Schulz Residence Remodel / Reconfiguration / Expansion

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Schulz Residence

Clairemont Mesa - San Diego, CA

This was a residential envisioned, planned, designed, drew-up, got approvals for, and built.

It's a remodel involving significant reconfiguration, targeted expansion, and complete utilities' upgrades.

(...But allow me to talk about my wife Cindi here. She and I not only managed to live through the process of building this thing together, but having done so, we're closer than when we started. ...And just how cool is that? Because, beyond actually helping with a lot of the physical work, Cindi's most important contributions included tolerating the process, keeping me clothed and fed, taking care of the kids and the dogs, and paying for stuff. ...Oh, and while we did all this, we both had more-than-full-time professional careers. 'We'd lost a daughter... 'went on to have two more... 'just say'in that this project did not emerge in a boring time of life...)

We started with an existing 950 SF, 1955 post WW2, 3 bedroom, 1 bath house.

The to a humble living room, it had a microscopic kitchen / dining area, a single car garage. All this grandeur happened in a simple box, under a gable and hip roof, on a huge lot.

Our transformations included:

...The whole experience was a lot of work... But we learned a lot and are better for having crossed the 'finish line.'

(More images will follow when I can find them in the garage of my current residence / 'project.' which, as you might have guessed, is currently under construction! :)

Above: Existing House Plan

Below: Completed Expansion / Remodel Plan (Plan is not exact... but provides general project scope)

Above: Existing House Image (as seen from the back yard)

Below #1: Completed House Image (as seen from back yard)

Below #2: Completed House Image Interior (New Living Space as seen from New Kitchen)