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Partners JD Pritchett and Lucas Smith of Pritchett
& Co. teamed up with Kelly Lord Designs to
transform a condo at 505 to make sure the
finishes were as fabulous as the views.

Pritchett grew up in Franklin,
moving to the area as a little boy.
His father and grandfather were
both builders, but while home
JD renovation is in his blood he was
drawn more to the sales and management side than
the actual construction.
“I never saw myself going down that path,” he says.
Licensed as a Realtor — now with Compass — he kept
running into situations where his clients would ask for
a good contractor to help with any renovations that
needed to be done. But he realized no matter how
amazing the property, big projects made them nervous
or even scared them off completely. Not knowing the
extent of work it would take to get the space the way
they wanted made it difficult to know whether it was
worth the investment.
When he and designer Kelly Lord were helping
an actor from LA visualize updates to a home in
Belle Meade, Pritchett realized he needed to offer
contracting services himself, along with sales and
design.
“In that moment I said I’ve got to do this,” he says.
“We’ve got to find a way for our clients to have a
one-stop shop with us. We just started initially offering
it to clients, whatever their needs were. Now we do
anything that needs to happen.”

The homeowners first fell in love with the view at
505, but they wanted to change the finishes and
upgrade the style of the actual space to their liking.
They also were remote and didn’t want to deal with a
lot of different people, so Pritchett & Co.’s collective

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