We’ve Moved
Dear clients and friends, we are pleased to announce that starting December 1st, 2020, we will join Gather, a co-working office space, to take advantage of the multiple locations available, in order to better serve our clients in Hampton...
HRACRE Design Awards
GARC won two HRACRE design awards this year! Got Fish? for Best Recreation/Entertainment/Hospitality Project Merit Award and Get Well Soon for Best Interior Excellence Award. We want to thank our clients for the opportunities of...
Q&A #4: What are the high ROI items?
In the last Q&A, we talked about how to find balance between the investment of a home renovation and the return in both monetary value and in the value to the quality of life. If we are only evaluating Return On Investment (ROI) in a mon...
Q&A #3: Can I recoup the investment on my renovation project?
Unlike flipping a house, which is evaluated purely by investment and return, renovating a home can not be judged solely by how much the property value increases. For example, in Remodeling Magazine’s “Cost vs. Value Report 2020”, t...
Q&A #2: Should I renovate or rebuild?
We usually get this question when a client really likes the location of the house, but not happy with the actual building itself. The costs of a major renovation might be closer to building a new house from scratch. In that case, should ...
Q&A #1: How do I phase my project?
The direct answer is yes, if doing a major renovation project, we can most certainly split the project into phases. When creating the plans for each phase, we will work together with you to figure out what the most pressing needs are an...
How to Check the Zoning Requirements for Your Project
In our previous article post, we discussed the Three Things to Check Before Buying and Renovating a House in the Hampton Roads area. To make a long story short, those three things are: Zoning, Floodplain Ordinance and the Chesapeake Bay ...
Working From Home – Challenges and Solutions
After staying at home for more than a month, the challenges of WFH are starting to reveal themselves. One significant challenge many people are finding is how to separate work and personal life, as this was previously separated by their ...
Connecting Dots
Our clients from Get Well Soon sent us this piece writing about their business. Thanks for the shout out to our design! “The duo relied on Norfolk-based architects, GARC Design, to help create all of the interior drawings and rendering...
Merry Christmas & Happy New Decade!
2019 has been a fruitful year for GARC. We have been fortunate to work with both returning and new clients throughout 2019. This year we accomplished around 20 Vision Workshops & Feasibility Studies. We have two commercial projects compl...
