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Update: Saturday, 2012-01-14
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This one is done and it's pretty darn good. Congratulations to Phillip Pettis at Design Create Live.

It's for sale, here is the ad.

This street of big-lot, big-ranchers has been teardown central in my neighborhood.

By big-lot I mean half acre or so which is estate size around here. By big rancher I mean, well you know what I mean.

It's a 2-block street built out in a style we don't like so much any more.

Super location, best public schools, big lots, out of style houses, housing crunch: Doom.

The big-time Lenox Park re-do's started with architect Barry Doss (R.I.P.) in the late 80's. When I met Barry he told me he had a thing about ranchers, he hated them. He didn't tear them down, he reinvented them. Barry did extraordinary work, we miss him.

There's been a surge over the last several years. They are all teardowns now, work by Harrison Design Associates, William T. Baker, and others, high quality, high style, high square footage. There is a Frank G. Neely Design Associates house going up nearby, work by Brad Heppner, Spitzmiller & Norris, Joel Kelly, and David Folwer too. There are several by Ivey and Crook nearby. The Dwoskin House by Philip Shutze is 2 blocks away. Good place for surge.

But I really like this one. It's on the smallest lot. It was a 1966 infill on a quarter acre, almost 1,900 square feet.

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It's narrow and deep, about a half lot.

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Garage on the front. It wasn't a showoff. It gave the feeling or privacy.

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It was deep and "in the woods." The neighbor had its top popped in another decade.

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It was here one day and gone the next.

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Mr. Pettis got it done in hurry, mostly behind this fence. Some call this style "4 and a door."

When I saw the brick, I got a house crush.

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I met Phillip Pettis on a drive-by. He designed it. He said I had to see the triple columns.

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The sod arrived before the columns but it was looking good.

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And before I knew it the columns arrived.

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Here you go. It's for sale, here is the ad.

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The next teardown is already torn down. It was the "Faux Chateau."

I'll report.

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