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The John Webbccast is a podcast series that documents the projects, teams, and changes in the construction industry in real time to better inform potential clients and aspiring contractors. From design & planning to demolish and/or excavation, construction & installation, stick around for the finishing touches because they are definitely worth it.

the john webbccast

A podcast about construction, remodeling, design and style as seen and told by John Webb.

John is a design, build and development entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience throughout the PNW. As the owner of John Webb Construction & Design, he provides end-to-end design, planning, construction and remodeling for residential and commercial projects with offices in Eugene, Portland and Seattle. A passion for IKEA™ cabinets led to the creation of Dendra Doors®, which specializes in custom doors for IKEA’s popular kitchen and bathroom cabinet systems. Webbccast is John’s first podcast.

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John walks us through the brilliant choices made to build character and privacy for the homeowner of the Hatfield project. From Trees to perennials, a lot of thought and hard work went into this design. the Importance of Landscape Design So my buddy Barbara and I, all of us was beat up this landscaper, all the landscaping here, which is, man, I'll never sell the landscaper short again. We have like 400 plants we put in and we brought, I'm guessing, at least 100 yards of really nice topsoil and dirt. And it was all done by hand. And then Tyler, our concrete guy, brought a lot of it in with his little walk behind tractor and skirted most got a lot of the elevations in. But my son John I think we saw it there earlier he his heads on placing all the rock and all the detail and he put all the bark mulch in carefully around all the plants. And but I'm telling you: these are all young, but Man, in three years this front yard is going to be pretty private and just absolutely beautiful. The lawn will go in probably around the middle of the month. This landscaping wrapped all the way around this property. Every inch of it was done. The only part we done, we left a little meadow up in the top that I mentioned earlier. Somebody could do a garden or storage or whatever they want with it. We’ve got stepping stones around it, some pretty cool plants. It’s totally irrigated, where we put extra sprays on the trees just because they're new. Everything's got a place. And here, the master bathroom is, you know, out here. Back in the house. So the evenings we we have lighting that's out here. So this all gets lit at night and it goes inside the house. So it's all indirect. So it should be pretty sweet when it's when it's all lit up at night. Landscaping Adds Value & Comfort Well, this is the type of house even the banker was here yesterday and she said that this is a, this is a custom house. I said, no, it's just, you know, a very thought out, thoughtful house. And, you know, some it can have many things done. Like I mentioned before, somebody could have another person live upstairs and not be a part of it. But I find a lot of my clients, as they get older, the worlds get a little bit things get a little bit smaller, they're not going to go in as much. And they end up using only two or three rooms in the house. And sometimes there might even be the kitchen and the dining room and the bedroom and it's because it's convenient. They're close. But this house is made to use the living area in the bedroom, but it's in the patio. It's all one so it's, it's beautiful. It's made for beauty and light and, you know, a cool place to live is what it's about, you know. Let alone the investment. So that she was kind of I think she was a little taken aback when she saw the landscape be there. Landscaping - Creating Privacy & Character And she loved the fence. Everybody loves the fence. Now they're probably going to make a bench that sits out here. So somebody you know, the garden means a lot, a lot of beautiful plants and stuff in here. But, you know, there's honestly room for people they want. They have ornamental things or plants that they absolutely love and different species. This is a great shaded garden most of the day. So the hastas are going to do excellent out here and everything we planted is going to do really well. But, you know, there's room for some annuals and stuff like that every year for people to kind of put their own signature on things and brighten things up. But everything that we had put in is going to come back year after year after year and get bigger. Bigger and more lush. One day, these are going to be, you know,18 feet tall. You won't even see the house from the back anymore. So but as I tell you can walk all the way around this place. Well, this landscape is great. I tell you, my my friend Barb is the brilliant one here. And I could never have done all this and made it look as beautiful without her. And she's patient with me and she's taught me a lot. So that's it's kind of, it's kind of a new era of a new challenge of things that I'm going to do more of in the future. Everyone's working really hard on this place, so it's taken, you know, an army of guys, you know, just putting different talents in here. And, you know, from all the rock work, from the excavation to the landscaping to the foundation and all the floors and the siding and the roofing and the gutters and the electrical and the plumbing, heating and cooling. This is going to be really a pretty special place when it's all said and done.
