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Katie Peterson Hesketh

Katie Peterson Hesketh

Principal Architect at Tim Barber Architects specializing in modern and historic residential architecture.

Jun 23, 2026

18:39
They had not prepared for a decade and saved up all their money to go and replace their home or build a new home.
18:48
Yeah, I think too, even there's a lot of homeowners that are trying to get to a place of let's rebuild what we had, but they're also, I think, working to add new things that they think will improve their lives and lifestyles.
19:04
So I think that's kind of a challenge that we are taking on.
19:08
Like, for example, adding a garage to a house that didn't have a garage.
19:14
How do we... design that to make that function, but also make it still feel like their home that was lost.
19:21
And I think the other aspect is cost.
19:25
So I think a lot of homeowners that really want to, I think, make structures that are more resilient are also, I think, looking at, like, can we actually, like, what level do we want to achieve? Can we spend a lot of money on the structure, or do we want to invest more on how it may appear on the inside? So I think that's kind of been a struggle, at least projects I'm working on.

41 MINS LATER

60:24
So maybe we should say, well, what are you giving up? What's the most important function features of that? But if it's just the wow factor, a lot of them are just like, nah, I don't need it.

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