Where We Work

Four counties. Every town.
Built on local knowledge.

Timber Design + Build serves Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan Counties. We don't work from a service area map — we work from job site experience. Jeff Wiegmann and the Timber team have been on active construction sites across all four counties long enough to know which building departments move fast, which soil conditions complicate foundations, and which historic districts require a Certificate of Appropriateness before a permit will issue. That knowledge is the difference between a project that runs on schedule and one that doesn't.

Every county below links to a full county hub page with specific towns, construction context, permit office details, and direct links to every town we serve.

Licensed GC

New York State · Est. 2020

4 Counties

Full Hudson Valley

In-House

Millwork Division · Marlboro NY

Self-Performing

Critical phases — not subbed out

The construction conditions of the Hudson Valley aren't generic. Neither is our knowledge of them.

Jeff Wiegmann founded Timber Design + Build to operate as a true design-build firm — not a GC who hands off design and not a designer who hands off construction. That means one point of accountability, one contract, and a team that knows the terrain before the first shovel goes in the ground.

In the Hudson Valley that terrain knowledge is unusually important. Shawangunk Conglomerate bedrock sits near grade on half the properties west of New Paltz. The Esopus, Wallkill, Rondout, and Delaware River floodplains affect a significant percentage of the rural properties in our service area. Historic preservation overlays — from Kingston's HLPC to Newburgh's East End to Tuxedo Park's BAR — govern exterior renovation on thousands of properties in three of the four counties we serve. Knowing these conditions before the project starts is not a luxury — it's the difference between a scope that holds and a scope that blows up in preconstruction.

We operate a licensed, accredited, and membered construction firm with active relationships at building departments across all four counties. Start a conversation — we'll tell you what your specific site and county will require before you commit to anything.

Ulster County is Timber's home county and the market where we built our entire production capability. Our Marlboro facility — home to our in-house Millwork Division — sits on the Hudson Valley's Route 9W corridor, which means every Ulster County project benefits from the shortest supply chain and fastest response time we operate. Years of active job sites across New Paltz, Kingston, Woodstock, Stone Ridge, Gardiner, and the Catskill Mountain hamlets have given us detailed working knowledge of every major construction condition in the county: the Shawangunk Conglomerate bedrock that complicates foundations on western New Paltz properties, the Esopus Creek floodplain requirements in Phoenicia and Mount Tremper, and the Kingston HLPC process that governs exterior renovation in five historic districts including the Stockade and Rondout.

Ulster County's renovation market has matured significantly since the pandemic-era influx of second-home buyers. That wave has settled into a permanent cohort of buyers who are now funding comprehensive renovation projects — whole-house rehabilitations, kitchen renovations, primary suite additions, and ADU development on properties that were purchased speculatively and are now being built out properly. The second-home market in the Accord, Stone Ridge, and Woodstock area is among the most active renovation markets in the Hudson Valley right now.

What We Know About This County

  • Kingston HLPC historic district — Certificate of Appropriateness for all exterior work
  • Shawangunk Conglomerate bedrock knowledge (New Paltz / Gardiner sites)
  • Catskill Mountain terrain: floodplain, septic, steep-slope site assessment
  • In-house Millwork Division in Marlboro — shortest lead times in the county
  • Most active renovation market in our service area

Towns We Serve in Ulster County

Orange County spans a construction environment as varied as any we serve. The Hudson Highlands terrain in Cornwall and Tuxedo puts bedrock within 12 inches of grade on many properties — foundation design requires engineering judgment, not template solutions. Newburgh's East End Historic District has a Certificate of Appropriateness requirement for exterior work that parallels Kingston's HLPC process. Tuxedo Park's Board of Architectural Review is arguably the most rigorous historic design review in our service area: all exterior changes, including window replacement, require BAR approval before a building permit issues, with quarterly meetings and 3–6 month timelines. The farmland of Warwick and Goshen sits in flood-prone agricultural drainage that requires soil and septic assessment before any addition scope is committed.

