Parade of Homes Remodel Showcase

Charles Clayton Construction
College Park
????This project focused on creating more outdoor entertaining space and opening up the home to Lake Silver.?
????So Charles Clayton Construction built an elaborate cabana attached to back the of the home and remodeled the area surrounding the pool as an entertainment porch and terrace.?
????The company also revamped the floorplan and remodeled the family room, replacing interior walls with glass to offer a 160-degree view of the lake.

Eden Construction
Orlando
????This project on Lake Mary Jane satisfied the owner’s request to take an ordinary home and make it tantalizing to the eye.?
????The kitchen was doubled in size and new cabinets and quartz countertops were installed. The master bedroom and bathroom were also expanded.

East Coast Craftsman
Orlando
????The owner requested a total makeover for this 1983 home, which was described as a waterfront two-story “shack” on Lake Mary Jane.
????According to Deborah Ehrhardt, designer for East Coast Craftsman, the home is now all new from the metal roof to the sound system to the luxury bathrooms and chef’s kitchen. A spacious, 1,200-square-foot master suite was also created.
????To keep the woodsy feel, Ehrhardt added stone siding on the front elevation, “shack/urban style” trim and casing, wood ceilings and brick floors.?
????The home, which looks out over Bird Island, a locale that has been featured in National Geographic, is now for sale.

Farina and Sons
Winter Park
????The owners wanted to change this run-of-the-mill, ranch-style home to a Mediterranean showplace while increasing its square footage.??
????So Farina & Sons created a two-story, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a study and a bonus room with a bar. Mexican tile is used throughout while an artist was commissioned to create the tile backsplash in the kitchen and to paint murals at the end of one of the hallways.?
????A turret welcomes visitors in the front while a new outdoor living area with a spa was added in the back affording gorgeous views of Lake Virginia.

JLM Design and Remodeling
Orlando
????Kelly Mehigan, JLM business development manager, says the owners are an older couple who wanted to remain in their home for as long as possible. So, she says, JLM worked with the couple to remodel with accessibility in mind.?
????In addition, the owners love to entertain so they needed space for large gatherings. The end result is a four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,450- square-foot oasis highlighted by an open multi-level floorplan with a dramatic master bath and shower, a spectacular gourmet kitchen and a spacious garage/hobby area.?
????Mehigan says the biggest challenge of the job was the landscaping, since the owners were very concerned about the property’s trees. So JLM responded by relocating and preserving every tree.
“All of them came back,” she notes. “We were so glad to see leaves for the Parade of Homes.”

Jonathan McGrath Construction
Longwood?
????According to Jonathan McGrath Construction co-owner Marion McGrath, the owners wanted the ultimate kitchen—double its original size—to accommodate large gatherings of family and friends.?
????They also wanted to raise the ceilings, but the cost to re-truss the roof was prohibitive. Instead, McGrath lowered the concrete floor to achieve the same effect at a substantially reduced cost.?
“It was just like the cartoon of the kid letting the air out of the tires so the truck could make it under the bridge,” says McGrath.
????Four workstations were created: a laptop computer and mail center; a large bar with a built-in plasma television; and a two-level station that included a vegetable sink at one end and the main kitchen sink at the other end.??
????A designer stone arch showcases the cooking area and creates a dramatic view from anywhere in the room.

Kancor Construction
Orlando
????The owner’s goal was to get more functionality and use of space while changing the style from Mediterranean to Italian/Tuscan—inside and outside.?
????This was a large project, adding 6,000 square feet to an existing 7,000-square-foot home, according to Kanco president Ori Kantor. So not surprisingly, it took two years from start to finish.??
????Upscale finishes—including onyx in the bathrooms—were installed throughout while a weight room and a full-sized theatre were also part of the renovation.
????“The transformation will blow you away,” says Kantor, who says the biggest challenge was removing load-bearing beams and incorporating steel beams throughout the home. “There was a lot of iron work going on,” he adds.

Kish Builders
Winter Park
????Kish Builders owner Paul Kish says the owner’s goal was to make the home more open, with the kitchen flowing into the living room/dining room/sunroom.?
????They also wanted to bring the laundry room inside, add a new master bedroom and bath, build a safe room in the center of the home and have a drive-through porte cochere.
????Kish also made certain the home used such green-building features as Low-E windows and doors. In addition the project was planned with minimal barriers to enhance comfort and accessibility.

Musgrave & Delettre Builders
College Park
????Musgrave & Delettre president Jeff Musgrave describes this project as a total renovation with additions, including improving views of the lake from all rooms and raising the level of finishes throughout the home.?
????The home was built in the 1950s, so the ceiling heights were raised by re-engineering the trusses. The builders also employed unique methods to enhance ambient lighting, such as up-lighting behind crown molding in the family room. A stunning gourmet kitchen was also part of the project.
????The owner had lived in the home as a child, Musgrave says, so it was very important that the owner’s sentimental attachment to the home be kept in mind.??
????“We found a way to keep a few elements from the original home that would give her that feeling of coming home again,” Musgrave says.?

Musgrave & Delettre Builders
Orlando
????The owner’s goal was to take a fairly nondescript 1950s house and give it an urban flair. Generally no problem, but Musgrave & Delettre president Jeff Musgrave says the owner also had a four-month window during which the home had to be essentially rebuilt.?
????The exterior needed updating while still blending in with the surrounding neighborhood. So a new entry facade was created by adding more height.??
????The existing hardwood floors were unique in that they were quarter-sawed so Musgrave had to ship in specialty wood and blend it in highly visible areas.??
????“This was done very successfully, and you can’t tell which is original and which is new,” says Musgrave. “The level of finishes in this home is very impressive and equal to that found in multi-million dollar homes.”

