January 5, 2021 – Sanctuary Developers

Laurel Magazine – Have an Ice Day: Highlands NC History

Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2021/01 – Winter Highlands has had a long, long-term relationship with snow and ice and the complications of winter. It’s time to pay tribute to Old Man Winter with a Highlands Ice Review, guest stars: the Ice Age, ice cream, and ice skating. Approximately 40-50,000 years ago, Mother Earth… Continue reading Laurel Magazine – Have an Ice Day: Highlands NC History

Laurel Magazine – It’s Down To Earth: Highlands NC History

Big Tree #240 (Doris Potts)

Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2020/12 – December | Photograph By:Highlands Historical Society As we think about the lush evergreen Christmas trees that are grown on our mountains, consider what almost happened to many of them years ago. Without the Highlands Biological Station our landscape could be radically different. In the 1950s and 1960s… Continue reading Laurel Magazine – It’s Down To Earth: Highlands NC History

Sanctuary Developers, LLC offers our clients a single-source of responsibility for coordinating and managing all functions from lot purchase to completion of home construction and landscaping. Our Team of selected professionals include highly experienced local firms for architecture, design, engineering, home construction, landscape design and landscape planting execution. The team approach ensures your home building experience is efficient, well coordinated and constructed on time.

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We believe a great architectural design requires the input of both a professional designer and a licensed architect. Our lead designer and architect work closely together to achieve a unique custom design that meets your specific objectives on the property you have selected. Architectural Design phases include:

Pre-Design is the first phase of Architectural Design. The objective of Pre-Design is to consult with the client and determine their vision, project goals, scope, features, functionality, purpose and budget. Meetings will take place on both the property and in our office in Cashiers, NC. This phase ends with the client’s decision to move forward.

Schematic Design is the second phase of Architectural Design. Under this phase we consider local codes and architectural guidelines, provide floor plans and exterior elevations and provide 3D imaging of the home’s exterior. For an additional fee, Sanctuary offers digital fly-through graphics and videos that allow you to move from room to room viewing spacial relationships, scale and views from each room. This capability is unique to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and allows a client that is not well versed in reading or visualizing one dimensional architectural plans the opportunity to see exactly what is being delivered in your design before construction.

Design Development is the third phase of Architectural Design. This phase involves finalizing the design and specifying items such as materials, window and door locations, appliances, electrical, lighting systems and general structural details. Our lead designer will work closely with you during this phase to ensure items selected meet your approval and design intent.

Construction Documents is the fourth and last phase of Architectural Design. At this stage, we have a final design and can now prepare construction drawings/blueprints, notes, and technical specifications necessary for bidding, construction, and permit application. Construction contractors will use these detailed drawings and specifications to construct your new home. Engineering is not always required or necessary for all building sites. In the event the services of a licensed engineer are needed, Sanctuary will contract with a local third party engineering firm to provide engineering services.