This new 1500 single family residence is located in a redwood forest in the historic Palo Colorado community. The cabins along the Palo Colorado Creek used to serve as temporary residences for loggers and people harvesting tanbark oak, which was shipped from the nearby Nottley’s Landing before Highway One was built. These cabins stayed in the families, and were later used as summer vacation homes are now slowly upgraded or replaced for permanent residency. The owners of this property, an elderly couple replaced a substandard cabin which had reached the end of its useful life. The cabin was served by an existing untreated surface well, was leaking sewage into the adjacent creek, and invasive species, particularly ivy had overgrown the site.
We outfitted the well with filtration, increased water storage, installed a tertiary treatment septic system, buried overhead powerlines and restored the grounds with native vegetation. All the wood in the home was milled from fallen redwood trees and had been stored by the owners for many years for this project. A new ramp replaced the existing stairway for easier access to the home.
