Details: cantilevered west addition

We extended the existing house to the west, and aligned it with the setback line. The added interior spaces provides a larger Master Closet, a master shower and a larger Guest Bedroom. To create a floating effect, for support we used the existing west foundation walls, and cantilevered the structure with (4) 4x4 steel posts. 

Front door

The teak pivot front door is installed.

View towards the backyard

View towards the street

Before & After - Main Entry

The construction of the garapa entry porch is almost complete and the custom pivot teak door will be installed by the end of this week.

Main entry - Fall 2012

Main entry - April 2012

Before/After - South Facade

The deck & storage are almost complete. The new large windows open the house to the backyard.

Before/After - Front facade

Before & after front facade.

Front facade last year - before the construction started

Front facade this week - during construction (05.05.14)

Before/After Crawl Space & basement access

The existing house had a very small access to a shallow crawl space. The HVAC unit & HWH were barely accessible. 

For the new design, the Owner got a full height gardening area below the addition, we dug out part of the crawl space to create a full height mechanical room, and cleaned the rest of the crawl space and covered it with gravel and protection membrane.

Existing crawl space access

New Basement access