San Francisco Sunset Entire Period Remodel

Client’s Response

“Andy handled the permit process with the city,  we received our permit in a matter of days!
Our new Home features a light-filled Kitchen with a built-in Banquette seating area, Master Bath, 2 Baths, New Bedrooms, a Media Room and Laundry (Andy was able to fit this in!)
We are so happy we chose Andy as our Architect!”

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Project Highlights

The project scope is an entire Home Remodel of an early 20th century Bungalow in the San Francisco Sunset District. An existing light well was infilled, creating an open, light-filled Kitchen with a Breakfast Banquette. A Master Suite was created by combining an existing Bedroom, and creating a New Master Bath. An existing Hall Bath was expanded and updated. The Entry was opened to include a stairwell connecting the newly expanded and Remodeled Ground Floor. The Ground Floor now includes a New Media / Family Room, Bedroom, Guest Bedroom / Office, Full Bath and Laundry Room. Care was taken to preserve the existing period character of the home. Existing trim detail and plaster molding was replaced, repaired and incorporated into the newly designed spaces throughout.
A main center bearing wall was removed on the Ground and Second Floor. Space from an existing Hallway was added to the New Second Floor Kitchen. Space from an existing Garage was added to a Ground Floor Media / Family Room. A new steel beam spanning 20 feet was installed to open up these spaces. The existing steep nonconforming Stair from the Second Floor to the Ground Floor was replaced with a new Stair with current tread and riser sizes. The new comfortable Stair is open to the Second Floor Entry and Ground Floor Media / Family Room. The new Stair now links both floors, making each floor an integral part of the new Home.
A main design challenge was creating light-filled spaces in an existing narrow house with windows only at the Front and the Rear. (In much of San Francisco houses are built side by side with no side yards) This was achieved by introducing a bank of large skylights at the Kitchen peninsula and adding a much larger window at the Breakfast Banquette, where an existing interior light well was underused. At the Ground Level, large, 7 foot wide pocket doors allow the Media / Family Room to share natural light from the Study / Guest Room.
Another main design challenge was to open up the spaces in the Home while still maintaining the original feel, respectful of the original spaces.