A surplus shack transformed into a summer home near San Francisco

A San Francisco interior designer named Peter Rocchia learned some time ago that the government was selling old prefabricated buildings for $425 apiece. Eager to have a weekend place, he bought one and spent another $155 dismantling and moving it to a new site, where it was set on a ground level foundation. Then, doing most of his own work, Mr. Rocchia moved the front entrance to the side, replaced the old front walls with glass, extended an end wall to provide shelter and privacy for a new sun deck, and finally shingled the exterior walls with natural redwood shingles. Inside, he created a dining area in a little-used part of the kitchen. The living room itself was enlarged by eliminating two closets. Rubber tile floors were laid in the bath and kitchen, and Formica was used for kitchen counters and bathroom walls. Mr. Rocchia's total cost for his good-looking weekend house came to just $3,000.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | April 1956