Bold Construction

amenities. The home office is also in tremendous demand. Before the pandemic, a home office was nice to have. Now, it’s an absolute requirement. Many clients even desire two home offices, which in the past didn’t cross anybody’s mind. But if you have two adults working remotely, you’re going to need that second office.” With so many builders competing for residential construction business in the Chapel Hill area, particularly during the pandemic period, Bold Construction is setting itself apart from counterpart firms via its willingness to push boundaries in taking on some of the more challenging builds. “Chapel Hill is an established town that’s been around for hundreds of years with the university,” Ehrenfeld says. “There’s truly little, if any, inventory of new land. So, much of what we build in Chapel Hill proper is on infill lots. Many times, they haven’t been built on for the last 30, 40, or even 50 years. Some have never been built on – they were bypassed for some reason, usually because the terrain is too daunting. If you look at pictures of the Modern Hillside home on our website, it’s basically built on the side of a cliff. The swimming pool itself has a glass rail on the backside that’s at least 15 or 20 feet off the ground. The bedroom area has a solid glass corner on it, and that’s 40 feet up in the air, easily.” Ehrenfeld’s team does a lot of building work in a prominent custom-home neighborhood known as Governors Club, built around an award-winning 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course. Its diverse topography – which incorporates lakes, ponds, trees, and even a small mountain range – makes for the perfect canvas to showcase Bold Construction’s adaptability and open-mindedness. “The Triangle region is generally very flat, but Governors Club follows the contours and 600- foot elevation changes of Edwards Mountain,” says Dell. “As a result, the lots there tend to have more topography to them, and more rock.