Room Additions — In-Law Suite
Some would call it an 970 square foot room addition that will help a family with "multi-generational living." Others — when considering home remodeling ideas — would simply call it a luxury
"in-law suite" that will someday become the first floor master suite.
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Regardless of label, this St. Mary’s county family — with the professional remodeling services of Towne Craft Builders — now has a new first floor master bedroom suite that contains:
- A master bath with soaker tub and adjacent shower stall with frameless glass door and seating bench, shower stall is wheelchair accessible and reinforced to accept grab bars; the bath area is surrounded by two panoramic Andersen “low-E” energy-efficient windows
- Kohler fixtures and vanity sinks that are mounted under a custom granite vanity top
- A library/study area with custom built-in bookcases
- A self-contained laundry room
- Custom 8’ tall built-in linen cabinet in the master bath
- Oversized walk-in closet
- Extra sound insulation that provides separation of sounds between the father in-law suite and the original living area on the ground floor
- American Standard high-efficiency gas furnace and air conditioning unit; Rinnai tankless hot water heater
- Andersen “low-E,” high efficient products including a six-piece combo window unit in the suite’s library section; also Andersen French Wood Gliding door
Other Home Remodeling Project Benefits
Like many home improvements, Towne Craft and the homeowner worked together to add a Butler Pantry to the rear of the existing home that not only expands the existing dining room, but acts as a bridge between the new master in-law suite and existing home.
In the same fashion, the viewing area from the existing breakfast room was improved by removing some existing windows and moving them to the laundry room, and installing new taller windows in the breakfast room that offered more views of the backyard.
Towne Craft and the Wildewood resident found the Permit Acquisition process to be very routine, taking only three to four business days.
Despite winter weather challenges and major holiday periods, the new ground floor expansion was completed in approximately five months.
Stu Garlington Reflects on this Home Remodeling Project
"Working with a client at this level requires more attention to detail and interaction with the client.
As you can see, we first drew a minimalistic floor plan of the existing house including the 2nd floor so we could create a 3D Model. Then we went to work on the room addition. There were three to four versions with corresponding meetings with the client.
Each meeting helped narrow down their vision and our interpretation with more and more detail being discussed and added until there was consensus.
The client was very concerned that the room addition didn’t look like an obvious ‘addition.’ They wanted the original structure and room addition to blend together as if they were built at the same time.
The client and I agree we accomplished that goal and believe you will too when you view the before and after photos."
