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Project Plans and Tour of the Sears Kit House

Bob kicks off the Studio City, California, project by meeting Gavin and Michelle Langley, happy new homeowners of a vintage Sears kit house. They have lots of plans for preserving both the historic and sentimental values of the house. Bob revies the proposed architectural plans discusses the previous remodelling efforts.
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Project Plans and Tour of the Sears Kit House

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" Tell me about your connection with -- particular house. -- my mom lived here for thirteen years she rented yet and she loved this house evolve it yes and she passed away and we kept on ranting and owners that -- Like -- since the thirties brick and the man who owned it with the little boy that grew up in this half drawer and he passed away and so his wife decided that she would challenge west an adult there."

" You've just -- it would in the last year so now let's talk a little bit about it is it it was purchased out of the Sears catalog right yeah it's. It was actually built in 1928 grade and promises catalog and it was originally in Hollywood. And in 1929. And moved it from Hollywood. Because now building the Hollywood freeway I was so it was in the path of the the freeway structure one of the first rate rise here in Los Angeles. From what we've managed to do -- have managed to find. In the -- catalog passes sure. The representation of the house together were made many hundreds of different models and of course you could -- not only the model them the style of the house on the exterior but all the accessories. From the bathroom fixtures to -- out in the tech -- you -- upgrading -- whenever -- Florida and they haven't -- list and it's. Let's go inside and take a close look at the condition is tonight. Come on man."

" Now do you know what to square footage of the house as. Yes it's a thousand nights where it. Be funded know how much you costs back ninety when it. This is very nice simple open plan will -- fireplace. Yeah report this is really won't write the way it is stretcher and -- and -- bonding here and it steps in Manhattan. -- this is callable at the top yeah. It looks like -- at a tapestry of brick -- and this would have arrived loose bricks Saxon mortar as part of the kit house. The top -- Chesney the existing houses it is with the living spices -- the front. And then it moves through to the service there -- the kitchen and the bathroom and the laundry and then the bedroom to the back yet. We're essentially keeping that fabric of the past and then the new floor plan. We made through the house have been done in the living room the kitchen and again. But and we got in the back of the house not smoke some of the yacht because -- such a big back that you have French doors onto the deck and what's this here. This is a closet to match what the existing closet Puff -- into the interest."

" Exit just bumped out and then of course you're planning on swimming pool and well and that a little bit later but that's a very good plan. And I liked the design of the windows nine or one since and usually there is nice yes. But. Obviously you got started here this ceiling is it looks like -- cathedral ceiling."

" Yes me and came and he had I think that he had a dropped ceiling here as me out of likened his paper Preston's paper -- and we check. Sony Pictures we came in here and she's seen it before and in the after you got your video cam -- out there -- you can. And we can't get down this less coherence and a beautiful."

" So the shape of it is essentially cathedrals and and you run it through into the into the dining right for a night's speech. Yes. That others. -- Of this period. Believing in the dining space what always join together they considered the -- written so we continue to -- these how trend than this ceiling in the living room matches in the ceiling in the dining. And then you've got a whole wallop bill and that's got to be original right it is it's good beautiful. Cabinets -- covers. With glass doors -- exactly in the original -- and probably the drawers for the good soda that you've been stripping the paid off yank out and I have. This system over here is that -- building this. You know this is really early examples of modernism is just really neat to see especially in a modest house like this yes. Now the kitchen's pretty that come this way. But you are trying to close -- doors dad I love divisions yet and I think that happen. Now it's it's it's not a big kitchen but a lot of apartment dwellers would kill for this much area look at this this is -- a lot of rapist -- is that. In Athens -- now -- is used to make an occasional furniture. People. Big Easy area sure. You literally run -- probably along with the house yeah I'll try clone. Create we create this evening so that we -- have this because you can't put them at a -- table and here's -- sun -- something that -- behind the power yeah yes I really want to do that. What what what are some of the features that are still here though I mean clearly this must've been the place where the stove was placed. Yes that you've got -- ducked out there you've got kind of put what about the kitchen cabinets that are behind you what we found is that the planet the kitchen was still it's original plan that -- actually probably added cabinets to. The kitchen yeah in 1920 they may have to take kitchen furniture freestanding covered and George -- my favorite with confess. Oh yes. Sure -- required a boy and a and it has the greatest debate. Yes that is leads you to keep this well yes nice thing -- have yes I think. And and here is that the built in pantry. What they did is as a whole in the flow to the underside of the house and it actually vents -- lights that food. Because in the us that it didn't have -- they had ice boxes and management team right to the and it causes through from the under the house all the way through this and shelving to add expense that's a fabulous."

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