Home Remodeling in Somerset County, NJ
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, sunrooms, pergolas, decks, and full additions — designed and built across Somerset County by a local, owner-led team based in Old Bridge.
Remodeling Services We Offer in Somerset County
Somerset County covers two very different kinds of house. Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Montgomery and Branchburg filled in with large colonials from the 1980s onward, generously sized but built to a builder’s spec and now ready for the finishes to catch up. Somerville, Bound Brook, Manville and Raritan are older, denser boroughs where the houses predate the war and the work is closer to restoration. Legion Build is a design-build remodeler, which means one company designs the job, pulls the permits and builds it — and you deal with Adam from the first site visit through the final inspection.
Kitchen Remodeling
Builder-grade kitchens in Bridgewater and Hillsborough colonials have the space already; what they need is real cabinetry, stone counters and a layout that opens to the family room. In the older boroughs it is usually a full gut back to the studs.
Bathroom Remodeling
Primary suites in the newer developments were sized well and finished cheaply, and a tub-to-shower conversion changes how the whole room works. Older homes near Somerville often have one bath that has to be rebuilt from the joists up.
Basement Finishing
Nearly every colonial built here after 1980 sits on a full basement with good ceiling height, which makes it the least expensive floor you will ever add. Framing, egress, moisture control, bathrooms and wet bars, finished to code.
Home Additions
Family rooms, primary suites and in-law suites on lots that usually have room to take them. We handle the foundation, the roof tie-in and the mechanical work the addition sets off.
Custom Decks
Composite and cedar decks, multi-level builds, stairs and railings, sized and footed for the grade behind your house. Somerset lots often fall away at the back, which is a design question before it is a build question.
Porches
Covered, screened and three-season porches, built new or rebuilt where the posts and framing have gone. On a Somerville or Bound Brook porch the columns are usually structural, not decorative.
Pergolas
Cedar, aluminum and louvered-roof pergolas, engineered for New Jersey snow load and wind rather than assembled from a kit, and set on footings below frost depth.
Sunrooms
Screened, three-season and four-season sunrooms — framed and finished like the rest of the house, not bolted on as a prefab kit, and detailed so the roof line reads as original.
What Remodeling Costs in Somerset County
These are the ranges we work from across Somerset County. Treat them as planning figures. The split in this county is wide: a 1990s colonial in Montgomery or Branchburg is often a finishes-and-layout job at the lower end of a range, while a pre-war house in Somerville or Manville can need the wiring, the plumbing and sometimes the framing brought forward before anything cosmetic goes back. Every project gets priced after we have seen the house.
| Project | Typical range | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Basement finishing | $45–$130 per sq ft | Ceiling height, moisture control, egress, and whether a bathroom or wet bar is included |
| Home additions | $250–$450+ per sq ft | Foundation work, the roof tie-in, building out versus up, and how much mechanical work it sets off |
| Porches | $40–$175 per sq ft | Covered, screened or three-season; whether it ties into the existing roofline |
| Sunrooms | $100 screened · $200 three-season · $260 four-season, per sq ft | Level of enclosure, foundation and whether it is heated and cooled |
| Pergolas | $38–$108 per sq ft | Material, span and post count, and whether the roof is fixed or louvered |
| Kitchen remodeling | $25–40k · $40–65k · $65–85k+ | Layout changes, cabinetry level, and whether plumbing or walls move |
| Bathroom remodeling | $18–25k · $25–40k · $40–55k+ | Size, whether the layout moves, and tile and fixture selections |
| Decks | Quoted per project | Height off grade, decking material, railing system and any built-ins |
Ranges are installed costs for Somerset County and the surrounding market. Ask for a free on-site estimate for a written number on your own house.
Why Somerset County Homeowners Choose Legion Build
You deal with the owner
Adam quotes the job, runs the crew and answers the phone. There is no salesman in between and no franchise office in another state deciding what your house gets.
One company, start to finish
Design, permits, framing, mechanicals and finish carpentry are all ours. Nothing stalls because two contractors are waiting on each other.
We file the permits and meet the inspectors
Somerset towns vary in what they want to see up front. We prepare the drawings, file with your municipality and are there for every inspection.
Remodeling Projects We Have Built in New Jersey
Kitchens, bathrooms, finished basements, additions, porches, decks and pergolas we have built across Somerset County and the four counties around it. Every photo below is a Legion Build job.
