Custom luxury homes · Alpharetta, GA

Custom homes in Alpharetta

Many Alpharetta lots sit in established neighborhoods with mature trees. The city's permit process reflects that, starting with an engineering review before the building permit.

Building a custom home in Alpharetta

The City of Alpharetta's Inspection & Code Enforcement office issues residential building permits. For a new house, the city first requires an Engineering "Pink Card," with arborist and erosion-control approval from the Engineering department, when work affects specimen trees.

For a home on sewer, the permit package includes an approved Fulton County sewer permit receipt along with the city's impact fee receipt.

What to know before you build in Alpharetta

Engineering Pink Card

New houses need Engineering approval, including arborist and erosion pre-approval, before the building permit when specimen trees are affected.

Impact fee receipt

The city requires a paid City of Alpharetta impact fee receipt with the permit application.

Fulton County sewer permit

An approved Fulton County sewer permit receipt is part of the new-home package.

Detailed site plan

The site plan must be drawn at 1"=30' or larger and show setbacks, easements and buffers.

Energy compliance

A REScheck energy compliance report is required with the plans.

Permit fees scale with cost

The city's 2026 procedures list permit fees of $5.50 per $1,000 of construction cost plus plan review of $2.75 per $1,000.

How we build

Start with the land
We walk the lot with you before plans are final: access, slope, septic or sewer, buffers and where the house should sit.
Open-book pricing
Custom homes are built cost-plus. You see the supplier and subcontractor invoices behind every draw, not a single lump number.
Permits and plan review
We handle submittals with the city or county building office and coordinate the surveys, soil reports and engineering they require.
On site, every day
Jerry runs the job in person. You get regular progress updates with photos, like the public build journal for Lakewood Lodge.

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Sources

City of Alpharetta — Residential Permitting Procedures (2026)

Rules and fees change. Confirm with the office before you rely on them. Last checked October 2026.

Talk to Jerry and Karen about your build.

Tell us about your land and your plans. We reply by phone or email.