John Webb shows us more built in storage and the amazing designs for the bathrooms for the Hatfield new home build. A lot of talent and hard work has gone into this home, and it has clearly paid off. Take a look! And then when we have the carpets, it’s going to get Karastan Carpet going in, only the best. The entryway is the same way. Getting ready, coat closet. So we're just going to we're just going to do one hanger in it. But man, they got a ton more storage in there than they need. Oh, and then room for another Dyson; one for the top floor and one for the bottom floor. So here we've got this one here. He actually he does have all the toilets done. He's got to get the wall hung sink in. We’ve got this cool wall hung sink from Signature Hardware. And again we made the mirrors and stuff. The mirror frames are all the same. And this is all everything's ready for template. We're ready for template today. This gets a quartz up here too. Then, what I did here is, you can see the frame and I built the framing around the bathtub. So it looks like a pedestal tub when you walk in. But, you have a seat if somebody needs to sit up or they have a place to set stuff next to the. Up next to the tub when you're in it. The worst thing about these is that a lot of people put them in, it has a spout that comes out of the floor and there's nothing around it. And you know, there's no place to get in easily or get out easily or lean. So honestly, this is thinking ahead that if anybody needs to have a handle bar or whatever, this is a great place to mount them now and you would never notice them. This closet will be put together tomorrow. But I got too many cabinets. We have hanging on both hands. And these are all shoe racks. So there's made for shoes on both sides. This is all drawers, countertop. And then I've got these cool glass cabinets on the top and some open shelving between them. I have some more littler drawers for jewelry or, you know, belts or tie clips or scarves or whatever else somebody might have. That should be pretty good. And if this closet wasn't big enough, if someone wanted to move winter or summer, you got the upper closet upstairs. They could switch their clothes if they wanted. You know, coats and things could always be in another closet. Master bedrooms done. I mean, except for the electrical and the light. Come on out into the patio. Cool thing is you could walk all around this house. One door leads to another place that goes in another door. You're not going back through the same door you came in. This is facing south. So in the winter, when the sun is lower, you'll have really great light in this house. This is a great outdoor patio for eating or for outdoor furniture. We're working on the kitchen right now. I think if you got it, it's the barbecue sitting in on the master bedroom for right now until we get the granite in out here. But again, we made custom doors for the same thing and it will all be finished with that distressed driftwood look. A little bit different detail. Ben, my painter my painter. He always gets kind of excited when he figures out what I'm up to. He's a total partner in what we end up with because I'll show him something. Or, I’ll show him a sample of something and ask “How we're going to get here?” Because sometimes the samples are just plastic or a picture and we're in real life trying to create something that might have that similar look. And I call this kind of driftwood looking. Is that the easiest word I can think of? You know, how to describe it, you know, as far as the color and the texture and that type, that everything's been sandblasted.
John talks cabinetry, countertops, and streamlined storage for the Hatfield project. For numerous reasons, including quality Blum hinges, hardware and amazing warranties, John went with customized IKEA Sektion and Pax cabinets with Dendra Doors fronts. Not only are these choices cost effective, they are easy to make your own with quality makers of aftermarket doors, drawers, panels, and trim. Coming in here: we’ve got a template coming in today, so all the countertops will be in template and then we'll all be installed next week. So we're just finishing up some of the just a few of the details and getting ready for the countertop. People. The island is done, but here are some doors we made for. So when's all said and done? You won't even know there's doors underneath here. But you got all that extra storage. It still needs to be sealed and stained. Anyway, it's the first time I've done this. Just again, it's just the recycled stuff that they want. Real long pieces, but they all work out when you have enough of them. And we sandblasted everything. So they'll be in here to stain this next week. Even the top of the chimney over there for the stove. Then this gap is going to have the same detail that's upstairs to see. All these closets are pretty cool. John Rivera's here right now. He's our plumber and he's getting everything set and finished. He's pretty much the last one. The the electrician comes in on Monday and they'll have all the light fixtures and everything. All sparked up and working in here. Well, honestly, we're everything's done up here at this point. We're just waiting for the countertops and then the carpet goes in the whole house. Everything's built in. As I've talked about earlier, the closets are all built in the got soft closes. I've got to put the knobs on. I'm still but you know, we've got all the built in drawers. So I have some pretty nice basic stuff which is a little you know, it's got really good storage. But I could we could critique this, We could have all drawers in here. We could have all shelves in here. You could have tall hanging, short hanging things