La Cienega Dr.

This home suffered a kitchen fire and was purchased as is. (Ironically, it was the second fire it had in 4 years.) The entire interior of the home had to be gutted and had very light structural damage. As you can see in the “pre-remodel” bathroom picture, the soap dish was missing and as it turns out, showers had been taken in there for a very long time in this condition. This resulted in extensive dry rot, to the point the entire exterior wall of the bathroom and a six foot run of the adjoining kitchen wall had to be removed and rebuilt.

Three windows were removed and replaced and resealed in the stucco exterior, and damage to the HVAC system was repaired.

This home was a 974 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. We added a 12’ x 12’ addition off of the back corner bedroom, added a bathroom and wardrobe closet, and made a Master Suite out of  the combined space, for a total of  1,118 sq. ft.

The linen closet at the end of the main hallway was slightly expanded and converted into a “stackable” W/D laundry closet. The coat closet in the hallway was wide enough to enclose one side of it, and open up a door into the hall bath, to create a new linen closet. A garage Entry door was added for secure entry from the single car garage.

Features:
Conventional wood frame construction, three bedroom, two bath home with R-13 insulation in the walls and R-38 blown fiberglass in the attic, dual pane windows throughout, all new drywall paint, doors, trim hardware, etc. Tile floors in the entry, kitchen/dining room, both bathrooms and laundry closet. The balance of the home has wall to wall carpeting.

The kitchen features American Woodmark Cabinetry, laminate counter tops, Peachtree Forge acrylic sink, Dishwasher, a Maytag gas stove, disposal and icemaker. The dining room has a lighted ceiling fan, as do the living room and master bedroom.

It seems the family dog used to live in the back yard of this home and as you can see in the black and white photos, this was not a very happy place!

We were challenged with poor drainage in the back yard, that had the yard drain all water up to the back of the home, (which was causing the slab to seep water under the structure, and a mud puddle on your first step out the back door.) The solution we came up with was to tear out all of the old concrete squares around the back of the home, (which were stamped and colored in “card suits”), and create a new drainage system out to the front curb from all down spouts and two drains in the patio itself, and run the patio all the way over to the new master addition for a wonderful patio living space out back!

Peeler cord logs were used to deal with the grade of the yard, as well as to decorate the new planter areas in the back yard. And…...with a few adjustments and additions to the landscape in back, the most wonderful yard to accommodate the family barbeques and get  togethers was born. What a transformation this yard took!