A primary suite addition with a private side patio.

A family of five in a 1947 Sherman Oaks ranch that has had no master suite since the original owners passed in 2003. Three bedrooms, one bathroom, three kids fight over showers every morning. They wanted a primary suite addition with a walk‑in closet and a separate water closet. They did not want to lose more than 200 square feet of back yard.

The lot has a 5‑foot side setback and a covered patio sitting inside the proposed addition footprint. Removing the patio meant the kitchen window now looked at a wall. The 1947 slab foundation was poured with no rebar; engineering required new pilasters to load the addition. And the family had no second bathroom, so we had to keep the existing bath running through demolition.

We saved the patio cover and re‑installed it on the new addition's outboard wall instead of demolishing it. New engineered pilasters poured in week three, before any framing. A temporary plywood wall during demolition kept the existing wet‑area sealed while plumbing was rerouted. The kitchen got a new clerestory window above the new addition's roof, so the original sink view became a sky view. Project completes June 2026.