These are examples of projects we did in the past, and some that are upcoming. Go to the “Properties” page to see our current projects and houses.

Wool Street, San Francisco: A 1912 Victorian cottage in Bernal Heights.  The house had a good roof and foundation, and needed everything else done to it.  We bought it in 1983, restored it and added a set of stairs up to the second floor and built two bedrooms under the eaves.  We sold the house in 1988 when we moved to Berkeley.

Fulton Street: The house next door to us was sold by the previous owner, whose family had owned it since 1938.  The house was a complete wreck, infested with rats, full of animal debris, bad foundation, powderpost in the floor joists, and every surface needed to be redone.  We totally restored the house, including new wiring and plumbing, and rented it out.  We sold the house in 2005.

62nd Street – Delaney House:  Built in 1881 as a one story, four room cottage,  the Delaney House is now a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a fully wheelchair accessible downstairs bedroom and bath. Beautiful period details and high ceilings, but totally updated systems.

62nd Street – Cheney Cottage: A Berkeley landmark, saved from demolition and bought from the University for $17, this house has been moved to 62nd Street and fully restored to original condition. Three bedrooms/one and a half baths, the Cheney Cottage is a 1902 Swiss Chalet style house with a jerkinhead gable roof. The house retains it’s period charm but has new plumbing, wiring and heating.

Rockhead and Quarry sold both of the 62nd Street houses in 2018.

 

Walnut Street 6-plex.  A beautiful 1905 house originally built as two side-by-side units, eventually divided into 6 units.  Until May 2017, our duplex on MLK sat next to this house. Our plan was to create two universally designed accessible units on the ground floor, and have four units upstairs.  We  planned on moving this massive house to West Berkeley in 2018. However, for a number of reasons, the move did not happen, and the house was demolished in November, 2018.

The Oakland kitchen: We remodeled our friends’ kitchen, rewiring, plumbing, gas, etc. It turned out beautifully, an amazing improvement over what they’d had.

Parker Street floors: We bought some old oak strip flooring, pulled the nails out of every strip, and are now installing hardwood floors in the Parker Street house. So far, the two halls and the dining room have been completed. Still to come: the two parlors.