This Hollywood Hills was designed by Michael Parks, located in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles. This three-bedroom, three-bathroom residence took about a year and a half to complete, completely designed and created by Parks himself after receiving budget-busting bids from architects. Using his skills in project management, budgeting, and a passion for architecture, Parks — who has no formal architecture training — ended up creating not only a new house but perhaps a whole new career! Here is more from the official press description: Parks faced countless challenges when he purchased the house: severe dry rot and termite damage to every area of the wood, post and beam-built house; windows that did not connect with their frames; a poor floor plan with little worthwhile useable space and only one proper bedroom; a kitchen where Parks actually put his foot through the rotted floor; poor ventilation with no insulation and an oddly shaped lot coupled with difficult hillside conditions. But Parks looked past the dwelling’s numerous issues and instead saw incredible, unrealized potential. via Design Milk
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