Home Remodeling in Stanton, DE
Kitchen, bath and addition work for the midcentury houses and townhomes of Stanton, Delaware, with the creeks in mind.
Stanton was settled around 1679, the first settlement in Mill Creek Hundred, and went by Cuckoldstown before it took the name of Stephen Stanton, a large landowner. St. James Church was founded here in 1720. The Hale-Byrnes House on Stanton-Christiana Road, a two-story, five-bay brick house Samuel Hale built in 1750, is where George Washington held a council of war on September 6, 1777, and it has been on the National Register since 1972. On the Red Clay Creek, the Kiamensi Woolen Mills made blankets for the Union Army and ran into the early 1900s. Stanton sits near the spot where the Red Clay empties into the White Clay Creek, and the water is part of its recent history too. Glenville, a subdivision on the Red Clay's east bank just south of Route 4 near Stanton, flooded in Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and again in Tropical Storm Henri on September 15, 2003; its homeowners were bought out and the neighborhood was abandoned in 2004.
Most of the houses standing now were built from 1940 to 1969, with a second layer from the 1970s through the 1990s, mostly single-family neighborhoods such as Stanton Estates, with rows of townhomes among them. Dawson's serves Stanton for the kitchen, bath, addition and exterior work those houses call for, and every plan here starts with where the house sits relative to the creeks.
The county permit and the flood maps
Stanton has no local government of its own. It was counted as a separate census place in 1990 and is now simply unincorporated county land, so permits and inspections come from New Castle County's Department of Land Use. What sets it apart from the suburbs around it is the low ground. The county's flood guidance notes that some flood protection measures need a building permit of their own, and that an owner who raises a house above the base flood elevation may qualify for federal funding covering up to 75 percent of the cost. For a basement room or a first-floor addition near either creek, the flood map is the first thing to look at.
Kitchens and baths in a midcentury house
A Stanton rancher or two-story from the 1950s or 1960s has a kitchen sized for one cook and a hall bath shared by the whole family. The changes that pay off are removing the partition between the kitchen and the eating area so the counters can run in an L with an island, and rebuilding the hall bath down to the studs with a tiled shower or a new tub, a vanity that fits the room and a fan that actually vents outdoors. In a house with a single bath, a second one carved from a closet or placed in a rear addition is often the most useful project of all.
Basements, townhomes and the outside
Below grade, the answer depends on elevation. Up the hill, a dry basement finishes into a family room; near the creek, a drainage fix and good storage may be the better plan. The townhomes from the 1970s onward are narrow, and their kitchens and baths are remodeled within the shared walls. Decks off the back, replacement windows and new siding over house wrap round out the list.
Dawson's serves Stanton for kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, windows, siding, decks and carpentry.
Nearby, Dawson's also serves Newport, Marshallton, Elsmere and Christiana.
Stanton is part of the New Castle County, DE service area.
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