Custom home and renovation design for Cary families. We know the HOA review process, we draw for the lot, and we keep the scope fixed from the first meeting.
Usually within one business dayA reply to every request
HOA reviewAnswered in the drawing set
Designed for Cary
A renovation town as much as a new build town.
Cary is a renovation town as much as it is a new-build town. Plenty of the housing stock sits in that late-90s-through-2010 window. Formal living rooms nobody uses, compartmentalized kitchens, undersized primary closets, porches that do not connect to the backyard. The bones are often good, the floor plan needs a rethink.
Our core work for Cary clients is whole-home renovations, kitchen and primary-suite reworks, additions, and outdoor living. On larger lots in Preston, MacGregor Downs, and Lochmere, we also design new custom homes from scratch. Every project starts with a site and context read, then moves into schematic design.
Every Cary engagement gets a fixed design fee, a schedule with milestone deliverables, and a named designer. You do not get handed off to a drafter after the first meeting.
Scope
Renovations, homes, outdoor
Permit office
Town of Cary
Fee
Fixed before we start
Reply
One business day
Recent work nearby
Modern farmhouse design. Designed with precision, built for life.
The Crestview Retreat. Outdoor living, Cary, NC.
Neighborhoods we know
Cary neighborhoods we serve
Preston
MacGregor Downs
Lochmere
Amberly
Carpenter Village
Kildaire Farms
Prestonwood
Regency
The Hamptons
Carolina Preserve
Highcroft
Stonewater
The permit path in Cary
We work inside the city path, not around it.
The Cary HOA architectural review process is a real constraint, not a formality.
Submittal packets are assembled the way each ARC wants to review them.
Site plan, elevations, material samples, color board and roof plan, in one packet.
That is what it takes to get through review on the first pass instead of the third.
The same reading of the code we publish for builders. The NC Code and Permit Guide covers the chapters a residential permit set answers to, written in plain language.
Most Cary neighborhoods have architectural review committees. We format the submittal packet the way the ARC wants to see it the first time.
Golf-course and lake lots.
We draw elevations that respect shared vistas on Preston, MacGregor, and Lochmere, then pull the interior plan around the view lines.
Renovation-first thinking.
A lot of Cary stock is late-90s to mid-2000s. We specialize in opening up those floor plans, rebuilding kitchens, and reworking primary suites.
Outdoor living for the climate.
Screened porches with real roof tie-ins, phantom-screened loggias, pool houses, and outdoor kitchens drawn for a Triangle summer.
Renderings before commitment.
Photoreal 3D lets you walk the renovation or the new build before a shovel hits the ground. Change your mind in the model, not on the job site.
Fixed design fee.
One scope, one fee. Every drawing milestone is priced up front so the design stage does not sprawl.
The next step
Planning a Cary project?
Book a 30-minute consult. Bring a floor plan, a Pinterest board, a sketch, or nothing at all. We will tell you what we would do and what it costs to get there.
