West Windsor's neighborhoods, from Princeton Junction and Dutch Neck to Grover's Mill and Edinburg, are full of homes ready for their next chapter. We design and engineer additions, second stories and renovations for them.
Most of West Windsor was built as single family neighborhoods from the late 1970s through the 2000s. Those houses are solid, but many were built with layouts that no longer fit how families live: closed kitchens, formal rooms that go unused, small primary suites and finished basements that need rethinking. They also tend to be framed with engineered trusses and floor systems that matter a great deal when you want to remove a wall or build up.
Our engineers know how to work with those systems. Removing a bearing wall in a 1990s colonial, adding a second floor over a family room or extending a kitchen into the yard all start with understanding what the existing structure is doing, which we document with a site visit and, when it helps, a LiDAR scan of the house.
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.
Many West Windsor neighborhoods were built by the same developers with similar lots, so the limits that shape an addition, such as rear and side setbacks and lot coverage, are often consistent within a subdivision. We check those for your zone early. Some developments also have homeowner association rules on exterior changes, and we can prepare drawings for an association review alongside the town's.
Parts of the township sit near the Millstone River, Duck Pond Run and other streams. If a property is in or near a mapped flood area, we confirm it before design so the addition is planned for the right requirements from the start.
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.
Usually. We confirm whether the wall is bearing, design the beam and posts, and make sure the loads are carried to the foundation, then show it all on sealed drawings for the permit.
For an addition, a current property survey helps confirm setbacks. If you have one, we use it. If not, we tell you whether the project needs one.
Yes. Our LiDAR scanning creates accurate existing conditions drawings that the design and the structural work are built on.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.