Here "in-town" popping the top is really in vogue.
It's different from popping a top in the 'burbs.
The good ones look the same-- or nearly the same-- from the front.
This house was recently renovated by Jim Hogan. It's for sale and is staged beautifully.
(If you want to see it, let me know and we'll take a peek.)
Sometimes changes are made to the front and they come off ok and even great.
This is another very recent "bump up."
I love it!
If you look very very carefully you can see that the brick on the new addition isn't exactly the same as the old brick. The owner said this was as close as they could get. There's one color missing in the new brick.
I still love it.
One of the things I love about this house is the way they matched the little tudor curl on the roof. (I'm sure that has a name, but I don't know what it is.) The new gable mimics the original. Note: the white trim piece on the new gable is made of a plastic material that bends. Ingenious!
The eyebrow on the back of the house truly does it for me.
I'm dying to have a tour.
Two doors up from this beauty is this...
Right now, the best thing I can say is it could possibly be "Miss Congeniality".
I'm sure it's homey and cozy.
But they're Popping It's Top.
Yesterday I channelled Gladys Kravitz.
And took these shots of the progress...
out my upstairs window.
(Just think if Gladys had had a digital camera with a zoom lens.)
They eventually took the whole roof off and added heavier floor joists to support the second floor addition.
There's more progress today.
Stay tuned if you have an "Enquiring Mind" and see how this one comes out.
Strange things happen when they "Pop the Top".
Patti
1 comment:
Today I've been going through all your old posts because I am fascinated with this type of house to as my whole neighborhood is mostly tudors. I found this post very interesting. The whole popping the top thing. Is Morningside not designated Historic? Popping the top is definitely NOT allowed in my neighborhood. A few did it before designation. But many do expand up into the attics as the rooflines on our houses are very high. And you can extend a two story addition on the back of your house off the roof...but the rule is that it cannot be seen from the front of the house and if your house is on a corner lot - it's not allowed at all. You are not suppose to see changes from the street. And additions must be made out of some other type of material than what your original house is made of. They do not want you to match brick. You must build in a manner that you can tell what is new and what is old. I find this one a bit perplexing....because this means all these brick houses have wood add ons in the back. I understand it if you cannot match the brick but if you can match it....I think it would be better to match. I've been told that old brick stock like my brick can be found. At least that is what my brick pointing guy told me.
I'd love to go up into the attic of my house and build out a balcony over the backyard. Many of the houses in my neighborhood have done this. But to be honest it will probably never happen to my house while I live here. I really don't need more space...except closet space....I'd kill for more closet space.
I have enjoyed going through your blog so much today. I am going to tell my readers to come over here one day this week.
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