WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.119 House Whisperer on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey, 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.080 welcome to home where Every week we help you better 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:19.239 understand that place where you live. I am Dean Sharp, 5 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:24.280 the House Whisperer, custom home builder, custom home designer, and 6 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:28.600 most importantly today, your guide to turning your ordinary house 7 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:32.920 into an extraordinary home. Like I say every week, hey, 8 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.200 guess what we're talking about today. Very popular topic that 9 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.159 we have returned to from time to time over the years. 10 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:42.600 Thought it was a good time to hit it again. 11 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:47.079 Today's show entitled it was this way when we bought it, 12 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.119 And you have to say it with that sound of 13 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.880 desperation and embarrassment in your voice. It was this way 14 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.200 when we bought it. A phrase that Tina and I 15 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.240 hear almost every single time. At some point when we 16 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.159 go on a design consult for some new clients and 17 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:08.359 they're showing us around the house, Undoubtedly this phrase is 18 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.879 gonna come up. I would say maybe ninety percent of 19 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:16.359 the time. So when you have inherited somebody else's mistakes 20 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.879 with your home, But more importantly than that, far more 21 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:23.519 important than just pointing them out, is how do you 22 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.519 fix them? How do we get over this thing? And 23 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.680 you know, I've got a list of some pretty significant ones, 24 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.519 and you may have some of your own as well. 25 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:35.519 I would invite you to give me a call let 26 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.640 me know what they are. We can talk about those two. 27 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.799 Of course, whenever we take calls, as we do every show, 28 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.120 you can set the agenda. Whatever you want to talk about. 29 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:48.079 You don't have to talk to me about. It was 30 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.000 this way when we bought it. That's what I'm talking 31 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:53.640 about today. You can talk to me about anything design, construction, 32 00:01:54.239 --> 00:02:00.799 diy inside, outside, landscape design, interior decor whatever the case 33 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.959 may be. You if something's got you, you know, scratching 34 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.000 your head, give me a call. We've got room on 35 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.560 the phone lines for you, and we'll put our heads 36 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.719 together and figure it out. By the way, the number 37 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.879 to reach me eight three three two, Ask Dean eight 38 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.199 three to three. The numeral two ask Dean A three 39 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:26.080 three to ask Dean. Producer Lindsey standing by right now, 40 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.879 ready to take some calls. The phone lines are oh, yes, 41 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.919 they are, oh, and calls are coming in. So eight 42 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:36.039 three three to ask Dean, and we'll get that tackled today. 43 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.360 If we do this all right. By the way, we're 44 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.680 gonna bring some light into your morning, hopefully make you 45 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:45.439 feel glad that you were here. The team is here 46 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.960 for you. Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, 47 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:55.360 Good morning, Dean, Good morning everyone, Producer. Lindsey, like I said, 48 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:56.879 standing by to take your calls. 49 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:58.120 Hi, Dean, how you doing? 50 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:04.840 You're the best? What that No, that was not Lindsay. 51 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:07.840 That was Lindsay does not have a microphone near her 52 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.080 right now because she's on the phone, but that is 53 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:17.039 probably exactly what she would say. You're the best. Eileen 54 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.000 Gonzalez is at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen. I 55 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:22.879 will not fake your voice. I problem, good morning, you 56 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.599 are the best. Oh that was a slow pitch right 57 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:32.280 over the plate for le both. How you doing, Budd, 58 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.960 I'm doing great. Thanks. How's it going? Uh good, We're good. 59 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.199 We're ready to rock and roll. I think here so 60 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.520 sitting cross the table from me, laughing at my stupid jokes. 