The short story…

We moved into our Del Mar house in 1998.   Del Mar lies just north of San Diego, CA.

The location was ideal – close to the beach and easy access to everything.   

 

Our house, however, was not ideal.  It was built in 1970 – not a particularly good year for architecture. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We knew from the beginning that we wanted to remodel it but life, as it does, got in the way.  Over the years we had several failed attempts to get the project started.  But then one day Lisa found a conceptual drawing in a magazine.

Lisa emailed the architect and that was our first contact with Kevin de Freitas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 http://www.defreitasarchitects.com/

Our first attempt at a project start in early 2008 was thwarted by the global economic downturn.  We had our contractor lined up, the plans in the city, but the house funds had become frozen.

 

 

 

By January 2009 we had resigned ourselves to house purgatory but much to our surprise, our trusty financial planner freed our house funds and we were ready to go again.  This time, we spoke with a new contractor who was working with Kevin on a project and the fit seemed ideal.

 

 

 

So, after many years and at least a hundred emails/meetings/phone calls/family interventions (OK, there were no interventions but we know you wanted to!), we are now ready to embark on project “0602-Caralli”.  We are looking forward to the adventure.

 

More pictures at:

http://www.defreitasarchitects.com/priv_caralli.htm

( in the website, scroll along the squares below the picture to view them all)