Remodeling Roosevelt.
Roosevelt is the established mid-century neighborhood east of downtown, full of 1950s ranch and split-level homes on comfortable lots. If you live here, you probably know the look: a kitchen walled off from the rest of the house and a single full bath still wearing its original pink or blue tile. These homes were well built, but the floor plans and finishes are firmly stuck in their era.
The project we get asked about most in Roosevelt is opening the kitchen to the dining room. A 1950s ranch usually has a doorway where it wants a wide opening or an island, and taking that wall down changes how the whole main floor feels. Right alongside it comes gutting the dated full bath, pulling the old tile, and building something that works for the next thirty years instead of looking back at the last seventy. Because so many Roosevelt homes share the same 1950s floor plan, we have a good feel for which walls carry load and which can come down to open the kitchen.
What we see on Roosevelt homes.
Common home styles
1950s and 1960s ranch and split-level homes on level lots, most with a closed-off kitchen, a single full bath, and original mid-century tile and fixtures.
Popular projects
Opening the kitchen to the dining room, gutting a dated full bath, and modernizing finishes throughout. New cabinets, countertops, and a tiled walk-in shower come up on almost every Roosevelt job.
What's behind the walls
Behind Roosevelt walls we routinely find 1950s wiring and plumbing nearing the end of its life. We update those runs, bring circuits to current code, and waterproof every wet area before tile.