1371 Bay St. San Francisco This project was a complete renovation that took the better part of three years. The building was built in the mid 1920s. Total renovation of two kitchens, added two full baths, remodeled two existing baths, and remodeled one powder room. Refurbished all walls, floors, most windows, all ceilings, and installed pex tubing beneath the subfloor for hot water radiant heat throughout the building. Completed approx. $200,000 worth of structural dry rot and termite repair, including the removal and replacement of the brick facade, the facade windows and balconies. Major structural changes were made, adding crucial living space, office space, and enlarging the garage.

The first thing we did when starting this project was build 2x4 and plywood boxes around fireplaces, mantels and hearths. They are original to the building and made of cast concrete and mortar. The arched interior window (photo on the right) is mirrored at the bottom with clear glass on the top. We used one of the original arched windows from the facade for this location.

All paneled doors on this project are stripped and refinished. All custom cabinets built by T. Holleman and Co., CRJ's trusted cabinet shop. All moldings and finishes used match the cabinetry.

We reframed the wall behind this custom book shelf and stereo cabinet so that the equipment could be accessed from the closet behind the wall.

This house had extensive custom woodwork. These shelves have rolltop covers, with built in file drawers below.

Complete kitchen remodel. All new fixtures, cabinets, countertops and tile. Modern with design elements from the mid 1920s period in which the building was built.

Complete gut and remodel with 1920s period tile details and fixtures. My favorite bathroom in the house.

This is the second floor living room. The front wall was completely gutted to repair dry-rot. New window casings, trim, etc. all to match original construction. The windows are new steel double pane windows.

Penthouse deck. We removed the old roof framing to lower the deck surface to the level of the ceiling joists below. We re-sloped the framing to a new drain and installed a roof. We built a sectional deck out of mahogany so that it could be removed in the future for cleaning or repair of the roof beneath. We installed new, smaller, engineered headers for the sliding doors, allowing the doors to be a normal 80" height.

This is the main room of the penthouse. We did very little in this room except to install new wiring, lighting, structural at sliding doors, plaster patching, refinish stained wood and repaint.

Custom sectional garage door made to match the old double garage doors.

720 4th Avenue, San Francisco, CA This late 1920s house on 4th Avenue one block from Golden Gate Park was purchased by the client in "as is" condition and it was sold that way for many really good reasons. It smelled horrible, leaked like a sieve and needed everything replaced and then some. CRJ started with a new foundation, excavating the basement for a guest bedroom, bathroom and family room. CRJ Construction redesigned the stairs from the first floor to the basement to create a truly "connected" feel with the rest of the house. Roddy Hames designed the reorganized floor plan and finishes including a master bath and small addition that made the kitchen slightly larger and function better. All of the new fruit wood trim, wainscot and baseboard were milled to match the old design and the remaining existing mouldings were repaired and restored meticulously.

Custom built as second unit. Designed by Coale Johnson. Engineered by Kerry MacDonald of SF Structural. Custom cabinets by Mt. Whitney Wood Works.

One Bedroom Cottage - Independence, CA

		Barn by MD Barns of Ontario, CA. Dirt work, footings, and 6" slab with radiant heat tubing by CRJ Construction.
		Screened Gazebo. Designed by Coale Johnson. Native stone gathered on site. Redwood from the Sonoma coast.
		Fully renovated turn of the century pack station cabin. We added a full kitchen and new septic system.

     61 Lee Street, Mill Valley

This home was originally built in the 1980's when Solar Living was just making it's debut. We installed all new plumbing, heating and electrical. On the lower level we added an all new Master Suite with new Pella Windows and Doors. We also corrected water intrusion caused by poor water proofing construction details.

Outside we built all new Double Level Decks. We repaired the faulty flashing and siding and installed all new cable and wood railings.

We built and designed a new custom fence and gate. We installed new concrete retaining walls and added a new front deck at the entry.

The grandest feat in this project was to reframe the roof in order to eliminate some skylights. We allowed for and installed new "flat" dual-glazed skylights, some of which were operable. A new roof was essential. Again we had to correct water intrusion due to poor water proofing construction details.

There were structural changes involved with the upper level. To begin with, both the kitchen and bathroom needed to be completely gutted. Both are all new and custom designed. We removed the mezzanine in the great room.

     128 Clarendon Street, San Francisco

In this beautiful home we created an All New Custom Kitchen! This includes all custom casing details by CRJ.

They also received 4 all new bathrooms.

All of the custom cabinetry was built onsight by CRJ.

We made structural changes and moved walls to open up the first floor.

We put in all new windows and doors. The light in this home is amazing!

We put in these warm Maple-hardwood floors. They just make the place glow! We also made new casing details in the entry. Unfortunately, we do not have photographs of the new decks that we created for both the front and rear of this home.

     49 PARK HILL, SAN FRANCISCO

This gorgeous 1884 Victorian home required a complete foundation replacement. We completely gutted this place and gave it an entirely new enterior with period detail. The new lower level interior included a master suite, two guest/childrens bedroom's - each with own bath, a new laundry room, garage and driveway. We also installed a lovely twisting staircase.  

  

We put all new siding on the rear of the home and added new stone stairs in the front. Along with that was all new plumbing, heating and electrical. We constructed a two-story addition to the rear of this home, with double level decks. 

This included a foundation planned around a large Redwood Tree, an upper story custom kitchen addition and lower story bedroom, a new full bath, fireplace and all new hardwood floors. We matched the existing Victorian mouldings, interior trim carpentry, cabinets and doors to the period in which the house was built. 

     218 EUREKA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO

An early 1900 Edwardian home that was in need of an entire foundation replacement. We also excavated for and built a new basement with an 8' cieling. We excavated the front yard and replaced it with a new garage! This required 16' high retaining walls, water proofing and subdrainage.

On the new garage roof we added deck and railing. We built new front stairs to match the period details on the finish carpentry.

     280 COLLINGWOOD, SAN FRANCISCO 

Another early 1900's Edwardian home. We excavated for a new, full garage and foundation replacement. We also water proofed and added new subdrainage. We did a complete remodel of the upper floor flat, which included an additional bathroom, custom cabinetry and stone in the master suite. There were structural changes necessary with the new space plan. We built a new custom kitchen, added a new gas fireplace. We did a partial remodel of the lower flat associated with structural repairs.