Second-storey additions
Full structural assessment of what the existing building can carry, then the framing, roof tie-in and stair integration to add above it.
Home additions and
structural work.
Second storeys, ADUs and bump-outs — plus the foundation and framing work most remodelers would rather hand to somebody else.
The approach
Additions live or die
Additions live or die
on what is underneath.
An addition is not a new house with a shared wall. It is a structural intervention into a building that is already standing, already settled, and rarely built the way the drawings claim it was.
That is why we take on the parts of this work that many remodeling companies subcontract out and stop watching: foundation repair, structural framing, and window installation into new and altered openings. If the load path and the waterproofing are not right, no amount of finish work will save the result.
It also means being straight with you early. Sometimes a second storey is the right answer. Sometimes reworking the footprint you already have costs less and gives you more. We will tell you which one we think it is before you spend money on drawings.
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What is included
Everything this
Everything this
work involves.
One licence covers all of it. You are not appointing six separate trades and refereeing between them.
Accessory dwelling units
Detached and attached ADUs designed around California and local rules, for family, rental income or resale value.
Bump-outs and extensions
Single-room extensions to gain a proper kitchen, primary suite or living space without moving house.
Foundation repair
Assessment and remediation of settlement, cracking and inadequate footings — on its own, or as the enabling work for an addition.
Structural framing & beams
New load paths, beam installation and wall removal to open up a plan without compromising the structure.
Window installation
New and replacement openings, flashed and sealed properly so coastal weather stays outside where it belongs.
How it runs
Four stages,
Four stages,
no surprises.
You will always know which stage you are in and what happens next.
01
Structural assessment
We look at what is actually there — foundation, framing, load paths — before anyone draws an addition on top of it.
02
Design and permit strategy
Scope aligned with budget, then plans submitted with the setback, height and ADU rules already accounted for.
03
Enabling and structural work
Foundation, footings, beams and framing. The unglamorous stage that determines whether the rest lasts.
04
Tie-in and finish
Roof, envelope, windows and interior finishes matched to the existing house so the addition does not read as an afterthought.
Selected work
Work of this kind.
Ask us for photographs and references from recent projects near you — we will send them over.
In their words
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Questions
Straight answers.
Sometimes yes, sometimes only with significant foundation and framing work first. It depends on the existing footings, the framing, and the soil. We assess that before you commission drawings, because finding out afterwards is expensive.
Yes. California has made ADUs considerably easier to permit than they once were, and San Diego has its own overlay of rules on top. We will tell you what your lot allows and what it will realistically cost to build.
Yes. We take on foundation assessment and repair as standalone work, not only as part of an addition. If it turns out the problem is smaller than you feared, we will say so.
That is the intent, and it takes deliberate work — matching roof pitch, eave detail, stucco texture and window proportion. A tie-in that reads as an obvious bolt-on is a detailing failure, not an inevitability.
More disruptive than a single-room remodel and less than a whole-home gut. We phase the work and seal off the live areas so you can usually stay in the house, and we tell you honestly which weeks will be difficult.
Related
Often combined with.
Most projects touch more than one of these. See all services.
Custom Home Building
Ground-up construction on your lot, run by the licensed builder who priced it — not handed to a project manager you have never met.
Whole-Home Renovation
Interior gut and rebuild — planned so you know what happens each week and, more importantly, when you get your house back.
Free, no-obligation
Tell us about the project.
Send the details, or just call. You will speak to Russell — the person who will price the work and run it.