, from site planning through sealed architectural and structural drawings.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.