Adding space by going up can help stretch the budget. There is framing of walls and roofs, but no excavation or foundation work required. This project did just that and the change in feeling and function is HUGE. Taking the opportunity to redesign the window and roof arrangement and change the vinyl siding materials to solid materials allowed for a whole new look. Removing fussy porch railing and it's too narrow wrap-around roof and too-thin posts for a better propotioned porch and installing new lighting and doors helped us take a mundane suburban modular house and transform it into a chic modern farmhouse.
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Front of House after Addition/Renovation
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| During Construction - view from NW |
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| During Construction - view from SW |
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| Front of House Before |
Both sides of the home were only one story - the garage on one side and the living room on the other. A large playroom was added above the garage (right side) and a primary bedroom suite was added above the one story area on the north/left side of the house. With all this extra space and new bathrooms upstairs, this family didn't need to add to the footprint of the home. The living room will feel so much larger when the kids toys are up in the new playroom!
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| Before- Front Garage Section |
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| New Playroom above |
The original vinyl windows that came with this modular home were not performing well, and the interior trimwork was more 'builder colonial' than the updated style my clients wanted. So new black-on-the-exterior windows with sa single vertical divided lite '2 over 2' pattern were ordered and installed with new painted square-edge interior trim. The update makes the home feel upscale inside and out.
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| New clean white window casing |
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| New Dormer in New Bedroom |
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Former Window & Trim Style
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Back of House wit h dormers to add space upstairs
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| Back of house- BEFORE the 2 additions |
This project was a fun update. We took what was a vanilla factory built modular home and gave it more space for a growing family, quality finishes, and an updated form and window/door/porch layout so it is more architecturally interesting. The change inside - but also from the curb- was dramatic!
