Home Additions in Wildwood, Missouri

Wildwood homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for a home addition in Wildwood is spent on the plat, setbacks and easements, then floor heights, rooflines and HVAC capacity, which tells us how custom homes on large wooded lots and rural estates were put together.

The housing stock here: 1980s to 2000s custom and semi-custom homes on large wooded lots, newer town-center development and rural estates.

Matching brick, stone and custom windows is the hard part, and we source them first.

Lots, exteriors and approvals in Wildwood

Tall decks among the trees, screened porches and multi-level outdoor spaces. The city has tree preservation and grading rules that affect additions and new structures.

Additions to Wildwood homes must match demanding originals: brick and stone, steep roofs, custom windows. We source matching materials early, because a poor brick match on a house of this caliber is not acceptable.

What is included

During Wildwood additions we keep the existing house weather-tight and secure, build temporary dust walls at the tie-in, and schedule the breakthrough late so your daily life is disrupted for weeks rather than months.

We take on home addition work across Wildwood, from estates near Babler State Park to Wildwood Town Center and neighborhoods along Highway 109 and Manchester Road.

What we watch for

Rear-yard easements and building lines in Wildwood subdivisions are often tighter than owners expect. We confirm the buildable area from the recorded plat before anyone gets attached to a floor plan.

Wildwood properties tend to be steep, wooded acreage where tree and grading rules apply, and that affects how we stage materials, where an excavator, a foundation crew, framers, a roofer and every interior trade park and how debris leaves the site.

Permits and approvals in Wildwood

Wildwood's zoning review and the St. Louis County permit process is where we file for a home addition in Wildwood, and the job will see plan review plus footing, foundation, framing, trade, insulation and final inspections.

Exterior work in Wildwood can also involve the city's tree preservation and grading rules, and we put that package together for you.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on three to six months of site work for a home addition in Wildwood, once permits and materials are in hand.

Wildwood sits toward the edge of our range: I-64 to Chesterfield and then south on Highway 109, around forty minutes. We group trade visits and deliveries carefully for projects at that distance, and we take them on when the scope justifies a dedicated crew.

What moves the price in Wildwood

We price home additions in Wildwood from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Foundation type: slab, crawlspace or basement.
• What the rooms are. A bedroom costs less per foot than a kitchen or bath.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main home additions page. More about the area is on our Wildwood page.