Custom home builder and renovation contractor serving Cumming, GA and Northern Atlanta since 2008. Specializing in custom builds, additions, kitchen renovations, bathroom remodels, and whole-home renovations.
Cumming, Forsyth County, Milton, Alpharetta, Suwanee, Buford, Sugar Hill, Dawsonville, Flowery Branch, Duluth
Phone: (770) 769-5233 | Email: info@kademade.com | Address: 401 Pilgrim Mill Rd, Cumming, GA 30040
Monday–Friday: 8:00am–5:00pm | Weekends: By appointment
Expert insights and practical guidance for your home building and renovation journey.
A few years ago a couple I’ll call Alex and Maya bought an older house because they loved the lot and the bones. The house needed everything — system...
What Forsyth County actually requires for a home addition — the permit checklist, the septic approval that must come first, soil and drainage realities, and the inspection sequence — sourced from the county's own published materials.
Decks, covered porches and outdoor kitchens work harder in Forsyth County than almost anywhere — but our rain pattern, sloped Piedmont lots and county permit rules shape what's worth building. A practical planning guide for Cumming homeowners.
Building a custom home in Suwanee, GA? See 2026 cost ranges, realistic timelines, the Gwinnett County permit path, and how Kade approaches craftsmanship on every build.
Home remodeling in Cumming, GA — kitchens, baths, whole-home renovations, and additions from a local, founder-led builder. Honest timelines and directional 2026 cost ranges for Forsyth County.
Custom bathroom remodels in Cumming, Georgia. Local craftsmanship, honest timelines, and directional cost ranges for Forsyth County homes. From Kade Homes & Renovations.
A contract for a custom home or renovation in Cumming has to survive Georgia's licensing law, Forsyth County's permit and inspection process, and a wet North Georgia building season. Here are the questions to ask before you sign, and what a solid answer sounds like.
Kitchen renovation in Alpharetta, GA — directional cost tiers, realistic 14–26 week timelines, permit and HOA sequencing, from Kade Homes & Renovations.
A phase-by-phase walk through building a new home on a Forsyth County lot, mapped to the county's actual permit and inspection sequence. Written for homeowners in Cumming and North Atlanta who want to know what happens, and in what order, before ground is broken.
What Milton's AG-1 zoning, well-and-septic rules, and Crabapple form-based code mean for your custom build — plus directional 2026 cost ranges, realistic timelines, and the approval sequence every owner needs before design begins.
Real 2026 cost ranges for custom homes, kitchens, bathrooms, and additions in Cumming, Alpharetta, Milton, and Forsyth County — plus timelines, permit guidance, and the trends shaping North Atlanta builds right now.
What does it cost — and how long does it take — to build a custom home in Forsyth County and North Fulton in 2026? Real per-square-foot ranges, site-work costs, a realistic build timeline, and how the permit process actually works, from Kade Homes.
Custom home vs. production home in Cumming, GA — how lot acquisition, septic vs. sewer, Forsyth County permitting, cost and timeline actually differ.
A realistic 2026 timeline for building a custom home in Cumming and Forsyth County — 14 to 22 months from design to move-in, broken down by phase, plus the local drivers that actually move the schedule: septic review, the county inspection sequence, the 12-month permit clock, and rainfall.
Staying in your house during a major renovation is harder in a Forsyth County summer than most planning guides admit — between the heat, the humidity and a rain calendar with no dry season. Here is how to audit the disruption, phase the trades and keep the household running.
A plain-language guide to how a home addition is permitted and inspected in Forsyth County — who issues the permit, what has to be submitted, the order inspections happen in, and the septic, erosion, tree and floodplain rules that catch Cumming homeowners off guard.
Renovating in stages can make a big project affordable, but in Forsyth County the sequencing has to respect permit clocks, inspection order, and North Georgia's rain calendar. Here is how to plan phases that hold together.
If your Cumming or Forsyth County home predates 1978, lead paint and asbestos-containing materials are worth settling before demo starts. Here is who regulates what in Georgia, why testing is the only real answer, and how to decide between leaving it, encapsulating it, or removing it.
Whole-home remodel returns usually get quoted as national percentages, which tells you almost nothing about your house. In Cumming and the rest of Forsyth County, what you get back depends on your lot, your septic or sewer situation, and how honestly your scope matches the block you're on.
On North Georgia Piedmont lots, the risk to an addition is rarely the soil moving — it is where the water goes once you add roof area and disturb the ground beside an existing foundation. Here is how slope, surface water and the tie-in to the old foundation actually behave around Cumming.
The real cost drivers behind a bathroom remodel — moving plumbing, waterproofing, selections and found conditions — plus the Forsyth County permitting, inspection and septic steps that shape the budget and the schedule for Cumming homeowners.
There is no reliable flat per-square-foot rate for a room addition in Cumming or Forsyth County. What an addition costs is driven by how it ties into your existing house, your lot, and county approvals — here is what actually moves the number.
Add on, rework what you already have, or move? A grounded guide to the addition decision in Cumming and Forsyth County — including the septic sequencing, setback, floodplain and erosion rules that decide whether an addition is buildable on your lot at all.
Forsyth County sits in DOE climate zone 3A. What the NOAA record and the county's own permit rules mean for efficiency decisions in a Cumming renovation.
Where a kitchen remodel budget actually goes in Cumming and Forsyth County - directional 2026 ranges from the North Atlanta Custom Build Index, plus the permit steps and lead times that shape the schedule.
Septic sequencing, lot slope and drainage, erosion triggers and Forsyth County's 50 percent substantial-improvement rule shape the buy-and-renovate versus build-new decision more than purchase price does.
Who issues permits in Forsyth County, what needs one and what doesn't, the CSS portal, septic-before-permit sequencing, the inspection order, the $25 reinspection fee, and the 12-month expiration.
Engineering, temporary support and Forsyth County's inspection sequence — what actually drives the cost of removing a wall in a Cumming-area home.
What really drives a whole-home remodel schedule in Cumming and Forsyth County — permit sequencing, septic review, the county inspection order, and North Georgia rainfall.