Est. 2003
Custom home builder in Woodstock, GA.
Our office is on Hickory Flat Highway and we have built in this town since 2003. Woodstock's custom homes now go up on three kinds of ground: infill near downtown, the last lots in the 1990s communities, and the acreage east toward Hickory Flat and Arnold Mill where the sewer stops.
Custom home builder · Woodstock, GA
New homes in Woodstock, built from around the corner.
We watched Towne Lake, Eagle Watch and Deer Run get built, and we are building what comes next: houses on the streets behind downtown, on resold lots in those same communities, and on the wooded parcels out Trickum, Wiley Bridge and Arnold Mill where a well and a drain field are part of the project. Being local means we know which office permits which street and which inspector wants what.
One fixed-price contract covers the lot through the certificate of occupancy. The permit is ours to pull with the city or Cherokee County, the site photo lands in your phone at the end of each working day, and the warranty runs a year in writing.
Know your lot
Three kinds of custom home lot in Woodstock.
A Woodstock address covers city parcels, county parcels, sewer and septic. Which one you have decides the first permit.
Walk to Main Street
Older lots on the streets behind downtown Woodstock. City permitting, tighter setbacks, sometimes a demolition first, and a buyer who wants to walk to dinner.
Towne Lake and its neighbors
A leftover or resold lot in Towne Lake, Eagle Watch or Woodstock Knoll. Utilities at the street, and covenants that shape the elevation before the permit is filed.
Septic, trees and a long driveway
East toward Hickory Flat, Trickum and Arnold Mill. Unincorporated Cherokee County permitting, a soil test for the drain field, and a driveway that is a real line item.
What we build
Every part of a Woodstock custom home.
Lot & Site Work
Design & Floor Plans
Shell, Roof & Exterior
Kitchens & Baths
Outdoor Living
Basements & Bonus Rooms
Included in every build
One contract, no allowances left blank.
- Lot evaluation & site plan
- Architectural plans & engineering
- Permit application & inspections
- Clearing, grading & erosion control
- Foundation, framing & roof
- Plumbing, electrical & HVAC
- Insulation & energy code compliance
- Windows, doors & exterior finishes
- Kitchens, baths & interior finishes
- Selections & 3D renderings
- Daily cleanup & job-site photos
- One-year written warranty
Local conditions
What Woodstock land does to a house plan.
The city limits are the first thing to check. Plenty of homes addressed Woodstock sit in unincorporated Cherokee County, and the city publishes a Do I Live in the City map for exactly this reason. It decides whether the Building and Safety Division downtown or the county Development Service Center in Canton reviews the plans, and the county's insulation inspection is its own step in the schedule either way.
East of Bells Ferry and out along Arnold Mill the sewer service ends and the lots go to septic. Cherokee County Environmental Health approves the soil evaluation and the drain-field location before a building permit is issued, so on acreage that is the first thing sited and the house is placed around it. A lot that fails a soil test is an expensive place to build, and we walk land with buyers before closing for that reason.
Underneath it is rolling red clay over rock, which gives most Woodstock lots a walkout basement for close to the cost of a crawlspace, and occasionally puts rock excavation on the proposal. Water runs downhill onto whoever is below, so foundation drainage and a grading plan are part of every house we build here.
How we work here
The sequence for a Woodstock lot.
Find out which office owns the street
City or county, sewer or septic. Two answers that change what gets submitted, to whom, and whether a soil test has to come before any of it. We settle both before drawings start.
Walk it before we draw it
An hour on the lot tells you more than the plat: which way the water leaves, what the slope is worth, where a drive can come in and, on septic, where the field will have to live.
Design to the covenants and the code
In Towne Lake and its neighbors the architectural committee sees the elevation before the permit is filed. We design for both at once.
Price it line by line, then permit
Site work, septic where it applies, foundation, every trade and every allowance on one fixed-price proposal. The application goes in behind it, under our license.
Build it ten minutes from our office
Footings, framing, rough-ins, the county insulation inspection, drywall, finishes and the final. Close enough that somebody from here is on it daily, and the photo proves it.
Permits
Who issues your building permit, Woodstock or Cherokee County.
