WHOLE-HOME RENOVATION AND ADDITION
Whole-Home Renovation and Primary Suite Addition in Forsyth
A 1950s house in downtown Forsyth, GA, almost fully gutted and rebuilt for the next generation of the family: an opened-up kitchen, a new primary suite addition, an office, new hardwood floors, new windows and a new driveway.
Project Overview
PROJECT TYPE
Whole-home renovation and addition
SCOPE
Kitchen • Primary suite addition • Office • Hardwood floors • Windows • Driveway • Drywall and paint
LOCATION
Forsyth, GA
STYLE
Modern Transitional
THE STORY
A Childhood Home for the Next Generation
This was the homeowner’s childhood home. When her father passed away, the house went to her son, along with money to update it. Her son and daughter-in-law were moving back to Forsyth and needed a place to live. Chrissy Ham and Kerri Swearingen of Middle Georgia Realty, the Sold Sisters and two of our trusted realtor partners, referred the family to us. She tells the story in her own words in the video below.
“This is not the first house that I’ve remodeled, but I will say that this was the easiest, smoothest process because of you… When I call, you answer the phone. When I text, you reply back.”
Pam Bell, who grew up in this house
THE STRUCTURAL WORK
Load-Bearing Walls and a Primary Suite Addition
The house had been added onto a time or two over the years. To open it up, we removed load-bearing walls to an engineer’s design and built a new primary suite addition on the back of the house. That work was permitted under the Georgia contractor license of our sister company, American Craftsman Homes. Here’s how our licensing works.
BEFORE
AFTER
THE KITCHEN AND FLOORS
An Opened-Up Kitchen and New Hardwood
We opened up the kitchen. We had hoped to save the original hardwood floors, but under a couple of layers of linoleum in the kitchen they were too far gone, so new hardwood went in.
THE PRIMARY SUITE
A New Primary Suite on the Back
The addition holds a new primary bedroom, a new primary bathroom and a new primary closet.
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE
An Office, Windows, Paint and a Driveway
We turned one of the bedrooms into an office, replaced the windows, repaired the drywall where walls came out, painted the whole house and replaced the driveway.
THE REVEAL
Staged and Nearly Move-In Ready
We signed the design agreement on October 10, 2024, and the construction contract on November 12. While the permit was in process, the family had time to clear out the house after her father’s passing. The permit came through around January 14, 2025, and we filmed the reveal on May 17, 2025, about four months later.
At the reveal, we surprised the family. One of our trade partners staged the house so they could see it lived in, and they loved it so much they bought most of the staged furniture. They had an almost ready-to-move-in home the day the project finished.