Custom Homes and Home Additions

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For our Rockwood Home Addition project, a master suite addition for a growing family in Austin, the home addition provided the parents with a new large bedroom and bathroom, and converted an existing bedroom to the baby’s room with the hall to the master suite. When going through design phase and listening to their vision and needs, TRS presented floor plan options with a traditional master bath and an option with a wet room. The family liked the idea of a wet room for something original and different for the home. What they didn’t anticipate was what a hit it would be for the kids! In their Google review they noted “we look forward to family bath time because the wet room makes it so easy!”   

A few additional design features - transom windows provide privacy while letting in natural light, a large wall closet takes maximum advantage of space. To help integrate the addition with the existing home, the existing patio doors were changed out for doors that match the single door that walks out from the master bedroom to the patio.  In the end, the addition looks like it was always part of the home!

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This retired Lago Vista couple envisioned a new guest suite for their home, but after completing the addition then decided to use it themselves as a relaxing sitting room! A key design feature was a 10 foot ceiling to create a more spacious feel than they had in the rest of the home. This created certain challenges given city limits on height, but our design and construction teams worked together to create a solution to provide our clients with the height they wanted while remaining in compliance with city requirements.

To ensure the addition integrated with the existing home - windows were removed and reused for the addition, and the team was able to preserve and reuse the beautiful interior wood blinds. In order to maintain a connecting bedroom as a bedroom, one of the repurposed windows was installed on an exterior wall to provide means of egress. Another design requirement of the client was to maintain and match the masonry exterior, and they were very happy with the results. Even the masonry patching on the new window opening looks original to the home.

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This bedroom addition was an important add to this Jonestown home as two families became one and needed the space for their teenage daughter! Along with the addition, TRS remodeled the master bath for mom and dad, installed new flooring throughout the home, and painted the exterior to freshen the look and aesthetically integrate the addition with the main home. A new front deck also adds a beautiful new exterior family space that makes better use of the property, and well shaded under a beautiful old tree.

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This project featured a home addition created by enclosing an existing patio, raising the patio floor to be level with the home, moving windows to the new exterior walls, and filling in walls and masonry where windows had been.

In addition - the kitchen was fully remodeled to update and modernize, extend the island to create seating for a busy family with four kids, and bring in some fun and functional new features like a pot filler and ice maker.

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Matching the flooring for the addition was a challenge in that the flooring had been discontinued. We were able to find a small amount of flooring in Florida which was sooo close but the color was just a little off. Fortunately, the owner had some remaining flooring which when interspersed with the new flooring the difference was unnoticeable.

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We don’t usually travel as far as Liberty Hill, however we love working with families that are caring for their parents. The scope of the project was to build a mother’s suite addition with a shared foyer and screened in porch for mom and daughter to enjoy together. Altogether a 1,200 sq. ft. addition to this home on a spacious 2 acre lot.
First we worked with owner and mom to design the new floorplan to add a large bedroom/sitting room, a large bathroom with ADA tub, large roll-in curveless shower, and a large walk-in closet, focusing the design on making it easy for mom to get around her new home, and including a large screened in porch and common entry for mother and daughter to share.

After receiving approval on the new floor plan and elevations, we began working with Daniece on materials selections.  After hearing her vision for colors and materials, we brought samples to her home from which she chose beautiful white and gray tiles and flooring for the bath; for the main room and entry a gray wood-look luxury vinyl plank flooring and a springy sage paint color (her mom’s favorite color), using light colors to enhance the spaciousness of the addition. 

A safe and accessible bathroom was a top priority. We worked with her to design the new space with no constrictions, multiple grab bars in the shower and safety bar at the entry to the walk-in tub. Beauty, safety and functionality. The shower also has a long bench and hand held to allow for standing or sitting. A large niche 36” wide allows mom to store and access items she needs from most any location in the shower. 

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In order to save on budget and integrate the addition into the existing home, our custom home builders reused some windows from the existing home, trimmed old and new to match the existing home. For the finishing touch, a new coat of paint (loved the color she chose!) and white trim lightened the home and created a seamless transition from the home to the addition. One point of pride in our team - through the entire process, our team did not damage the small shrub in front of the addition, one that came from Daniece’s grandmother’s garden, and could be a future piece of a new garden for her mother. The little things matter and we are so proud of our team for taking care!

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We also enjoyed working with this Pflugerville family! Our project started with a garage addition, then they brought us back for a complete interior remodel, porch renovation and carport addition. A few highlights, converting unused back room and hall into a large master bath, converting a storage and sewing room into a large boutique closet with washer and dryer conveniently relocated into a closet area, adding custom bookshelves, and removing old plywood walls and installing sheetrock throughout the home. Last but not least, we loved their vision for a large carport that can double as a covered patio for family gatherings. Thank you for trusting us with your precious home!

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