Residential Construction
Room additions, second stories and bump-outs
Design-build Room Additions for homeowners across Southern California, handled by one in-house team from drawings to final inspection.
Room Additions, in short
An addition is the point where an older house has to meet current code. That is the part homeowners underestimate, not the new square footage, but what the new square footage triggers in the existing structure.
New square footage pulls the old house up to code
Adding to a house commonly triggers upgrades in the existing structure: electrical service capacity, seismic anchoring, egress, smoke and CO detection. It is not a contractor padding the scope, it is what the permit requires.
Second story or out, and why the lot decides
Where lot coverage and setbacks are tight, going up is often the only option. That means evaluating whether the existing foundation and framing can carry another floor, an engineering question answered before design, not during construction.
Matching an existing house is deliberate work
Rooflines, stucco texture, window proportion and trim profile all have to read as original. An addition that announces itself is a resale problem. Getting it invisible takes specification effort up front.
Room Additions across Southern California
We work in 200+ cities across 7 counties. Here is what the work involves where you live, including the local permit path.
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Riverside County
San Bernardino County
San Diego County
Santa Barbara County
Common questions
Room Additions, what to expect
- Do you provide a written scope before work starts?
- Always. The proposal lists what is included, what is excluded, the materials allowance and the payment schedule. Nothing starts on a handshake.
- Who pulls the permit?
- We do, as the licensed contractor of record. You are not filing anything with the city yourself.
- What happens if something unexpected turns up mid-project?
- Older homes hide things, undersized panels, failed framing, non-permitted prior work. When we find something, work stops on that item, we show you what we found and price the fix as a written change order before continuing.
Planning a Room Additions project?
Call (818) 747-7676 or send us the details and we will come look at it.