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Whole-home Remodel · West Hyannis Port, MA

A 1952 ranch, and the second storey that saved it.

A heating-system failure flooded and destroyed it. Coast bought it, kept the footprint, and built a whole floor on top.

The 1952 ranch
January 2025
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Drag across. One storey became two.

Same footprint, same front elevation →
The 1952 ranch Finished
After · 2025
Before · 1952 ranch
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Nothing moved sideways.

The original 1,430 sq ft footprint stayed exactly where it was. The foundation was reinforced, the roof came off, and a full second storey went on in February 2025, which is why the ground floor windows in both frames line up.

2×Floors, same footprint
1952Original build year
Jan to Jul2025, start to finish
The project

A house worth saving, not levelling.

Built in 1952, this ranch held four decades of one family’s summers before a heating-system failure flooded it. The heirs sold. Most buyers would have taken it down. Coast kept the footprint, reinforced it, and framed an entire second storey onto it.

Downstairs opened into one room under a cathedral ceiling in white shiplap and skylights. Upstairs became a master suite with marsh views, a marble bath with heated floors, a laundry and a family room. Outside: Maibec white cedar shingles, a CertainTeed roof, and a rebuilt deck that keeps the Craigville Beach view even with a floor added above it.

Coast CarpentryCoast PaintingCoast Landscaping
  • Address200 Sixth Ave, W. Hyannis Port
  • Original house1,430 sq ft · 1952 ranch
  • ScopeRemodel + second storey
  • On siteJan to Jul 2025
  • SidingMaibec white cedar shingle
  • RoofingCertainTeed asphalt
  • Finished areaconfirm sq ft
Room by room
hyannis finished kitchen
01

Kitchen

Navy island under a quartz waterfall, marble backsplash, and the shiplap cathedral ceiling carried right through.

hyannis finished living
02

Living room

The fireplace sits under a skylight cut into the new cathedral ceiling, impossible in the original flat-roofed ranch.

hyannis finished sunroom
03

Sunroom

The one room kept from the old house, rebuilt: window bank widened, ceiling opened, slider out to the new deck.

hyannis finished master
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Master suite

The entire second storey is new. The windows look over the marsh toward Craigville Beach.

hyannis finished bath
05

Master bath

Marble, heated floor, freestanding tub, double vanity, upstairs, where there used to be a roof.

hyannis finished stair
06

Stair & entry

A former closet became the opening for the staircase to the new floor.

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Finished · the marsh and Craigville Beach beyond

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