This 1950′s style one level ranch had been through many owners and not much had been done to it. The current owners had out grown the house but didn’t want to leave the area. The solution was to increase and rearrange the existing footprint to accommodate their needs.
At some point, one of the existing owners decided it would be a good idea to enclose the original carport and turn it into an extra room. Was it a dinning room, eat-in kitchen area, family room……..no one was quite sure. It also had a low ceiling and concrete floor, which didn’t tie-in to well with the rest of the house. This in turn was connected to what was an extremely small kitchen. The current owners were looking to increase the size of the kitchen along with making room for a separate dining room. The only way to accomplish this, with the limited space allowed, was to remove the closed-in carport and start with a clean slate.
During the design process it was found that the zoning side set-back on the side where the proposed expansion was to go, was pretty close to the limit. This meant that the front edge of the structure was pretty well defined. Based on that, the front wall could not go beyond the existing existing one by more than a few feet. With that in mind we designed it so most of the new portion was at the rear.
The new design had a slightly raised one car garage on the front, the left rear of the main level was large well lit kitchen and the right rear was a large dining room that exited onto a spacious sundeck. The existing kitchen area became a place to house a powder room, hallway and hostess closet. Beneath the new kitchen & dining room was a spacious home office with a separate entrance and storage area. The exterior of this 1-2 level structure was covered in a natural stone veneer to match the existing house. Having the addition raised in the rear made for some spectacular views. With the garage being slightly forward of the main house, the front roof gable then extended over the entry door, creating a covered porch area. This became a great place to sit and keep an eye on the kids playing out front.
Interior finishes included oak flooring to match, clear pine casing & base trim, ceramic floor & walls in powder room and clear maple cabinets in the kitchen & home office.
The homeowners are very satisfied with the way things turned out and can’t wait to complete the landscaping around there new addition.