for your shoes. But it's a nice option. So in a home like this, you just you pop in and you just put your furniture. You don't have to. I mean, honestly, you can put a bed in here and a chair. That's really all you being that. No, we're we're right down to the wire up here getting finished there. As you see, it's like all this wall, the closet, everything is this place is just got a ton of storage. So this last one here I've left for, it's for Zach for a Dyson vacuum cleaner. So it's going to be like a cordless. It would be charged or somebody would have a vacuum that they could carry around and clean the place and put it away. Something light and without a cord. They're pretty nice nowadays, but we're done up here. You know, he's got a few drawbacks. A snap on the refrigerator goes in, and that will happen soon as the countertop goes in next week. No. And this is all IKEA. So, you know, most people just put, you know, set them on the ground and go with them. But when I plan the house, when I design it, I just plan the spaces to hold everything evenly. So then when it's all trimmed out is trimmed out just like all the doors, everything's trimmed out the same in the house. So all of a sudden it's integrated into the design of the home. It's pretty cool. This is what I call pretty seamless in the house, I mean, and timeless. You more stores than you need, I think we noticed. But there's a whole other attic space of, you know, about 144 square feet up it just straight up above the bedrooms there, too.
John takes us on a walkthrough of the Hatfield project, starting with new home exterior design standards. For this new home build John tied interior and exterior accents together in charming ways. From the fence to doors to floating shelves design elements maintain a sense of warmth and consistency throughout the home. New Home Design and Build We're coming into the grand finale of this. So landscaping is all in completely. It zooms irrigation. The driveways in it came out pretty darn nice and everything's a little bit of design in progress. We cut our our x's in the concrete on the way up to kind of matches the fence, which ties into all the floors in the house. It's got a diagonal grip through the entire house that are five by five that are grounded like huge tiles. So everything is kind of seamless and goes together. We only really have the house as far as colors go. There's only three colors white. The color of the floor. And then basically the distressed thing, which is all the woodwork in the doors and some cabinetry and some accessory pieces, the outdoor kitchen is all done like this also. And the beams, we have, um, some got galvalume gutters, huge ones. So that was kind of fun. You don't usually see them put on houses, but, um, I like them just because they're kind of modern. But, you know, they hold a lot of water and I think they're timeless. They're good. Always looking at that. You never have to paint them or anything, and they all look pretty cool as they age. Neighborhood Design Standards John here is putting the rocks in a little detail we're doing around the driveway, just kind of helping plan with some of the drainage here in Coburg. They want you to keep all your stormwater and you don't want your driveways and stuff draining out into the street and stuff. So when we when I plan the layout here and the drainage, everything on the upper level, all tips all to the edges and you know, it's got rock percolating all the way around so all the water appears stays up here and then when you shoot down the driveway, everything kind of sits down to this side. And we have a basically it's probably about 18 inches deep and filled with rock all the way down. So the water really never hits the street. The well did a little bit of staircase over there, which is kind of fun. He threw a little handyman, um, staircase design in to get up into that. Maybe a future garden area or boat storage or whatever. Somebody would want up in that area. Um, be nice garden with raised beds, maybe for the future. I have some details coming still. I had some metal work made for the gable ends there soon as I get the paint touched up. When we're finished, they'll go in probably next week. So we have some metal work made for them and the beams and we had them all powder coated. So they're going to look pretty nice. Really nice detail in the house as I finish the painters got the house painted inside and out. Now it's complete. They're now just doing the, the little detail finish work with the staining and stuff. And you can see on this door here what they've, they've worked on so and this is all recycled wood out of our lumber pile. Stylish and Practical Designs These are all the mirror frames custom made that are going to be finished similar to the doors and the fencing. And so we have I have recycled mirrors. I'm going to have cut ten bucks a cat and I'm using mirrors. I've taken out of other projects that are in perfect condition and will going to be reused again. So, so instead of the landfill, all the stuff here is all recycled stuff that, you know, a lot of people would have just tossed out that I save it all dry and I'm in good condition. So up in the attic, that's a huge storage space up there with the heating and cooling equipment and also the gas or the boiler, which is the main source of all the hot water in the house, about 250 gallons worth an hour of hot water. So this is going to be all built in. They started getting the cabinets and for the work bench. Here's kind of what our wood doors are distressed looking and we have a nice clear finish that's going to go over all of them. So they're going to pretty much stay like this forever. Kind of looks like driftwood.
