Living in a house considered to be the neighborhood eyesore is a difficult thing to deal with on two fronts: 1, your home is frequently the laughingstock of everyone around, and 2, changing that fact can get so complicated that owners just give up without trying. However, with the right tools and ideas, anyone can easily get remodeling and turn “flophouse to fabulous”, like in this article on the LA Times:
Although much of the rotting original house was demolished, Kovner maintained its footprint, foundations and some of its wood framing and flooring. She also kept its bottom-heavy brick chimney, which resembles a misplaced remnant from an English fairy tale, as it was an important “anchor” for the house, she said. Around that they wrapped the home in elegant vertical timber planks and a poured-in-place concrete shell.
Inside, Kovner has created, on a very limited budget, a warm, open, modern design that feels much larger than its 1,875 square feet. An important move was raising the roof from 8½ feet to 14 feet at its highest point. This meant attaching framing to the existing wood timbers, putting in a new ceiling and adding bricks (chosen from dozens of vintage samples) to the chimney. Taylor, whose grandfather was a mason, finished off the brickwork herself.
Such a feat, of course, is very difficult to achieve, especially for those who don’t have experience remodeling or renovating. That “raise the roof” move must’ve been the product of a veteran design mind and implemented by a professional. This means that you shouldn’t hesitate asking for help from the experts since they can definitely make your home improvement job go much more smoothly.
Don’t spend another day inside the village haunted house (from the kids’ point of view). Contact contractors for gutters and roofing in Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Orange County like Royal Roofing Construction and have them fix up those old shingles that look like they’re about to pop out at any minute.
You should put particular focus on your roofing in Santa Ana CA because it is the most visible part of your home. Give us a call today and we’ll share our design concepts with you and we guarantee you’ll end up with a home worth showing off.