The Batson's are big fans of the Not So Big House book. They definitely come from the perspective that they'd rather make their not-so-big house be a dream to live in. They worked with architect Lawrence Reeves to come up with a design that - in their opinion - radically improved their home.

For the Batson's, we worked on about 1/3 the house:

We recently completed a bathroom remodel for Jim Baker and Parkee Jones of Newburyport, Massachusetts. The bathroom remodel is the first step of an extensive first-floor addition and kitchen/bathroom remodeling project. We completed the upstairs bath first, so we could concentrate our efforts and contain the mess to one floor at a time. We expanded and remodeled the upstairs bath to move the laundry room from the first to the second floor. The old bathroom was approximately 6' x 10' and the new bath is 12' x 10'.

Mid-summer of 1999, Home Energy, Inc. undertook a kitchen remodel for Doug and Melinda Crossman of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Ten years earlier, the Crossmans had remodeled the kitchen, adding a family room. They decided the kitchen needed to be updated and procured the services of architect William March for the design work. Mr. March redesigned the kitchen space, proposing to add a breakfast nook and a screened porch with a deck to the rear of the house. Upon reviewing the plans we were eager to land the job.

In early 2005, Kent & Susan Allen of Newburyport hired us to remodel their home on Plum Island.  The Allens tried to get a permit to put a second story on their beachfront home. They hired an architect and submitted plans to the town but had been refused. The town would not allow the expansion of any buildings in the protected area in which the Allens lived.

We proposed a total gut remodel and a redesign of the existing footprint.

In December of 1996, we began a project designed by Peter Sandorse of Phoenix Collaborative Architects for Tom & Amy Brady of Andover. The Bradys lived in a 26' x 32' bungalow with a hip roof and dormers front and back. The second floor had previously been remodeled to provide a small bath and master bedroom. The house was a bit cramped for a family of four with two huge Labrador Retrievers. To build the addition, we demolished the downstairs bathroom and connected the addition to the main house.