Why build your custom home in Tate?
Tate is one of North Georgia’s most storied communities — birthplace of the Georgia Marble industry, home of the pink-marble Tate House, set in the Appalachian foothills.
Fifty miles of heritage
Along GA-53 about 50 miles north of Atlanta, Tate pairs private mountain homesites with a sense of history you can’t manufacture.
Land worth building on
Foothill acreage and quiet, wooded lots give Pickens County homesites the privacy and character worth building around.
A community with roots
Marble heritage and Appalachian scenery give Tate a legendary backdrop for a custom home.
What sets Precision apart
Engineering-led from day one
Dan founded Precision with an engineering degree and 40 years in custom homes. Every plan is engineered to your land before a shovel moves.
We never build the same house twice
No spec homes. No repeated plans. Your home is designed around your family, your property, and the way you want to live.
Straight answers, honest estimates
Send us a plan — or a napkin sketch — and we'll give you a ballpark, typically within about 5%. Then we work hard to hold to it.
Homes we've built
How we build — start to keys
Consult & Design
We meet you on your land, learn your budget and your must-haves, and design around both. The before-you-build consult is free.
Permits, Site Prep & Build
We handle Tate and Pickens County approvals, clear and grade, and manage every trade — with regular updates and one number to call.
Walkthrough & Move-In
A detailed final walkthrough, punch list closed, keys in hand. And we're still here long after you've moved in.
Find Tate in Pickens County
Building in Tate — common questions
Straight answers about building in Tate. Have one we didn't cover? Ask us directly.
Have you built any homes in Tate?
Not in Tate itself yet — but we've built 7 homes across Pickens County, so we know the soil, the slopes and the inspectors here. Your Tate build would not be our first in this county.
How long does it take to build a custom home in Tate?
Most Tate builds run 10–14 months from groundbreaking, depending on size and finishes. Permits go through Pickens County, and we handle that submission and the inspections ourselves so the schedule we give you is the schedule we hold to.
Do you build on my lot, or do you have lots in Tate?
Both. We build on land you already own, and we can help you find and evaluate one anywhere in Pickens County — Tate, Jasper and Talking Rock. The site evaluation is free, and we'd rather tell you a lot is a bad buy before you own it.
What does a custom home in Tate cost?
Send us a plan or a sketch and we'll give you a ballpark — typically within about ±5%. What moves the number most in Tate is the lot itself: grading, driveway length, whether you're on well and septic or city utilities. We walk you through all of it before you commit.
Are there building restrictions in Tate?
Tate and Pickens County each have codes, zoning and setback rules, and many neighborhoods add HOA or architectural review on top. We've been through these approvals for 20+ years and handle them for you.
Which Tate neighborhoods do you build in?
We build throughout Tate — established streets, newer developments, and acreage outside town. We also build nearby in Jasper and Talking Rock, so if your search widens we can follow it.
