6 Montecito Rd

New Single Family Residence

LOCATION: Woodside, CA

DESIGNER: Scott Thrift Architect

CONTRACTOR: TBD

SQUARE FEET: 5,900

PROJECT SCOPE: Stucco and stone veneer, two-story single-family residence, French provincial style home with half basement. Wood framed construction with terra cotta tile roof to be built on moderately sloped lot. Drilled and cast in place piers and grade beams. Extensive site development with approximately 700 feet of retaining walls and 550-foot driveway. Development of this site is in a low growth area and in a Town notorious for difficulty in procuring development approvals. Site posses many challenges from septic drain field issues, extensive tree removal to a challenging driveway design.

ROLE: Owner/ Builder. Developed preliminary design concept for the site. Solely acquired property entitlements for the proposed project. Presented project to Towns Architectural Site Review Board (ASRB) and Planning commission. Despite issues of concern for the Planning Staff and Board (route of the driveway, massing and formality of the building, substantial tree removals and proposed septic drain field and house locations), approval was acquired from ASRB in only one meeting and with few development conditions. Also acquired Planning Commissions unanimous approval for the project in just one meeting and successfully argued the case for the reversal of all the conditions that were contested by the owners and imposed by the ASRB. Project and Construction Manager for the entire project.

CONSTRUCTION START: April 2005