I first approached Nathan to help me renovate my home after watching him and his crew turn the house next door to mine from a falling down mess to a beautiful property. I was impressed with the detail he used in transforming a historic property and with the skill and respect Nathan used in working with is crew as he spoke to them in fluent Spanish.
Nathan began my project by listening to me and then helping me realize the amazing, yet practical changes that could be made to my 1200+ square foot, 1927- era home. I had wanted to update my dark, tiny kitchen, renovate my bathrooms, re-do a poorly done front porch conversion/ sunroom, replace my ancient roof and gutters, and give the exterior more curb appeal. The plans he showed me, with a do-able for me budget, which he respected, included so much more than I had ever dreamed possible. He proposed taking down the wall from the kitchen to the dining room and opening up the rest of the rear of the house to create a beautiful open kitchen with a small, extremely workable laundry room off of it and a cozy, wonderful en-suite master bath. His renovation of the other bathroom provided the room I needed to expand my tiny closet into one that holds all my clothes and includes shelves for my shoes and sweaters. The totally re-done sunroom, complete with pet friendly travertine floors and period appropriate windows, is my favorite room in the house. Nathan also helped me choose colors for the entire house that flow well into each other, and he encouraged me to add insulation and energy efficient, exact replicas of my huge, drafty windows that have saved me a noticeable amount on my heating and cooling bills. On the exterior, Nathan chose a grayish green to paint the brick - that was a shade no trim color worked well with- and paired it with crisp white trim. The result was so dramatic that people walking by still tell me how pretty my house is.
The miraculous change Nathan made to the exterior and interior appearance and flow of my house, including his attention to detail and assistance in helping me do everything from making a new pathway from my driveway to my back door to replacing pieces of furniture too big for my space to ones that work, has made me happy and excited to come home from work every day. Four years after the work was finished, I am every bit as happy with it as I was when it was first completed.
My renovation, obviously, was a big one, and it evolved as work progressed. The date given below for the project was our first meeting to discuss everything. The new roof, the start of the work, was actually completed in late November 2010; the interior changes started in late December 2010 and were complete by March 2011; and all the exterior work was completed in June. This timetable was fine with me, as it involved our adding and tweaking things as we went along. Nathan was very patient with my periods of indecision, and his workers and sub-contractors were wonderful. I do not have pictures, but Nathan has good before and afters that he certainly has my permission to show.
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