Custom Home Building in Palmetto Bluff
Just 90 minutes south of the hustle and bustle of busy downtown Charleston SC lies an area that exudes the quintessential essence of the South Carolina lowcountry. Palmetto Bluff is a resort community set in a stunning 22,000 acres of trees, hanging moss, marsh, and wetland. We have been vacationing in Palmetto Bluff for a number of years. […]
Planning to Custom Build A Home? Here’s What Goes into Pricing
Just before the Christmas holiday we held a meeting with new clients. A nice couple, moving to the Charleston SC area from a northern state and wanting to custom build their own home. The question was a simple one that received a necessarily less than simple answer – “How much does a house cost to […]
Fast And Efficient Custom Home Building In Charleston SC
Looking outside today presents a typical northern winter scene. Blanketed in almost 5 inches of snow and icicles dripping slowly in the late morning sun. An idyllic scene perhaps, except our location is most definitely in the South and as such, our buildings are not designed for this type of climate condition. As unlikely as […]
Survival Bias Theory: How it Applies to Housing & Construction
Drive around the streets of downtown Charleston SC and you will see many examples of the cliché at the heart of our beautiful city – that is, very beautiful, old buildings in their original settings. How many a recent “stick-built ” subdivision will stand such a test of time and what has changed so dramatically […]
Flood Zones and New FEMA Proposals for Folly Beach SC
Folly Beach SC is a low-lying sea island on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The coastline is always in flux and it has continually shifted its shape over hundreds of years, especially in the lowcountry that makes up the South Carolina coastal region. Construction on Folly Beach is governed by City of Folly Beach Code […]
Building in Charleston: Creative Ways to Repurpose Construction Waste
Builders are notorious for rejecting materials that might usefully be repurposed. Whether these materials accumulate in the dumpster as a result of demolition, or as leftover waste of new materials acquired for the project, when you are up against a deadline, it’s hard to think about saving the planet. Our construction crews are no different, […]
How City Of Charleston Zoning Ordinance Can Affect Your Development
By Jake Libaire, Guest Contributor When looking at a property with an eye toward adding to what’s already there – whether it’s building a carriage house in the backyard of an existing historic home, adding a screened porch on the side of a house, or building an elevated deck off the second floor master bedroom […]
What Will My New Home Cost to Build in Charleston SC?
If you want to experience a positional conversation then watch a first meeting between client and contractor discussing a new build or major renovation. I call it the “redoubt ” moment – each party feels totally justified defending their position and at the same moment vulnerable. We are dealing here with the “art of the […]
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad BAR? – Getting Your Project Approved
In Charleston SC no one should be afraid to take their renovation project before the Board of Architectural Review (BAR), but some automatically regard a trip to the BAR as positively as a visit to the Headmaster in years gone by. The BAR is here to keep Charleston looking and functioning like the city we […]
Building on Folly Beach SC: What to Know Before the Dreaming Begins
Drive down to Folly Beach, SC on a sunny day and you will find contractors busy creating new homes from one end of the island to the other. It is a busy place these days – the laidback lifestyle, beautiful vistas and eclectic population not withstanding. Luxury Simplified Construction is one of those contractors with […]
