Service Areas

We build across six Upstate counties: Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee and Laurens. They share red Piedmont clay and the same statewide building code, but the land and the local rules change a lot from one to the next.

Greenville County

The county runs from the city and its suburbs up into the Blue Ridge foothills; Sassafras Mountain, the highest point in the state, is less than 40 miles northwest of the city. Permits go through the county's online eTrakit system, where a permit technician checks floodplain, road frontage and setbacks. Zoned areas follow the Zoning Ordinance and unzoned areas follow the Land Development Regulations, and both the northern and southern ends of the county have no zoning. Driveway culverts need approval from the county for county roads or from the state for state roads.

Spartanburg County

The unincorporated county runs under two ordinances: a Performance Zoning Ordinance in the Southwest Planning Area and the Unified Land Management Ordinance everywhere else. Neither one assigns zoning classifications parcel by parcel, which gives rural landowners more room than a traditional zoning map, though design standards still apply along arterial and collector roads.

Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties

On foothill lots, steeper ground means more grading and more attention to drainage and erosion; the Pacolet soils common on Piedmont slopes are mapped on grades of 15 to 25 percent. Groundwater comes from saprolite over fractured rock, and state data put the average drilled well in the Upper Savannah basin at about 277 feet deep. Helene cut power to about 60 percent of each of these three counties in 2024.

Laurens County

Helene left extensive tree damage and cut power to about 99 percent of the county in 2024, a reminder to plan clear zones around the house and shop.

In every county, a lot that is not on sewer needs a state septic permit before the building permit, and HOAs or deed restrictions may limit metal siding. We check your specific parcel before pricing.