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We remodel and repair older homes in Reidsville. Nothing shapes the work here more than age: Reidsville's median build year is 1967, per Point2Homes, one of the oldest housing stocks in our area, so half the houses are close to sixty years old or more and come with original windows, settled framing and decades of small repairs layered on top of each other.
What a 1967 median build year means for repairs
Houses from the 1960s and earlier usually sit on crawl spaces, and decades of damp air underneath show up as sagging floors, soft spots near bathrooms and rotted sills. We sister new lumber to weak joists, add support posts on footings where spans are long and replace rotted subfloor. A 2002 Advanced Energy field study of North Carolina houses found that closed crawl spaces stayed below 60 percent relative humidity all summer, while vented ones tracked humid outdoor air, which is worth weighing once the framing is repaired. Original single-pane windows and the trim around them are the other big item. Some are worth repairing; others have rotted sills and are better replaced.
Historic houses and the American Tobacco years
American Tobacco was the backbone of the local economy until it was sold and closed in 1994. The Reidsville and Richardson Houses historic districts and Chinqua-Penn Plantation are on the National Register. In the oldest houses we favor repair over replacement: wood-for-wood trim, original windows rebuilt where sound and updates inside that leave the character in place. Our guide to remodeling an older house covers what to expect when the walls come open.
Plaster walls, narrow doors and small closets are part of the character in these houses. When we open a wall for a bathroom or kitchen, we patch the plaster or switch that wall to drywall depending on its condition, and we keep original door and window casing where it survives. Where an earlier remodel covered the old details, we can often rebuild them to the original profile.
Spending wisely on a $138,800 median home
The typical owner-occupied house is worth $138,800 by the QuickFacts count, and 52.8 percent of homes are owner-occupied. At those values, the order of work matters: structure and water first, then systems, then finishes. A phased remodel lets you fix the floor and the leaks this year and the kitchen later. Reidsville is 23.0 road miles north-northeast of Greensboro, about 32 minutes, and 43.3 road miles from our Randleman office. We confirm permit needs with the City of Reidsville for each job.