This is the house I built for my family. I did 90% of the work over 15 months. This is built in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Opelika, AL, now a historic district. On this site was a house with similar proportions and massing which was demolished after a fire in 2004. House has many energy saving features and rates a HERS 60, includes an in-law suite where my parents live. [“Are you really building that for us?” they asked. “Why wait until we’re old, we’ll come now.”] It is difficult to capture the complexity of the roofline with 5 pictures. There is very little ‘attic’ space with living area built up into the roofline. More pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/asbpics/
Still need the front porches (can be seen on the original house pictures) to help balance the front elevation. Also can be see in the other photos – the two front gables were constructed with the ridge meeting the main ridge, but the proportions were wrong, so we took them down and set those ridges lower. Not a happy day at the worksite, but the right decision.
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[View from SE] Metal Shingles by Berridge Metal Roofing
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[View from SW]
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[view from NE] During framing. Note the various floor levels; basement, garage, main floor, apartment, loft bedrooms
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[view from NW, looking toward street corner] Open loft area with open ridge intersection
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[view from the SW] Tall ceiling over kitchen, with split stair at secondary apartment entry. Doorway KO actually peaks above main roof timbers and into space created by shallow roof to create positive drainage in center of 'U' roof.
