Short answer
Randolph County is where our office sits, in Randleman, and we handle remodels and repairs from Archdale down to Asheboro and the rural roads between. What matters most here is long ownership: Census QuickFacts puts it at 72.5 percent, and 20.7 percent of residents are 65 or older, so many jobs are about keeping a long-held house working.
Long-held houses and what keeps them sound
Point2Homes lists a median build year of 1985 for the county, and QuickFacts gives a median owner-occupied value of $197,100. Where a house sits on a crawl space over red Piedmont clay, moisture is the slow enemy. The Cecil soil series, the state soil, covers about 1.6 million acres of the Piedmont and drains slowly, so dampness lingers near foundations. Over decades that turns into soft floors by tubs and toilets and rotted sill boards, which we open, repair and close before the damage spreads.
NC State Extension describes eastern subterranean termites as so common in North Carolina that nearly every homeowner will meet them, and they favor leaks, wood touching soil and damp crawl spaces. When we replace rotted framing, we look for mud tubes and tell you if a treatment company should come before we close it up. Wood that touches soil, such as a porch post set in dirt or siding run below grade, gets raised or cut back during the repair.
Remodels that let you stay in the house longer
One in five Randolph County residents is 65 or older, which makes accessibility a practical topic for many households. A ramp at the main entry, a tub swapped for a low-curb shower, handrails on both sides of a stair and doorways widened for a walker are modest jobs one at a time. We plan them so the house can change in stages as needs change, starting with whatever makes daily life safer today.
Permits through Randolph County Building Inspections
Randolph County Building Inspections, based in Asheboro, issues permits and inspections for unincorporated parts of the county and for Randleman, Archdale, Trinity and several smaller towns. Applications go through its ePermits system, and we file them for the work we do. Inside Asheboro's own city limits, the City of Asheboro gets our first call about process. The county seat is about 7 miles from our office and 26.7 road miles south of Greensboro. Textile mills spread along the Deep River after the Civil War, and manufacturing still anchors the county's economy.