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Overview of Wiarton Dry Stack natural stone bench and natural gas firepit, Permacon "Trafalgar" paver patio, custom composite deck and Ipe privacy screens with landscape lighting, and gardens surrounding.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

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Because of zoning and setbacks, we were only able to squeeze in a 3' wide balcony. Totally worth it.
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The renovation of the rear of the house was both inspired by the look of Parisian garret apartments, and the need to respect existing zoning setback requirements. Sloping the 'roof' of the first floor up to connect at the top of the 2nd floor parapet, and filling that slope with skylights, created inviting sunrooms on both the first and second floor.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

The owners wanted a new master suite on the first floor to be able to remain at the property after retirement. Lot setbacks presented a challenge with the floor plan shape, resulting in a custom bathroom skewed at an angle to accommodate the addition against an existing rear ell. Work included the bathroom and new rear deck and the reconstruction of a side porch.

On the back facade, a new set of french doors leads out to a generous bbq patio right off the kitchen, and then down to the yard, where there are at least two activity areas, a huge improvement on the original plan. Zoning setbacks required a tricky step back for both side walls from original supporting walls below.

As the core of Atlanta becomes more and more dense, options for new single-family homes are often limited to building unsustainably through demolition of existing homes. However, scattered around the city core are undeveloped sites considered “unbuildable", often because of jurisdictionally imposed restraints i.e. zoning setbacks, riparian stream buffers, peculiar lot configurations and difficult site features. Comparably, for this 12,401 sq. ft. site, zoning setbacks and riparian buffer restraints imposed on the lot's status as an undeveloped, legal, residential lot-of-record, rendered the property “unbuildable”. Not a single square foot of the site met jurisdictional requirements for “buildable”. Furthermore, the stream along the front of the site precluded construction access and the steep terrain was foreboding.

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This property had a 20' rear setback for drainage easement that required us to keep the pool close to the house and left a nice open space for an expansive lawn area.