How much does home addition cost in Arlington, VA? The usual addition job filed with Arlington, VA is $80,000, from 749 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $48,000 and $232,500. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual addition job filed with Arlington, VA is $80,000, from 749 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $48,000 and $232,500. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. An addition permit here usually takes 235 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 749 priced permits across 348 firms, pooled into one. Half of Arlington, VA addition permits were filed between $25,800 and $204,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $8,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $25,800 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $84,100 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $204,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $400,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Arlington County 2026 assessed values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $1,086,400 | $64,000 | 116 | 260 |
| Middle third | $1,086,400–$1,420,500 | $100,000 | 116 | 259 |
| Upper third | $1,425,050 and up | $125,000 | 116 | 231 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Bros Corporation | 39 | 16 | $150,000 | $45,000–$200,000 | 90.4% |
| Moss Construction Company | 27 | 11 | $60,000 | $45,000–$65,000 | 87.2% |
| Highland Street LLC | 24 | 8 | $64,000 | $50,000–$143,750 | 87.8% |
| Jerry S Jackson | 17 | 6 | $5,900 | $5,000–$7,800 | 95.7% |
| NV Waterproofing LLC | 10 | 5 | $12,750 | $7,700–$15,612 | 2 of 5 |
| Christopher L Sodergren | 6 | 5 | $2,500 | $2,500 | — |
| Tri Vista USA LLC | 15 | 4 | $450,000 | $333,642–$645,000 | 95.7% |
| Newell Group Inc | 8 | 4 | $122,500 | $42,937–$225,000 | — |
| C E Rivers Residential LLC | 13 | 3 | $520,000 | $420,000–$680,000 | 88.7% |
| Dominion Design Build Inc | 13 | 3 | $350,000 | $225,000–$400,000 | 83.2% |
Line your quote up against the file. In Arlington, VA, 1 in 10 addition filed values sit under $8,000, the middle half between $25,800 and $204,000, and 1 in 10 over $400,000.
Arlington, VA files the fewest addition permits in January (88 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (117). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Arlington, VA →
Source: Arlington County, VA building and trade permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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