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Building in Palmetto Bluff: Applying New FEMA Flood Requirements to Design

Living in the lowcountry involves recognizing that your home will need elevating if you are anywhere near saltwater, as storm related flooding can be a real possibility. The height of that required elevation is derived from 3 factors: Flood DatumFEMA Flood Zone (or Base Food Elevation) where your land resides (e.g. AE13)Statutory freeboard stipulated by

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Renovating in Charleston: A Primer on Restoring a Limewash Exterior

Type "limewash Charleston SC" into any browser, and your search results will undoubtedly deliver multiple pages featuring our downtown home and office at 95 Broad Street.  The bright orange edifice of this historic building, known to local historians as The Major Peter Bocquet House, is the backdrop for many an artist's rendition or a bride's

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Construction

Palmetto Bluff: 4 New Builds Begin & Modern-Style Barn Design

My English teacher always told me to start with a good line. While we are in fact beginning 4 new home builds in Palmetto Bluff, in truth, we are building 2 + 2, being two structures on each of two lots.  One project, a home designed to replicate a modern-style barn conversion is on a lot

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Investment

Palmetto Bluff: Cost Estimations as a New Investment Project Begins

After completing our new home in Palmetto Bluff in April it has now been rented for the summer. Six days on the vacation rental market and our calendar was booked out for 8 weeks solid, ending only to accommodate the (possible) beginning of the school year for our son. If you are considering Palmetto Bluff

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