Building in San Diego
The city of San Diego covers an enormous range of housing, from Craftsman and Spanish Revival homes over a century old to construction finished in the last few years. Almost nothing generalises across it except the climate.
In the older neighbourhoods, age is the governing factor. Walls are frequently out of square and out of plumb, which means cabinetry and tile need scribing and careful setting out rather than being dropped into place. Opening those walls tends to reveal previous work — plumbing run in ways nobody would specify now, electrical extended rather than replaced, framing modified without much support.
Homes with architectural character are worth working with rather than around. A kitchen inside a Craftsman or a Spanish Revival house asks for cabinetry and detailing that sit within that language, not against it.
Newer construction presents the opposite problem — sound and square, built to a production standard, and ready for the finish level it never received.
Across all of it, outdoor space gets used most of the year, which is why decks, covers and hardscape here deserve the same standard as the interior.
