Home Renovation in Simpsonville, SC
Simpsonville grew faster than almost anywhere in the Upstate, and it shows in the work we do here. A lot of the town went up in the building boom after 2000, whole subdivisions at once, and those homes are now old enough that the builder-grade kitchens, baths, and finishes are wearing out around the same time. So the people who bought new fifteen or twenty years ago are the ones calling us.
Home values in Simpsonville are up about 121% over the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout, which puts the town in the top 20% in the country. That’s money worth putting back into the house. If you’re thinking about a renovation, addition, or whole-home project in Simpsonville, we work here all the time. Our office and showroom are at 119 Woodruff Industrial Lane, Greenville, SC 29607, about 20 minutes up Woodruff Road. Call (864) 729-4141 or email [email protected].
Two Kinds of Homes in Simpsonville
Simpsonville splits into two kinds of renovation. Almost half the housing here was built since 2000, according to NeighborhoodScout, most of it the master-planned subdivisions out toward Five Forks: Kilgore Farms, River Walk, Five Forks Plantation. Those are the homes hitting their first real remodel now. The other half is the older side of town, the original neighborhoods and the mill houses near the old Woodside Mill downtown, where the work is about updating a home people have lived in for years. We do both, and they’re not the same job.
Renovation Services in Simpsonville
We’re a design-build remodeling contractor, licensed in South Carolina and fully insured, and Simpsonville is one of the areas we cover most.
The call we get most is kitchens. In the post-2000 subdivisions it’s almost always the same setup: a builder-grade kitchen and a wall boxing it off from the living room. The wall comes out, and often enough it’s load-bearing, so the fix is a beam up in the ceiling instead of a post in the middle of your new island.
Home additions are busy here too. If you locked in a low mortgage rate, you’re not trading it for a higher one on a bigger house, so you add on instead. The Five Forks subdivisions tend to have room for a primary suite, a bonus room over the garage, or a sunroom off the back. The two things to check first are your setbacks and whether your HOA has to sign off. We look at both before we design anything.
Bathroom remodels usually mean the original primary bath, with the builder vanity and cultured-marble shower that’s been coming apart from years of humidity. We rework the layout, put in a real tile shower, and use plywood cabinet boxes and good setting materials, because the cheap stuff doesn’t survive Upstate summers.
Garages are a bigger part of what we do lately. An attached garage ties into the house structure and has to be done right, or you’ll feel the draft inside. A detached one gives you more freedom on placement but needs its own utilities and site prep, and on the larger Simpsonville lots those come up more than you’d think.
Whole-home renovations usually start when someone buys an older Simpsonville house for the location, or when a family decides the home they’ve been in for twenty years should change with them instead of leaving a neighborhood they like.
A typical job for us is one of those early-2000s homes near Five Forks where the family wants the closed-off kitchen opened up and the primary bath brought into this decade. We handle the HOA submittal, take the wall out the right way, and update the finishes. We walk the whole house first, before anything comes apart.
Permits and HOA Approval in Simpsonville
Two things trip up Simpsonville homeowners before a project starts. The first is who issues the permit. Inside city limits it goes through the City of Simpsonville. But a lot of addresses, especially around Five Forks, are actually in unincorporated Greenville County, so the permit runs through Greenville County Building Safety instead. We sort out which one applies before we file.
The second is your HOA. Most of the master-planned subdivisions want architectural review committee approval before you touch the exterior or add on, and that sign-off has to come before the permit, not after. We’ve watched people order materials and get stopped because the ARC hadn’t approved yet. We prepare both submittals in the right order.
How We Work
We’re a design-build firm, so one team handles both the design and the construction. No architect on one side and a builder on the other, just one team, one contract, one phone number, start to finish. Our designer does the blueprints, structural drawings, and 3D models, so you see the space before we swing a hammer. For deep color work or a really specific look, we’ll point you to specialists we trust.
Every proposal includes an allowance for each category: tile, fixtures, sinks, faucets, and hardware. Pick from our partners or source your own, and if you buy somewhere else we pick it up, store it in our warehouse, and install it when that phase starts. You also get a project portal from day one for the schedule, selection deadlines, open items, and payments by ACH. And we build past code on every job, not just to it.
Come See the Showroom
Don’t pick a cabinet off a screen or commit to a finish you’ve only seen in a photo. Come put your hands on it. Our showroom is about 20 minutes from Simpsonville, at our Greenville office off Woodruff Road. Most of it is cabinets: door styles, box thickness, drawer glides, how the whole thing is built. With our humidity, plywood versus particleboard matters more than people expect. We keep tile, countertops, fixtures, and hardware out too.
119 Woodruff Industrial Lane, Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 729-4141 | [email protected]
Questions Simpsonville Homeowners Ask
Do I need a permit to renovate my home in Simpsonville, SC?
Yes, for anything structural or anything that touches electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work. Simple like-for-like swaps like paint or flooring usually don’t. Where the permit comes from depends on your address: inside city limits it’s the City of Simpsonville, and in unincorporated Greenville County it’s Greenville County Building Safety. We handle the filing either way.
Do I need HOA approval before remodeling or adding on in Simpsonville?
Usually, yes, if you live in one of the master-planned subdivisions. Most require architectural review committee approval before you change the exterior or add on, and that sign-off has to come before the building permit. We prepare the ARC submittal with the permit application so nothing stalls.
How do I choose a remodeling contractor in Simpsonville?
Look for someone licensed and insured in South Carolina who does this work regularly in your area, and ask to see real projects. Get a clear scope in writing before anyone starts. With a design-build firm you deal with one company for the design and the build, so there’s no gap between the plans and the people doing the work.
Can I stay in my house during a renovation in Simpsonville?
For a kitchen or a single bathroom, most people stay. If it’s your only bathroom we’re working on, you’ll want other plans for that stretch. Whole-home is different. Most people would rather be out, but we can work room by room if you’d rather stay.
What’s the difference between design-build and a general contractor?
A general contractor builds from plans someone else drew, so you line up the designer and the builder separately. A design-build firm like BuildMasters does both under one contract: design, structural drawings, and construction. One team, one point of contact, nobody pointing fingers when a choice changes the build.
Let’s Talk About Your Renovation
If you’re thinking about a renovation, addition, or whole-home project in Simpsonville, reach out. We’ll come look at the house, walk through what you want, and tell you straight what it’ll take.
119 Woodruff Industrial Lane, Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 729-4141 | [email protected]
We’ve been building and renovating around Upstate South Carolina for over a decade. The first conversation is free, and we’re not hard to talk to.