Custom Home Architect in Pecan Grove

Usually, and it is the single most common request here. Whether a wall can come out depends on what it carries. We check that early, because the answer shapes everything downstream.

Most are worth keeping. The structure is typically sound and the lot and trees are irreplaceable. What dates these houses is the layout, and layout is the cheapest thing to change.

Very often, yes. Suites from that era are small by current standards. Where the lot allows, we extend rather than carve up existing rooms, so nothing else in the plan gets squeezed.

No. Pecan Grove is unincorporated, so Fort Bend County issues the permit. Your deed restrictions and the community association handle the rest.

Strict enough that you should not order materials before approval. Elevations, roofing and paint typically need sign-off. We prepare that submittal alongside the permit set.

Renovation work generally runs $175 to $300 per square foot. Kitchens and baths sit at the upper end because that is where the plumbing, cabinetry and tile all land at once.

A percentage of construction, a flat fee, or hourly, depending on the scope. You see the figure before any work starts.

Sometimes, on a phased remodel. Whole-house work is usually easier if you move out. We can plan the sequence either way, but it changes both cost and schedule.

The pecans and oaks are why people stay here, so they get planned around. Root zones matter as much as canopy. Where an addition and a tree conflict, we usually move the addition.

Yes, on the lots that come available. Much of the community is built out, so most of our work is reworking what is already standing.

Engineers we bring in and coordinate ourselves. On a remodel that matters most when walls come out, and MEP joins when the systems are being reworked.

Less than a new home, more than people expect. Existing conditions have to be measured and drawn before anything can change. You get a preliminary schedule after we walk the house.