Teardown Transformed
How 12 Crumbling Motel Rooms Became 4 Luxury Condos.
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Before - Entry Ramp Bridge to Motel Alley
After - Entry Arbor, Bluestone Walk to Individual Unit Entry
Before - Entry Walkway Connected 6 Rooms - Soooo Inviting
After - Entry Bridges, Arbors, Landscape, Skylights.
Before - Hotel Room Horror
After - Lower Unit Living and Dining
After - Upper Unit Living Room & Fireplace
Before - Inspired by the Words "Let's Go Out for Dinner"
After - Upper Kitchen, Light & Bright
Before - You'll Sleep Well Here - Maybe Permanently...
After - Ensuite Bedroom, King Bed, Wire Rail Decking
After - 2nd Ensuite Bedroom, King Bed
Before - Chopped Decks with Wood Slats
Before - 3 Hotel Room Floor Plan, 3 Entries, 3 Decks
After - 2 Bedroom Condo Floor Plan, 1 Entry, 1 Deck
Teardown Transformed
Rosario Resort on Orcas Island is surrounded by dramatic natural beauty but the facility and grounds deteriorated over the years. A series of owners failed to invest in maintenance & amenities. Hotel rooms were downgraded into two-story motel rectangles, painted into a bad dream of green, and loaded with a bizarre mix of wicker, pine, and teak furniture. Windows and beds were draped in heavy striped fabric & prints of circus animals. The place screamed for re-investment. With a surplus of optimism and imagination, here’s how someone started the ball rolling by upgrading an ugly 5000 square foot rectangle.
Project Profile
Convert twelve hotel rooms into four single-level 1200 square foot condominiums. Two with ADA access.
Construction was restricted to the as-built footprint.
Floor plans to be flexible for use both as short term hotel/vacation rentals and/or as carefree full-time residential use.
Unit design to include two bedrooms with king-size bed space, two bathrooms, washer & dryer, full kitchen, fireplace.
Increase decking to enhance views and usable space.
Make entries attractive. Landscape.
Raise roof to allow 9’ plate and vaulted ceiling on upper level & add skylights.
New walls, flooring, cabinets, windows, doors, appliances, fixtures.
Units were staged and furnished turnkey - down to the linens and forks in the drawers.