Green Acres - Age In Place

[Residential/Renovation/Addition]

[LMA] did the hard work in developing the design for our addition, so that it feels like Christmas every day!! We are SOOOOOO glad you helped us find our builder, too. We are beyond pleased and most grateful."

- Mike & Ellen

The homeowner’s father built this modest cinderblock house on a rural stretch of Frederick County just outside the city. After retiring from the army, the homeowner and their spouse wanted to come home to this house to age-in-place. However, they knew that they would need to make some changes to the house to make it more accessible as they aged.

We designed a great room addition and a main level primary bedroom suite which would not overwhelm the existing house and maximized storage space by creating a guest room and storage room in the attic.

We used our “hyphen” technique of design to separate the new roof from the old roof, allowing the addition to be slightly taller than the main house. This created extra space for the laundry and pantry, as well as a transition area from the updated kitchen.

The front porch also got a facelift. A new gable roof and extended overhangs all around the original home adds charm.

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Read about this project and others in "Innovative Architecture: Custom Family Homes From Country To City, River To Mountains"