Godkin Design/Build, Inc. built this 4 bed/5 bath single family home for Gocong Development Group in 2016. The home is located just a few blocks from Downtown Santa Barbara on a cozy street lined with several Craftsman style homes. Keeping with that character, this custom single story 2,225 square foot home features walnut wood floors, white Shaker style cabinets, vaulted ceilings, and various outdoor spaces of different sizes and character.
Here is what the old house looked like before it was torn down. A craftsman style home built in the early 1900's, two previous parties had tried to remodel and flip the home. They eventually realized the foundations (virtually non-existent) and framing were unfortunately far past salvaging.
View from main hallway to living room and dining room beyond.
View of the kitchen with island in the forefront. The beautiful white countertops are made of quartzite.
View of the master bed room with bath beyond. Although this is the largest, each of the other bed rooms all have their own dedicated bath room.
View to one of the house's bathrooms with quartzite countertops, combination tub/shower, and picture frame mirror.
Construction Images
We are getting the wood siding on and beginning to build-out the front porch columns.
Almost finished with plywood shearing.
The first wall is framed ... have a long way to go, ha.
Garage and accessory unit slabs freshly poured!
Here's Shawn pretending to work while the person who actually did all the work (his father, John) takes the picture.
Form work 99% complete and ready for concrete pour.
Site is finish graded and we are beginning to mark out where we will dig for footings.
Site grading has begun!
This residential remodel project is a 3-phase remodel and small addition. Phase one, which is complete, includes a small addition and a full kitchen remodel that flows into a new exterior patio. The kitchen remodel features all new appliances, beautiful black and white soapstone counter tops, subway tile back splash, and new wood flooring. The exposed structural beam allows for the enlarged kitchen area while tying nicely into the new wood floor.
Phases two and three will revise the remaining house to create a 3 bedroom/2 bath home.
Phase One kitchen remodel.
A main component of this remodel was reorganizing the entry sequence into the kitchen and cleaning up the adjacent facades. We simplified the entry sequence by down-sizing from two doors to one and by building a small addition that removed an angled wall and instead opted for a 90 degree corner for the entry. This new corner simplifies the roof line and allows for more functional and flexible interior space. In Phase II of this remodel we will also remove the other 45 degree angled wall, seen in the far left of this photograph. This will further simplify the roof line and functionality of the home's interior.
Brick overlay steps leading from patio area to dining room.
Graphic showing the new floor plan after full build-out. The new plan enlarges the kitchen while reorganizing the home's bedrooms and bathrooms to make a more efficient and livable layout. The solid black walls represent new construction while solid white walls are existing.
Graphic showing the house as it existed before our project. The dashed lines represent walls to be demolished and/or reorganized.
The island's white soapstone counter top is in while the black soapstone is getting prepped in the background.
Hilario installing the rough-tops for the new counters.
This new beam allowed us to remove a wall and really open up this kitchen remodel, both in terms of size and flexibility.
Window rough openings almost completed. The four foot wide plywood panels on either side of the windows are for lateral shear.
Dining room entry steps. These will be finished with either tile or brick ... TBD.
Formwork for new steps connecting the dining room to what will be a new patio space.
Just poured the new kitchen steps. These will be finished with either tile or brick ... TBD.
Foundation formwork for the small addition.
This project's main focus was remodeling the kitchen but also included updating the home with new windows, doors, trim, and fresh exterior and interior paint. The new kitchen features some new appliances, beautiful walnut floors, white quartz counter tops and subway tile back splash. We also opened the kitchen area up by creating a half wall with a raised bar-height counter top that connects to the adjacent living room space.
Construction Images
2/16. Tile back splash getting grouted. All appliances are installed fully functional. Our cabinet maker, Marten, will install remaining drawers, handles and pulls in the next day or so and then this kitchen is complete!
2/16. Tile back splash going in today.
2/15. John is prepping to install the hood vent. You can now see the under-cabinet lighting our electrician put in this morning, which looks great.
2/13. Cabinet doors are finish painted and getting installed along with the interior pull-out drawers. The appliances also began getting put in today, with the refrigerator, dishwasher, sink fixtures, and cook top installed with more to be in and functional tomorrow. All of the sudden it's starting to look like a kitchen again!
Detail of cabinet pull-out drawers before the finish door is attached. The dove-tail connection is a bit more expensive, but is also a longer lasting, higher quality option. Not to mention, it looks beautiful as well.
2/10/17 Quartz counter tops are getting installed today.
Detail of cabinet crown moulding.
Detail of cabinet toe kick & base.
Our new custom cabinets are almost fully installed and looking beautiful. Thanks go to Marten Walkker of Tegra Custom Woodworking for the beautiful craftsmanship. And by the way, the ceiling will be cleaned up and painted soon!
Marten installing the cabinets.
Rough plumbing and electrical complete, drywall installed, patched and painted and room now fully ready for kitchen cabinets. New hardwood flooring is going in tomorrow.
Existing kitchen cabinets undergoing demotion.
Existing kitchen cabinets undergoing demotion.
Existing kitchen.
