
The second Wood Brothers home on this street, and deliberately the quieter of the two. The buyers came to us having spent thirty years in a house with stairs they had stopped using, and they wanted everything that mattered on one floor without the house feeling like a compromise.
Single-level living tends to produce sprawl or produce a smaller house. We went after a third option: put the primary suite, kitchen, living, and a study on the main floor, then hold the ceiling heights and the window sizes where they would be in a two-story home. The result reads generous rather than accommodating.
The upper floor is for family who visit. Two bedrooms, a shared bath, and a landing that works as a second living space, all of which can sit unused for months without the house feeling empty.
Beyond the plan, this home carries what all of ours do. A tight envelope with mechanical systems sized to match, fire-resistant assemblies from the roof down through the first five feet of the site, and finishes chosen for how they age rather than how they photograph on day one.
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