John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/ John Webb walks us through the progress of this home remodel & home additions project his design/build firm is working on in Eugene. Coordinating subcontractors, crews, and materials can be a juggling act, but it all comes together. Home Addition Update So this week we accomplished getting this all finished up or nailed off and dried in. We ordered the roof so we'll get the roof on next week. And, I'll get it inspected and then these windows and this whole section will all be finished. So it's ready to go. And, If you look in the living room, all the trim been cut for the windows. And it's all cedar. Because cedar holds up for years while this new stuff doesn't hold up is good. So anyway, it'll be primed completely on all sides and ready to go. Framing and Trusses The framing package is all here. So now all the framing is done for the floors. So next week all the walls go up and then the week after all the trusses come on here. So this section is going to get buttoned up here before you know it. And then they're on the siding. I'll have another couple of the guys just working on this side of the house finishing up. So we should be moving along pretty good. I'm guessing that we'll be having the electricians and plumbers here, I would say April. It should have all the electrical and plumbing, all the rough in done. All the roofing should be done by then. And the siding should be on its way. So we're moving along pretty quickly. Pouring Concrete He's still got to pour the front. Which I was waiting to get the building up so I can attach the roof well. And so I attach the section that the heat pump sits on so that it doesn't vibrate. So you don't hear it downstairs. It will hang, you know, across from wall to wall, and then we'll pat it. And so when the heating and cooling comes on upstairs, you won't be hear it in any other part of the house.
John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/ John’s Precision Plumbing: https://www.facebook.com/people/Johns-Precision-Plumbing/100067731019684/ We spend a few minutes talking with John Generoso from John’s Precision Plumbing about his work on the Hatfield Street spec home in Coburg. He tells us what it’s been like working with John Webb over the years, the Hatfield New Home Build Project, and John’s commitment to quality. John Generoso has worked with John Webb Construction & Design on quite a few projects over the years, from New Home Construction to numerous Remodel Projects. Generoso brings a ton of practical experience to the table that our clients appreciate immensely. I'm John. John's precision plumbing. I've been plumbing since 1996. I've been working at John Webb Construction. He's got a good group of people. He's got the same people around 95% of the time. It's kind of camaraderie. A lot of fun. From my perspective, plumbing is actually a good design for the for the purpose of the fixtures in the bathroom stacking over each other. It's got a good friendly layout. You can come in from one room. You've got your utility area separate, completely separate from the living area. Then you've got your kitchen area. You can head upstairs and you've got an entertaining area with the bar sink and whatnot. The recirc is really cool. He’s got a hot water recirc system as well as a boiler system, which is very efficient. Framing is interesting. There's a lot of lot of wood, a lot of distance to get to. And generally a lot of times you can go through in a few little spots and make it pretty simple and consistent. But on these, every one is unique. Every time you build the house, you don't just go to the standard what you think you're going to be doing. You go in and you've got to kind of create things and think outside of the box. So which is cool. John's very creative like that, though. He’s kind of reinventing the wheel sometimes. And that's funny because at the end, like for years in the past, I'd never seen people come through and like take eight foot levels and plane the whole wall and then put stapled plywood on, and I mean, they smooth plaster wall. He wanted it perfectly, perfectly smooth. You know, and this was back when Dale was, this about 15 years ago. And every single, every stud, every framing remembered was you had to take it, put it this way. It couldn't rock back and forth, had to be perfect level this way. I remember Dale was really wound up because they spent about three days doing that s^!t. Just stapling plywood or stapling cardboard to walls. And sometimes it only start here. It got four foot and six foot. But he wanted it. He wanted a good product. That was the bottom line. No matter what. It wasn't the recall. It that he wanted to turn a good product. A lot of people are more production driven. And it's not that you just stop working here, but you don't have to be production driven. It's more important to do a cost effective job, but turn the best product you can. And that's funny cause like some of the jobs I come off of recently, it's exact opposite. They just want the plumber in and 8 hours, electrician 8 hours and they want to sell the house in 16 