Kenmore Mainfloor Reimagined
The Story
These clients purchased the home with another agent with the intention of renovating it. So they had not moved in and instead, they contacted us as a referral from one of our past clients. We completed the work in four months.
The Highlights
Referred to us by past clients who we helped with a renovation in the past. We needed to redesign the main level and help to figure out the finishes that these clients would love.
These clients spent $196,000 to open up walls, re-support the structure, install new wood floors, Trim out the entire level and add new doors, support a large deck, renovate two bathrooms, and add a new larger kitchen.
This renovation added $422,000 of value to their home. The cost was worth the value add as always.
Before and After
The Main Living Level
Referred to us by old clients, Chris and Marie purchased this house with a plan to renovate the home. Once the home closed they called us to start planning the renovation.
The house was a typical 50’s Seattle craftsman. The kitchen was a small galley divided from the living space by the basement stairs. Marie really wanted to enlarge the kitchen and open the stairway down and the kitchen to the rest of the living areas.
Enlarging the kitchen was easy. We removed a side door to the deck because there was a sliding door off the dining room. Then we got rid of the eat-in kitchen breakfast nook and incorporated that space into the new kitchen by extending the counters, fridge, and pantry into that area. Having two different dining spaces in a small home seemed silly.
Opening up the floor plan was a little more work as we needed to re-support the roof. We added a beam and new footings in the basement to handle the weight. Leo, our architect worked with the engineers and we were able to support the roof and open the walls.
We needed to extend the wood floors now that the walls were removed and because there was slate tile at the entry. We also retrimmed the whole level with new baseboard molding, new window trim, and new doors throughout.
We added and replaced lighting.
We replaced all light switches and outlets.
we refreshed both bathrooms on this level.
Replaced front door
Fixed an old window install from another contractor that was done incorrectly. We discovered this when doing deconstruction.
Applied smooth modern wall texture to the entire main floor.
Resupported a large deck that needed new support beams, footings, and posts.
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