Projects
Six houses, described by the problem rather than photographed.
What is worth knowing about a house is usually the constraint it was built around, and a photograph never shows that. Nothing on this page was drawn by anybody else.
- New build, three bedrooms2026
House on a steep lot
Twenty-two per cent slope. The house is three half-levels following the grade rather than one level on a plinth, which halved the retaining wall.
Phases 1 – 5
- Addition and remodel2026
1912 farmhouse, back half
Original front kept exactly as it was, including the odd little parlour. Everything behind it removed and rebuilt as one room facing south.
Phases 2 – 4
- New build, small developer2025
Two houses on one lot
Detached, sharing a driveway and nothing else. Drawn as a pair so that neither of them looks at the other's kitchen.
Phases 1 – 4
- Second storey addition2025
Bungalow, roof lifted
The client wanted a dormer. What they needed was the stair moved, which cost less and gained two rooms rather than one.
Phases 2 – 5
- New build, 900 sq ft2024
Cabin on a shared easement
Most of the work was the easement and the septic, both settled at feasibility. The building itself was the straightforward part.
Phases 1 – 3
- Structural remodel2024
Kitchen wall removed
A small job and a load-bearing wall. Drawn properly because a beam sized by guesswork is the most expensive economy in remodelling.
Phases 3 – 4
Two of these six stopped before construction, and both were the right decision.
One because the numbers did not work and one because the family moved. In both cases they own the drawings, and in one case they sold the lot with them.
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