Almost everything you hear about building an addition says that it should blend seamlessly with the existing house. The addition should appear to be part of the original home like it was always there.

1992-1998: Former Davenport Mayor Pat Gibbs, right, faced Bob Conner and other Garden Addition residents angry they could not return to their flooded homes July 2, 1993. (QUAD-CITY TIMES FILE PHOTO) ...

A stray cat and two possums occupied their house nearly 21 years ago when Janis Adler and her husband, Toby Deming, moved into Ladd's Addition. Virtually all the windows were gone and pigeons roosted ...