61 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.879 There she is. It's one of the reasons that I've 62 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.719 married her is because somebody has to laugh at my 63 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:54.319 stupid joke. Tina is here looking up. Dad jokes are 64 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.759 the best. Dad jokes are the best, and. 65 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:00.000 I do laugh at them. Legitimately, I'm the best person 66 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.080 to tell dad jokes you because I will laugh. I've 67 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.599 noticed that, and it's funny. It's good, it's good, all. 68 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:13.360 Right, y'all. It is a you know, it's a beautiful 69 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.040 Sunday morning here in southern California. I gotta say it. 70 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:21.160 November tenth, whoosh, and time is just flying by. That 71 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.480 reminds me we need to talk you and I just 72 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.079 for a moment about what's coming up very very soon. 73 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:30.680 I'm just going to read the press release to you. 74 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:36.480 Al de Homme presents the House Whisper Holiday Home Show, 75 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:42.079 a live audience, a live audience event happening Sunday, November 76 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.600 twenty fourth, just in what two three weeks, two weeks, 77 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:50.040 three weeks from now at the Helpful Honda Lounge at 78 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:54.480 iHeart Studios in Burbank. Yes, we are doing our holiday 79 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:59.079 home show yet again. It's always a great time and you, you, 80 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.560 my friend can enter to win a seat. Now. The 81 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:06.000 Helpful Honda Lounge is not a large venue. It's a 82 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:09.800 very intimate venue. We've got about one hundred seats available 83 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.160 in there, and so we have to limit the number 84 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:15.759 that we give away, but you can enter and we 85 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:21.600 will choose those participants based on your entries. All you 86 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:25.279 have to do is go to one of our social 87 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:29.319 well one of them either Instagram or Facebook. Yes, Tina, Yes, 88 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:31.839 Instagram and Facebook, and you will find at the top 89 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.759 of our post at Home with Dean. Right at the top, 90 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:39.839 you will find the Holiday Home Show post, the info, 91 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.040 and what we need you to do there is just 92 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:48.120 read the info, follow the instructions, leave a comment saying yes, Dean, please, please, 93 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:51.319 please please, I want to be on the show. And 94 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:55.000 then very shortly, in just a couple of weeks, we'll 95 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.040 be selecting the audience members and we'll direct message you 96 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.240 and let you know if you have one on a 97 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:03.199 seat at the show. It's gonna be great. We're gonna 98 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.839 have refreshments, you're gonna meet some of my special guests 99 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:10.519 here from KFI. You're gonna get expert advice from the 100 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.800 decor pros at Aldick Home, and you're gonna watch those 101 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:19.560 decorating pros decorate one of Aldick's unbelievable seven and a 102 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.879 half foot Christmas trees live during the show. And then 103 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.439 one lucky audience member will get to take at Home 104 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.279 plus you get to hang out with Tina and Me 105 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:33.160 and the team for a good three plus hours, including 106 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.480 in between the breaks for special VIP content. It's gonna 107 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.600 be a great time. Coming up November twenty fourth, go 108 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.680 to Home with Dean on Facebook or Instagram to enter 109 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.959 to win a seat. And there you have it all 110 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.680 right right after the news, we're gonna get going with. 111 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.079 It was this way when we bought it. It's gonna 112 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:54.879 be a great morning. 113 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:00.480 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from KFI. 114 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:05.959 Dean Sharp, the house Whisper at your service. You know what, 115 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.720 whether you live in a condo or a cottage like 116 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.319 we do, or a castle like the kind of stuff 117 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.639 we build sometimes, if it's the place that you call home, 118 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.959 it's all the same. I'm here to help you take 119 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:25.040 it to the next level. We are talking about mistakes 120 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:29.800 that have been made to your home, abuses that have 121 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:33.319 been made to your home that you inherited from somebody else, 122 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:38.040 or maybe you inherited from yourself. Shame on you. But 123 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.360 this phrase that so often is is something repeated to us. 124 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.000 It was this way when we bought it, Dean, don't 125 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:47.920 judge us. It was this way when we bought it. 126 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.639 Somebody else's mistakes, but how to fix them. Plus, of 127 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.759 course we'll be taking calls today as we do. The 128 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.120 number to reach me eight three three two, Ask Dean 129 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:04.560 eight three three the new two, ask Dean. Okay, right 130 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.360 at the top of the list, gotta be gotta be 131 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:15.279 room editions that destroy light and flow in a house. 