Complete Home Solutions & Additions in Greater Boston
Love your neighborhood, but outgrowing your home? We plan, orchestrate, and construct seamless home additions, structural reconfiguration, and whole-house renovations.
A Partner for Your Home’s Next Generation
Expanding or dramatically changing your house is a major undertaking. Between structural engineering, local zoning boards, ordering heavy-duty materials, and managing multiple trade crews, a whole-house remodel or addition has hundreds of moving parts. If a contractor lacks communication systems, a strict timeline, or an understanding of older New England construction methods, projects quickly stall or spiral out of budget.
Level Best Remodeling provides the structured leadership you need for projects of this scale. Steve Berwaldt brings over 20 years of hands-on experience running complex, multi-trade projects across the Boston suburbs. We coordinate the architects, engineers, tradespeople, and town inspectors under one unified standard of quality. We guide you through every choice, ensuring your addition, basement remodel, or master-suite project seamlessly matches your existing home’s aesthetic and structural integrity.
Our Comprehensive Home Solutions
We don’t just patch up problems—we design and structuralize solutions that reinvent how your family uses space.
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Need extra bedrooms, a private in-law suite, or a sprawling master wing? We build foundation-up additions that physically blend into your home’s existing roofline, exterior siding, and structural layout.
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Transform dark, compartmentalized layouts typical of older regional builds. We safely manipulate support structures, engineer custom beam support systems, and transition your entire home into an open, modern floor plan.
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Turn unused square footage into a premium family room, home office, or custom gym. We emphasize proper insulation, subfloor thermal breaks, soundproofing, and advanced moisture management before we hang a single board.
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Renovating historic Boston homes requires balancing modern safety and efficiency with architectural heritage. We preserve the timeless character of your house while updating plumbing, heating, insulating properties, and framing code requirements.
Our Strategic Execution Blueprint
1. Feasibility & Budget Planning
We meet at your home to evaluate your property’s current layout, land setbacks, and local zoning guidelines. We establish what is structurally possible, map out high-level design directions, and deliver a comprehensive project estimate.
2. Engineering & Permissions
Whole-home renovations or structural additions require flawless logistics. We coordinate with structural engineers and design partners to finalize architectural blueprints, obtain official town permits, and verify historic-board guidelines, keeping you protected from day one.
3. Phased Construction & Project Management
We execute your project in phases to minimize your stress. From foundation work and heavy framing to roofing, siding, insulation, and deep utility rough-ins, Steve is directly managing the site and providing you with regular progress updates.
4. The Final Walkthrough & Commissioning
Once all finishes—trim carpentry, paint, custom flooring, and light fixtures—are complete, we run a detailed, room-by-room walkthrough together. We ensure every outlet, window seal, door close, and finish details meet the Level Best standard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should we hire an architect first, or do we start with you?
We recommend contacting us first. Because we are out in the field every day, we understand current material lead times, local Boston subcontractor rates, and labor costs. We can work alongside your architect—or introduce you to ours—to design a space that is actually realistic to build within your targeted budget, preventing you from paying for blueprints that are too expensive to construct.
Can we stay in our home during a major addition or whole-house remodel?
For minor additions or single-room extensions (like a finished basement or a single bedroom suite), yes. However, for large whole-house projects where we are rebuilding central staircases, tearing down principal roofs, or altering entire utility arrays, it’s often more comfortable and efficient to temporarily relocate. We will help you weigh the pros, cons, and logistics of both options long before construction begins.
How do you handle unforeseen problems, especially in historic New England homes?
Older homes (particularly 80-to-150-year-old structures in communities around Boston) often hide structural surprises beneath the plaster, like knob-and-tube wiring, sagging historic joists, or lack of proper foundation footings. If we discover something unexpected, we stop immediately, capture photos of the structural issue, explain the options clearly, and work with you to execute a safe solution without hidden markups.
Expand Your Home. Elevate Your Lifestyle.
Don’t move away from the town, schools, and neighborhood you love. Let’s talk about adding the space, utility, and comfort your family needs. Get in touch with Steve to schedule an initial consultation.