Almost two years ago Allen and Anna Brown bought a 2,798-square-foot house in the quiet Eaton Court enclave of University Park and started systematically taking it apart. Built in 1995 by Bamboo Builders, the four-bedroom, four-bath house came with high ceilings, a caged swimming pool, oversized garage, appealing landscaping and pretty arched windows that provided gracious natural light.
“No doubt, the house was quality built and everything in it was working properly,” said Anna Brown. “But, it was dated and we weren’t happy with the layout of the kitchen/family room area. But, we didn’t buy this property for the structure on it. We bought for the location. It’s in University Park which we wanted and it’s situated on a lake with a view to the fairway of the 12th hole of the golf course. We were pretty confident we could remake the house.”
To carry out such a massive…
