Somerset County NJ remodeling & restoration.

Homes in Somerset County

What we see in Somerset County NJ homes.

Somerset County housing runs the full range. Warren, Watchung and Bridgewater are full of colonials, split-levels and bi-levels from the 1960s through the 1980s, many still carrying the original hall bath and a kitchen that has been patched rather than redone. Basking Ridge, Bernardsville and Bedminster add larger custom homes and older estate properties, where a remodel often means reworking a primary suite or bringing a dated kitchen up to the level of the rest of the house.

A lot of what we do here is the second or third renovation a house has seen. That means opening walls that someone else already opened, and finding out what was done behind them. We plan for that in the walkthrough, look for the warning signs before we price the job, and tell you what we find before it changes anything.

Water matters in Somerset too. Low-lying areas near the Raritan and Millstone rivers have taken real flooding in big storms, and plenty of homes elsewhere in the county deal with damp basements every spring. If a finished basement is part of your plan, we look at drainage and waterproofing first so the new space stays dry.

Planning a Somerset project starts with a few public tools. The Somerset County government site covers county services and resources. If your street sits near the Raritan or Millstone, look your address up on the {FEMA} before a basement or first-floor remodel, because a mapped flood zone changes how we plan the lower level. Permits come from your own town's construction office, and we walk you through what your project needs.