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Custom Home Builder · Johns Creek, GA
Custom Home Builder in Johns Creek, Georgia
Custom and replacement homes for Johns Creek’s established, review-heavy neighborhoods.
Custom Home Building in Johns Creek
Custom building in a finished neighborhood
Johns Creek does not have much raw land left. What it has are large lots in neighborhoods that were platted in the 1990s, and the custom home work here is almost always infill: a replacement house on an existing lot, or one of the last unbuilt parcels inside a community that already has a hundred finished homes and an architectural review committee with opinions about all of them. Building in that context is as much a coordination job as a construction job.
St. Ives, Country Club of the South, and The Standard Club review exterior design, materials, and often construction hours and staging. The city runs its own track: separate trade permits, at least five business days per review cycle, and inspections coordinated across electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and fire sprinkler. We run both approvals in parallel and treat the neighborhood submittal with the same seriousness as the city one, because either can stop the job.
Scope of Work
What a GHIR custom home includes
Most custom homes run 9 to 14 months of construction after permits, with 2 to 4 months of design and approvals before that.
Site & feasibility
Lot walk, topography, utilities, septic or sewer, and what the zoning envelope will actually allow before you buy plans.
Architecture & design
Plans drawn for your family and your lot, not pulled off a shelf. Every plan is unique to the client.
Line-item budget
A real budget by trade and allowance before construction starts, so you know what you are signing.
Permits & approvals
Building permit, land disturbance, septic, and any overlay or HOA review handled by us.
Construction
One superintendent, one schedule, and our own long-standing trade partners rather than whoever is cheapest that month.
Selections & finishes
Cabinetry, stone, tile, trim, and lighting selected on a schedule that keeps the build moving.
Local Requirements
Permitting in Johns Creek
Permitting is handled by City of Johns Creek Community Development. Here is what actually shapes the schedule on a custom home building project in Johns Creek.
Five business days per review cycle, and cycles add up
Johns Creek asks you to plan on at least five business days for each review cycle. A submittal that comes back with correction comments goes around again, which is why the number of cycles matters more than the length of any one of them.
Land disturbance, erosion control, and sequencing
A new home here stacks a land disturbance permit and erosion control plan under the building permit, then four trade permits on top. The order they are pulled in is what keeps inspections from stalling the framing crew.
Separate trade permits on top of the building permit
Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and fire sprinkler work each carry their own permit in Johns Creek. We pull and track all of them, and coordinate the inspections so no trade sits waiting on another.
The thresholds catch more work than people expect
Additions, room conversions, decks and porches, sunrooms, detached garages, stick-built sheds of 120 square feet or more, in-ground pools, and retaining walls 48 inches or taller all require a permit here. Everything gets submitted through the city’s online permit portal.
Gated-community architectural review is its own approval
St. Ives, Country Club of the South, and The Standard Club run architectural review committees with real teeth on exterior changes. We build their submittal packages the same way we build the city’s.
Why GHIR
Why Johns Creek homeowners choose GHIR
Architectural review taken seriously
St. Ives, Country Club of the South, and The Standard Club review exterior design and materials. Their packages get built to the same standard as the city’s.
Every trade permit pulled and tracked
Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and fire sprinkler each carry their own permit in Johns Creek. We hold all of them and sequence the inspections.
Review cycles managed, not gambled on
The city asks for at least five business days per cycle. Cycles compound, so we spend the time on a complete first submittal instead of paying for it three rounds later.
Neighbors on both sides
Staging, deliveries, tree protection, and erosion control planned for a street where every other house is occupied.
Project Collection
Recent work in Johns Creek and North Fulton
Full Home Renovation
Moser Project
Johns Creek, GA
Wine Room Addition
Pettoni Project
Johns Creek, GA
Basement Remodel & Deck Rebuild
Kohler Project
Alpharetta, GA
Full Home Renovation & Addition
Sneddon Project
Cumming, GA
Areas We Serve
Custom Home Building across Johns Creek & North Fulton
Johns Creek incorporated in 2006, but the houses are older than the city. Most of it is large 1990s brick traditional, built with formal, compartmentalized floor plans on generous lots. This is a renovation market, not a new-build market, and the work is almost always about opening up what is already there.
How It Works
Your custom home building project, step by step
Lot review and free consultation
We walk the property with you, talk through what you want, and give an honest budget range before anyone spends money on drawings.
Design and line-item budget
Plans and a trade-by-trade budget develop together, so the design never outruns the number.
Permits and approvals
We submit to City of Johns Creek Community Development, plus septic, land disturbance, and architectural review where they apply.
Construction
Your dedicated superintendent runs the schedule with clear milestone updates from footings to final trim.
Walkthrough and warranty
A detailed punch walkthrough, then a warranty period. We are not finished when you move in.
★★★★★
“Between the city and the neighborhood committee there were a lot of approvals. They handled all of it and we never had to sit in a meeting.”
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Full Home Renovation · Johns Creek, GA
Common Questions
Custom Home Building in Johns Creek FAQs
Is there still land to build on in Johns Creek?
Some, but most custom work here is infill or a replacement home on an existing lot. We start with a feasibility review: what the lot will hold, what the neighborhood’s architectural covenants require, and what the city’s zoning envelope allows, before any design work begins.
How long does Johns Creek permitting take?
Plan on at least five business days per review cycle, and expect separate trade permits for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and fire sprinkler work. Everything is submitted through the city’s online permit portal. The total depends far more on how many correction cycles you go through than on any single review.
Do the gated communities have their own approval process?
Yes, and it is a real one. St. Ives, Country Club of the South, and The Standard Club run architectural review committees that weigh in on exterior design, materials, and sometimes construction staging and hours. We prepare those submittals alongside the city application.
What areas around Johns Creek do you serve?
We are based in Dawsonville and work throughout North Georgia, including Johns Creek, Cumming, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Buford, Gainesville, Suwanee, Roswell, and Sandy Springs.
Are you a licensed general contractor in Georgia?
Yes. GHIR holds Georgia Unlimited GC licenses #GCCO006076 and #GCQA006072, plus Florida GC #CGC1527188. We are a NARI Atlanta member and fully insured.
Do you offer financing?
Yes. We offer unsecured project financing up to $150,000 with no home equity required. Ask during your free consultation.
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