In September of 2006 we began a addition/remodel for Shaun & Laurie Petersen of Haverhill, MA. Sean & Laurie had been looking at new homes in town with potential for an in-law apartment. Laurie's father was ill and she wanted her parents to move in with her so she could help care for her father. Because the cost of new houses was very high and her mother was hesitant to leave her home, we were asked to put together plans to remodel her parents' home and build an addition for the Petersen family. Lauries parents lived in a cottage-style home in Haverhill on a large parcel of land.

In the summer of 2000, we began work on an addition for Chris and Danna Buono, of Wakefield, Massachusetts. The addition was designed by Peter Sandorse, of Phoenix Collaborative architects. The addition includes a 24' x 30' in-law apartment and a 16' x 12' exercise room, with a common stairway from the two-stall garage below. The exercise room and in-law apartment open in the rear to an 8' x 12' deck of Trex and cedar. The new structure has a new two-stall garage below, which is designed without lally columns, allowing for a 24' x 24' clear span.