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I'm looking to find a contractor to build an attached garage/apartment on my house in Chapel Hill, in town. I'm looking to find one who is open to letting me do some of the work as well. Does anyone have any recommendations for a contractor/builder in this area?
Joseph Grantham Custom Homes - he just did a finished basement and freaking gorgeous screened porch/deck for me. Pics below. He's now quoting out a garage for me as well (what a coincidence). I've since recommended him to friends (I only recommend people that exceed my ultra picky expectations) and they have been nothing but pleased as well. Quality, pricing, and relationship are all great with him. He's capable of building million dollar homes, so "smaller" projects like this are easy for him and he does it with the same quality as a $3M mansion that I could never afford to live in.
I did my own electrical plus central vac, ethernet, coax, intercom, etc. and he was fine with it. How good is a contractor if you liked him and his subs so much that you start thinking up projects to have him come back and do more work for you?
Not to hijack, but does anyone have any general cost guidelines involved in adding a gargage (including the room above)?
I would say there is no "general" - it depends on whether the slab will go on existing land, fill, or have to be created (or if you want it open underneath like I do which is a lot more expensive), whether you want siding, brick, etc, how much electrical you want, insulated versus non insulated, how many windows, what type of shingles, whether you want plumbing, whether it is attached or detached and if detached, if it is still somehow physically connected, etc.
There would be huge cost variations and I could easily see it going anywhere from $10-15K for a very simple detached 1 car with nothing fancy to $80-100K for a 2 or 3 car with storage and/or room above, brick, attached, etc. Those are purely guesses - I still have no clue what mine will even cost, let alone what you might be thinking of.
Colima Custom Homes
Ask for Kendall. 919 649 4505.
Kendall has excellent workers, and goes overboard looking for possible extra surprise costs so you know exactly the worst case scenario for your budget.
Joseph Grantham Custom Homes - he just did a finished basement and freaking gorgeous screened porch/deck for me. Pics below. He's now quoting out a garage for me as well (what a coincidence). I've since recommended him to friends (I only recommend people that exceed my ultra picky expectations) and they have been nothing but pleased as well. Quality, pricing, and relationship are all great with him. He's capable of building million dollar homes, so "smaller" projects like this are easy for him and he does it with the same quality as a $3M mansion that I could never afford to live in.
I did my own electrical plus central vac, ethernet, coax, intercom, etc. and he was fine with it. How good is a contractor if you liked him and his subs so much that you start thinking up projects to have him come back and do more work for you?
I'm sorry, but is that a deck with tile? And a screened porch with heaters? Way cool...
I'm sorry, but is that a deck with tile? And a screened porch with heaters? Way cool...
Yup. I was tired of dealing with staining and wood warping. The tile is the best deck surface EVER, despite the high cost. It's super easy to keep clean and "like new" at all times. The heaters allow us almost year round use of our porch. We recently held a poker tournament out there with temps in the low 40s and the wind howling. People were asking me to turn the heaters down because they were getting too warm!
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