132 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:23.839 This is probably undoubtedly most common in older homes. And 133 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:30.120 by what I mean by older homes are I'm calling 134 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.279 them you know I'm dating myself now, right, but I'm 135 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:38.120 calling them pre nineteen eighties homes, okay, And I know, 136 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.480 I know nineteen eighties homes are forty years old. Now 137 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.919 I mean older than that, okay, I mean in the 138 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:49.159 era of the California ranch style home, which is something 139 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:53.000 that is not just in California but spread all across 140 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:59.799 the United States, and older homes beyond that mid century 141 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.200 home home. Not so many additions made to mid century 142 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.559 homes because looking forward as they were, they tried to 143 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:09.360 be as light and bright as possible on day one. 144 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:17.120 But other styles of home cottages, craftsman homes, sometimes Victorian 145 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:23.559 homes definitely definitely because of their minimal amount of windows 146 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:28.799 and natural light coming into those spaces, but mostly the 147 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.759 classic ranch style single story ranch style home are victims 148 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.960 of room editions that ended up being doing more damage 149 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.440 to the house in the opinion of this designer than 150 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.759 they did good. People are looking for more space, they 151 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:49.360 wanted more square footage, and so they ended up doing 152 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:52.039 a room edition. So let me start. We're going to 153 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.440 spend a little bit of time on this one because 154 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:59.240 it's important. Let me start by saying this. This revisits 155 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:04.919 a topic that I bring up constantly with you, which 156 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.200 is one of the most important pieces of remodel advice 157 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:14.480 that you'll ever hear, in my opinion, and that's this space. 158 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:20.759 Space in a home can be measured in two ways. 159 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:25.960 One are the absolute mathematical numbers of your square footage. 160 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.960 You measure out a room length times width equals the 161 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.240 square footage of that room. Add up all the rooms 162 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.279 in your home together. That's the square footage of your house. 163 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.399 We can measure it, we can calculate it on a 164 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:41.360 calculator and boom, there it is. That's the space inside 165 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:46.519 your house, the brute space. But that space has very 166 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:52.200 very little to do with the sense of spacious ness 167 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:58.720 that a home can or doesn't have. Okay, space is 168 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:08.039 a brute mathematic concept. Spaciousness is a subjective, emotional, psychological concept. 169 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:10.480 That doesn't mean it's not important. In fact, what that 170 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:14.039 means is it's most important, right because you don't live 171 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:18.200 by math. You live by your experience of a space. 172 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.559 So we could take let's say, a fifteen hundred square 173 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:24.840 foot home and chop it up into tiny little bits 174 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.240 and tight corners and weird spaces, and you will walk 175 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:32.840 into that place and feel constricted from the moment you 176 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:35.200 step inside the door, like you are in a very 177 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.120 very tight, small, uncomfortable space. We can also take a 178 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.600 fifteen hundred square foot home and free it of those 179 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:50.080 constricting spatial concerns and create a sense of vista, which 180 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.720 is what you can see and how far you can see, 181 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:57.879 and flow, which is how smoothly and comfortably you move 182 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.720 from one area to the next. And in doing so 183 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:07.759 we can transform an ordinary house into something truly extraordinary. 184 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:12.960 That's the difference between space and spaciousness. That's the difference 185 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:20.960 between space and vista, space and flow. So spaciousness, vista, 186 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:28.360 and flow, these are the goals. Okay, now here's the 187 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:33.720 thing that's not what most people really conceptualize in their 188 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.080 mind when they're thinking about the experience that they want 189 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:42.320 that they're not having in their home. Most people don't think, 190 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.799 you know what, we just got to rearrange things in here. 191 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:47.879 We've got to transform what we've got inside the building 192 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.159 envelope in order to create that and that will make 193 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.600 all the difference. Now, no, no, most homeowners don't think that. 194 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:57.759 Most homeowners think we need more space, but they're really 195 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.440 what they're really experiencing is that they need more spaciousness, 196 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.559 more flow, and better vistas. But what they say to 197 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.360 themselves is we need more space. And then the room 198 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.320 edition comes into play. Now I'm not saying that every 199 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:19.120 room edition is unnecessary, not at all. But what I 200 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.200 am saying is room additions are expensive and they are 201 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:27.120 tricky in relationship to the rest of the house, and 202 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.240 that's where we need to go next. So I want 203 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:33.399 you to hang tight because this is possibly, for those 204 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.080 of you who are even pondering a remodel right at 205 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:41.360 this moment, maybe possibly the most important thing that you 206 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.759 can hear and consider about this remodel that you're about 207 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:48.399 to undertake. What exactly are you going to be changing? 