A working archive of homes built and rebuilt across the Roanoke Valley

This is not a sales page. It is a record of what we have actually built and torn apart: new family homes, kitchen and bathroom remodels, wraparound porches, garage conversions, and small additions. Each entry pairs before-and-after photographs with floor plan sketches, material notes, and the decisions that shaped the work, from permit timelines to site constraints to the trades on site.

Homeowners planning a first renovation, repeat clients comparing finishes, and local builders looking for reference work will all find something useful here. Browse by category or by neighbourhood, or send a short brief with your street, rough scope, and timeframe.

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Curious how we run a job from first walkthrough to final punch list? Read our approach, or see the full range of capabilities we bring to a build.

Entries worth opening next

Three records from the archive that show how the work actually goes: a bearing wall that had to come out, a porch built into a hillside, and a garage that stopped being a garage.

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Kitchen remodel

Grandin Road Kitchen and Pantry Rebuild

A load-bearing wall swapped for a flush beam, a shallow walk-in pantry rebuilt in its place, and new cabinets matched to the home's original heart pine.

Read the Grandin Road record

Addition

Wasena Wraparound Porch and Entry Addition

A 180 square foot porch tied into the existing roofline, with footings pinned into a sloped lot and a covered entry where the old stoop used to be.

Read the Wasena record

Conversion

Cave Spring Garage to Studio Conversion

Spray foam, a subpanel run from the main house, and a leveled slab turned a detached two-car garage into a year-round studio and guest room.

Read the Cave Spring record

What the archive actually covers

Every entry in this collection is a real job from around the Roanoke Valley, not a showroom sample. The work runs from full new builds to a single rebuilt pantry, and each one is documented the same way: what the site allowed, what the trades had to work around, and what the finished rooms look like now.

New-build family homes

Ground-up houses on infill lots and ridge parcels, with framing photos, foundation notes, and the material choices that held up after the first winter.

Kitchen and bathroom remodels

Cabinet layouts, tile selections, and the plumbing surprises that show up once the wall is open. Before-and-after shots sit next to the rough floor plan sketches.

Wraparound porches and entries

Covered entries, steps that follow a slope, and rooflines tied back into the existing house. Footing details matter more than the finish on these.

Garage conversions

Insulation, subpanels, leveled slabs, and new windows where the garage door used to be. Most of these stay inside the original footprint.

Small-scale additions

Mudrooms, stair landings, and single-room bump-outs. Permit timelines, site constraints, and the trades involved are noted for each one.

Material and finish notes

Heart pine matched to new cabinetry, standing-seam roofs, painted cedar, and the off-white finishes that sit quietly beside original trim.

If you want the reasoning behind a specific decision, the approach pages walk through how the work gets sequenced, and the capabilities list covers what the crew handles in-house versus what gets brought in.

How a project moves from first message to finished room

Every entry in the archive started the same way: a short note, a look at the site, and a plan that fit the house rather than the other way around. Here is the sequence we follow, whether the work is a kitchen rebuild, a porch addition, or a garage conversion.

Step 1
Send the brief

Your street, a rough scope, and a timeframe. A few sentences are enough to start. Photos of the current space help more than measurements at this stage.
Step 2
Walk the site

We visit, measure, and check the things that decide the schedule: bearing walls, slab slope, drainage, roof tie-ins, and how the trades will get materials in and out.
Step 3
Scope and permits

We set the scope in writing, note the budget range and material choices, then file what the city or county requires. Permit review has run anywhere from three weeks to two months on past jobs.
Step 4
Build and document

Framing, trades, and finishes run in sequence, with before-and-after photographs, floor plan sketches, and material notes recorded along the way so the finished work can be added to the archive.

Want the longer version of this sequence, including what happens between steps? Read our approach or see the trades and skills behind each build on the capabilities page.