Tahoe Truckee | Residential Design · Land Use Planning · Permit Plans
GRAY'S CROSSING FARMHOUSE
GRAY'S CROSSING FARMHOUSE
Gray's Crossing Truckee California
NEW CONSTRUCTION
4,557 SF
4 BR
4.5 BA
3 CAR GARAGE
Project Team
Designer:
MASTRIDICASA
Contractor:
530 Builders
Structural Engineer:
CFBR Structural Group
Civil Engineer:
Porter Engineering
Interior Designer:
Design Bar Truckee
Photography:
MASTRIDICASA
A custom home shaped around site, sunlight, family, privacy, and the design guidelines of one of Truckee’s most established mountain communities.
This project began with trust. The owners were fellow Tahoe design professionals, which made the collaboration especially meaningful. Together, we worked to create a home that fit within the Gray’s Crossing design guidelines while still feeling personal, practical, and connected to place.
The plan is organized around open living spaces, carefully placed views, private guest and in-law wings, a quiet studio, protected outdoor areas, and a main suite set apart above the garage.
The home feels open where it should, private where it needs to, and grounded in the Truckee landscape around it.
SITE VIEW
The site offered a strong starting point: gentle slope, southern exposure, mature trees, and protected green space beyond the rear of the property.
Rather than force the home onto the lot, we worked with the shape of the land, existing trees, solar orientation, privacy needs, and neighborhood design guidelines to find a more natural fit.
The goal was to place the home in a way that protected views, created usable outdoor spaces, respected adjacent properties, and helped the finished residence feel like it belonged there from the beginning.
SITE PLANNING
The owners had several priorities that needed to work together within the 4,557-square-foot plan: open living spaces, strong views, a dedicated dance studio, private guest and in-law areas, outdoor gathering spaces, and a main suite with separation from the more active parts of the home.
Those goals had to be balanced with Truckee building requirements, Gray’s Crossing design review, site conditions, and the practical realities of construction.
Several versions of the farmhouse concept were studied before the final design was approved by the Gray’s Crossing Design Review Committee.
The finished plan reflects the kind of work we value most: clear priorities, careful coordination, and design decisions shaped by both the client’s life and the realities of the site.
CONCEPT SKETCH
Several versions were studied before the final farmhouse concept moved forward for design review.
Taking Shape
The design begins to reveal itself in the frame.
During construction, the Gray’s Crossing Farmhouse moved from drawings into structure — walls, rooflines, openings, and room relationships beginning to define the home.
This is where early decisions start to show their value: orientation, proportions, view corridors, privacy, circulation, and the way the house sits on the site all become visible before the finishes arrive.
The frame is not the finished home, but it is where the design proves whether it has been thought through.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
From Plan Set to Jobsite
Good construction documents matter most when the work is underway.
As construction progressed, the design continued to depend on clear coordination between the drawings, the builder, consultants, and the realities of the site.
Every wall, opening, roof form, structural decision, and exterior relationship had to support the larger goal: a custom home that felt open where it should, private where it needed to be, and grounded in the Gray’s Crossing landscape.
The progress images show the quiet middle of the work — the part between concept and completion, where careful planning becomes something you can stand inside.
A custom home settled into the Gray’s Crossing landscape.
With construction complete, the farmhouse concept became a finished mountain home shaped around site, sunlight, privacy, and the surrounding Truckee landscape.
The exterior brings together familiar residential forms, generous openings, protected outdoor areas, and a composed relationship to the land. What began as a series of studies, guidelines, and design decisions now reads as a home that feels grounded, capable, and ready to be lived in.
The goal was never to make the house feel oversized or performative. The goal was to create a home that belonged to the site and supported the way the owners wanted to live.
FINISHED CONSTRUCTION
Built for the Way It Lives
Open where it should be. Private where it needs to be.
The completed home reflects the priorities that shaped the project from the beginning: open living spaces, private guest and in-law areas, a quiet studio, outdoor gathering spaces, and a main suite set apart from the more active parts of the house.
From the finished exterior, those decisions come together as one composition — a home with presence, restraint, and a clear relationship to its setting.
This is the quiet proof of the process: a design shaped by the clients, the site, and the work required to bring both into alignment.
FINISHED CONSTRUCTION
Settled Into the Site
The completed home brings the farmhouse concept into the Truckee landscape with restraint, warmth, and a practical sense of place.
Rooflines, openings, outdoor areas, and site relationships all work together to create a home that feels grounded rather than imposed.
STREET VIEW
The finished residence reflects the priorities that shaped the project from the beginning: open living spaces, private guest and in-law areas, a quiet studio, protected outdoor gathering, and a main suite set apart from the more active parts of the home.
The design does not need to shout. The proof is in how naturally the pieces come together.
