Welcome to the Lynwood House…

This is a bilingual site documenting the construction of a personal residence.

It all started back in 2008, when we decided to look for a house with a view. After 8 months of looking around, we came to the conclusion that it would be impossible to find our dream home.

The criteria were making the find difficult: in a given city, close to the city center, kind of isolated, no freeway noises, northern spectacular view of the city and/or valleys and hills,…

In the end, we found a relatively isolated old house with a spectacular northern view, downtown, away from the freeway noises with a private entrance to a local wild preserve!!!

The only thing left was to completely remodel the house to fit our living wishes and expectations. And, here is the whole story…