This morning I will meet with clients and a contractor to review the contractor's bid for the renovations and additions of their home in Southold. It is a beautiful site on the bay. We are discussing ways to bring the cost down. My clients wanted to spend $450,000.00 on their house not including the kitchen and landscaping. I didn't think that this was possible since the amount of work is so great. The bids came in at almost $600,000.00. They are going to move ahead anyway.
The drawing is the new design. The photo above is what the house looks like now. The addition on the back of the house was done in the 1970's. It doesn't work well with the rest of the house in terms of design, flow and functionality. Because of its location around the stone chimney, it leaks terribly whenever it rains with a northeasterly wind. It will be removed and replaced with an addition that is responsive to the original roof forms of the house. I can't wait to start construction and see the transformation.
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