From the village in the Harlem Valley to Quaker Hill, we design and engineer additions, renovations and new homes for Pawling homeowners.
Pawling is a town of about 44 square miles in southeastern Dutchess County, settled by Quakers in the 1720s and 1730s. The village sits in the Harlem Valley with a Metro-North Harlem Line station, and hamlets include Quaker Hill, Holmes and West Pawling. The Great Swamp runs along the town's southern edge, Observatory Hill rises to 1,332 feet, and the Appalachian Trail crosses the north with its own train stop. The Oblong Friends Meeting House on Quaker Hill and the John Kane House, Washington's headquarters in 1778, are among its historic sites.
Older farmhouses, village homes and houses on hilly or low lying land each need structure and site planned together. Our architects and engineers do both.
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.
Properties near the Great Swamp and Whaley Lake may have wetlands or flood mapping that limits where an addition can go. We check those first.
Hillside lots on Quaker Hill and elsewhere bring slope, rock and drainage questions. We design footings and retaining walls for actual conditions.
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.
Not necessarily. We check wetlands and flood mapping and design within them.
Yes. We evaluate the existing structure and design the addition to tie into it.
We deliver signed and sealed drawings and support you or your contractor in the permit submission.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.