Truckee, CA
Building in Tahoe Donner, review board included
Tahoe Donner is the biggest single body of work we do, and it comes with two constants: an architectural review process that governs what you can build, and original construction from the seventies and eighties that rarely matches its own drawings. We plan for both from the first walkthrough.
What governs a project in Tahoe Donner
- Association architectural review governs exterior changes, and a rejected submittal costs a season
- Steep, north-facing driveways decide when material and equipment can reach the site
- Original seventies and eighties framing frequently does not match the drawings on file
- Town of Truckee jurisdiction, outside the Tahoe Basin, so no TRPA layer
We submit to the review board for you
Association architectural review is a real gate, and a submittal that comes back for revisions can cost you a full building season up here. We prepare and submit the package as part of the project. You approve the design; we manage the committee and the calendar.
Our work in Tahoe Donner
Dozens of Tahoe Donner remodels and additions since 2004, plus ground-up builds on the association's steeper lots.
Every service, in Tahoe Donner
From Tahoe Donner neighbors
★★★★★
Custom Home“They told us our lot could not support the house we wanted before we paid an architect a dime. That honesty is why we hired them for the smaller one.”
★★★★★
Whole-Home Remodel“They found rot under the deck ledger in week two and had a price and a fix the same day. Our last builder would have found it in month four.”
★★★★★
Addition & Deck“First winter after the addition, all the snow shed exactly where they said it would. They had mapped it before framing.”
Open books, both directions
You see every subcontractor bid, every material invoice, and our fee as a separate line. When a number changes you find out that week, not at the end. Nobody has ever been surprised by a Stonepine invoice, and that is the whole point.
Planning a project in Tahoe Donner?
We walk the property with you, talk budget honestly, and tell you what your jurisdiction is going to require.