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Home Addition Cost in Somerville, MA: what the permits say

How much does home addition cost in Somerville? The usual addition job filed with Somerville is $167,060, from 114 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $50,000 and $286,996. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$167,060usual filed value
$50,000–$286,996middle half of firms' usual jobs
114priced permits (100% of 114)
77firms on file
472days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home addition cost in Somerville?

The usual addition job filed with Somerville is $167,060, from 114 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $286,996. 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 472 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 114 priced permits across 77 firms, pooled into one. Half of Somerville addition permits were filed between $41,900 and $400,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$13,1001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$41,9001 in 4 filed below
50th$184,000the middle permit
75th$400,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$594,0001 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: City of Somerville FY2025 assessed values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $929,700$225,0002535
Middle third$929,700–$1,136,800$83,9002643
Upper third$1,173,800 and up$267,0002636

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 moUsualMiddle half
Sal Querusio53$50,000$40,000–$582,861
North Heritage Construction Corp43——
Lacourt Realty LLC33——
Up Design & Build, LLC32——
Abiatar Construction22——
Acvp Design22——
Hadley Contracting Inc22——
Ivyprop Group LLC22——
Lin Construction LLC22——
Seeair22——

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $50,000; the 77 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $200,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,173,800 and up) usually file $267,000, against $225,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 addition permits is filed under $13,100 and 1 in 10 over $594,000, 45 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 114 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 114 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Somerville, 1 in 10 addition filed values sit under $13,100, the middle half between $41,900 and $400,000, and 1 in 10 over $594,000.

  • $773,000Above $594,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Somerville.
  • $167,060Right at the usual $167,060: in the middle of the file.
  • $9,200Below $13,100: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home addition in Somerville

Somerville files the fewest addition permits in May (53 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (147). 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 Somerville →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Somerville permit applications (issued permits only). 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 Somerville →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for an addition job in Somerville?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Somerville addition firms usually file between $50,000 and $286,996 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 5.7 times apart and both be normal for Somerville. 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 Somerville?Half of permits were filed between $41,900 and $400,000; 8 in 10 between $13,100 and $594,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do home addition contractors charge in Somerville?The usual addition job is filed at $167,060; the middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $286,996. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $50,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $167,060?$167,060 is the construction value contractors wrote on Somerville 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 $267,000, the lower third $225,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Somerville permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Somerville →

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