Clean Construction / Home Additions / Amherst, Ohio
Home additions for Amherst — built onto century homes and newer builds alike, with foundations tied in right and exteriors matched so the new rooms look like they were always there.
Amherst is a town with a standard. The sandstone downtown was built by people who expected their work to outlive them, and the century homes around it have mostly obliged. Adding onto one of those houses is a test a contractor either passes or fails in plain view of the street: the addition either belongs to the house, or it announces itself as the thing that got bolted on in whatever decade it was built.
Brad builds to belong. That starts underground — the new foundation excavated and poured below the 32-inch frost line, detailed against the old stone or block so the two structures settle together instead of apart — and continues up through framing sized for what's actually inside a hundred-year-old wall. Above grade it's proportion work: matching siding reveals, trim weight, window scale, and a roofline tie-in that doesn't fight the original geometry.
The newer streets off Cooper Foster Park Road are the other half of the work, and the more straightforward half — modern framing, materials still in production, and usually a growing family that needs the family room or primary suite the builder never offered. Either way, zoning and permits run through the City of Amherst Building Department, handled end to end by Brad.
An addition stands or settles on how its foundation meets the existing one. Brad excavates, pours footings below Ohio's 32-inch frost line on undisturbed soil, and details the connection so the new structure and the old one carry their loads together — with drainage planned before the pour, not after the first wet spring.
At some point the wall between old and new comes open, and everything above it needs somewhere to stand. Brad walks the existing structure first — foundation, framing, mechanicals — and sizes headers and beams for what's actually there. He's building onto your home, not around it.
Windows get staged early so there's no dead gap between framing and weathertight. Then the siding, soffit, fascia, and roofline get matched to your existing home — and if that means special-ordering a discontinued profile, Brad orders it. Close enough isn't good enough.
An addition means zoning setbacks, a building permit, and trade inspections through the City of Amherst Building Department. Brad handles the drawings, applications, and every inspector visit. The paper trail protects the biggest investment you own when it's time to sell.
Follow a full addition build phase by phase — excavation to finished room — on the additions page, or browse the full portfolio.
A bedroom, a bigger kitchen, an in-law suite, a first-floor primary — or just "we're out of room." Vague is fine. Every addition starts as a conversation, not a bid.
He wants to see how you actually live in it — where the light comes from, how traffic moves, what you're gaining and what you can't lose. Then he walks the structure: foundation, framing, mechanicals, and the lot itself. The plan comes out of that, and it's one you won't be surprised by six months later.
Excavation, foundation, framing, rough-in, exterior, finish — line by line, nothing buried. Money is settled in the contract before a shovel touches your yard.
Excavation, foundation inspected, framing up, licensed subs on rough-in, dried in fast, exterior matched, interior finished to the trim. No handoffs, no subcontractor you've never met making decisions — Brad manages every phase and is on site through it.
Yes — an addition is real construction and gets the full treatment: zoning review for setbacks, a building permit, and electrical, plumbing, and HVAC inspections through the City of Amherst Building Department. Brad handles the drawings, the applications, and every inspection as part of the job. You never deal with the counter.
Most room additions run two to four months of build time depending on size and scope — a single-room bump-out lands at the short end, a full in-law suite with a bath at the long end. Brad stages material orders early so the schedule has no dead time, and you get that schedule in writing before work starts.
That's the standard the job is built to. Siding, soffit, fascia, and roofing get matched to your existing home — special-ordered if the profile is discontinued — and the roofline gets tied in so the addition reads as original construction. When it's finished, it should look like it was always there, because it was designed to be.
Almost never. Most of the build happens outside your existing walls — the addition goes up, gets dried in and weathertight, and only then does the opening between old and new get cut. Your home stays sealed, secure, and livable through the noisy months, and the truly disruptive stretch is measured in days, not weeks.
It depends on size, what's in it — bathroom, kitchen work, second story — and how it ties into your home, so Brad doesn't quote blind and you shouldn't trust anyone who does. He walks your home, then you get a written, itemized estimate with every line explained. The walkthrough and the estimate cost you nothing.
Yes. The addition stands on its own modern poured foundation, set below frost depth, and the joint between new concrete and old sandstone gets detailed for the way stone actually behaves — it breathes and moves differently than a poured wall, so the connection and the flashing have to let each material do its job. Brad has worked against enough old foundations in this county to know the difference between attaching to one and fighting one.
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