Woodstock runs a Building and Safety Division inside its Community Development Department, and the city publishes a Do I Live in the City map because plenty of homes addressed Woodstock sit outside the limits in unincorporated Cherokee County. Those parcels permit through the county Development Service Center on Bluffs Parkway in Canton instead. Whichever office it is, a new house gets the full review: site plan, foundation, framing, energy compliance and each trade permit.
Past the sewer line, nothing proceeds until the septic clears. Cherokee County Environmental Health reviews the soil evaluation and the drain-field layout before a building permit can be issued. A county project also carries its own insulation inspection, after the rough-in is approved and before anything covers it, which is a separate visit to plan around. Land disturbance of an acre or more brings the state erosion permit into it. All of it is filed, scheduled and met by us.
Inside the city limits
City of Woodstock Building and Safety Division, part of Community Development. Permits desk at 770-592-6054. woodstockga.gov
Unincorporated Cherokee
Cherokee County Development Service Center, 1130 Bluffs Parkway in Canton, submitting through the CityView portal. cherokeecountyga.gov
Septic before the permit
Cherokee County Environmental Health approves the soil evaluation and drain-field location on any lot without sewer, ahead of the building permit.
We pull it, not you
Application, site plan, drawings, engineering and every inspection are part of the contract, whichever office your parcel falls under.
Budget
What a custom home costs to build in Woodstock.
Being ten minutes from the site keeps our overhead on a Woodstock build low, and the lot still drives the number. A sewered resale lot in Towne Lake and a wooded acre out Arnold Mill with a well, a drain field and a long driveway can carry the same plan to very different totals.
Nothing hides inside a price per square foot here. The clearing, the septic, the foundation and every finish allowance carry their own number on the proposal. The calculator gives a range to plan around; the proposal turns it into lines you can hold us to.
Where the money goes
Site work and driveway length on acreage, the septic system where there is no sewer, a foundation on sloped ground, and the finished basement most Woodstock lots make possible.
The lower level
A walkout lower level costs the least while the trades are already in the house. Put it in the original contract instead of saving it for a project in five years.
Before you sign anything
Homework before the first proposal.
How to choose a custom home builder
The questions that separate a builder from a salesman.
Read the guide →What a custom home costs in North Georgia
The ranges we see and what moves a build from one end to the other.
Read the guide →How a construction draw schedule works
What the bank releases, when, and what has to be inspected first.
Read the guide →Fixed price vs cost-plus
Why we sign the first kind and what the second kind costs you.
Read the guide →Custom home cost calculator
A starting range for your square footage and finish level.
Open the tool →Where we build
Woodstock & south Cherokee.
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Good questions
Building a custom home in Woodstock, answered.
Do I permit with Woodstock or with Cherokee County?+
Check the parcel on the city's Do I Live in the City map. Inside the limits it is the Building and Safety Division downtown; outside, it is the county Development Service Center in Canton. The code is the same statewide, only the office and a few inspection steps change. That question gets answered before a drawing is started, and the permit is ours to pull either way.
We are looking at land out Arnold Mill. What do we check before we buy?+
Soil, first and hardest. Past the sewer line the lot goes to septic, and Cherokee County Environmental Health has to approve a soil evaluation and a drain-field location before any permit is issued. We are close enough to meet you out there the same week: we read the slope and the access, find where a field could sit, and price the site work before there is a house to design.
Can we build on a resold lot in Towne Lake?+
Yes, and we have. Utilities are at the street, which keeps the site work simple, and the architectural committee approves the elevation, materials and colors before the permit is filed. We design for that approval and the code at the same time.
Should we plan a basement?+
Woodstock grades usually allow it. The grade usually gives you a walkout for close to the cost of a crawlspace foundation, and a floor finished while the trades are already in the house never costs that little again. It is priced as its own line, so the decision stays yours.
How long does a custom home take in Woodstock?+
Design, any covenant approval, and permitting come first, with septic approval added on acreage. Build time after that follows the size of the house and what the site needs. You get the schedule in the proposal, and it has every inspection on it, the county's insulation step included, so the finish date is not a guess.
Woodstock & nearby
What will your Woodstock custom home cost?
Tell us about the lot and the home you want to build in Woodstock and we will come back with a clear budget and a realistic schedule, line by line.
- ✓ Lot evaluation & site plan
- ✓ Design, plans & renderings
- ✓ Permits, septic & inspections
- ✓ Fixed pricing, line by line