General Contractor in Roswell, GA, for Older Homes and New

A general contractor in Roswell works across a wide range of houses. Around Canton Street and the historic square there are older homes with plaster walls, wood floors and wiring that has been added to over the years. Along the river and in the swim-and-tennis neighborhoods like Martin’s Landing and Horseshoe Bend, there are brick-front colonials and ranches with closed-in kitchens and original bathrooms. Each kind of house has its own surprises behind the walls, and knowing them is part of pricing the work honestly.

The remodels we build in Roswell

Most of our Roswell work is kitchens opened to the family room, bathrooms with a tub nobody uses swapped for a walk-in shower, and walk-out basements finished into family rooms and guest suites. In older homes near the historic district, the work often starts with what is behind the walls: plumbing that needs replacing, circuits that cannot carry a modern kitchen and floors that need leveling before anything new goes down. We open one section, show you what we find and price the rest from that.

Historic homes and the review process

Homes in Roswell’s historic district are worth keeping as they are on the outside. Interior remodels follow the city’s normal permit process. Exterior changes, such as an addition, new windows or new siding, also go to the city’s historic preservation review, which looks at whether the change fits the house and the street. We prepare drawings and material choices that suit the house, and we allow for the review in the schedule so it does not hold up the build.

Slopes, clay and water

Much of Roswell sits on rolling ground over red clay. That gives many houses a walk-out basement, and it also means water can collect against a foundation wall after a heavy rain. Before we finish a basement or build an addition, we look at how water moves around the house and fix the grading or the drainage first if it needs it. It costs far less than tearing out a finished wall later.

Working with the city

The City of Roswell issues building permits and inspects the work. When a job needs a permit, such as a kitchen remodel that moves a wall or a basement finish, we file it, book each inspection and hand you the closed permit at the end. If your neighborhood has an HOA, we deal with its architectural review committee too.

Living through a Roswell remodel

Many of the streets near the square are narrow, and parking is tight. We agree where the crew parks and where the dumpster goes before the job starts, keep the drive clear for you and tell the neighbors when a delivery is coming. Inside, the floors are covered, dust barriers go up around the work and the crew cleans up at the end of each day.

Every service we offer is available across the city, from bathroom remodeling to a full whole-home renovation. The full list is on our remodeling services page, and the service area page covers Alpharetta and Johns Creek as well.

Services in Roswell

• Kitchen remodelingA new layout, cabinets, counters and lighting, planned on paper and priced line by line before demolition starts.
• Bathroom remodelingA tired bathroom taken back to the studs where it needs it, with new tile, a new shower or tub and the plumbing checked behind the walls.
• Basement finishingA bare basement turned into a family room, a guest suite or an office, with the moisture dealt with first.
• Home additionsA new bedroom, a bigger kitchen or a primary suite, built to tie into the house you have and look as if it was always there.
• Whole-home renovationSeveral rooms or a whole house renovated in one planned project, phased so you know which rooms you can use and when.

Guides

• Planning a Remodel in an Older Roswell HomeWhat to plan for before remodeling an older Roswell home, from lead paint and old wiring to the historic district review and living through the work.
• Reading a Remodeling Estimate in Roswell, Line by LineHow to read a remodeling estimate in Roswell, what each line should show, what often gets left out and the questions to ask before you sign.

Questions from Roswell

• Do I need a permit to remodel in Roswell?

  Painting, new counters on the same cabinets or a new faucet usually do not. Moving walls, plumbing or wiring, finishing a basement or building an addition do. The City of Roswell issues the permit and inspects the work, and we file it for you.

• We live in the historic district. What changes?

  Interior work follows the normal permit process. Changes to the outside of the house, such as an addition, new windows or new siding, also go to the city's historic preservation review. We prepare the drawings it asks for and build its timeline into your schedule.

• Our neighborhood has an HOA. Who deals with it?

  We do, if you want us to. We prepare the drawings and material samples the architectural review committee asks for, and we wait for its approval before any exterior work starts.