New Construction:

317 Oakwood Lane , Devon, PA - Sold

This is one of our new construction projects. Located on a tree lined street in the highly sought after Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, this Colonial style home is finished outside with stone and stucco, with a beautiful raised copper roof on the front porch.

1 st floor:

The home features an open floor plan with 9’ ceilings, living room, dining room, family room, main floor laundry, 2-story foyer and a warm and inviting eat-in kitchen with high-end maple cabinetry and breathtaking Brazilian granite countertops. Excluding the kitchen and powder room, the first floor features hardwood flooring throughout with an inlaid walnut accent in the living room and foyer. The kitchen and powder room each have distinctive tile flooring. The living room and dining room are separated by classic pocket doors with distinctive beveled glass. Crown molding and custom millwork throughout complete the look.

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2 nd floor:

The second floor includes a loft-study area (great for monitoring computer usage), master suite that includes an additional 300+sf sitting area/office and 3 additional bedrooms, each attached to a full bathroom. The master bathroom includes a jacuzzi tub, tiled marble shower, double vanity and marble tile floor. Wall to wall carpeting and walk-in closets complete the second floor.

Other:

The finished basement consists of a media room, full bathroom, exercise room and wet-bar. The home also has 2-zoned central heating and air conditioning, a security system, flagstone front porch, flagstone rear patio and an attached 2.5 car garage with room outside for extra parking spaces. A corner lot of approximately ¾ of an acre, this is a beautiful property with mature specimen trees and a professional landscape package. The property has both public water and sewer.

With 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, this home is a great buy with over 5100 square feet of living space. If additional space is ever needed in the future, the attic level includes a sub-floor already installed and ready for expansion with enough space for two more bedrooms and another full bathroom, which would add approximately 1000 square feet of living space to the home. No other property being offered in this market has so many features for under $1 mil.

Whole House Renovation in Media:

This project came to us from a client who was interested in having the windows in her home replaced. When we examined the building, we found that there were warning signs of considerable damage that had gone unnoticed by the homeowners. With problems stemming from a deteriorating roof that was improperly flashed during construction, the damage included structural members in the framing weakened by infiltrating water. This resulted in the main support beam of the rear section of the home sinking, causing additional problems with the operation of several windows and doors. We also discovered an HVAC system that had been improperly maintained by the service company, resulting in excessive energy loss and mold-forming conditions in the crawlspaces and attic. These are only a few pictures of the damage we found - to see the project in greater depth and the finished product, click here.

Addition in Malvern:

For this job, we were hired to come in and provide the shell of the addition only – we handled the demolition, excavation, foundation work, framing and roofing. An associate of ours, who brought the job to our attention, will handle the interior finishes. 
The client wished to remove an existing sunroom and create a new addition with a larger family room with an additional bathroom and mudroom. During excavation we discovered many, many rocks, so we decided to put them to good use – the larger stones were used in the landscaping and the smaller stones were recycled for use on the exterior finishes of the addition itself. 

Below are pictures of the existing sunroom during the initial stages of demolition and the excavation area.

To avoid any future water problems in the new basement under the addition, we installed a drainage line in a large crushed stone bed before the concrete was poured.  The foundation walls were made of poured concrete, brought in by a pump truck. 

Before we could pour the concrete floor, we had to properly support, or “underpin” the existing foundation.  This is done in stages where sections of earth are carefully removed from underneath of the existing home and then replaced with poured concrete walls.  Below is a picture of the frames we used to pour each section and the finished wall itself is shown on the left side of the picture showing the concrete floor.

With the essential structural work of the foundation complete and the existing home’s foundation properly supported, we started framing and the structure began to take shape.

During framing we constructed a custom cupola, capped with a standing seam copper roof, which creates a distinctive detail on the home and provides a creative inlet for natural sunlight.  Copper roofing was also used on the new porch roof to carry the detail throughout the project.

The exterior was finished off with stucco with a stone detail to match existing sections of stone on the home.  In order to better match the existing stonework, we took some of the local stones found on site, had them cleavered and reused them on the addition.

Garage Addition in Wayne:

On this job we were called in to rebuild an existing garage. The structure was in very bad shape – it was built partially into a hillside, and over time the pressure of the earth on the rear and side walls had caused them to begin to cave in.  The client wanted to replace the garage with a larger structure housing a home office on a second floor.  Due to height restrictions in the local zoning laws, the maximum height of a detached garage is only 14’ – not nearly enough for a second floor.  To find a solution, we consulted with the township officials and determined we could do a full height second floor on the garage if it were attached to the house.  The plans were changed accordingly and now the new garage will be attached to the second floor of the home with an open breezeway underneath to allow access to the rear patio.  The garage will be finished in stone to match the existing home and stucco in a complementary color. The stone used on the garage will be a real cleavered stone rather than the cultured concrete stones used on many homes.  Some of the stone taken from the home during demolition for the second floor entry will be taken off site, cut and reused on the garage.

The new garage will tie into the existing home directly above the area of white siding in the picture below. 

Below are pictures showing the removal of the existing garage. Since the garage was not salvagable, we demolished the structure and regraded the area.

These pictures show the pouring of the foundation and the concrete slab for the new garage. Instead of using a block foundation, we used forms and made the foundation walls out of poured concrete. After the floor was poured, we used a power trowel to bring the finish to a high shine.

Below are pictures of the framing work as the garage begins to take shape.

Once the majority of the roof was up on the new garage, we began the process of tying the new structure into the existing home. Once this area is enclosed, the exterior wall of the house will be removed allowing direct access to the garage from the second floor of the home.

When completed, the garage will have 3 bays, a storage closet, and a bathroom with an outside entrance for use with a future pool. The upstairs will have 2 rooms and a bathroom as well as a mechanical room for the water heater and HVAC system. As work progresses on this project, we'll put up more pictures.