Project Of The Decade: Home Addition & Historic Restoration in Manakin-Sabot VA 23238

In 2015, a customer whom we’ve worked within the past has reached out to us looking for a contractor to handle their planned home expansion in Goochland County, Virginia. This was the beginning of a two-year-long collaboration, and one of the most rewarding and largest projects we’ve worked on this decade.

The house in question was a plantation home built in the 1850s and placed on the National Register Of Historic Places. The work needed to be meticulous, the additions historically accurate and in line with the overall architecture and style. Unfortunately, due to privacy concerns, we are able to post photos of this magnificent house, so we’ll try to describe the project as best as we can instead.

This was a 7200 sq ft house remodel that included two additions totaling 5000 sq ft. We added 2 master bedrooms and bathrooms, 2 master/California closets, a kitchen, and a family room, amongst many other improvements. This addition included 12 ft ceilings and 22 ft towers, double 2×6 walls, with an 800 amp service panel on a basement.

We also gutted the existing structure as part of the improvement and restoration. We stripped all the ceilings, added insulation, and installed new doors, many of them mahogany. We also installed new energy-efficient windows, refinished the hard pine floors including staircases though out the house, installed new trim, and redone all the bathrooms.

On the exterior, we installed roofing and seamless gutters did stucco finish, added a deck/patio, sunroom, walkway/driveway, generator shed, and solarium.

Our crew included the 6-8 in-house carpenters but we also involved specialists across many fields: roofers, architects, engineers, painters, masonry and brick specialists, electricians, HVAC technicians, plumbers, drywallers, and an excavation team. 

The project went along without a hitch and was completed in early 2018. Although challenging at times, this was one of the more rewarding projects we’ve ever completed!

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Mid-Atlantic Home Improvement specializes in historic preservation and classic building restoration in Virginia. With 40 years of experience, we are experts at restoring old structures and preserving the architectural heritage of classic homes and historic buildings throughout Charlottesville and Culpeper, VA.

We are a fully licensed, insured, and bonded Virginia Class A Builder, in business since 1975!

We specialize in custom kitchen/bath upgrades and high-end remodel & renovation projects. Since all of our installations are done in-house, we maintain control of the quality at a very competitive price.