How to build a house in a slide zone

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Maybe less “I’ll just climb up there” going forward

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My thesis 🧐

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Lower spaces designed to flood - with living spaces above

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I’m not in sales I’m in the business of digging at the perimeter of a house with my bare hands to see how deeply a foundation footing sits

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Light fixtures do some heavy lifting

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The Kip House in Berkeley, on the market for the second time ever. Circa 1952 by Donald Olson. Listed by @annabellomo at @district.homes I’ll be hosting the open house this Sunday 1-3pm… come see a piece of architectural history, and read more about the Kip House in yesterday’s NYT :)

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What we’re looking at on a Mediterranean style home with a clay tile roof 🏠🔍

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MOISTURE MANAGEMENT No, it’s not fun to find that significant moisture is entering your home’s subspace…but it can be solved! I recommend incremental solutions over time, if the source of the water isn’t obvious. Downspout extenders first, then more expensive and invasive solutions 💦

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A modern foundation will sit tall above grade, have a straight stem wall at both the interior and exterior, and has a spread footing - like an inverted T. Seeing the stem wall extend above grade tells you immediately that it’s been replaced

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Things are happening at the cabin with lots of help, love and swim breaks

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Fixing up the river house starting with a roof that’s seen better days. Tree is STAYING :) but roof is ready to retire!!!

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A picture rail can look like moulding or trim that has a separated from the ceiling - but it’s by design :) 🖼️ this is a feature of an old home originally built with plaster walls, to avoid the difficulty of hammering a nail into lath and making a mess of crumbling plaster!

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Not a shared wall, but two walls abutting one another. The maintenance and retrofit challenges abound… You might see mastic overlapping the parapet on one property and extending up the side of the other to waterproof the tiny gap between. That’s on high density living !

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New York, why the stucco layering over cement?

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As a life long River Girl I can’t believe it, but I’ve been scheming and saving in secret and — I bought a house on the river 🥹 this is a vacation home for my family, hopefully for the rest of our lives and our future children’s lives. Yes, it’s been known to flood and needs a roof and maybe to be

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Hog wire is such a simple and easy to diy fence, works as a trellis and is perfect in a front yard 🫜 but not on a balcony because it can be climbed too easily!

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The number one thing buyers tell me they’re looking for is a house with two bathrooms. But sometimes, it’s more cost effective to just add your own :) - take note of the location of wet walls - map what’s on the side - consider what “fall” the waste line will have to the street, and if an eject

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Now imagine that stick is a stud in your house

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Roof trusses, a framed roof system that can be cheaper to assemble and carry a greater load between bearing walls, while being lighter weight or requiring less lumber. Sometimes prefabricated off site, but in this instance, assembled on the ground on site and then installed 🪵🪜

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