Insights
Notes on building for the coast.
Working notes on the parts of a coastal home that are hardest to see: how a wall dries, why a tight house needs deliberate ventilation, and what a standard is worth if nobody verifies it.
Research tools
The maps we open first.
A curated directory of the public flood, wind, soil, zoning and permit tools that will tell you what a coastal lot is before anyone draws on it.
45 public tools, free to use, for Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender County.
Open the research tools
Begin carefully
Bring us a site, a house, or a question.
Tell us about your project and what you want the home to do. We will tell you what the coast will ask of it.
Start Your Project