Renovate or Rebuild: The Ranch Question
Sandy Springs, Peachtree Corners and Chamblee are full of 1960s and 70s ranches on lots worth more than the house.
When the lot is worth more than the structure, you are no longer having a renovation conversation. You are having a highest-and-best-use conversation, and the honest answer is sometimes that the house comes down.
The variables that decide it: slab condition, ceiling height, the location of load-bearing walls, and whether the existing footprint can accommodate the primary suite people actually want. If you are moving three of those four, you are building a new house at renovation prices, which is the worst of both.
I walk these with a builder before a client writes an offer. It costs a couple of hours and it has saved clients six figures more than once.
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