The original town along Main Street and near the Amador County Fairgrounds is early 1900s housing: modest wood-frame homes on raised foundations, many with original fir floors under later layers of carpet and vinyl. They are smaller than the Victorians in Sutter Creek and Jackson but share the same settled subfloors. Original fir in the front rooms can often be refinished, and a kitchen from that era usually needs leveling before a new floor goes down.
The Zinfandel development is the other end of the spectrum: recent tract construction on slab foundations with open floor plans, standard door heights and builder-grade finishes. These are straightforward installs. A whole-house luxury vinyl or laminate floor, quartz to replace the builder counter and a tile backsplash update one of these homes without changing its layout.
Out Shenandoah Road and toward Fiddletown and River Pines the properties get larger: vineyard homes, ranchettes, guest houses and vacation rentals. Hard surfaces through the main living areas, carpet only in the bedrooms and counters that stand up to wine and fruit are the practical formula for a house that guests use and the owner sees a few days a month.