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Ojai Ranch Remodel

Master Suite Revsion of Option # 2

Plan

  • added double door at bedroom entry
  • moved tub and shower to south wall
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Overview

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Bath overview

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Master looking towards entry and bath

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1.31.2016

Master Suite

Option #2

  • Keep bath in same area – add shower
  • Change bedwall and closet
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Option # 3

  • Relocate bath
  • Bigger bedroom
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Revised kitchen

  • move range to opposite wall
  • center sink at windows
  • keep existing openings to Dining Room
  • wrap corner to breakfast nook
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View from entry hall

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Through breakfast nook to kitchen

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Looking towards entry hall and passthrough to dining room

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1.22.2016

Kitchen

Floor plan

  • Range at window side – check for availability of downdraft
  • Breakfast area with skinny table
  • Dishwasher might be better pushed south for access in corner and open shelves
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Looking towards breakfast nook

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Other side

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From Breakfast nook

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Master Suite

Floor plan

  • Study is one room – keeping existing doors
  • Closet added in study  – closet in entry hall
  • Possible HVAC above closet
  • Bath – if we combine tub/shower might be more open space
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Looking into master suite area

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View to study

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Master Bedroom – with existing beams

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Site Plan

Add driveway and path workign with existing trees

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1.6.2016

Site Overview
– possible parking idea without impacting too much of property
– pool area

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Remodel Master Area – Option #2
– relocate walls
– larger master
– remove large door on North side – to create more options for living space
– larger bathroom

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Remodel Master Area – Option #1
– keep walls, HVAC – use as much of existing to keep cost down

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Kitchen
– idea for “all low counters” with blend in pantry

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Looking through dining room to kitchen – with hood as “object de arte”

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Playroom/laundry ideas

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12.02.2015

Here are a few images to get you started.  Everything is rough and this is a quick pass – just a start – but wanted to give you something to start thinking about.  Click on photos to enlarge.

Front and back views

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Overview of existing plan

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Preliminary ideas …

  • keeping as much existing structure as possible – minimizes cost
  • open up entry to master wing
  • work with existing steps
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Floor plan

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As builts

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Skinny, Tiny, Pre-Fab, Eco House

The “Skinny House” is an idea taken from looking at various pre-fab homes, in particular the high concept, prefabricated Glide House, designed by Michelle Kaufmann. Working with clients over the years, many had seen interesting prefabricated homes in Dwell Magazine and other online architectural place. The idea of having a home built in a factory – better working conditions – better quality – cheaper prices etc – is a hot appeal.

The Glide House

The plan below is an idea that uses many of the concepts of a prefabricated home but a bit bigger and using the garage as a “flex space.” Many people prefer using their garage as a studio, office or other use.

One of the ideas of the “Skinny House” is to incorporate outdoors living space.

Keep construction simple to keep costs down … simple but elegant!

Incorporate solar power …

Often times, after researching the true costs with infrastructure, foundations etc, the actual costs of prefabricated homes are the same or more than building the home on site. A site built home design has much more freedom to be “tweaked” to fit the site. Many options, levels of quality and design exist, but most prefabricated homes are based on components – usually 16 feet wide – that can be transported by truck.

Below – some additional ideas for floor plans.

Prefabricated home companies have been around for years. You mostly know them as trailer park homes. Many of these companies have not evolved past the ugly boxy designs you have seen. A bunch of new companies have come and gone such as Michelle Kaufmann’s Glidehouse. It seems to be – so far – a serious challenge to create the “iHouse” design for homes. A design that works everywhere – works well – is priced well and deliverable everywhere.

A bold objective …

Hygge – a friend of mine recently built this home in Long Island, New York
https://hyggesupply.com/supply/models/

Method Homes
https://methodhomes.net/homes/

Stillwater – in the state of Washington is an interesting company
https://www.stillwaterdwellings.com/designs

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Ventana Magazine Features Ojai Custom Home Builder – Green Home

Contemporary Cool

The Ojai abode of green builder Otis Bradley.

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The exposed structural steel and beams are painted in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Cherokee Red.


By Andrea Kitay—Photography by Gaszton Gal

Casa Verde, the two-acre Ojai spread that Otis Bradley and his family call home, is more than a play on words. Its name is a nod to the custom homebuilder’s passion for efficiency. The 3400-square-foot contemporary completed in 2008 is a result of Bradley’s determination to build an ecologically sound home, in keeping with his family’s laidback lifestyle.

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