Projects

Villa Encantada

This was an extensive remodeling project of a 7,000 sq ft home which included all new plumbing, electrical, kitchens, bathrooms, radiant floor heating, home theater, gym with sauna, landscaping, automatic entry gate and alarm system. We removed 27 dump truck loads of walls and floors, creating a great room encompassing the kitchen, dining and living room.

The front of the house before the work, with an open carport on the right-hand end

The same view after the work: the carport has gone and an enclosed sunroom stands in its place

The carport at the front of the house (seen in the above Before image) was demolished and we reconfigured the space as a sunroom, which expanded the kitchen to include a social area and seating for six. We enclosed the outdoor patio off the master suite on the second floor, adding 80 usable sq ft and a skylight.

Villa Encantada kitchen before renovation — On the far right side of the image you can see a door and part of a cabinet. Behind the cabinet was a wall that defined the end of the kitchen and the beginning of the carport, which is shown in the front elevation before image above.

The kitchen after renovation, opened into the dining and living great room — The bi-folding glass doors spanning the entire width of the space and the large skylight we added transformed the kitchen into the home's favorite gathering spot.

The guest house at the back of the property before the work, sitting on rotting wooden posts — The guest house at the back of the property had no proper foundation — it sat on two horizontal logs and some rotting wooden posts.

The same guest house afterwards, on a new stone foundation with a door into the bodega beneath — We jacked up the structure, removed the wood supports and excavated underneath, creating a spacious bodega for garden supplies and tools. Steel beams and poured reinforced concrete replaced the wood structure.

Lap Pool

14-meter by 2-meter lap pool. The structure is poured reinforced concrete. The finishes are ceramic tile. The equipment is all state-of-the-art, including a UV filter and ozone generator, minimizing the need for chemicals.

The poured reinforced concrete shell of the lap pool before tiling

The finished 14-meter lap pool, tiled and filled

Welded Wire Wall System

These are examples of a steel, foam and welded wire wall system we've built with locally. We custom make the panels so they can be used in almost any design.

A custom art studio under construction: welded-wire wall panels in place, the steel roof frame going on, and scaffolding still standing around it — This is a uniquely designed art studio, and the welded-wire wall system adapted easily to its complex angles.

The workshop finished, its walls plastered in earth, sand and cement, with a worker mixing the next batch — The plaster is mixed from the desired color of earth with sand and cement, so the wall never needs painting.

The same workshop under construction, its welded-wire panels standing with the steel roof frame above

The same workshop from outside, panels and roof frame in place, with the valley behind

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