Scarsdale's established single family neighborhoods are full of homes worth expanding with care. We design and engineer additions, second stories, renovations and new homes there.
Scarsdale is a village of under seven square miles in Westchester County, with a Metro-North station about 30 minutes from Midtown by express train. Its five neighborhoods, Greenacres, Fox Meadow, Heathcote, Quaker Ridge and Edgewood, take their names from the elementary schools. Suburban development here goes back to 1891, when a 150 acre farm was subdivided for one family homes, and the village grew quickly through the 1920s and 1930s.
Many Scarsdale houses date from those early decades, and owners often want more space without losing what makes the house special. A new kitchen and family room, a primary suite or a full renovation depends on structure, and our engineers design it together with the architecture so your builder receives complete drawings.
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.
Scarsdale homes from the 1920s and 1930s often have masonry walls, plaster ceilings and roof framing sized for another era. We document the existing house, often with LiDAR scanning, so the new work ties in correctly.
On established streets, an addition has to respect the scale and character of the neighbors. We design rooflines, materials and window patterns that fit the house, which also helps when a design goes before a review board.
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 existing house and design the addition and its structure to tie into the original building.
Often, yes. Exterior changes may need review before the permit. We prepare drawings for those reviews and support you through them.
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.