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Written Description of Renovation Plans Submitted to Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend Submitted By: Louis and Jennifer Miller 1130 E. Jefferson Blvd. August 3, 2015 Details of the project in support of the architectural drawings provided are as follows: A dormer addition will be added above the sunroom at the southwest corner of the home. The sunroom currently has a flat roof. The designed dormer will comprise a dormer sitting on top of a newly constructed hipped roof. The siding will be fiber cement lap siding that will match the scale of the siding of existing dormers on the house. The roof over the sunroom will be vertical seam metal roofing that will tie architecturally to some of the copper roofing currently on the house. The dormer roof may optionally be slate, but will likely match the metal roof below, due to cost considerations. Pitch on both new roofs will be 9/12 to match the pitch of the existing roofs. Two sets of elevations have been provided for this feature, because the architect provided two slightly different orientations for the dormer. Final budgeted construction costs will be the driver of which design is ultimately chosen, but aesthetically, they are very similar. 2. A new garage (also referred to in architect's drawings as the carriage house) will be constructed at the rear of the property on the vacant lot also owned by the homeowner, and situated immediately to the east of the primary residence. The carriage house will be the primary structure on the lot and will be located near or on the location of the current shed. There will be two garage doors facing west. The garage doors will be chosen to match the garage doors on the current attached garage. The exterior materials used will be a combination of brick and fiber cement lap siding. Due to cost considerations, the garage may be constructed with lap siding on the ground level, instead of the brick indicated in the architectural drawings. Brick may be implemented below the sill. All windows used will be wood and approximate the style of the main residence. The roof is half - hipped to tie to the fully hipped roof of the main residence while allowing a more useful space on the second level. Roof material will be either vertical seam metal roofing to match dormer described in item #1, above, or an architectural shingle to match slate on main residence. 3. A three season room which was added within the past 20 years will be improved. The exterior change will be new double hung windows that will replace the current three season windows. The new windows will match the style of the original windows of the home. An upgraded door will replace the current door. The new door will match the style and quality of the original entry doors to the residence. 4. Windows in the sunroom were replaced within the past 20 years with modern windows. The original arches were framed to a rectangular opening to accommodate the new windows. These will be replaced with arched windows to more consistently represent the original architecture of the house.