The Orange County market has expanded significantly for us as remote work normalized the I-84 and Route 17 corridor commute. Buyers who want Hudson Valley character without Ulster County pricing are now investing seriously in Orange County properties — in Newburgh, Cornwall, Warwick, and the communities between Goshen and Monroe. Our Marlboro base puts us 35–50 minutes from most Orange County job sites, and our self-performing model means we don't depend on finding reliable subcontractors in markets where they're scarce.

What We Know About This County

  • Newburgh East End Historic District — Certificate of Appropriateness required
  • Tuxedo Park BAR — most regulated exterior review process in our service area
  • Hudson Highlands bedrock terrain: foundation engineering on Cornwall & Tuxedo sites
  • Warwick and Goshen farmhouse renovation — agricultural parcel compliance
  • Fastest-growing market in our four-county service area

Towns We Serve in Orange County

Dutchess County is the most architecturally diverse market we serve. Rhinebeck's Federal and Greek Revival village core, Beacon's industrial waterfront conversion energy, Millbrook's equestrian estates, and the Hudson River estate corridor from Hyde Park through Staatsburg each represent renovation categories that require fundamentally different approaches. What they share is a buyer with high design expectations and a property with genuine architectural merit worth preserving. Dutchess County is not a cost-sensitive market — the properties and the buyers both justify high-specification renovation, and that is the work we do best.

The Dutchess County permit environment is mostly straightforward for residential renovation — the Town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County building administration, and the City of Beacon each have their own processes, but none carries the historic preservation complexity of Kingston's HLPC or the BAR requirements of Tuxedo Park. Standard projects permit in 4–8 weeks. Our work in Red Hook, Millerton, and the Harlem Valley has extended our Dutchess footprint; Rhinebeck remains our most active single market in the county.

What We Know About This County

  • Rhinebeck estate renovation — highest specification work in Dutchess County
  • Beacon whole-house renovation — industrial-to-residential conversion expertise
  • Millbrook equestrian properties — large-parcel, multi-structure scopes
  • Hyde Park / Staatsburg river corridor — National Register awareness
  • Harlem Valley (Millerton) and Red Hook northern Dutchess coverage

Towns We Serve in Dutchess County

Sullivan County is the frontier of the Hudson Valley second-home market — further from New York City, priced below the Ulster and Dutchess markets, and carrying the deep Catskill Mountain and Delaware River landscape that draws buyers who specifically want what neither Ulster nor Dutchess can offer at their current prices. The renovation market here is earlier-stage: these are often first-wave projects on properties that have sat undisturbed for decades, which means our preconstruction assessment phase is particularly important. The Beaverkill Valley, Livingston Manor, and the Delaware River corridor around Narrowsburg have attracted a design-forward buyer cohort whose specification expectations are fully competitive with the Woodstock and Rhinebeck markets.

Sullivan County's building departments — Town of Rockland for the Livingston Manor and Roscoe areas, Town of Tusten for Narrowsburg — process permits more quickly than most Orange or Dutchess County equivalents, which supports project pacing. Local contractor capacity is genuinely thin in Sullivan County, which is exactly why our self-performing model provides a real advantage here. We bring the crew, the supervision, and the custom millwork from our Marlboro facility — we don't depend on subcontractor availability in a market where finding reliable trades is a real challenge for buyers who go it alone.

What We Know About This County

  • Livingston Manor and Beaverkill Valley — farmhouse renovation specialists
  • Narrowsburg / Delaware River — Upper Delaware corridor floodplain expertise
  • Sullivan County: thin local contractor capacity — our self-performing model critical
  • Seasonal-to-year-round conversions across Catskill mountain hamlets
  • Mountain terrain: Catskill bedrock, septic, and steep-slope site assessment

Towns We Serve in Sullivan County

Why local construction knowledge is not a marketing claim — it's a project cost factor.

Contractors who don't know the Hudson Valley's specific site conditions and permit environments regularly discover expensive problems after the project is scoped and priced. We discover them before.

