GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

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Mark Hoyle Originally, this 3700 SF two level eclectic farmhouse from the mid 1980’s underwent design changes to reflect a more colonial style. Now, after being completely renovated with additional 2800 SF living space, it’s combined total of 6500 SF boasts an Energy Star certification of 5 stars. Approaching this completed home, you will meander along a new driveway through the dense buffer of trees until you reach the clearing, and then circle a tiered fountain on axis with the front entry accentuating the symmetrical main structure. Many of the exterior changes included enclosing the front porch and rear screened porch, replacing windows, replacing all the vinyl siding with and fiber cement siding, creating a new front stoop with winding brick stairs and wrought iron railings as will as other additions to the left and rear of the home. The existing interior was completely fro the studs and included modifying uses of many of the existing rooms such as converting the original dining room into an oval shaped theater with reclining theater seats, fiber-optic starlight ceiling and an 80” television with built-in surround sound. The laundry room increased in size by taking in the porch and received all new cabinets and finishes. The screened porch across the back of the house was enclosed to create a new dining room, enlarged the kitchen, all of which allows for a commanding view of the beautifully landscaped pool. The upper master suite begins by entering a private office then leads to a newly vaulted bedroom, a new master bathroom with natural light and an enlarged closet. The major portion of the addition space was added to the left side as a part time home for the owner’s brother. This new addition boasts an open plan living, dining and kitchen, a master suite with a luxurious bathroom and walk–in closet, a guest suite, a garage and its own private gated brick courtyard entry and direct access to the well appointed pool patio. And finally the last part of the project is the sunroom and new lagoon style pool. Tucked tightly against the rear of the home. This room was created to feel like a gazebo including a metal roof and stained wood ceiling, the foundation of this room was constructed with the pool to insure the look as if it is floating on the water. The pool’s negative edge opposite side allows open views of the trees beyond. There is a natural stone waterfall on one side of the pool and a shallow area on the opposite side for lounge chairs to be placed in it along with a hot tub that spills into the pool. The coping completes the pool’s natural shape and continues to the patio utilizing the same stone but separated by Zoysia grass keeping the natural theme. The finishing touches to this backyard oasis is completed utilizing large boulders, Tempest Torches, architectural lighting and abundant variety of landscaping complete the oasis for all to enjoy.

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Original 1960’s small beach home. Added master bedroom/bathroom suite and expanded the kitchen with the extensive addition. Re routed stair case to have open concept foyer. All new interior finishes, plumbing and electrical. Outdoor room heavy timber construction craftsman style, major structural changes in order to create open concept living.

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Morningside Architects, LLP Structural Engineers: Vatani Consulting Engineers, Inc. Contractor: Lucas Craftsmanship Photographer: Rick Gardner Photography

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GB General Contractors recently completed this 304-square-foot home addition, seamlessly blending new space with the home’s existing architecture. As a local, family-owned business with over 47 years of experience, we focused on high-quality craftsmanship, structural integrity, and clear communication throughout the build. From foundational work to final finishes, this project was carefully executed to deliver a functional, beautiful space tailored to our client's needs.

The featured Westwood home is a Classic Traditional style custom home. The home, architecturally designed by Karen Putman of p2 Design, consists of 6,158 square feet of livable area plus an outdoor covered living room and a two-car garage. The floor plan includes formal and informal living areas as well as 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths plus a teen room lofted above the second floor. Photos By: Latham Architectural

This LEED Platinum certified house reflects the homeowner's desire for an exceptionally healthy and comfortable living environment, within a traditional neighborhood. INFILL SITE. The family, who moved from another area of Wellesley, sought out this property to be within walking distance of the high school and downtown area. An existing structure on the tight lot was removed to make way for the new home. 84% of the construction waste, from both the previous structure and the new home, was diverted from a landfill. ZED designed to preserve the existing mature trees on the perimeter of the property to minimize site impacts, and to maintain the character of the neighborhood as well as privacy on the site. EXTERIOR EXPRESSION. The street facade of the home relates to the local New England vernacular. The rear uses contemporary language, a nod to the family’s Californian roots, to incorporate a roof deck, solar panels, outdoor living space, and the backyard swimming pool. ZED’s careful planning avoided to the need to face the garage doors towards the street, a common syndrome of a narrow lot. THOUGHTFUL SPACE. Homes with dual entries can often result in duplicate and unused spaces. In this home, the everyday and formal entry areas are one and the same; the front and garage doors share the entry program of coat closets, mudroom storage with bench for removing your shoes, and a laundry room with generous closets for the children's sporting equipment. The entry area leads directly to the living space, encompassing the kitchen, dining and sitting area areas in an L-shaped open plan arrangement. The kitchen is placed at the south-west corner of the space to allow for a strong connection to the dining, sitting and outdoor living spaces. A fire pit on the deck satisfies the family’s desire for an open flame while a sealed gas fireplace is used indoors - ZED’s preference after omitting gas burning appliances completely from an airtight home. A small study, with a window seat, is conveniently located just off of the living space. A first floor guest bedroom includes an accessible bathroom for aging visitors and can be used as a master suite to accommodate aging in place. HEALTHY LIVING. The client requested a home that was easy to clean and would provide a respite from seasonal allergies and common contaminants that are found in many indoor spaces. ZED selected easy to clean solid surface flooring throughout, provided ample space for cleaning supplies on each floor, and designed a mechanical system with ventilation that provides a constant supply of fresh outdoor air. ZED selected durable materials, finishes, cabinetry, and casework with low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and no added urea formaldehyde. YEAR-ROUND COMFORT. The home is super insulated and air-tight, paired with high performance triple-paned windows, to ensure it is draft-free throughout the winter (even when in front of the large windows and doors). ZED designed a right-sized heating and cooling system to pair with the thermally improved building enclosure to ensure year-round comfort. The glazing on the home maximizes passive solar gains, and facilitates cross ventilation and daylighting. ENERGY EFFICIENT. As one of the most energy efficient houses built to date in Wellesley, the home highlights a practical solution for Massachusetts. First, the building enclosure reduces the largest energy requirement for typical houses (heating). Super-insulation, exceptional air sealing, a thermally broken wall assembly, triple pane windows, and passive solar gain combine for a sizable heating load reduction. Second, within the house only efficient systems consume energy. These include an air source heat pump for heating & cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation, and high efficiency appliances. Lastly, photovoltaics provide renewable energy help offset energy consumption. The result is an 89% reduction in energy use compared to a similar brand new home built to code requirements. RESILIENT. The home will fare well in extreme weather events. During a winter power outage, heat loss will be very slow due to the super-insulated and airtight envelope– taking multiple days to drop to 60 degrees even with no heat source. An engineered drainage system, paired with careful the detailing of the foundation, will help to keep the finished basement dry. A generator will provide full operation of the all-electric house during a power outage. OVERALL. The home is a reflection of the family goals and an expression of their values, beautifully enabling health, comfort, safety, resilience, and utility, all while respecting the planet. ZED - Architect & Mechanical Designer Bevilacqua Builders Inc - Contractor Creative Land & Water Engineering - Civil Engineering Barbara Peterson Landscape - Landscape Design Nest & Company - Interior Furnishings Eric Roth Photography - Photography

Deck exends across the front of the home with garage and hillside structures visible beyond. Eyelid Dormer brings focus to central dining spaces in great room and deck. Barbecue out match kitchen in, dine out matches dine in and living out matches living in, Central entry divides interior and exterior spaces with Master / guest to the right. Twin fireplaces serve great room and master suite.

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