Musgrave & Delettre Builders
Winter Park
????Musgrave & Delettre updated this 1970s ranch-style home by adding a family/media room, a guest suite and completely renovated kitchen and bathrooms.?
????The builders added more than 600 square feet of living area and drastically improved the level of finishes throughout the home, making the space much more pleasing and livable.

Musgrave & Delettre Builders
Orlando?
????The owner wanted to convert a one-story, ranch-style home into a two-story, Palm Beach-style estate and increase the living area by more than 1,000 square feet.?
????So Musgrave & Delettre took the closed floorplan and opened it up for better traffic flow, created a gourmet kitchen and added a media room with eight televisions.?
????The builders also added a second story with a lake-view balcony and an inviting outdoor living area with a fireplace.?
????Musgrave & Delettre president Jeff Musgrave says this was a very complicated project because the lot itself had to be de-mucked prior to beginning construction.

Musgrave & Delettre Builders
Downtown Orlando?
????Since this was an historic home, Musgrave & Delettre had to be careful to retain its vintage charm while enhancing functionality.?
????The builders painstakingly restored original wood floors throughout the circa-1924 home and enclosed and created a playroom in the attic “straight out of a little girl’s dream,” according to president Jeff Musgrave.

NWC Construction
Altamonte Springs?
????NWC founder Nathan Cross says the goal was to give the home a complete facelift including a new front elevation.?
????“It was a total demo,” says Cross. “New bathrooms, a new kitchen, a new pool, new landscaping and new flooring.”?
????Cross is particularly proud of the details and finishes, such as the arched frosted-glass wall along the back of the kitchen island. But he admits that it was a challenge to completely remake a 3,000-square-foot home in just 70 days—a remarkable accomplishment for such a complex project.

Nautilus Homes
Longwood
????This whole-home remodel added 1,100 square feet to a dated 1960s- ranch-style home, giving two teenagers some additional privacy and their parents room for entertaining friends.?
????Nautilus General Manager Rick Jennings says the additional space encompassed a new family room, an expanded master bedroom and a new 14-by-22-foot bonus/flex room above the family room. The bonus/flex room boasts a private bathroom and balcony.?
????Eight-foot ceilings were raised to 9 feet 4 inches while a wood deck, outdoor grill and fire pit were installed to create an inviting outdoor living area.
????On the exterior, Jennings updated the style to classic Craftsman, which required a raised front porch and a pitched roof. “It’s gone from a plain Florida ranch to an elegant country cottage,” he says.

PDE Homes
Orlando??
????This home’s claim to fame is that it was formerly owned by Justin Timberlake of ‘N Sync fame. The new owner, however, wanted to just keep the four walls and the footprint. Therefore it looks more like new construction than a remodel.
????Some of the home’s outstanding features include a spectacular kitchen, a wine cellar, a stone and iron staircase and custom woodwork throughout.?
????David Elliot of PDE Homes says the biggest challenge was dealing with the home’s structural issues. “As with any successful project, we had great clients who were willing to pay what it took to achieve the perfect home for them,” he says.

Patriot Building Contractors
Windermere
????This home was completely remodeled except for the kitchen and the entire second floor was reconfigured, says Michael Wilson, president of Patriot Building Contractors.
????In addition, the company added 1,975 square feet to the right side of the home, creating a new master bedroom suite, master bathroom and an additional bedroom for the family’s son. In addition, Patriot added a media/theater room and a game room.
????The entire project only took 101 days. “It’s all about planning,” Wilson says.?
????The family lived in the home during renovations, although Wilson did need them to relocate for three days during the holidays while he removed the existing roof.?
????“It was most challenging to do that roof in three days, but most rewarding, because we did it.”

PSG Construction
Maitland
????PSG Partner Stephen Gidus says the empty-nester owners love to host large events, so this whole-home renovation with additions answers their desire to have space for entertaining and for housing overnight guests in comfort.
????The home’s exterior was transformed from 1980s contemporary to Mediterranean with a charming pergola enhancing the front. Inside, second-floor children’s bedrooms were converted to private guest quarters with large living spaces, two bedrooms, a bathroom, a balcony and a morning kitchen.
????“Each bedroom is like a mini-suite,” says Gidus. “There are now two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs and two bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms downstairs.”

Southern Heritage Construction
?Audubon Park
????The owner wanted to modernize this circa-1955 home on Lake Shannon and add high-end panache without razing it and starting from scratch.?
????Ron Skipper of R. Skipper Enterprises, who acted as a building consultant for the project, says natural stacked stone was used on a major portion of the elevation. The stone was hand cut on the job site and was probably the most labor intensive portion of the project, he says.?
????To give the interior a much greater feeling of spaciousness, Skipper says Southern Heritage built a new roof to increase the ceiling height from 8 to 12 feet.?
????The kitchen was also completely renovated and new interior finishes were installed throughout. And incredibly, the project was completed in 70 days.
????“This home shows how you can take a smaller home and perform a high-end makeover,” Skipper says. “We like to call it ‘creating casual elegance.’”

William P. Campbell Custom Homes
Windermere
????This whole-home renovation involved keeping only the footprint and some concrete walls with the goal of adding more space and completely changing the architectural style from 1970s modern to Tuscan.
????The home, which sits on Lake Down, doubled in living area from 4,000 to 8,000 square feet encompassing six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The renovation also included the addition of a home theater, an elevator, an entire-home stereo system and an outdoor pest-spray system. Even the lights in the pool change to rainbow colors at night.
????The challenge was getting it ready in time for the Parade of Homes—and it was finished in three months, just hours before the deadline.?
????The owner? None other than Bill Campbell, owner of William P. Campbell Custom Homes, who moved into the home when the Parade concluded.?