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TWO years ago, West
Vancouver architect
Karen Kallweit Graham
and her husband Ross
Graham, a registered
architect in Australia,
were looking for a way
to trade their corporate
careers tor a scaled-
down, community-
based lifestyle with
their two young sons.

“We knew that fess than

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tural service they had seen
while working G1 Australia,
Karen and Ross developed
The RenoReport, a dow cost
ined fee feasibiliry study
geared to people pondering 4
renovation, whether its a

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Sharted ringain We had calls
from as rar awevoas the
Okanagan and Nanaia.”

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about TRO) enaReparis and
more than doubled ther

“We quickly realized there
was a huge need bevond the
North Shore.” save kK
Kallweit’ Graham. “But per
sortally we wanted to work on
the North Shore. \
do othar . cep driving, to
Richmond and Langley tao.”

A phonecall ta a colleague
trom their aiutaal days at
Thompson Berwick Pratt and
Partners brought Wendy
Andrew on beard.

Andrews, alse married to
anouehitege and mother to
twee veung evs, new pro
duces Reno Reports for cents
in’ Vancouser, White Rock,
Padner, | Raghmond and
BRarnsby fram her Steveston
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KenoReport service as oan
umbrethy organization ror a
pumber of architects. cach
based i their own communi:
tw save | seit, Grahans,
“Wendy is our splot projec

Their on-going job is get
ting people who are consider:
ing renovations to look prist
contractors, catalogue homes
and designers to consider
using architects who typically
in B.C, have thr Ars post:
graduate design training and a
minimum three-vear intern-

are so mativ
tects in

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selves more accessible and to
help people understand the
value we bring for a reason:
able fee.”

She faughs at the idea that
architects are. elitist, creative
types who have no grasp on

Photo /illustration Kaltweit Graham Architecture

THIS West Vancouver home was one of the first sub-
jects of a Kallweit Graham RenoReport. Tne photo-
graph (above) is of the home as it appeared initially.
The sketch was incluaed in the report.

reality. Eight y ago: Karen
and Ross howght auny cor
tage in Horseshoe Ray. That
same cottage housed) Karen
and Ross, their wo young
sons, Karen’s dad and. their
home office.

“Believe me, J know
about people being squeezed
i Our house was
really a tear down, bur like
many young families, we
couldn't afford to build new
or buy a bigger house. So we

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the
RenoRepert works,

Let's sav you're thinking
about renovating but you're
not sure if it’s really even fea-
sible. Maybe vou should tear
down and rebuild. Or should
vou just move? For S095,

Graham Architects
your concerns, hopes
and dreams, and produce a

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