Second story additions in Greenwood & Phinney Ridge

Phinney Ridge is named for the ridge it sits on, and that geography is the neighborhood's quiet argument for building up: a second story on the ridge buys light and outlook that a first floor simply cannot see. From the zoo north through Greenwood toward Crown Hill, these are streets of early-twentieth-century houses on established lots — a neighborhood where the two districts blur into each other and share everything from farmers markets to the same stock of one-story homes that families outgrow but do not want to leave.

Leaving is the expensive option in every sense. The lot, the block, the walk to Greenwood's core — none of it can be repurchased at today's prices, and Seattle's citywide upzoning is only sharpening the value of close-in land. Adding a second story keeps all of it and doubles the house. It also keeps the yard intact: because Seattle's tree protection ordinance regulates removals when construction expands outward, growing within the existing footprint is the path that never has to touch a protected tree.

The build is engineering-first, as every Seattle vertical addition has to be. The city sits in a high seismic design category, so the new level is designed with shear walls, holdowns, and a continuous load path — and the older foundations common on these blocks are assessed up front, since many pre-1980 houses were never anchored for the loads a second story adds. Pacific Pro Group carries the project through design, engineering, and the SDCI permit as one process, then frames and weatherproofs the new floor above your existing roof before the old one comes off. The house stays sealed against the rain; the family stays home.

Neighborhoods we serve in Greenwood & Phinney Ridge

ZIP codes served: 98103 · 98117 · 98133