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Featured in Marin Magazine, Oct 2011
Dan and Kathleen Toney vacationed at Tahoe for years, but when they discovered Martis Camp, a forested 2,200-acre planned luxury community between Truckee and North Lake Tahoe, they found their home away from home - and, to Dan's infinite glee, it's right at the far end of the golf practice area.

"I can put on some steaks, hit some golf balls, come back and flip the steaks," Dan says with a grin. "It's really turned out to be one of the most desirable lots, and the house is beautiful."

Charmed by the setting and impressed with the amenities, these San Rafael residents purchased their Tahoe lot in 2008. The couple chose Kurt Reinkens of MWA, Inc. to design the Maple Forest Cottage style home featuring four bedrooms, a 1,200-bottle wine cellar and separate guest quarters. Gray Construction built the cottage, and Lila Friday & Associates - a Marin firm with whom the Toneys have worked previously - designed the interior. "We couldn't have done it without Lila," Kathleen says. read full article


Location:Martis Camp
Style:Traditional & Transitional
Architect:Kurt Reinkens - MWA, Inc.
Structural Engineer:MWA, Inc.
Builder:Gray Construction
Interior Designer:Lila Friday & Associates
Photographer:Jim Williams





We built a home in the Lahontan Community in 2002-2003 that was designed by Kurt. We had already experienced a home designed by Kurt in Tahoe Donner that we had purchased earlier. Our satisfaction with the Tahoe Donner home was the reason we went to MWA for the Lahontan design. Having had some experience living in the Truckee area, we had some specific needs that we wished to be addressed for the Lahontan design. We articulated these needs in the form of a four page memorandum that we handed to Kurt when we sat down to discuss the project. Kurt took us to some completed homes that he had designed to help us visualize some ideas.

A couple of months later we were told that the draft plans were completed and ready for our review. We were delighted when we found that Kurt had found a way to address all of our needs. From our point of view the design was perfect. Moreover, Kurt had done this while taking maximum advantage of the attributes of the building site: the view of Lookout Mountain, the beautiful meadow and wildlife refuge behind the house and the lovely grove of Aspen trees on the property. We have lived in the home for 4 years and continue to be delighted with the design.

We found working with MWA to be easy and efficient. The communications were excellent every step of the way. Email was used to facilitate communications as we lived in the Bay area while the home was being built.

Overall, we found Kurt and MWA to be very responsive to our needs and very efficient to work with. The project was completed on budget and the architectural design costs were very reasonable.
Charlotte and George Hawley