Brewster and the Town of Southeast offer Harlem Line commutes and homes ready to grow. We design and engineer additions, second stories and renovations there.
Southeast is a town of about 32 square miles in the southeastern corner of Putnam County, with the village of Brewster as its most densely populated area and hamlets including Brewster Heights, Brewster Hill, Peach Lake and Sears Corners. Metro-North's Harlem Line stops at Brewster and Southeast stations. The Bog Brook and East Branch reservoirs, both part of the New York City supply, lie near the town center and east of Brewster.
Village houses, lake homes at Peach Lake and later suburban homes all appear here. Our engineers evaluate 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 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 reservoirs and their streams may face watershed review of septic, stormwater and disturbance. We check those requirements early.
Older village homes in Brewster often have older framing and small lots. We design additions that fit within the setbacks or explain early if a variance is worth pursuing.
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.
It can. We check the requirements for your property before design.
Often, yes. We check the existing foundation and framing first.
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.