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Older homes deserve respect, but age alone does not guarantee quality. Eric Brown shares lessons from Charlotte-area projects and explains how modern engineering, materials and hands-on builder oversight can create a better-performing custom home.
Homeowner decisions shape a custom home’s schedule. Learn when appliances, lighting, cabinets, rough-ins, fireplaces, flooring, and exterior materials need to be selected for a Charlotte build.
A beautiful custom home is about more than finishes. Learn how framing, engineered floor systems, structural inspections, water management, HVAC design, sealed attics, humidity control, and other hidden details determine how well a home performs for years to come.
Water management in a custom home involves far more than waterproofing a foundation. From window flashing and brick drainage to grading, roof runoff, crawlspaces, retaining walls, and underground drainage, every part of the house and site needs to work together. Eric Brown explains how Everett Custom Homes approaches the details homeowners may never see—but that can matter for decades.
Learn how Everett Custom Homes develops a realistic custom-home budget using engineered plans, professional takeoffs, supplier bids, detailed specifications, allowances, contingencies and open-book cost tracking.
Everett Custom Homes does not use a library of stock floor plans. Every ground-up custom home is designed specifically for the client and property, working with local architects and interior designers to create a truly one-of-one home.
Marvin is in Union County, not Mecklenburg. Confirm Village zoning, HOA covenants, and a county soil evaluation before you design, especially on well and septic lots.
Sometimes the house is not really what makes a property special - the property is. See how Everett Custom Homes rebuilt an older Weddington-area residence from the foundation up into an essentially new 8,650-square-foot luxury home.
A custom kitchen renovation in a Charlotte home is construction inside a house that already exists. Structure, plumbing, electrical, and ventilation have to be right before millwork goes in.