Renovations · Charlotte & surrounding areas
Keep the house.
Rebuild the rest.
Houses worth saving get renovated from the structure outward. The finished home looks new, and it performs like a new house.
Waldon · Weddington · Whole-home renovation
Whole-home and historic renovations
Structure and systems, not just finishes
A cost-plus budget you can follow
A building company
We renovate the way we build new.
We are a building company, not only a builder of new homes. A renovation is given the same team, the same specifications and the same attention as a custom home on an empty lot.
We look behind the walls before any talk of finishes. That means the foundation, the framing, the roof and every mechanical system. Opening a house commonly turns up old shortcuts and hidden damage. Careful investigation and realistic allowances are how we plan for them, so those surprises do not run the budget.
East Boulevard · Dilworth
Character preserved. Systems brought forward.
Case study
Waldon: a 1987 house rebuilt for the property it sits on
- Original house, about 4,000 sq. ft.
- 1987
- Heated sq. ft. today
- 6,900
- Sq. ft. under roof
- 8,650
A private Weddington property with lake views held the original house. The property was the reason to keep going.
We reduced the house to the studs and subfloor. With an engineer, we reinforced the sagging floors and corrected the over-spanned framing. Changes ran through the footprint, the roofline, the exterior walls and the windows. The garage was rebuilt, and every major system was replaced. By the end, only eight or ten linear feet of original framing remained.
Questions we hear
Before you renovate
What kinds of renovations do you take on?
Whole-home and historic renovations, and major spaces such as kitchens, primary suites and finished basements.
At Highbury in Weddington, a basement was turned into a bourbon bar and a glass-enclosed cigar lounge with engineered ventilation.
When does renovating make more sense than rebuilding?
Where the foundation and framing are sound, the footprint and ceiling heights work, and the house has character worth keeping.
A teardown and rebuild may be the better answer when the structure, systems and layout create too many limits, or when a full transformation starts to cost about what a new house would. Two houses on the same street can lead to different recommendations.
Can you renovate a historic home without losing its character?
Yes. The original charm is protected while we update the structure, systems and finishes for modern living.
We have carried out that work in Charlotte's historic neighborhoods, including a full historic renovation on East Boulevard in Dilworth.
What do you look for before a renovation starts?
What lies behind the walls.
Outdated wiring, aging plumbing, water damage, undersized framing, poor insulation, termite damage and earlier work that was never done properly show up once walls and floors come open. Investigation comes first, and we carry realistic allowances for what we cannot see yet.
How is a renovation priced?
It is priced the same way as a new home: the actual construction costs plus an agreed builder fee.
You see the budget, the allowances and the real costs as they arrive. What is still uncertain sits in a contingency, and if that cost does not happen, we do not bill it.
Renovation projects
Different houses. The same standard.
Clarity from the beginning
Know what your renovation costs as it happens.
The numbers stay in front of you from the first estimate to the final punch list, through detailed specifications, JobTread budget visibility and vendor-backed invoices.
Begin the conversation
What would you change about your home?
Tell us about the house, the property and the way you want to live there. We will tell you honestly whether the path is to renovate, add on or start over.
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