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the back is basically ground-up new construction . So that went pretty smooth . The city was very helpful in coming out and getting inspections right away .”
The nautically themed home is now owned by Jon Stordahl and Engelland , an architect himself , who worked with Laguna Beach-based design and planning firm James Ward Henry to draw up the plans for the ADU .
“ There were questions about what would be acceptable and what wouldn ’ t be , since we were one of the first ones working with the city and the ADU process ,” Engelland says . “ I did do the ADU design , but James Ward Henry actually did the drawings that went into the city for planning and for the construction drawings .”
Interestingly , the main home has a unique history that Engelland discovered when researching the structure ’ s past . Built in 1933 , the house ’ s first owners were Florence and Harold Turney . It changed hands multiple times and , at one point , was used as a women-only Hindu retreat house .
“ I reached out and was able to communicate with them and talk to the reverend mother of the community ,” Engelland says . “ And she was talking about how they come … every weekend , spend the weekend here in Laguna , then go back to La Crescenta for religious purposes , but it was a retreat house . So that ’ s why we have a Hindu symbol in the gate . It was on a little gate the community had made when they owned it . And then , when we did the early remodel , we had them re-create it to keep the vibe of eclectic Laguna .”
A patio between the main house and the new accessory dwelling unit
— This story originally appeared in the Laguna Beach Independent , a sister publication of Laguna Beach Magazine .
The new ADU includes many of the same features as the historic house .
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