Towns We Serve in Somerset County
Headquartered in Old Bridge, Legion Build works throughout Somerset County and the surrounding area. The housing changes sharply as you move across it — the estate lots and older homes of Bernardsville, Bedminster and Basking Ridge in the north, the 1980s-onward colonials of Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Montgomery and Branchburg through the middle, and the dense pre-war boroughs of Somerville, Bound Brook, Raritan, Manville and North Plainfield along the river. We work in all of them, including:
Neighboring county? We also serve Middlesex, Union, Monmouth and Ocean counties.
See every town we work in across New Jersey on our service areas page.
Building Permits in Somerset County, Town by Town
Every one of these is a construction permit job, not a handshake. Somerset’s municipalities all work under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, but what they want at the counter differs town to town. Here is what each construction office publishes, checked September 2026. Confirm with your own town before you plan around it — and if you hire us, this is our job, not yours.
| Town | Construction office | Online permits | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township of Bridgewater | Code Enforcement Department | No online portal stated | Three copies of construction plans go with the application. A homeowner may draw plans for their own single-family home, but a contractor may not unless licensed as an architect or engineer. |
| Township of Franklin | Construction Code | Portal is for permit status and inspection requests only | Home improvement contractors, unless specifically exempted, must be registered with the State of New Jersey. |
| Township of Hillsborough | Building Department | Yes — SDL portal, for homeowners doing their own work | An application needs the Construction Permit Application Folder plus the technical forms for the specific scope, and construction documents where they apply. |
| Bernards Township | Construction Code Division | SDL portal for inspections and record search; applications in person | The division covers building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and fire protection on both new construction and rehabilitation of existing structures. |
| Borough of Somerville | Community Development Department | No online portal stated | Some projects need a zoning permit before the construction permit, which can mean Planning Board or Zoning Board approval first. |
| Montgomery Township | Building & Construction | Zoning applications via GovPilot; construction permit forms from NJ DCA | Most work that needs a building permit also needs a zoning permit, and the township asks you to check before applying. |
| Township of Branchburg | Building & Code Enforcement | No online portal stated | Once plans are reviewed and accepted and the permit issues, inspections verify the work against the NJ Uniform Construction Code and its adopted codes. |
| Warren Township | Construction Department | No online portal stated | The office tells you which permit applications are required and which prior approvals you need. Five subcodes are listed: building, electric, elevator, fire and plumbing. |
| Bound Brook | Office of Construction, Housing and Code Enforcement | No online portal stated | You file the application, construction plans and plot plans, with two copies of the construction plans. It goes to the Zoning Officer first where required, then to the subcode officials. |
Checked September 2026 against each municipality’s own construction department page. Requirements change — confirm with your town, or let us handle it.
Somerset County Remodeling FAQs
Do I need a permit to remodel a house in Somerset County?
Almost certainly. Structural work, electrical, plumbing and mechanical changes all require a construction permit under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, filed with your own municipality rather than the county. Ordinary maintenance and minor work can be exempt, but the line is narrower than most homeowners expect — and several Somerset towns want a zoning permit approved before the construction permit is even accepted. We prepare the drawings, file the permit and meet the inspectors.
How much does it cost to remodel a home in Somerset County?
It depends far more on the house than on the town. A kitchen runs roughly $25,000 to $85,000 and up, a bathroom roughly $18,000 to $55,000 and up, and a finished basement $45 to $130 per square foot. Additions run $250 to $450 per square foot and up. A 1990s colonial in Montgomery or Branchburg often lands at the lower end because the bones are sound; a pre-war house in Somerville or Manville can need wiring and plumbing brought forward first. We give you a written number after seeing the space.
Do you work in the older boroughs as well as the newer developments?
Yes, and they are genuinely different jobs. Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Montgomery and Branchburg are largely 1980s-onward colonials where the structure is fine and the finishes are ready to be replaced. Somerville, Bound Brook, Raritan and Manville are pre-war housing on tight lots where a remodel usually means opening walls and finding out what is behind them. We price and schedule those two differently, and we tell you which one you have before you commit.
How long does a remodel take in Somerset County?
A bathroom is usually a few weeks on site, a kitchen longer, and an addition longer still. The part we control least is permit review, which varies by municipality and by how busy the office is. We give you a realistic schedule with the quote, and we tell you where the risk sits rather than promising a date we cannot hold.
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