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Home Addition Cost in Bellevue, WA: what the permits say

How much does home addition cost in Bellevue? The usual addition job filed with Bellevue is $125,000, from 177 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026). A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$125,000usual filed value
177priced permits (100% of 177)
151firms on file
364days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home addition cost in Bellevue?

The usual addition job filed with Bellevue is $125,000, from 177 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. 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 364 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 177 priced permits across 151 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bellevue addition permits were filed between $60,400 and $250,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$29,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$60,4001 in 4 filed below
50th$125,000the middle permit
75th$250,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$527,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: King County Assessor appraised values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $1,524,000$120,0005057
Middle third$1,524,000–$2,138,500$107,6405060
Upper third$2,176,000 and up$150,0005160

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsual
Bekins Construction Inc22—
Summerflex Roofing & Const LLC22—
MW Builds LLC22—
Tillit Design & Build LLC22—
Shane Brewer Construction Inc31—
Mercer Builders LLC31—
Lochwood-Lozier Custm Homes Co21—
PM Construction One LLC21—
Haiyuan Construction LLC21—
Medina Interior Solutions LLC21—

Why filed values run low or high

  • Bellevue records a project value only on plan-reviewed building permits (new homes, additions, larger remodels).
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $2,176,000 and up) usually file $150,000, against $120,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 addition permits is filed under $29,000 and 1 in 10 over $527,000, 18 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 177 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 177 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Bellevue, 1 in 10 addition filed values sit under $29,000, the middle half between $60,400 and $250,000, and 1 in 10 over $527,000.

  • $686,000Above $527,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Bellevue.
  • $125,000Right at the usual $125,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $20,300Below $29,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home addition in Bellevue

Bellevue files the fewest addition permits in August (54 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (176). 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 Bellevue →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bellevue permits on single-family homes and condo units. 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Bellevue →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for an addition job in Bellevue?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bellevue addition permits were filed between $60,400 and $250,000, so two ordinary jobs can sit 4.1 times apart and both be normal for Bellevue. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for addition jobs in Bellevue?Half of permits were filed between $60,400 and $250,000; 8 in 10 between $29,000 and $527,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do home addition contractors charge in Bellevue?The usual addition job is filed at $125,000. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $125,000?$125,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Bellevue permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $150,000, the lower third $120,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Bellevue permits on single-family homes and condo units, read October 2026. How the records work in Bellevue →

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