Porch Builder in Edina, MN
Personal Pride designs and builds screened, 3-season, and 4-season porches for Edina homeowners, custom-built to suit older and historic homes and to hold up to Minnesota's seasons.
A porch fits Edina in a way it doesn’t fit every suburb. This is a city of older, architecturally intentional homes, the Country Club District was planned in 1924 and most of its houses went up before 1941, and Morningside dates back to 1905, so the front porch isn’t a novelty here, it’s a period feature that belongs. On a Colonial Revival or Tudor in Country Club, a well-designed front porch reads as original to the house rather than bolted on, and it does real work for curb appeal on streets where curb appeal carries weight.
The other side of it is use. Minnesota’s outdoor season is short, and an enclosed porch stretches it. A screened porch keeps the bugs out through summer, and a 3-season porch with finished floors and seasonal windows carries you into spring and fall, which is a lot of extra usable time on a home you’re already invested in.
Personal Pride has built porches across the West Metro since 2002, and Edina’s older housing is exactly where design sensitivity matters most. We match a porch to the home’s proportions and detailing instead of flattening its character, handle the permitting with the City of Edina, and manage the build as one team. See finished work in our gallery, or everything we build across Edina.
Service Details
The right porch comes down to how much of the year you want to use it, and on an Edina home, how well it fits the architecture.
A screened porch is the simplest and most affordable option, a roofed structure with screens, decking underfoot, and open airflow. It gives you shade and keeps bugs out without fully enclosing the space, and it’s the fastest way to add covered outdoor living.
A 3-season porch is the popular middle ground. It adds finished flooring, porch windows built for seasonal use, insulated floors, and a heat source like infrared heating, so the space stays comfortable well into spring and fall. On an older Edina home it can be designed to match existing window lines and trim.
A 4-season porch is a fully conditioned room, insulated floors, walls, and ceiling, standard insulated windows, and its own heating and cooling, so it works year-round as a true extension of the house. Many include a fireplace for comfort and atmosphere.
We also build front porches, which matter more in Edina than almost anywhere else given the number of older, street-facing homes where the porch is part of the architecture; handle porch conversions when you want to enclose an existing deck or open porch; and design under-deck porches that use the dry space beneath an elevated deck.
You can see the full range on our porches page, or the specific types: screened porches, 3-season porches, 4-season porches, front porches, porch conversions, and under-deck porches.
Every porch here has to handle Minnesota realities: footings below the frost line, framing rated for snow load, and enclosed spaces that perform across temperature swings north of 100 degrees in a year. That structural work is most of what separates a porch that lasts from one that doesn’t.
Why Choose Personal Pride in Edina
Our Process in Edina
- Initial conversation. We talk through how you want to use the porch, which season range matters, how it should relate to the house’s style, and a high-level budget.
- Site visit. We walk your Edina property, measure, and look at how the porch should connect to the home, the grade, setbacks, and any historic-district factors.
- Design services agreement. We set a preliminary scope and pricing range, then move into design.
- Design. Plans and 3D renderings, window and material selections, and the enclosure decision (screened, 3-season, or 4-season) finalized, with detailing chosen to suit the home.
- Construction. We pull the City of Edina permits, schedule, and build, with communication through to the final walkthrough.
We’re based in Golden Valley, minutes from Edina, and we’ve built porches across the West Metro since 2002. Edina’s older homes, and its historic district in particular, demand a builder who designs to the house. A porch on a 1930s Country Club home should match its proportions, rooflines, and trim, not fight them, and in the Country Club Historic District there can be design review that a builder needs to plan for rather than discover mid-project.
We handle the parts homeowners dread. Permitting and inspections with the City of Edina are on us, setbacks and any historic-district considerations get verified for your specific lot before design is finalized, and the work is backed by manufacturer material warranties plus our own 10-year labor warranty. We’re a NADRA member, BBB A+ accredited, and veteran-friendly through our PrideBuilt Heroes Savings Program.
FAQ's
Can you build a porch on a historic home in the Country Club District?
Yes, and it’s some of the work we’re best suited to. The key is designing the porch to match the home’s era and detailing, and planning for any design review that comes with the Country Club Historic District. We verify what applies before finalizing the design so approvals don’t derail the project.
How much does a porch cost in Edina?
Porch pricing depends mostly on how enclosed the space is. As a baseline for a typical 12×12 to 16×12 porch, screened porches generally start around $40,000, 3-season porches around $60,000, and 4-season porches around $80,000. Those are starting points, not quotes. Final pricing is set during design once size, windows, materials, and detailing are defined.
Do I need a permit to build a porch in Edina?
Yes. A porch is a permanent structure attached to your home, so it requires a permit from the City of Edina, and setbacks vary by zoning district. Homes in the historic district can carry added design considerations. We verify the requirements for your lot and handle the permit and inspections.
Which porch type is best for an older Edina home?
It depends on how much of the year you want to use it and the look you’re after. A front or screened porch often suits a period home’s street presence, while a 3-season porch adds real usable time. For most Edina homeowners who want more than summer use, a 3-season porch is the sweet spot on cost versus usable time, and it can be detailed to match the house.
Can you convert my existing deck or open porch into a screened or 3-season porch?
Often, yes, but it has to be planned for. The existing footings and framing need to support the added weight of a roof, walls, and windows. We assess whether your current structure can carry the conversion or what would need to be reinforced before designing it.
