Petaluma’s housing stock is unusually varied. East of the river sit buildings with real age and character, while the complexes off Old Redwood Highway were built to a different standard in a different decade. Both need work. They simply need different approaches, and knowing which is which before demolition starts is most of the job. Our planning front-loads that discovery. We walk the property, understand what we are actually working with, and build scope around it rather than finding out as a change order in week three. Managers here tell us projects feel uneventful. After two decades, we take that as the highest compliment available.