Home additions, full remodels, roofing, and siding — from a licensed Essex County contractor who has worked in this neighborhood for years.
Ray Temprano has been doing construction work in Essex County his entire career. He knows the building department rhythms, the permit process by municipality, and the housing stock — because he lives and works in this county. When you hire Temprano Construction for a project in Verona, you’re not getting someone who drove in from two counties away and is figuring out your town’s inspectors for the first time. You’re getting a contractor who’s done this work right here, right next door, for years.
Verona is one of Essex County’s most established residential communities — quiet streets, mature trees, strong schools, and a housing stock that tells the story of post-war New Jersey. Most of the homes here were built in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s: Cape Cods, split-levels, and ranch-style homes designed for a smaller family era. They were built well, and they’ve aged well. But a three-bedroom Cape Cod with one bathroom and a compact kitchen wasn’t designed for how families live today.
That’s where we come in.
Temprano Construction works extensively throughout Essex County. We know the Verona Borough building department. We understand how permit timelines move in this part of the county, what inspectors here prioritize, and what the most common structural conditions look like inside a Verona home. That local knowledge matters when you’re planning an addition, a major remodel, or a full roof replacement — and it matters even more when something unexpected comes up mid-project.
We’ve completed projects across the surrounding Essex County communities too: Cedar Grove, West Caldwell, North Caldwell, Caldwell Borough, West Orange, and more. If you’ve talked to a neighbor about a contractor they trusted, you may have already heard Ray’s name.
Most contractor disputes in Essex County come down to the same thing: nobody wrote it down. Ray’s proposal process exists specifically to prevent that. Before any work starts, you have a document in writing — scope, inclusions, exclusions, and how changes get handled. Neighbors talk in Verona. Most of our Essex County work comes through referrals from homeowners who’ve already been through a project with us. That proposal process is a big part of why.
Cape Cod second-story additions, split-level pop-tops, rear additions, and full add-a-level projects. If your family has outgrown your home but you’re not ready to leave Verona, an addition is often the smartest move you can make.
Galley kitchens and closed-off floor plans are the signature of Verona’s post-WWII homes. We open them up — structural wall removal, island installs, full kitchen transformations.
From a dated 1960s hall bath to a full primary suite renovation — tile, fixtures, layout, lighting, and plumbing coordination handled under one roof.
From the ground up, we bring your new home vision to life — built right, on time, and on budget.
Roof replacement, repair, and storm damage response for Essex County homes. If your roof went on in the 1990s, it may be at or past its service life.
Replacement siding for Cape Cods, splits, and ranches throughout Verona — vinyl, fiber cement, and engineered wood options.
Moving in Essex County is expensive. Really expensive. Between transfer taxes, agent commissions, closing costs, and the mortgage rate you’d be trading your current one for, the actual cost of “just buying something bigger” in Verona’s market is often far higher than the price tag suggests.
A well-designed addition — a second floor above your Cape, a rear addition behind your split-level, or a full add-a-level project — gives your family the space you need without giving up the neighborhood, the schools, or the equity you’ve already built.
Temprano Construction specializes in home additions. It’s not one item on a long menu — it’s the core of what we do. Ray works directly with your architect if you have one, or connects you with the right architect for your project if you don’t. The result is a detailed, itemized proposal that shows you exactly what’s being built, what it costs, and what the timeline looks like — before a single permit is filed.
Ray Temprano grew up in construction — it’s in the family. The part of Ray’s background that Essex County homeowners tend to find most surprising: before construction, he spent a decade as a respiratory therapist. The translation to the job site isn’t abstract. When permits take longer than expected, or demo reveals conditions that change the scope, or a subcontractor is late on a critical-path item — that’s when the respiratory therapist shows up. Calm, direct, problem-solving without drama.
Verona is a small enough town that reputation travels. Ray has been working in Essex County his entire career — he’s not going to send a crew to a Verona home and manage it from somewhere else. He’s on-site, he knows the neighbors, and he knows the inspectors at the Verona Borough building department by name. That’s not a marketing line. It’s what it actually looks like when a contractor has been doing this work in the same county for years.
That’s what makes a difference in a market where homeowners have heard too many contractor horror stories. And it’s why most of our work in Verona comes through referrals from homeowners who’ve already been through the process with us.
Projects Completed
Verona is in our primary service area. We work throughout Essex County and across Northern and Central New Jersey within roughly a one-hour drive of Belleville.
Communities near Verona we serve regularly: Cedar Grove · Caldwell Borough · North Caldwell · West Caldwell · Essex Fells · Montclair · Livingston · Fairfield · East Hanover
If you’re not sure whether we serve your area, call or fill out the estimate form — we’ll tell you directly.
Yes. Verona is one of our primary Essex County markets. We’ve worked in Verona and the surrounding towns — Cedar Grove, Caldwell, North Caldwell, West Orange — for years. Ray knows the local building department and permit process well.
Yes — any structural addition in Verona Borough requires permits through the Verona Building Department, including zoning review for setbacks, lot coverage, and height. We handle the permit process from start to finish. Verona Borough runs its own permit review on its own timeline.
We’ve submitted enough applications here to know what a clean submission looks like — which cuts down on revision cycles — but we don’t own the calendar once it’s filed. A project that gets permitted in three weeks and one that takes three months often submitted the same documentation; the difference is the building department’s current workload. We tell you the realistic range, not the optimistic one.
It’s one of the most common addition types we do in Essex County. Cape Cods are often structurally well-suited for a second-story expansion — but it depends on your foundation, existing framing, and lot setbacks. A site visit and a conversation with your architect is the right first step. We can connect you with architects we work with regularly in this area if you don’t already have one.
Plan for several months from permit filing to project completion — municipal approval timelines in Essex County vary and are outside our control. Once permits are in hand, the construction phase for a typical addition runs several weeks to a few months depending on scope. We give you an honest timeline in the proposal, not an optimistic one.
Both. If you already have an architect and plans, we can work directly from your drawings. If you don’t, we can connect you with architects we work with in the Verona and Essex County area who are a good fit for your project type.
Yes. Temprano Construction holds NJ Home Improvement Business Contractor License #13VH11462700, active and verified. Licensed and insured in New Jersey.
Whether it's improving your home or upgrading your business space, we make every project simple, stress-free, and built to last.