208 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.440 Are we adding onto the house or are we rehabbing 209 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.480 what we have and what's the difference. 210 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.799 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 211 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:59.360 KFI Am sixty. 212 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:04.919 You are Home with Dean Sharp, the house whisper, that's me. 213 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.919 We're talking about stuff in your home, or on your home, 214 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:13.559 or attached to your home that was that way when 215 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.559 you bought it. Stuff that you always kind of apologize for, 216 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.840 especially to designers like myself when you walk us through 217 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:23.320 the house, inheriting somebody else's mistakes on your house and 218 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.879 how to fix them. We will also in just a 219 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:28.759 bit be headed to the phones as we do. The 220 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.559 number to reach me eight three to three two. Ask 221 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.759 Dean eight three three the numeral two. Ask Dean. All right, 222 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.879 we are on this first and all important point. Room 223 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.360 editions that destroy light and flow. And I said this 224 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:47.919 right before the news. The first goal that a homeowner 225 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:53.480 really needs to consider is not additional space, but rather 226 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:57.039 what you're really after. And I'm saying this to you 227 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.120 not to argue with you about it, but I'm saying 228 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.759 this to you in order to give you the language 229 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:06.039 to express what your heart and your mind are really 230 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:11.159 longing for here, not space. Not just additional square footage. 231 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:16.039 Additional square footage hastily poorly planned does nothing but drain 232 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.879 your bank account. Okay, The space quote unquote you're looking 233 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:29.799 for is not necessarily additional square footage, but rather spacious nests, vista, 234 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:33.080 and flow. These three words I want you to seer 235 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.879 them into your consciousness, especially if you are planning a remodel. 236 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.559 Shortly the reason why. And I'm not against room editions. 237 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:45.279 I'm not against room editions at all, Okay, but you 238 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:52.240 gotta understand a room addition is a costly, costly undertaking. 239 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:57.840 It requires new foundations and new roofing above it, okay, 240 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.039 because you're going outside the envelope of the existing house, 241 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:06.320 and as such, just know the foundation and the roof 242 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.399 alone is going to take at least a third of 243 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.960 your budget. Boom there it goes sunk into the ground, 244 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.399 end up over your head, by the way, in areas 245 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:21.720 that you're never going to access, accessibly enjoy on a 246 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:27.399 daily basis. Okay. So, in other words, sometimes they're absolutely necessary, 247 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:32.279 but in many cases, I would say, probably for the 248 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:37.759 typical homeowner, in most cases, you should do everything to 249 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:42.759 avoid expanding the footprint of your home, especially if you 250 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:49.360 find you don't need to invest your creativity into reworking 251 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.000 what you got inside the envelope. If at all possible 252 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.840 room additions. A hastily construed room edition can cause all 253 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:59.919 sorts of problems. We've seen them all. Ceiling height changes, 254 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:05.799 strange rooflines outside. Quite often because you don't want to 255 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:10.640 rework the existing home roofline properly, because you don't want 256 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:13.000 to pay the additional money for that, we end up 257 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.920 with a little flat roof, a little shed roof over 258 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.480 that room edition, which inside the house maybe you can't 259 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.079 tell the difference. Outside the house, you're like, eh, you know, 260 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:27.119 it's a patio cover essentially over the room edition. Not 261 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.440 the best. It's not the best as opposed to extending 262 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:35.559 the existing roof out to cover so strange rooflines, flooring 263 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.920 level changes because maybe we're moving out onto what previously 264 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.319 was a patio and maybe you do or don't plan 265 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.079 on bringing that up so that the floor is seamless. 