The house at 5110 Cathedral Ave. NW was a timeworn artifact of the 1970s when Ross Koenig first saw it in 2022: split-level with wall-to-wall carpeting, faux wood paneling and a blue tarp covering ...

Split-level homes are a suburban relic of post-WWII baby boom housing trends that began in the 1950s and were popular until the 1970s. Builders riffed on the traditional ranch house in order to ...

Living in a 1950s house can present numerous challenges. Living in a 1950s house that has been updated and expanded multiple times by those of varying skill levels and visions can present ...

Tastes can change; So, too, can an owner’s requirements of their home. In the early 1960s, for instance, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to the demands of modern life than the ...

With six kids, a housekeeper named Alice and Tiger the dog, the fictitious “Brady Bunch” of the 1970s sitcom filmed in a real-life mid-century California house, a perfectly groovy set for all the ...

Back in 2021, realtor Katelyn E. Sullivan remembers helping a couple of first-time homebuyers find their dream house. “The wife had said, ‘Katelyn, we are not looking at any split-level homes,’” ...

“The house is a perfect realization.” The makeover was recently named the nation’s best residential addition in the $100,000-$250,000 category by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.