REMODELS & ADDITIONS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Remodels and Additions That Get Approved

Whole-home remodels and additions are where experience matters most: you’re marrying new construction to an existing structure, an existing foundation, and an existing permit history that may hold surprises. I’ve been Architect of Record on San Diego remodels for twenty years, including five as Director of Design at a design-build firm.

Know before you tear into walls

The parcel review comes first here too: setbacks and coverage determine whether the addition fits; zoning determines whether a second story flies; permit history determines whether unpermitted past work needs resolving before the city approves anything new. Finding these answers in week one is cheap. Finding them at plan check is not.

Additions that look like they belong

The best addition reads as if the house was always that way: rooflines that resolve, proportions that match, materials that continue. That’s a design problem, not a square-footage problem, and it’s the difference between adding value and just adding space.

Whole-home transformations

Down-to-the-studs remodels let you rethink the plan itself: open the kitchen, capture the view, fix the circulation that never worked. I handle design through permit drawings, plan check, and corrections, coordinating structural and Title 24 so the project moves.

How a remodel project runs

Every remodel starts with what’s actually there: I review the existing structure, the permit record, and the parcel constraints before proposing anything. Design follows, developed with you, priced against reality, and drawn so your contractor can build it without guesswork. I handle plan check and corrections, coordinate the structural engineer and Title 24 consultant, and stay on call through construction. Additions, second stories, whole-home transformations, and the stubborn houses other people gave up on.

Recent remodel & addition work