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Homeowner George Mabry is moving out and general contractor Tom
Silva is moving in.
Host Kevin O'Connor arrives at the project site to find homeowner
George Mabry moving out and general contractor Tom Silva moving in.
With a building permit in hand, Tom starts with the carport,
dismantling it piece by piece to gain better access to the house.
Kevin meets landscape architect Gregory Lombardi to evaluate the
existing landscape; while much of the back yard is worth saving,
the rest of the site will need to be completely reworked. Master
carpenter Norm Abram meets project architect Will Ruhl at another
modern house he recently designed on the island of Martha's
Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. Back in Cambridge, Will
presents his design for George's house with the help of computer
renderings and a 3-D model. The new house will still be modern, but
tempered by a warm palette of natural materials. The expansion
allows for a combination library/dining room on the first floor
(along with a powder room, mudroom and wet bar), a new master suite
upstairs and a private guest suite housed in the new third floor
loft. Certified arborist Greg Carbone arrives to begin clearing the
lot of overgrown and dying trees.