hours, you know. So and there's so much money in that. I'm sure there is, but there's a lot more callbacks too. Yeah, a lot more issues to deal with that are after the 365 days. Yeah. Like this one that these these type of slabs are really cool and unique. I've never seen them. You know, when I first started working there, I'd bet It was more like 18 years, when I first started working with him. And the whole concept of the post tension lab and the stretching it tight and everything. When we actually plumb this thing, there's a whole bunch of cables and we have to design this plumbing systems so that all the pipes that come through the floor. When he stretches those cables, all that stuff stays where it belongs and it has to be just right and perfect. Like when Dale and I laid this out, there was issues where these cables were interfering. Well, there's one right here, and they would. And so we took the time of moving them to let the plumbing be good and not be damaged ten years later. Where then the other guy might just grab the cable and stretch and it may give it maybe five years before it shifted. But those were the things that were much more important. And the know the most builders would be like, I don't worry about it now you're overthinking it, you know. So, that part I really enjoy. The fact that willing to go the extra to give the most. That part I really like.
John Webb enjoyed all the design details he worked in throughout the Hatfield Project. From creating an in-home spa to the heated floors, to the elegant lighting coupled with natural sunlight, it turned out beautifully. John walks us through how he made these decisions and the overall appeal and charm they provide. We have an atrium outside the master bathroom window out the master bathroom. The master bathroom was really a great spa area. It's got a great pedestal tub. Lots of you know, it's got two sayings, but it's got a lot of counter space and storage in there. Also, it overlooks a patio area with a seven by six window right in front of the pedestal tub. And so we're just talking with the landscaper yesterday, as a matter of fact, of how we're going to landscape all that and finish it. It's private. So you really only see it from inside the building. And so anyway, it's just kind of funny that we're thinking about that now, but it's going to be a pretty spectacular area, especially in the evenings if you're if you just have the outside light on. That's enough light. The light, the whole bathroom that all you're going to see is a gardener. So that's a little unusual for a home nowadays. It looks like the our concrete guy is getting ready to put the patio here. So I'm guessing if he does that next week, we'll be pouring the patio in, then the shower pan in. There is the same thing. So the floors and all match completely. So that's pretty seamless too. It's pretty nice to be able to walk into a shower with no lip in it and the floors all be exactly the same. So that's a change of anything. It's kind of fun right now, just choosing all the textures and the tile. And, um, I'm, I'm a, I'm a guy that doesn't like a lot of frills. A little is a lot. I mean, I prefer to have it like an art gallery that anybody could put, I mean, throw a reptile in it. That's your statement, you know, not think that it's a certain way or a certain style. It just want it, you know, I want it to be modern, but I want that edgy, historic feel and I think we're pretty much accomplished that at this point. You know I can't honestly wait to hang all the chandeliers or the Sputnik chandelier and all the ceilings because that's all the rooms have them right now. I'm just getting to the point of seeing this one. This one's going to be coming to an end in July, and I'm thinking about how much to ask for it. Um, the landscaping could be expensive, and, um, but I think that if it's done right, it's an asset to this property. If no one will touch it and just love it for years. Just a lot of thought is went into this to this, this building and the living space. I it's a lifestyle, basically. It's not just a house. It's a place to live and have family and feel healthy. And you know, you could live here today. It's the whole reality here laying flat. John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/
John Webb has redesigned quite a few homes over the years, so he knows a thing or two about the quality and ease of repair of a lot of these appliance brands. In this clip John explains just how much has changed since COVID hit, how it has impacted supply chains, and how that in turn impacts the availability of certain items his Clients often ask for. Quality Appliances and the Cost of Repair This is pretty good refrigeration built in. Overflow. This is going to be a great family house and for entertaining. This has some good compartments here. Everything is built in. There’s some good limestone we tool out. It came out in pieces, I couldn’t get it out in one piece. It was sad. Some extra floor. I believe this is a Miele dishwasher, but it’s 15 years old. And some of the problems with some of the things here in Eugene is that it’s difficult, when