Our clients purchased this 1940s home thinking the rundown property just needed a cosmetic makeover. As it turned out, the brick walls were damaged in places, the plumbing and wiring was outdated, there was no insulation in the walls, no air conditioning, and drafty single pane windows. When our team saw it, they thought it looked haunted!

The family of five also wanted to modify the layout to create a large open kitchen with adjacent mudroom, update all the bathrooms, and install a family room in the basement. The clients had an outline of a plan from a previous designer, but we had to significantly modify it and add repair work that we found during construction.
The family has three kids and both spouses have busy law careers. They entreated us to fully oversee the project and finish it as quickly as we could because they were closing on the sale of their previous home. We were able to complete the major renovation of 4,700 square feet in six months, accommodating the clients’ wishes. The clients now refer to this project as a “house rescue.”
The house is in a great neighborhood and had a solid foundation, but the infrastructure needed a lot of attention including:

• Repointing brick in a few areas
• Adding insulation in all the walls and spray foam in the attic ceiling to increase energy-efficiency
• Install new siding and trim on two dormers on rear elevation
• Install new siding on gable end of garage and wall section on main house above
• garage
• Install new PVC trim in profiles to approximate those reflected drawings provided from original plans dated 1939
• Adding central air to all four floors
• New plumbing and electrical systems
• Install new interior doors where needed
• All new Pella Proline windows that match the traditional exterior
• Demolish and rebuild crumbling front steps
• New front door, new frieze, crown, pilasters, columns and trim around front door
• New dentil molding at front of home
• New garage door