Lake Homes

The owners of this property on Turkey Lake in Steuben County, decided that their existing home was just not suitable to accommodate their growing family. The importance of being able to host their adult children and grandchildren for extended visits was prioritized in the design of the home. With that in mind and with their wish to avoid any need for zoning variances to be granted, Lynn set out to design this one of a kind home for the owners. Construction began as soon as the existing home was demolished. As is common for lake properties, the foundation was engineered to accommodate soils unsuitable for conventional construction. The result is a 4 bedroom home with the owner's bedroom on the main floor. A bonus room on the 2nd floor provides additional space for the kids. A large compartmentalized main bath on the 2nd floor enables three people to privately simultaneously [...]

After seeing a new home constructed by our company on one side of this site and two extensive remodel/additions performed by us on the other side, the owner of the lot apparently was impressed enough with our work to come to us with the desire to remove the existing cottage and build new. As is the case with most lake properties, there are unique characteristics with this site that needed to be taken into account in the planning of the new home. With direction from the owners, Lynn designed a home to meet their wishes and be positioned to fit nicely on the site. The result will be a 7 bedroom, 6 1/2 bath home with a one car attached garage. The primary bedroom will be located on the main level with an office located across the hall as well as the kitchen and great room. Incorporated in the design [...]

After dreaming of replacing the tired old cottage on this family property on Lake James, the owners decided that the time had now come to move forward. The goals for the project were to provide more sleeping and bathing capacity as well as being able to enjoy the benefits of new amenities currently available in new homes. The original concept for the home was created by local architect Phillip Breckler. With some subsequent adjustments by Lynn to meet some additional wishes by the owners, as well as lot considerations, the result is a beautiful 4,532 sq. ft. two and one-half story lake home. The design consists of five bedrooms plus a bunk room over the garage. The home contains 3 1/2 baths and two large entertainment areas overlooking the lake. Due to the slope of the lot, it was decided that it made sense to use the area under the [...]

Having completed a partial renovation of this cottage on beautiful Clear Lake several years ago, the owners contacted us about partnering with them again on a more extensive remodel and expansion.  Because of significant nostalgia for the cottage, a total demolition and rebuild was discarded as an option. Lynn was then tasked with coming up with a design that achieved the goals of the owners, yet stuck to a very strict budget. The result is a vacation home that provides 5 bedrooms, which is one more than the cottage originally contained. There also is an additional bath that now makes a total of four. The existing kitchen was disassembled and relocated into the expanded area with a new very large island added that is the center of the combined kitchen, dining and great room area. A fireplace chase that was clumsily located in the center of this space was removed [...]

The characteristics of this homesite on beautiful Syracuse Lake, presented not only design challenges but made it extremely difficult to construct the home. With very narrow access at the road, the lot widens as it approaches the lake and provides a very generous lake yard. Being mindful of the minimum side yard, lake and street setback requirements Lynn designed a home that fully meets the needs and wishes of the owners. The home boasts 2,675 sq. ft. of living area above grade and 1,105 sq. ft. of living area on the walk-out basement. Of the five bedrooms, two qualify as owner suites. There is a large office above the two-car garage and a large recreation area in the basement as well as an open kitchen and great room on the main level. A large exterior deck is accessed from the great room as well as an exterior stairway. An example [...]