The Before, The Between And The After

I saw this property for the first time in April 2004. It didn't look very attractive. There was a lot of junk spread everywhere. The previous owners raised goats, turkeys and chickens on the property. They even kept a horse! It took a year before deciding to buy it and transform it into a vacation rental villa.

A local contractor was hired, someone who spoke a little English, learned during a couple of years of working for a fish farmer near Seattle. He could read the plan and understood my instructions.

The facade needed the least amount of work.

The front living room did not alter much. The original part of the house is constructed of rocks, than plastered and painted.

What is now the atrium used to be a dining room. The ceiling was raised, with a big skylight for aditional air circulation and the arches were opened.

The former kitchen was demolished and in its place came a large family room with high ceiling and wide, tall screened doors that open to the backyard.

The backyard was cleaned up and an above ground lap pool with sun deck was built just outside the master bedroom.