Old House Guy LLC

Architects & Building Designers , Accessory Dwelling Units , Home Remodeling , Home Additions , Universal Design , Basement Remodeling

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Old House Guy LLC

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New House Needs Help

Project Year: 2016

Country: United States

One may think this is a nice house but it's far from that. The poor homeowner was really taken over by a bad architect. One giant mistake is the use of decorative shingles. Fish scale shingles are in the gables and that is good but NEVER NEVER put them under the eaves as if they were a valance....

New House Needs Help

The homeowner chose some great colors. Since the windows are plastic they have about 5 years left before needing replacing. Then they should be replaced with black window sashes. The problem is that some manufacturers do not design painted windows correctly. For a better explanation go here:...

New House Needs Help

Here you see shutters added. Now you can see what I mean about the window casings. First there is no sill which is required for a visual base. Every window needs this sill. Instead the casing is 6" too thick making it look like flower boxes. You the homeowner needs to understand this so it doesn't...

New House Needs Help