Credits
From Floisand Studio Architects
What to do when you’ve got a growing family and a tiny house on a postage stamp lot? Expand up! But, building up isn’t without challenges, especially when the addition needs to bear on a basement that had been fully remodeled a few years earlier. But you love the neighborhood, you don’t want to move, so you get creative. And that is what this family of four did.
Taking advantage of the property’s vertical space, we redesigned the main floor and added a new second story as well as an attached garage with family room above. We converted a basement apartment into an ADU and relocated the home’s entry to the front of the house (away from its previous location off a skinny sideyard). The garage shifted north and created a new south facing backyard for the dog and kids to enjoy. The main stair was centrally relocated to where the new garage/family room wing meets the main house.