“Renovation work is a lot like life. It is totally about setting priorities, knowing what you want and what you are willing to take, and figuring out the best solution to complete the task within the budget and timeframe available. One of the most rewarding things for me about renovation work is when I meet the challenge of helping the homeowner see their home and experience the space in a totally new way.”

  

Renovation/Addition

Right: Before
Above: Completed

 

Creating a renovation or addition is much like building a new home, but it requires more compromise to work within an existing framework. These projects also offer ample opportunities for creative solutions, and Amy relishes these challenges.

Like new homes, the process requires determining needs, setting a budget, verifying site conditions, checking code issues, preparing drawings and being involved to completion. However, additional requirements include:

  • Field measuring existing residence to create an accurate base drawing.
  • Verifying field conditions to determine any design or construction limitations/opportunities.
  • Anticipating unforeseen situations due to conditions that exist "beneath the surface."

Special care must be taken during construction to insure the solution is aesthetically pleasing, well constructed and flexible enough to effectively deal with unanticipated conditions that can occur during this process.

“Our project involved adding on over our garage. Some of the folks we talked with said 'It can't be done.' When we talked with Amy, she said 'It will be challenging, but here is how we can make it work.' In the end, she not only achieved everything we wanted, but she gave us some extra space we were not even expecting.”
Scott Pritchard, Asheville, NC
ACM Design, PA
Amy Conner-Murphy, AIA
110 Portobello Road
Asheville, NC 28704

T 828.684.9884
F 828.684.0649
acm@acmdesign.net

 

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