266 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:53.279 Most importantly, even beyond those issues are the darkening of 267 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.720 the room that we leave behind. So you're like, well, 268 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.200 I've got this family room here and I really needed 269 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.559 to be larger. You feel like you do. It certainly 270 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.920 needs to feel larger, but you just assume, well, push 271 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.319 out the square footage just happens in ranch homes all 272 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:10.559 the time. So what we do is we push out 273 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:14.200 a whole nother family room, a much bigger one. And 274 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:16.920 what have we left behind? What of the old family room? 275 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.480 The old family room used to have exterior windows and 276 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:25.640 lights streaming into it, and now it's fifteen twenty feet 277 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.759 back buried into the house. It is now centered in 278 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:31.799 the middle of the house. It's trapped in this dark, 279 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:37.240 cavy place because it now no longer is anywhere near 280 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:42.079 the windows. I have seen it a thousand times. Okay, 281 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.519 now again, can it be done right? Yes it can, 282 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:50.400 But I just I can't underscore enough the importance when 283 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:54.920 you plan on extending the envelope of the house, it 284 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:01.000 needs to be planned out meticulously, creatively and carefully. And 285 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:06.440 here is my standard. Here is the bar that I 286 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.880 hold myself to, that Tina and I hold our designs to, 287 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:13.599 and that I hold every other design of a room 288 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:19.039 addition to, when it's said and done, when it's all finished. Okay, 289 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:23.160 you invite somebody over to your home who has never 290 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:27.200 been there before, they should not be able to point 291 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:30.839 out that you've made a room edition, that's the bar. 292 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:33.880 In other words, they walk around the outside of your house, 293 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.000 they look inside your house, and whatever it is that 294 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:40.920 you've done to change, to alter, to expand this house, 295 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.599 there should be no response in them like, oh, and 296 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:47.319 I see you've done a room edition. You know what 297 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:51.839 that says. It says your room dedition is sticking out 298 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:55.000 like a sore thumb in a way that seems unnatural 299 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:59.400 to the existing home. M there you go, Okay, that's 300 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.519 simply the truth of the matter. So if you can 301 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.319 pull off a room edition that doesn't destroy the room 302 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.279 that you're left behind, if you can pull off a 303 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.799 room edition that in no way, shape or form a 304 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:18.559 hints to anybody who's never seen your house before that 305 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.559 anything has been done. Okay, that they just out this 306 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.200 is the way the house was built on day one, Right, 307 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.200 that's what you want to hear from people, or that's 308 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.839 the response you want to get from people that they 309 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.000 just assumed this is how the house was built. It 310 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:37.519 looks completely right to me. If you can pull that off, 311 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.079 then you've done the right thing and you've headed in 312 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:44.519 the right direction. Still though, even then, there You're going 313 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.759 to spend a lot of money to do that, and 314 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.240 the question then is begged, could we reinvest that money 315 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:58.119 inside the existing envelope? And what changes could be made? 316 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:02.720 Even if you, you know, you sacrifice a few additional 317 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:05.440 square feet that you think you've always wanted, can we 318 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:09.759 get ninety five percent of the way there by reworking 319 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:13.880 within the existing envelope of the house. More often than not, 320 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:17.200 Tina and I have discovered throughout the years that the 321 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.960 answer to that question is quite often yes, yes you can. 322 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.359 It's food for thought. Okay, more on this when we 323 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:28.440 return your Home with Dean Sharp the house whisper. 324 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:32.559 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 325 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:34.160 KFI AM six forty. 326 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:40.200 All right, back to our topic. It was this way 327 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:44.799 when we bought it. Mistakes that you have inherited other 328 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.079 people's mistakes when it comes to your home. All right, 329 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:51.599 I promise I'm wrapping up this one point that I've 330 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:54.559 spent a good amount of time on because it's so important, 331 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:59.000 and that is the classic classic room edition that destroys 332 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:01.000 light and flow. All Right, Dean, we got it, we 333 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:06.880 got it. We understand you're all for increasing spaciousness, and 334 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:11.240 flow and vista as opposed to just adding square footage 335 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:14.039 to a house. Yeah. Absolutely, And I'll tell you this, 336 