With nowhere to go but down, this basement addition carves out extra living space from within the home’s existing footprint.
A few years ago, Tricia Sinn bid on a room addition and master bath project designed by an architect. The president of Sinn Design Build in St. Louis usually does not bid, but made an exception for a strong referral from a previous client. The prospect chose to hire a contractor they had previously worked with whose bid was $50,000 less than Sinn's bid. On the past project, not only had this same contractor gone way over the contracted price, but one of the crew had stolen the homeowner's pool furniture.
When remodeling the exteriors of older houses, Danny Feig-Sandoval and his colleagues at Small Carpenters At Large (SCAL) in Atlanta found that the newer composite woods just didn't work for them. They didn't look right against the older woods of the homes, which made it impossible to create a smooth transition from the original home to the deck, porch, or other renovation.
Atlanta remodeler Danny Feig-Sandoval started working on this house in 1996 and hasn't left. Over the years, the owner of Small Carpenters At Large and his crew have worked on the kitchen, baths, study, attic, and garage. "I think there's only one bedroom in the house we haven't touched," he says.
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