Proyecto Roundabout

Primary Residence. Need redesign of driveway (ingress/egress). Do a garage addition to allow for easier access/parking. Redesign of backyard landscaping.

Address:
William & Katherine Sterett
4451 Old Hartford Rd.
Owensboro, KY 42303

Goals
1. Redesign driveway ingress/egress to address the safety and access issues created by a roundabout being constructed at the intersection in front of our home.
2. Create a landscape screen to address the privacy and noise concerns. Plan to use Green Giant Arbs in an alternative plant scenario to create a barrier/fence. You can see where the privacy screen was before along Fairview Drive. These will be taken out and the property right of way moved more into our property. We would like to remove the rear entrance to our property off Fairview Drive and create this natural fence from the start of our property line to the intersection. We are hoping the alternative planting scenario will block noise and create much needed privacy for the increased traffic load.
3. Remove the current driveway and create a circle driveway at the front entrance to create a more symmetrical look and parking area than exist currently. See the inspiration for some examples. We realize this will require earthwork to adjust the elevations.
4. Create a plan to add on a garage that allows for easier access given the challenges of the removal of the rear driveway. We want to remove the driveway in the rear of the home that accesses Fairview Drive. The new garage will make for easier access to the garage and allow to park additional vehicles. The garage addition would be from the existing garage now to the retaining wall. This will make for a roughly 60' x 30' addition. We would like to use the flat retaining wall as the back wall of the garage after removing the stairs accessing the backyard. Plan to use hollow core panels for the roof system. I have attached an AI generated image for a rough ide of what this would look like.
5. The garage addition will create additional back yard space to allow us to update and create a more age appropriate backyard space as our kids have grown. We plan to remove the playhouses and a lot of the mulch back there. We had poured a concrete pad to the west as an outdoor fireplace and grilling area. We would like to consider a pool and hot tube area directly behind the home. We have a basketball court that will remain and we may consider a pickleball court to encourage activity and use some of the area. We also would like to take the existing turf areas and create a small chipping and putting green area that is maybe 3-4 holes. Small scale like a mini golf but tastefully done. We would like to leave the trampoline and we are partial to the rocks.
6. Create an enclosed or screened porch area. Increase the size of the porch from 12' deep to 24' deep. We are considering screened in porch or a glassed in sun porch.
7. Create more privacy in the front of the home by adding trees and landscape.

The house is traditional and we want to stay traditional. We are not looking to start over so we want to try to work within the parameters we have to keep from wasting resources. The owner has several contracting businesses and prefers quick turnaround solutions to drawn out construction processes.

i.e. we would like to consider hollow core panels for garage roof vs. a poured in place roof. If anything can be constructed away from the home and set in place with a crane or forklift we prefer that method.