02 / Scope & Services — Sheet A

Drawings for every room — and the ones you’ll add.

Six core scopes. Every one is drafted before a hammer swings: dimensions, finishes, electrical, permit path. You approve the plan; we build to the plan.

A.01

Kitchens.

The room that ends up doing everything. We draft kitchens around the way you actually cook — then we measure twice, and cut the cabinet box at the bench.

  • Cabinetry & counters. Shop-finished boxes, slab or shaker fronts, stone or butcher block.
  • Tile & floors. Porcelain and natural stone backsplashes; LVP or engineered hardwood underfoot.
  • Layout reworks. Walls come out if they have to — with engineer’s header drawings when they’re load-bearing.
  • Electrical & lighting. Undercabinet, recessed, pendant. We plan circuits before we open drywall.
Kitchen with LVP flooring and white cabinetry
Shoreline kitchen — LVP, shaker fronts, quartz.
Bathroom with dark vanities and green marble countertop
Primary bath — dark oak vanities, verde marble.
A.02

Bathrooms.

Small rooms, big tolerances. Tile plans get dry-laid on the floor before a single piece meets thinset. Every cut is drawn before it’s made.

  • Surfaces. Marble, porcelain, zellige, terrazzo. We set the pattern on paper first.
  • Vanities. Stock, modified stock, or site-built. We miter and sand at the shop.
  • Waterproofing. Mud-bed or pre-sloped pans with full membrane — every time.
  • Plumbing & vent. Rough-in coordinated to finish centerlines, not the other way around.
A.02.b

Material lab. Try the finish before it’s ordered.

A small sample of the pairings we’ve specified for recent baths. Click a swatch to see the floor or wall change. We keep real samples at the shop — this is the drafting version.

FLOOR · Verde marble
WALL · Bone limewash

Floor — stone & wood

Wall — plaster, tile, paint

A.03

Basements.

A lot of houses in West Haven sit on eight feet of usable ceiling that never got finished. We frame, insulate, and detail these rooms so they read as part of the house — not a rec room afterthought.

  • Framing & insulation. Closed-cell rim joists, mineral wool stud bays, treated base plates.
  • Egress & permits. We pull the permit, cut the window well, and coordinate the inspector.
  • Built-ins. Shop-fitted shelving, window seats, wet bars — drawn in elevation first.
  • HVAC coordination. Mini-splits or ducted runs, sized to the room — not guessed.
Custom built-in shelving with painted trim
Finished basement — built-ins to the ceiling line.
Exterior with stone veneer and new deck
Stone veneer & composite deck — grade to rail.
A.04

Foundations & Stone.

The grade line is where a house earns its looks. Stone veneer, decks, steps, walkways — the working skin of the lot.

  • Stone veneer. Ledgestone, fieldstone, or dry-stack; mortar tooled to match the house.
  • Decks & composite. Trex and Azek systems, hidden fasteners, mitered skirts.
  • Steps & walks. Bluestone, brick, or cast-in-place — set on drained base.
  • Site grading. We slope water away from the foundation. Always.
A.05

Additions.

Adding a room to an existing house is an exercise in matching — rooflines, trim reveals, siding exposure, floor height. Get one wrong and it reads as an add-on forever.

  • Great rooms. Vaulted ceilings, exposed rafters, shiplap or plaster — drawn in section first.
  • Dormers & bumps. Gable, shed, or eyebrow. We match existing roof pitch within a quarter-degree.
  • Permit drawings. Full stamped sets for town review — no back-channel.
  • Framing tie-ins. Ridge to ridge, plate to plate. The old house doesn’t know we added the new one.
Vaulted great room addition with shiplap ceiling
Addition — vaulted shiplap, reclaimed beam.
Composite deck with steps
Deck & envelope — clean detail at the flashing.
A.06

Roofing & Envelope.

The things that keep the weather out. Roofing, siding, windows, flashing — detailed so water leaves the house the way the drawing says it should.

  • Roofing. Architectural asphalt, standing-seam metal, synthetic slate. Ice-and-water at every valley.
  • Windows. Full-frame or insert replacements; flashed to modern standards even on old houses.
  • Siding & trim. LP, cedar, fiber-cement, Azek. Corners and reveals match the house’s period.
  • Storm repair. Emergency tarp, insurance scope, permanent fix. We work the process for you.

Not sure which scope fits?

Most projects cross two or three of these columns. Tell us what’s on your mind — we’ll draft the breakdown before the first meeting.