Saratoga

We purchased this property in 1998 as a remodel to resell. It is a quad level style home built in the early 60's. It features hardwood floors, 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, Family room with wood-burning fireplace, formal living room, large eat in kitchen and an unfinished basement. It also has a 2 car attached garage and sits on an extra large lot in an older subdivision. This home had experienced many years of deferred maintenance. In this project we renovated the kitchen, bathrooms, created a second family room and replaced all interior doors. All walls, ceilings and trim were repainted. 

What was done.

• Kitchen changes: We redesign the kitchen from an L shaped into a U shaped design thus creating a dining area. The exterior sliding door was replaced with french doors and the floor covering was replaced with oak parquet, stained a cinnamon color. The kitchen cabinets were reused with an addition of 2 new base cabinets.  Doors and drawer fronts were duplicated to match the existing ones.
• Bathroom changes: Main, we replaced the vanity, sink top, and hardware. Installed a white marble floor. Second bathroom, we relocated the washer and dryer to the basement. Installed new ceramic tile floor, cherry vanity, sink top, new shower stall, hardware and lighting.
• Whole house changes: All interior doors were replaced with six panel colonial style. The closet doors were of metal and spanned from floor to ceiling. The openings were lowered and the doors were replaced with six panel bi-folds to match all others. Carpets were removed from upper living areas now exposing existing oak hardwood floors.
• The basement was one large space. We divided it into 2 rooms, storage and laundry with the remaining space for a game room or second family room.
• Exterior: The original landscaping was overgrown and out of control, hiding the front of the house, causing damage to the front walkway and hampering access to the garage. The driveway entrance was almost completely blocked.  We removed all bushes and the walkway. New and larger concrete walkway was installed.