Pickens County, GA

Custom Home Builder in Pickens County

If you have land in Pickens County, or you are looking at a lot, we will walk it with you. The house has to sit on that dirt. The walk comes first.

Walk your lot What we build

What we build

Pickens County land. Two equal paths.

We will work from an architect’s plans or a plan from a plan site, or design and build the house with you. Both are welcome. Either way we walk the lot first so the house sits well in Pickens County.

Walk your lot

If you have land in Pickens County, we will walk it with you. Bring the plan if you have one, or just the address.

Plans you bring

Architect plans or a plan from a plan site. We build that house. If a small change will help it sit, we will say so.

Custom design-build

We design the house with you and build it under one contract. Same walk first. Same builder.

Cost & time

About $180 to $250 a square foot, before land. Eight to twelve months to build. Design-build is about twelve to fifteen months. Cost plus a flat fee. A fixed-cost quote takes a fee.

Pickens County is foothill ground north of Cherokee, where the land starts to rise toward the mountains. Some lots sit near Jasper, the county seat. Some sit out on steeper grade where the listing looks quiet and the drive runs long.

A quiet listing does not make a flat pad. Grade, clay, drainage, and how far the drive and utilities have to run still decide where a house can sit.

We do not have a model home in Pickens County. There is no storefront tour. The first meeting is usually on your lot. If you have land here, or you are looking at a lot, we will walk it with you.

Custom homes in Pickens County

Custom homes in Pickens County start with your lot. One house that fits the grade, the drive, and the water that already moves there — not a row of the same elevation dropped on a pad.

If you have land here, or you are about to buy, we will walk it before anyone locks square footage. Bring the plan if you have one, or just the address.

Custom home builder in Pickens County

Sweetwater Homes Inc. is a custom home builder in Pickens County, and in Cherokee, Bartow, Gilmer, and Floyd. Shop address: 2730 Ficklen Church Way, Canton, GA 30114. Phone 770-773-6830. Email lee@sweetwaterhomes.co. By appointment only.

You talk with the builder, not a sales floor. A Pickens County job is that lot — we walk that dirt, not a picture from a catalog. A handful of homes at a time. If it is not a fit, we say so.

Build on land you own in Pickens County

Building on land you own in Pickens County starts with a walk. We look at grade, clay, drainage, the drive, and where a house can sit without fighting the site. Slope, a long drive, and how far utilities have to run add real cost. A listing will not tell you that.

If you do not own the land yet, bring us in before you buy. Architect plans, a plan-site plan, or design-build — all welcome once the dirt has spoken. If you need a starting place for plans, look at a site like Frank Betz. We do not keep our own plan catalog.

More on that offer: Build on land you own. Short cost and time: What we build.

How much to build a custom home in Pickens County

A custom home in Pickens County usually runs about $180 to $250 a square foot before land. Land is not in that number. Well, grading, poured walls, long drives, and the rest of the site are not either until we walk the lot.

How the lot sits and how you finish the house push you inside that range. We use cost plus a flat fee. A fixed-cost quote takes a fee. No cold quotes from a map of Pickens County alone.

How long to build a custom home in Pickens County

Building a custom home in Pickens County takes about eight to twelve months start to finish once construction is underway. Design-build, including design, is about twelve to fifteen months, depending on complexity.

Those months follow the walk. If your lot fights the plan you already love, we say so on the ground.

Design-build custom homes in Pickens County

Design-build custom homes in Pickens County mean we design with you and build under one contract, after we walk the lot. Same builder from first step to finish.

Prefer to bring your own plans? We will build them if they will sit. Plans and design-build stay equal. The lot is the spec either way. The construction loan is a conversation with a lender. We are not the lender.

Where can you build a custom home in Pickens County?

Start on the page that matches the place you care about. This Pickens town page is live:

Jasper — Pickens County seat

We will also walk other Pickens lots that do not have their own page. Ask about the lot. Call contact with the address, or start from build on land you own.

Can you build on land I already own in Pickens County?

Yes. If the lot is in Pickens County, or in Cherokee, Bartow, Gilmer, or Floyd, we will walk it with you and build when the ground and the budget fit. Start on Build on land you own, or stay here and call with the address.

Do I need plans before you walk my Pickens County lot?

No. Bring a plan if you have one. Or bring only the address. The walk comes first either way. After the walk, plans you bring and design-build are equal next steps. See what we build.

Will you walk a Pickens County lot I have not bought yet?

Yes. Bring us in while you can still walk away. A short walk before you close is cheaper than finding driveway, water, or septic fights after the earnest money is gone.

Do you have a model home or office in Pickens County?

No model home. The shop is Sweetwater Homes Inc., 2730 Ficklen Church Way, Canton, GA 30114. Phone 770-773-6830. Email lee@sweetwaterhomes.co. By appointment only. The first step is standing on your lot together.

Custom homes near Pickens County

Land next door is not the same county. Cherokee County sits south of Pickens. Bartow County is west of Cherokee. Ellijay is Gilmer, north of Pickens. Same builder. Same walk-the-lot start. Floyd is one of the five counties we build in.

Inside Pickens, use the town page above: Jasper.

Also: Build on land you own · What we build · Home · Contact.

Pickens towns and next door

Jasper Cherokee County Bartow County Ellijay Ball Ground Waleska Build on land you own What we build Contact

Pickens County

Walk your Pickens County lot.

Call or write. Tell us where the lot is. We will walk it with you.

770-773-6830 or lee@sweetwaterhomes.co

Sweetwater Homes Inc. · 2730 Ficklen Church Way · Canton, GA 30114

By appointment only

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