From Chappaqua to Millwood, we design and engineer additions, second stories, renovations and new homes for New Castle homeowners.
New Castle is a town of about 23 square miles in northern Westchester, with Chappaqua as its largest hamlet and Millwood in the northwest. Quakers settled Chappaqua in 1753, and their meeting house still stands on Quaker Street. The Old Chappaqua Historic District and Horace Greeley's former farm, including the Rehoboth concrete barn, are on the National Register.
Homeowners here often have larger lots and houses ready for a bigger kitchen, a primary suite or a full renovation. Sloped and wooded sites are common, so foundations, drainage and grading matter as much as the floor plan.
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 York, building permits are issued by the town, village or city building department under the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, and zoning comes first. When a design needs relief from a setback, coverage or height limit, it goes to the Zoning Board of Appeals, and many villages and towns also require Architectural Review Board or Planning Board approval for exterior changes.
Wooded and sloped lots call for careful footings, retaining walls and stormwater planning. We review the topography on the first visit and design the addition for the actual site.
For older homes near the historic core of Chappaqua, we design additions that respect the original house while updating structure and systems.
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.
Often, yes. We check the existing foundation and framing and design the new floor and any reinforcement.
Yes. Our engineers design footings, retaining walls and drainage with the architecture.
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.