Johns Creek, Georgia
Nothing here is old enough to hide a structural surprise — the problem is the opposite. A house built in 1998 has a kitchen, three baths, the floors and the lighting all reaching the same age together. We price the whole list, then do it in the order that makes sense.
Johns Creek homes
Johns Creek only became a city in 2006, but its neighbourhoods are considerably older than that — most of the housing stock went up between the mid-1980s and the mid-2000s, in the big subdivisions people still name when they give directions: St Ives, Medlock Bridge, Rivermont, Sugar Mill, Country Club of the South.
That age creates a very different job from an older town's. There is rarely a nasty surprise inside the wall, and the framing is usually exactly where the plans say it is. What there is instead is a whole house of builder-grade finishes reaching the end of their life on the same schedule — honey oak cabinets, brass, laminate or early solid-surface counters, carpet on the stairs, and a lighting plan designed before anyone owned this many devices.
The two-storey foyers and great rooms that define these houses are the other thing to know. They photograph beautifully and they are genuinely expensive to paint, because everything above about twelve feet needs staging rather than a ladder. A quote that does not mention how it reaches the top of that wall has not thought about it, and you find out on the day.
And nearly every one of these houses has a daylight or walk-out basement that was never finished. It is the cheapest square footage in Johns Creek and the most common thing we get asked about second — usually right after the kitchen.
What we do here
Replacing the original builder package — cabinets, counters and lighting — and opening the wall to the great room where it is not carrying load.
Learn morePrimary baths of this era are large and dated in equal measure. Garden tubs come out, walk-in showers go in, and the waterproofing gets built properly.
Learn moreThe unfinished daylight basement almost every one of these houses has. Framing, egress, insulation and permits — the cheapest room you can add here.
Learn moreIncluding the two-storey foyer and great room, which need staging rather than a ladder. Priced honestly rather than discovered on the day.
Learn moreCarpet off the stairs, hardwood or LVP through the main floor, and the trim profile carried consistently so the house reads as one house.
Learn moreWhen the boxes are sound — and in these builds they usually are — refinishing changes the whole kitchen for a fraction of replacing it.
Learn moreWhy homeowners choose us
When everything in a house is dating at once, the decision is what to do first. That is a conversation before it is a quote — and here is what comes with every job:
Good to know
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Kitchen first in almost every case — it is the room the rest of the house is judged by and the one that changes daily life most. Bathrooms second, floors with whichever of those you do, and the basement when you want the space rather than the resale. We will say this out loud at the walkthrough rather than quoting whatever you asked about.
Yes, and it is a staging job rather than a ladder job — which is exactly why it belongs in the quote as its own line. A quote that does not mention how it reaches the top of that wall has not priced it.
It is the cheapest square footage you can add, because the walls and roof already exist. Whether it pays back depends on what goes in it — a bedroom needs code-compliant egress, and a bathroom depends on where the drain sits. We establish both before quoting.
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