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REVISION HOUSE AUSTIN PROJECT







               A Millennial







               Makeover









               Upgrading this home in Austin’s hot market put both clients and

               contractors to the test. But the job must (and did) go on.



               When we were first introduced to the
               Austin ReVISION house, we had our
               doubts. The home, on its face, bore the marks
               of fast-tracked production building for the
               pseudo-luxury experience. Did it really need   Project details
               the many upgrades and changes its millennial
               buyers thought were so essential?     PROPERTY LOCATION: GEORGETOWN, TX (SUBURB OF
                 We called in our friend CR Herro, VP of   AUSTIN) IN THE SAN GABRIEL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
               Meritage Homes, to walk the house, poke
               around in the vast, unconditioned attic   DATE OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION: 1998
               space, and look behind the walls. Naturally   ORIGINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE: 3,445 SF
               he found problems that don’t show up on
               camera: missing insulation, missed framing   REMODELED SQUARE FOOTAGE: ALL REMODELING WITHIN
               details, a poorly planned and executed kitchen,   ORIGINAL 3,445 SF FOOTPRINT
               and a terrible, energy-guzzling envelope,
               compensated for with an inefficient, oversized   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: STICK FRAME CLAD WITH STONE
               HVAC System.


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