Additions and remodeling in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County
Home additions in Palos Verdes Estates
Can a parent live on the ground floor of a Palos Verdes Estates house without anyone giving up a bedroom? A suite with its own bath may be the answer.
Can a parent live on the ground floor of our Palos Verdes Estates house without anyone else giving up a bedroom? Often the answer is a suite added at the back or side, with its own bath and a wide door to the main hall. Whether it fits depends on the setbacks and floor area the city allows on the parcel, which we look up before any sketch.
Planning the suite for a parent
A suite for an older parent is laid out for the years ahead: a curbless shower with blocking in the walls for grab bars, a doorway wide enough for a walker, light switches at a reachable height and a bedroom close to the bath. A step-free path from the driveway to the suite's door matters as much as the room itself. A small sitting area with a window gives the parent a space of their own during the day, and a pocket door or a short hall keeps sounds from the family room at a distance.
City review and a matched finish
Plan review for the suite is handled by the City of Palos Verdes Estates, and no work starts until it signs off. The new walls, roof and windows are matched to the house, with finishes and fasteners rated for wet, briny air so they weather at the same pace as the old. Because the suite sits on the ground floor, most of the build happens outside the main house, and the connection through an existing wall is made after the suite is closed in. The family's routine continues around the work until the doorway opens.
What we build in Palos Verdes Estates
Additions and second stories lead the list. Every other service is available here too, alone or as part of a bigger project.
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