things do happen, to get anybody that knows how to work on them. They have to come out of Portland anyway. And you have to wait sometimes. There are some appliances that are pretty cool appliances – beautiful refrigeration and stoves, you know, that I’ve run into – but there’s nobody that to take care of maintenance on them if there’s ever a problem. If something broke in some of them you might not get a part for 6 months. So, it’s a no-brainer to me I just don’t touch them. Unless you’ve got somebody that’s in a bigger metropolitan area that will service and can get the parts, and they know the problems that they have. But sometimes we know that there’s problems, but the beauty or whatever that people can’t get past, just so beautiful and streamlined, how organized they are and how well they operate.. So, you know, with any machine these days, all you can do is… What I do is what I know I’ve been using for the last 20 some odd years: what lasts and what doesn’t last. And, I have good luck with a lot of them, with these higher end appliances, but we have had things where one thing has been a problem. For instance, say an ice maker broke and wouldn’t fill with ice, it would flood the floor. You know, you’re paying $12,000 for a refrigerator you don’t want that. And you don’t want them saying “Oh there’s nobody here that can fix it. Or “It would take us three weeks to get there. And another 3 weeks to get the part.” Changes to Remodel Costs and Choices And with COVID, it’s just been treacherous out there. I mean, it still is. We try to look, when I’m making suggestions, it’s really about what we can get. And if you steer off that then you’re on your own. I mean, I’ll get it for you, it just might be 6 months down the road. And, to think we’re going to get it installed at that time for the same amount? Everything is going to go up because now we’re pulling people off different jobs, coming back and resetting and getting it going. You’re going to have at least a little bit of an increase in cost. And, sometimes that’s alright and sometimes it’s not. It just depends on how a client has an attachment to something that they’ve absolutely loved. And I think it’s important that they have that. So I’ll go the whole mile for them, but COVID has not helped anybody in this industry, trying to get the parts for anything. They just got dishwashers moving again. I mean, we’ll order specialty ones, lets say we oder specialty dishwashers that take wine glasses, and big wine glasses. I mean with the configuration inside giving you more options on how to put things in the dishwasher, that can cost you months and thousands of dollars. I think they went back into operation in November of last year. And if you had anything on the rack you could find one. I did find one last year and we had to put our own front on it, but we didn’t care at that point. I got it to blend it and everything matched up perfectly. But that’s not always something that people can do.” John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/
John Webb of John Webb Construction & Design has been designing new homes as well as remodels in Oregon & Washington, for over 20 years. This full home remodel with Master Bedroom and Guest Wing Additions, is a great example of his knack for practical design and beautiful finishes. At this stage in the project he is going over the foundation of the redesign, taking stock of the existing appliances and determining whether or not to encourage the owner to keep them. Appliance Quality and Ease of Repair You know this stove is 15 years old, but there’s nothing wrong with it. The stove, it’s a Wolf stove, it’s a high end product, and it’s timeless. This stove in 40 more years, as long as they still have parts for it, it’ll always be in style. Same thing with the refrigerator, it’s a SubZero. You know it kind of fades away when it’s all put in just like the cabinetry, and it’s the color of the cabinetry, so it’s nondescript. But when you’re dealing with refrigerators and appliances like this, they’re timeless. And they’re just designed really nicely. I mean, everything moves. I mean this is 15 years old… look at the condition it’s in. I mean, it’s got really nice glide, it’s just really well thought out. So, these are the kind of appliances that the come with a warranty in the beginning. And you might have to change a compressor in 20 years, but that’s a couple thousand bucks. And you can’t hardly buy a regular refrigerator that shoves in the wall for $2,000 these days. Or anything of this quality would be at least 5 to 6 times that. So you’d be in the $10,000 to $12,000 price range for a refrigerator like that. So, over the years it comes back down to quality and having to replace things. It’s sad that everything is made so you have to spend more money. And you watch when things come out unless you buy a better quality. They only want them to last 10 years and you’re off to the store to buy another one. And they being the manufacturers. They have a plan. Not all of them, but quite a few of them. John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/
