Charlotte & Lake Norman · Additions & Overbuilds
Home Addition Contractor in Charlotte, Built to Look Original to the House
Room additions, primary suites, second-story overbuilds and garage guest suites, engineered, permitted and matched to the original brick and trim. One fixed price, agreed before we build.
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Get a Free Preliminary Estimate
We call it the Red Light Review: an honest early number for your project, before you pay anyone for design.
As Featured In
- 5.0 on Google 50+ reviews
- NC Unlimited GC License #88562
- $15M+ in executed contracts
- Fixed Price agreed before we build
Building in SouthPark, Myers Park, Eastover, Dilworth, Cotswold and Foxcroft, and around Lake Norman in Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville and Mooresville.
Proof
Every home has a before. We build the after.
Use the stops. One Davidson garage, from a single story, through the new roof framing, to a finished guest suite above.
Straight Answers on Cost
Where our additions start.
Starting points from finished Revival additions in Charlotte and Lake Norman. Size, structure and the exterior the new space has to match move the number up from here. Your free preliminary estimate puts a number on your house.
Room or Suite Addition
From $185,000
A bump-out, a new room or a guest suite on the edge of the house.
Garage Overbuild
From $200,000
A single-car detached garage taken up a story, with a finished suite above.
True ADU
From $300,000
A larger garage below, and several rooms, a full bath and a kitchenette above.
Second-Story Overbuild
From $350,000
A full new level over the house, tied in and matched to its exterior.
Starting points, not quotes. Every project gets its own number, and a fixed price before we build.
Your Free Preliminary Estimate
The Red Light Review: the clarity most people pay a designer for.
Before you commit a dollar to drawings, you'll know where a project like yours actually starts, what drives the number up or down. Homeowners routinely spend thousands with a designer to reach this point. Here, it's the first thing we do.
Discovery Call Ten to fifteen minutes
Room-by-Room Deep Dive Your scope, your taste, fully understood
Investment Summary Real ranges from real projects
The 2026 Investment Guide 23 pages of Charlotte numbers, yours to keep
A Great Fit If
- You value one fixed price over the lowest bid.
- You want the addition to look like it was always part of the house.
- You want one team accountable from pricing to punch list.
- Your project fits our range: our additions start around $185,000.
Before You Decide
The questions that decide it.
What does a project like this cost?
A room or guest suite addition starts around $185,000. A garage overbuild with a finished suite above starts around $200,000 for a single-car garage, and a true ADU with several rooms, a full bath and a kitchenette around $300,000. A full second-story overbuild starts around $350,000. The number depends on the size, how it ties into the existing house, and the exterior it has to match. Your free preliminary estimate puts a number on your house specifically.
Do you give free estimates?
Yes. The Red Light Review is our free preliminary estimate: an early, honest number for your project, built from real projects like yours, before you pay anyone for design. A detailed, fixed price comes later, in pre-construction, once the design and selections are settled.
How soon can you start?
Smaller projects can usually be scheduled about two months out. Larger renovations and custom builds typically need three to four months of lead time so pre-construction planning gets the attention it deserves. We take a limited number of projects each year to protect the experience.
Do we have to move out?
For large-scale work, yes. It keeps the site safe and the schedule fast. You'll still see everything: daily photo logs, the live schedule, and biweekly walkthroughs in person, or on video if you're out of town.
Do you handle design?
We're builders first, and that's deliberate. Instead of one in-house designer for every client, we match you with the right architect and interior designer for your specific project and coordinate them through planning. You get one accountable team without being boxed into one aesthetic.
Who You'll Work With
Real people, on your project from the first call.
Owners Max Messenger and Esiquio Uribe Cortes stay on every project. Rob Sutton leads pre-construction, project managers Reese Landenberger, Tim Callahan and Gabe Williams each run only one or two jobs at a time, and site supervisor Spencer Hage is on site every day.
“We had the great pleasure of working with the Revival team … in a major addition and remodel of our 1950s home. From the onset the team was nothing but professional. Quick to communicate and clear in their thoughts, concerns, and vision, we always felt like our project and our family were the highest priority. Reese, our PM, was onsite every day ensuring that progress was moving forward as scheduled.”Hannah H. · Addition and Remodel of a 1950s Home · Google review, August 2026
Seven Guarantees, In Writing
What we commit to on every project.
Fixed Price No surprise change orders
Locked Start Date Once permits are cleared
Same-Day Communication Plus daily photo logs in Buildertrend
Biweekly Walkthroughs Video for out-of-town clients
Clean Site Promise Daily cleanup & organization
12-Month Check-In Post-completion follow-up
Builder for Life Priority access for future work
Now Planning Spring 2027 Starts
We take a limited number of projects each year, on purpose.
The experience only works because we don't overbook the team. Most projects need two to four months of planning before construction, so spring 2027 starts are being planned now. Your free preliminary estimate, the Red Light Review, is the first step. It costs nothing but fifteen minutes.
Prefer to talk? Call (704) 777-3168. A real person on our pre-construction team answers.
Free · No Obligation