Many friends have asked how the rebuild/remodel of our home has gone. As of April 2, 2008, we officially moved back into our house after over two years of planning and then construction. Specifically, we bulldozed the house in October, 2007, but we had started with our architect a little over a year before that. This home took us over two years to plan and construct. We worked with Bob Bryant of Flury Bryant Design for over a year. We then used DeMattei Construction to build our beautiful home. And it has taken a tremendous attention to detail to get there.
The house actually started like this:
We bought it from the grandchildren of the original builder, which we believe was a tailor by trade, but when all his friends were building houses he figured he should build one like theirs, too. They tell a story about the last time he came to visit them at the house before they sold it, he said to them as he crossed the threshold, "This thing's still standing???"
And then after a couple years of planning and work became this:
We were selected to be peek of the week at lookiloos--they've got a great story there under "Craftsman in Los Gatos".
I'll try to post some before-after specifics in subsequent entries.
