Home Additions & Dormers in Huntington, NY
You need more room and moving is worse than building. Khella has built in Suffolk County since 2006 and files Huntington work with Town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services. About twenty-five minutes north-east.
Adding on in Huntington
The hillside lots north of 25A make rear additions a foundation problem before they are a framing problem. We price the retaining and drainage up front rather than discovering it in week three.
Shed and full dormers, second storeys, rear extensions and in-law suites, engineered to carry properly on the house you already have.
We survey the existing framing and foundation before drawing anything, so nobody promises you a bedroom the house cannot carry.
- Permit filed with Town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services, and jurisdiction confirmed before drawings
- Structural survey of the existing framing and foundation before design
- Shed dormers, full dormers and full second-storey additions
- Rear and side extensions, in-law and accessory apartments
- Steel and LVL beam work where the span calls for it
- Roof, siding and window matching so the addition does not announce itself
- Phasing that keeps the house liveable and weather-tight throughout
- No flood-map complication on most Huntington parcels — we confirm it anyway
Your existing
house is the
first constraint.
An addition is a structural question before it is a design one. What Huntington houses were originally built to carry, and what town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services will approve, together decide how much room you actually get.
- What you are adding onto
A wide spread: 19th-century village houses near Main Street, 1920s colonials on the hill, post-war capes south of Route 25A, and newer construction toward Melville.
- Who reviews the addition
- Town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services
Huntington hamlet is unincorporated, so the Town files it. If your address sits inside Huntington Bay, Lloyd Harbor or Asharoken, that village reviews the application instead and the calendar changes.
- What most often forces a redesign
Historic district review applies to a surprising number of Main Street and Park Avenue properties. Finding that out after the drawings are done costs a month.
Huntington
questions,
answered.
Can I put a dormer or second storey on my Huntington house?
Usually, but the existing structure decides. The hillside lots north of 25A make rear additions a foundation problem before they are a framing problem. We price the retaining and drainage up front rather than discovering it in week three.
Will an addition in Huntington need a variance?
Historic district review applies to a surprising number of Main Street and Park Avenue properties. Finding that out after the drawings are done costs a month. We check setbacks and lot coverage against town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services requirements before design, so a variance is a deliberate choice rather than a surprise three months in.
What kind of house am I adding onto?
A wide spread: 19th-century village houses near Main Street, 1920s colonials on the hill, post-war capes south of Route 25A, and newer construction toward Melville. That original construction determines whether the foundation and framing can carry a second floor, which is the first thing we survey.
Can we stay in the house during the work?
Usually yes. We phase so the house stays weather-tight and liveable, keep the dust contained, and sequence the roof opening around the forecast rather than the calendar.
Does an addition trigger anything else in Huntington?
It can. Inland Huntington is well clear of the flood maps. Anything down by the harbor or Mill Dam Road needs the elevation certificate pulled before design starts. In Suffolk, adding a bedroom or bathroom can also trigger a County sanitary upgrade. Both get checked at estimate stage, not at inspection.