Whole Home Renovations In Greenville, SC

A whole home renovation is the largest project you can undertake on your home. This option is the ideal solution if multiple areas in the home need updating, major systems are outdated, structural or layout changes are desired, and you're planning to stay long-term or boost resale value.

Generally, a whole home renovation will start in the $230-250 per square foot if we’re staying within the existing footprint. Other cost drivers include: needed utility upgrades, serious structural modifications, deferred maintenance, and exterior modifications including cladding, doors, and windows. For example, you could expect a 2000 sq/ft whole home renovation would start in the $500-600K range.

For a whole home renovation, you need more than a contractor, you need a partner adept in communication, problem solving, and managing large scale and complex project down to the tiniest detail. If you’re looking for the turnkey approach rooted the commitment to exceptional quality and client experience, we’re the ideal contractor for you.

It means that if you’re living a busy life, overwhelmed at the prospect of your project, or simply looking for a contractor you can trust to manage every aspect of your project, we are the ideal fit for you. Every part of your project, from plans, to interior design, or the day in day out management is handled by our talented team of experts.

There are two keys to staying on budget and on schedule.

1. Spending extra time in the planning phase. While this may seem counterintuitive, the more time you spend honing the overall plans, making the selection and aesthetic choices, and confirming all aspects of renovation (structural, utilities, etc), the more accurate your budget will be and the more efficiently you’ll move through construction.

2. Limiting in construction involvement to only when requested. A client who wants to be on site during construction is like a person wanting to be in the chef’s kitchen while their cooking their meal out. The more a homeowner interjects themselves into the process, the slower it will go.

Each homeowner has spaces that are most important, but there are generally three areas that, if focused on, will yield the greatest impact in quality of life and resale.

1. The Kitchen and adjacent living spaces: this is the hub of the home, where they will spend the vast majority of their time. Investing time considering both flow and customization tailored to their lifestyle will yield great impact.

2. The primary bath/suite: this is the second most utilized space for the homeowner, and a key space when resale is considered.

3. Home utilities: this is the ideal time to update or upgrade the plumbing, electrical, and HVAC system both for overall home health and cost efficiency with all the walls open.

While at times budget constraints will dictate a phased approach, we strongly encourage the “all at once” approach for two reasons. One: renovations are hard and stressful, so minimizing that time under stress is ideal. Secondly, there are cost efficiencies with respect to overhead, management, labor and materials that make tackling it all at once advantageous. A homeowner could expect around 10% cost savings in the all at once approach versus a two phased approach.

At Owners Choice, the overall process of a whole home renovation is broken into three stages:

1. Discovery: let’s dream and put together a rough approximation on cost

2. Preconstruction: let’s create formal plans, dig into the fixtures and finished, finalize estimates, and set a production schedule

3. Construction: let’s build your dream!

Typically, the entirety of this process will take at a miminum 9 months, with more extensive projects taking 12+ months.

Given the breadth of work being done, living at home is not feasible for the vast majority of the project. While we advise to not live in the home until we turn over the keys, if necessary we can provide a time for client move in once punch list commences.