As I said in my post yesterday, we have decided to work with the existing structure as opposed to knocking everything down and starting from scratch. Not only is this cheaper, but is a far "greener" option as well. So instead of building a large house with a completely clean slate; we are now working with a very finite amount of space.
This forced us to make the new design as utilitarian as possible. It took us 6 weeks of working with the architect to get it right. I think we are doing as much as we can do with the 1800ish square feet in this home.
This is the current layout of the house as demonstrated in the demolition plan. Ignore all the dashes, they are the things being removed :). As you can see, everything is coming out. Whats not noted very well on here is the stairs, floors, and concrete floor in the basement are all coming out as well. The dumpster is arriving tomorrow morning, and we will begin the process of removing everything in the house.
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This is the final version of the plan we are going to utilize in the rehab. Some of the bigger changes are:- Removing the fireplace and chimney
- Blocking off the hallway that connects the foyer and the kitchen to make the kitchen bigger
- Taking the "u turn" out of the stairs going up and running them straight up.
- Bringing the roof line on the south west corner of the house to match the pitch of the other roof
- Adding extra windows on the stairway and in the kitchen for extra light.
- Adding a powder room to the first floor.
- Oh yeah, building a garage.
These are the really broad strokes. I will be going through the details of each of these things and more as I get to them, but for now, this is what we are going with.
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