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 […]

Palmetto Bluff: The Building of a Dream Home Begins

  There is a dream dreamt by many, but few who are able to see it to fruition.  That is the dream to build your own family home.  It’s the inspiration for many a self-improvement novel, for a myriad of DIY YouTube videos, and the subject of the occasional Machiavellian dinner party conversation.  Now certainly […]

Timeline: Building 2 Vacation Homes on Folly Beach SC in 8 Weeks

“A work of art takes as long to make as it takes. ” That’s the nature of art.  Lowcountry construction is more comparable to a manufacturing process and can take anything from 6 to 12 months to complete a residential contract.  But what if we took a page from other industries and re-engineered the process? […]