When Mitch and Trenna Berry purchased their 1965 home 30 years ago in Yorba Linda, California, it was the worst house in the best neighborhood. It sat on a dreamy street among custom houses. However, in the proverbial competition to “keep up with the Joneses,” it was dead last.
“At first glance, it was hideous,” Trenna says.
Not only was the house an ugly rust color, it also sat on a half-acre full of neglected desert plants, concrete and rocks. In fact, the only green to be seen was the rocks!
“It was daunting, to say the least,” Trenna says. “The house, though, had good bones.”
The couple began several phases of renovation, including structural work, a garage conversion and a total kitchen gut job, transforming the original three bedrooms…
