The client purchased an historic property on a very steeply sloping site overlooking a lake in the Berkshires which had been used as a bed and breakfast type lodge for many years. There is a main house and an “annex”. The annex is in need of significant re-building as the foundations are substandard. While the initial design work was for the annex, the strategy that has evolved is that renovations to the main house are being done first while permitting that will be needed for the annex is obtained.