John Webb Construction & Design are a renowned Eugene Design/Build Firm known for building and remodeling some of the most beautiful homes in the Pacific Northwest. The Fair Oaks Project is and extensive Full Home Remodel in Eugene that includes several additions. Here John explains how he intends to turn the main entryway into a sun porch and secondary entrance. Master Bedroom So here is where we enter the Master Bedroom now. You know it’s an adequate room for the day it was built. I think the home was built in 1968. So, it’s an adequate size that you would see in the neighborhood for a family home. Nothing big, nothing over the top or anything, it’s just very basic. And this will be the walk-in closet. And the entry to the new bedroom will be straight ahead and you’ll go into a very nice big room with vaulted ceilings and probably a beautiful chandelier in there. I think I’m going to give it some nice tilt & turn windows and some very nice finishes. Master Bedroom Design There were a couple design elements that were kind of funny in this place. Being on sight you see, privacy is a big thing, and you know the Master Bedroom up here with windows on it, you’re in a fishbowl. If you look there’s the road right there. So, we have the spiral staircase going down to the Gym from the Master. So, it was honestly a good opportunity to leave it open on this side and this side and put the enclosure where the spiral staircase goes down to the Gym in the corner. So, when you’re in your room you don’t see the street anymore and the street doesn’t see into the house anymore. But, they still have the access to watch the family on the kid’s play structure or out in the pool area entertaining. Bedroom Design So I’m going to do a lot of recessed lighting. You know a lot of stuff up here will be a lot of LED I’ll be switching over to. But, the upstairs now will have the new Master Addition and we’ll keep the other three bedrooms. And as the family grows they can go down, we’ll give them an extra room down there depending on how many children they have, you know, when it’s all said and done. Then the new addition that’s over the garage, we have another whole area that’s over there. So, I guess with age they can all play musical rooms. Guest Wing Addition The eldest boy, if he was still home and they still needed the extra room, if they had a younger one, he could move up into the, kind of his own space up there, in the guest wing. And honestly the guest wing is pretty nice for if they’re going to school locally. Or if they’re living at home when they get older. It’s still kind of detached from the house, but still part of the house. Children’s Bedrooms All the rooms are adequately constructed and designed, so all I’m doing is just repainting them like the rest of the house. So it’ll be all nice and fresh. I’m putting in heating, a very efficient heating and cooling system in it. More Guest Wing Addition Notes You will now see the other building will be a high as this, across from that. So, you won’t see the other houses any more. John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/
John Webb Construction & Design are a renowned Eugene Design/Build Firm known for building and remodeling some of the most beautiful homes in the Pacific Northwest. The Fair Oaks Project is and extensive Full Home Remodel in Eugene that includes several additions. Here John starts off by describing his plan to expand the garage for the homeowner’s lifestyle needs. Expanding the Garage So the previous owners and designers did a really nice job on the remodel that was done in probably 2000. They enhanced things pretty nicely. We are just taking it to the next step. I mean, the garage isn’t big enough – he’s got a boat that he takes out and drops in the river to go fishing. All the sporting goods get pulled in here, so basically we’ll have a place to park a care and store all the sporting goods for all the kids. And this is where they all enter the house anyways. So, they end up here and head on in. Home Addition The New Addition is coming out here – just to the left of the Bay Window. The Master Bedroom is upstairs and this is the old living room. So, this will come out 20 to 22 feet, and up, and it will tie into the house, like it was always here. So, there will be a porch underneath and a spiral staircase up to the Master Bedroom. At the bottom is going to be a new Gym with glass on two sides, and the top will be the new Master Bedroom. And, we’re going to take the existing Master Bedroom and make it a Walk-in Closet. So it will house a lot of clothes and a lot of stuff. And then we’re going to gut the whole Master Bathroom and Closet and redo it. Something a bit more timeless, not so traditional. It will still have the feel of it, it will look like it belongs here, but it’s not going to be so 50 year old looking traditional. Play Structure Design I’ve got to design a structure for that corner, for the kids. And he says he wants a rock climbing wall – 20 feet tall – and he doesn’t care about safety nets or anything. He says if they’re gonna fall they’re going to learn to hold on. Anyways, I’ll design something that’s a little safer for the younger ones