Terrain & Geology

Shawangunk Conglomerate bedrock in western Ulster County, Hudson Highlands bedrock in Orange County, Catskill Mountain shallow soils in Sullivan County, and the clay-rich Wallkill and Hudson River valley soils in between — each requires different foundation approaches, septic engineering, and site utility planning. We assess the specific geology of every project site in preconstruction before committing to scope.

Permit Jurisdictions

The Hudson Valley has more unique permitting jurisdictions per square mile than almost anywhere in New York State — from Kingston's HLPC to Tuxedo Park's BAR to the Upper Delaware scenic corridor to individual town building departments in Sullivan County. Filing in the wrong jurisdiction, or missing a historic district overlay, adds months to a project schedule. We confirm jurisdiction before filing on every project.

Contractor Capacity

Reliable subcontractor capacity varies significantly across our four-county service area. It's thinnest in Sullivan County and parts of rural Orange County, where buyers who assemble separate architect-engineer-contractor teams discover that scheduling dependable tradespeople is the project's actual constraint. Our self-performing model — we directly employ the crew for critical phases — eliminates this variable in every market we serve.

Frequently asked questions about our service area

Do you serve all four counties equally, or is Ulster County your primary market?

Ulster County is our home market and where our Marlboro facility and in-house Millwork Division are based, so the logistics are shortest there. But we do active, full-service work in all four counties. Orange County is our fastest-growing market, and we have completed projects from Newburgh to Tuxedo Park. Dutchess County — particularly Rhinebeck, Beacon, and Millbrook — accounts for a significant portion of our renovation work. Sullivan County is served with the same full scope; we bring our own team rather than relying on local subcontractors.

How do you manage projects in Orange, Dutchess, or Sullivan County from an Ulster County base?

Our Marlboro facility puts us 35–50 minutes from most Orange County job sites, 45–60 minutes from Dutchess County, and 45–75 minutes from the active Sullivan County markets. We self-perform the critical phases of every project — we don't rely on finding local subcontractors in markets where capacity is thin. The production model we've built was designed to be portable across the region, not anchored to a single town.

What are the biggest permit differences between the four counties?

Ulster County has the most complex historic preservation overlay: Kingston's five historic districts (including the Stockade and Rondout) require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the HLPC before exterior permits issue. Orange County has both the Newburgh East End Historic District and Tuxedo Park's Board of Architectural Review — the most rigorous architectural review process in our service area. Dutchess County's permit environment is more straightforward for most residential renovation. Sullivan County's smaller building departments generally have the shortest review timelines of the four counties.

Do you do new custom home construction in all four counties?

Yes. We do design-build custom homes across all four counties — from new construction on rural parcels in Sullivan County's Catskill Mountain terrain to new builds on the Hudson Highlands properties in Cornwall and Tuxedo. Our Chief Architect produces 3D photorealistic renderings before any construction begins, so you see the finished home in detail before ground is broken. Site assessment for geology, septic feasibility, and setbacks is part of our standard preconstruction process on every new construction project.

What types of projects are most common in each county?

Ulster County: whole-house renovations of second-home farmhouses, custom kitchen renovations, ADU development, and mountain hamlet new construction. Orange County: Newburgh whole-house rehabilitation, Hudson Highlands new construction, Warwick farmhouse renovations. Dutchess County: high-specification kitchen and primary suite renovation in Rhinebeck and Millbrook, Beacon whole-house renovation, estate additions. Sullivan County: farmhouse whole-house renovation, seasonal-to-year-round conversions in the Catskill hamlets, and Delaware River corridor renovation projects.

Have a question about your specific town or property? Send us a message or call Jeff directly at (845) 500-3002 .

Start a Project

Working anywhere in the Hudson Valley.

Don't see your town listed? Call us. If you're in the four-county Hudson Valley region, we likely serve your area. The conversation is free and the site assessment tells you everything you need to know before committing to a project.