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:17.480 if you're working with a designer or an architect who 337 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.680 has just immediately jumped to add square footage because you 338 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:25.680 told them to, then you got to draw that relationship 339 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:29.359 into question. I'm serious when I say this, because that's 340 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:33.319 the tail wagging the dog. An architect a designer should 341 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:38.319 bring their own views, their own expertise, their own creativity 342 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:41.039 to the table. They should be the ones telling you, hey, hey, hey, 343 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:43.640 hey hey, let's pump the brakes for a second. Let's 344 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:48.400 work with what you've got and see if it's not enough. Okay, That, 345 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.240 in my opinion, is absolutely the conversation that should be 346 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:55.319 a taking place more often than not, and more often 347 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:59.920 than not, it is not happening. Okay, So we get it, Dean, 348 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:02.640 You're all for that. Yeah, I'm all for making your 349 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:06.119 house beautiful and saving you money. So now what if 350 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:09.759 you actually have one of these situations in your home 351 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:14.519 and you have inherited this mistake the room edition that 352 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:17.039 was just either poorly done I don't mean poorly done 353 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.119 necessarily in terms of craftsmanship. If that's the case, that's 354 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:22.200 a given that that needs to be worked onne. But 355 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:26.160 I mean the design, the idea behind the room. Edition right. 356 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:29.160 Maybe it has darkened a room, maybe it has given 357 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:31.640 you more space, but you don't know what to do 358 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:34.799 with that space because it's awkward and weird. Okay, maybe 359 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.079 some of the things that I've discussed have happened. Weird 360 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:44.319 ceiling changes, weird roof pitches, weird floor levels. Okay, Well, 361 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:50.559 here's the thing. If somehow that additional square footage is 362 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:54.279 on some level working for you and you can rework it, 363 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:59.880 then started dressing those particular problems ceiling heights, weird roofly, 364 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:04.559 floor level changes, the darkening of the old room, maybe 365 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:09.640 by adding even more windows and light streaming in from 366 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:11.880 the new room, Okay, in order so that we can 367 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:16.400 push some more ambient light into the old room. Come 368 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:20.480 up with the solutions for those, address the actual problems, 369 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.720 all right, and yeah, maybe you can make it work, 370 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:28.599 but it may need some reworking. What if it just 371 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:31.720 doesn't work. What if it just like, well, it's there, 372 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:35.039 but we've thought about this and we've thought about that, 373 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.720 and there's just no way to fix it. All right, 374 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.680 Listen to what I'm about to say, don't have a 375 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:44.480 heart attack. If you can't fix it, get rid of it. 376 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:50.200 I mean it, I mean it. Wait, Dan, the value 377 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:54.880 of my home is based on its square footage. No, no, 378 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:59.319 it is not. Ultimately, the value of your home is 379 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:04.559 based on what your home is, awesome or lame. Okay. 380 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:09.079 The value of your home on the marketplace is not. 381 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:14.160 Now maybe the listing value initially, okay, because somebody without 382 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:16.599 seeing it sight unseen. Oh it's you know, it's a 383 00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:18.880 twenty three hundred square foot home, and if I remove 384 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:24.079 this room, I'll only have a nineteen hundred square foot home. Okay. Listen, 385 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:27.359 if you're about to sell your home, then you know 386 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:30.039 you don't have to go to those extremes. Somebody's gonna 387 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:32.680 buy it the way it is, and you can list 388 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:36.000 it based on its square footage. But if selling your 389 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.400 home is not anywhere in your immediate future, know this. 390 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:45.920 Its value. It's true value is based on how awesome 391 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:50.680 and amazing that home is. Okay. It's true value is 392 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:55.319 based on not space but spaciousness. This is when somebody 393 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:59.160 actually walks in the front door. Okay. And I will 394 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:03.279 contend to my dying day that if I've got an 395 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.400 eighteen hundred square foot home here, and right across the street, 396 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:11.400 I've got a twenty two hundred square foot home the 397 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:16.119 same floor plan, okay, but with a poorly done room edition. 398 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:20.440 And I have maximized this eighteen hundred square feet and 399 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.799 that is still the mess that it is. It's my 400 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:28.039 house that you're buying this one over here. Okay. We've 401 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.359