for the time being. It will be a cool play structure over there. We did another one on another project and the kids use it all the time. They were this big and now they’re nine and ten, and you know, they still love it. It’s pretty cool. Old Entryway So here’s the old front entry that we were talking about. I’m basically closing this in to be like a glass porch. So the kids will have another entrance. I’ll make the entrance off this way, so the kids can still run out in the yard and probably get around the house. So you just don’t have to come in one way, you can come in more and still be in the yard. So this will be glassed in like a sunroom. Mostly it’s to receive packages and the overflow of the kid’s things when they come in. Skateboards can land in here if they’re out in the neighborhood, or shoes and skates, and whatever else they’re running in the house for. John Webb Construction & Design EUG: https://johnwebbconstruction.com/ John Webb Construction & Design PDX: https://johnwebbs.com/
John Webb Construction & Design are the right Eugene Design/Build firm to call when you are looking for a Full Home Remodel with Home Additions. John Webb is not simply a General Contractor, he is a renowned Interior Designer in Eugene. From New Home Construction, Kitchen and Bathroom Remodels, Light Commercial, to Full Home Remodel, John Webb Construction & Design have the Tools and Experience to make sure it turns out right. Fair Oaks Home Remodel Project Outline John Webb Construction & Design have started a Full Home Remodel on Fair Oaks in Eugene. This remodel is pretty extensive with a Master Bedroom and Gym addition at one end of the house and a Guest Wing Addition. This home, built around 1968, is already amazing, and had a thoughtful remodel done around 2000. The new owners love the place, but it doesn't quite fit the size and lifestyle of the family. So, John is adding some modern flair, more square footage, room for the kids to play and grow, quiet offices for both parents to work and workout, and room for family and friends. In this post John Webb walks us through the scope of this project and what he has in mind for the finished look. Exterior Remodel Overview and Entryway Addition You see the house, so it was built in 1968, and this is one of the best neighborhoods in town. So, I’m going to, I’m kinda planning on repurposing everything here. Some things here, the materials are past their lifetime. The siding up on top is old, brittle, and bubbles up, and it doesn’t hold paint right anymore. The styling of the house is very traditional. I’m going to keep that traditional flair on this home, but I’m redirecting the house. I’m going to close the entry over there into a sun porch kind of thing and I’ll build in a locking dropbox for Amazon and other deliveries and stuff. The new entry will have you coming in here, about twelve foot by twelve foot, and it’s about twelve feet tall. So, it’ll be a pretty tall entryway. The garage comes out sixteen feet, so we’re adding another garage bay. And I’m putting a whole new floor over the top of this. So, the new entry will come in the side, they’ll have a staircase that goes up into the new one, that will be opened up into a double something that slides or pocket doors that separate the entry from it. Landscaping and Exterior Remodel Finishes So we are kind of redirecting everything. We’re going to level the yard out all the way around, The new entry will be a little fancier, all new landscaping, new water features, everything. The outside, I’ll be keeping some things, but you know I will be changing the mood. It’ll be a lighter colored home. Instead of black shudders it will be sandblasted and walnut colored. And the trim detail will be walnut colored and it will have Galvalume gutters on the whole thing. And a Galvalume steel roof over the Entryway, a shed roof. But the rest of the house will kind of look like it does. Just a bit more Hip, better finishes, and more timeless stuff added. I’m going to put another addition in the back also. Everyone in the neighborhood, I can see, is interested in what’s happening. Honestly we’ve removed some big trees and some landscaping that’s been here for a lot of years. But, things were in bad condition and dying, etc. Interior Remodel Overview This will be a fun project. The interior of the house I’m leaving pretty much intact. We’re just enhancing things and changing a few finishes. W’re adding a Gym, extending the Master Bedroom and making a big Walk-in Closet. And redoing the Master Bathroom. And, we’ll be repurposing some stuff on the inside and some spaces. Just to suite the family – they’re going to be here at least twenty years, maybe longer. But, I’m guessing at least twenty years. That will get the kids all grown up and out of school and off doing whatever they’re doing. But it’s a good central location. I mean, you have got the shopping that way, you’ve got the Golf Course, you’ve got the Country Club. Everything is kind of all in one spot and within walking distance. And, in this day and age it’s nice to not have to get in the car, so.
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