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Fi rst -Floor Living
making way for
D
uff Builders was contacted in the winter of 2021
by Jon and Susan, a couple planning to retire and
move back to rural Lancaster County. They were
interested in making some major changes to their recently
purchased stone farmhouse. The original part of the home,
which was built in 1770, along with an addition built in
1866 and another in 2013, were all in very good condition.
The 2013 addition, built by the previous owner, was
located on the side of the farmhouse and consisted of a
dining room, bathroom, and laundry/mudroom. Jon and
Susan, however, had a vision for a first-floor owner's suite
and an attached garage for improved accessibility as well
as to further enhance the property's charm. It was this
2013 addition that they opted to modify and add onto.
In selecting Duff Builders, the couple had a well-respected
Lancaster County builder who they felt would be a great fit
in working with their Maryland-based architect and son-inlaw,
Samuel Englehart. As you'll learn from Jon and Susan,
that initial assessment of Duff was right on.
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The property's steep incline posed a major obstacle for
the plan to build an attached garage. Adding to the challenge
was a large agricultural storage building obstructing
the only feasible location for a driveway. Thus, they had
to make the difficult decision of demolishing the storage
structure to make way for a paved, winding driveway leading
up to the future garage location.
The project faced several additional challenges as well.
Some of the newer addition space, which housed the
laundry/mudroom, had to be partially demolished due
to its unsuitability with the new owner's suite and garage
plans. Duff also had to move and reconstruct a very large
stone retaining wall to accommodate the new footprint
while leaving a 7-foot clearance for lawn mower access to
the portion of the property that would have been otherwise
landlocked. The geothermal lines out of the house also
posed a challenge and had to be carefully dug around-exposing
them since they were now going to travel through
the crawl space of the addition.

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