Building in Palmetto Bluff: Tips to Prevent Water Intrusion
Every house in the South worth its salt has to have an outside space. Code says that if that outside space is elevated, it needs a functional railing. Yet how many times have you seen railings begin to rot and disintegrate after only a few years? What separates a good builder from the crowd is […]
Custom Build Project in Palmetto Bluff: A Formula for Estimating Costs
Our custom home build at Palmetto Bluff is now nearing completion. The Garage/Carriage House is about two weeks out and the main house another 4 weeks or so. The speed it has happened has attracted a good deal of local attention, and a question posed of “just how much would my own home cost to […]
Building in Palmetto Bluff: 10 Weeks and Interior Details Begin
This week marks nearly 11 consecutive weeks of construction on our project at Palmetto Bluff. The weather has been as hot as Hades not to mention about 8 inches of rain fell in a week turning the grounds to a swamp. Both of these scenarios, being gifts from Mother Nature and outside of our control, […]
Building in Palmetto Bluff: A Quick Pace and Managing the Timeline
Our build at Palmetto Bluff progresses on schedule, a result of careful planning and outlining expectations with crews and subcontractors at every step of the project. The Gantt Chart shows it running at about 6% per week. With a typical custom build taking 8 – 12 months, that represents a cracking pace although our ability […]
Palmetto Bluff: Under Roof and Dried-in” In 15 Days”
There are important jobs, urgent jobs and jobs we simply like doing. A lucky man has the latter as his first option though that’s a rarity. Construction has a steady and ordered metric, site prep first, foundations second, walls third, roof fourth ….. then, as that metric ticks, we find ourselves getting to the […]
Reaching New Heights: Raising A Home in Downtown Charleston SC
Situated between Meeting St and Nassau Street in downtown Charleston lies Star Gospel Mission serving their flock of the homeless and disadvantages and trying in their way to offer a more certain future to those who need it most. Part of their mission is to provide workforce accommodation at rental rates that retain affordability. To […]
A Look At Luxury Simplified’s Top Historic Renovation Projects
Samantha Rudd, Guest Contributor In a time where everything is seemingly over developed and commercialized, Charleston is at its best when showcasing the amazing history that exists on this roughly five-square-mile peninsula alongside the Charleston Harbor where the Ashley River meets the Cooper River. The charm of Charleston is found not only from its unique […]
Palmetto Bluff: Site Preparation and SIPS Panels Delivered
I remember as a child listening to a Sunday school story. I didn’t like Sunday school much as it interfered with play and my sister and I had to walk quite a long way to get there. In Sunday school that day, the story was that of a chap building houses on different foundations one […]
Benefits of Building with SIPS Panel In the Charleston SC Climate
Many in the construction industry do not like change, that is a fact – not a criticism. Change can disrupt and is often unnecessary, but the fear of change should not blind us from potential advantages. Enter the availability of SIPS or Structural Insulated Panel Systems into a construction industry dominated by masters in the […]
Star Gospel Mission: A Renovation Project on the East Side
To live and work in the city of Charleston SC is a beautiful experience and yet in the immediacy of occasion or economic imperative, we often forget that it is our place to give back to as well. With this in mind, we accepted a request from Star Gospel Mission on Meeting Street […]
