NoDa grew out of a 1903 mill village: frame worker cottages on narrow lots, the Highland Park and Mecklenburg mills turned into lofts, and a wave of apartments around the 36th Street station. Ihor and the University-area crew work these streets every week, so we arrive knowing whether your wall is old boards, mill brick or fresh drywall.
TV mounting in NoDa is flat-rate: $119 up to 60", $129 for 61–85" and from $179 for 86" and larger, plus $40 for each additional TV. Mounts from $39, cables hidden in a raceway for $39 or inside the wall for $69. No travel fee and no surcharge for stone or plaster.
Mill-village houses from the early 1900s often have wide wood boards behind the drywall or plaster — sometimes no studs where you expect them. We open a small test hole, find the real framing and anchor to it. Studs behind plaster.
Brick mill lofts have thick exposed masonry walls. We drill into solid brick faces, not the mortar, with sleeve anchors rated for masonry, and run cables in a raceway painted to disappear ($39). Brick vs. veneer.
The buildings near the light rail are wood framing over concrete with thin partitions. We find the studs, keep cables out of shared walls and leave renters a removable raceway. Renter-friendly cables.
Taprooms and venues along North Davidson want screens above the bar and over the patio. We mount before opening, use tilting mounts ($49) for high spots and outdoor-rated screens outside. Apartment and loft mounting.
7,605 homes and about 15,375 residents. The age and type of a home decide what is behind the drywall, so we check this before we quote.
33% owner-occupied · 67% rented
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates: year built, units in structure, tenure. Census figures for ZIP Code 28206 — there is no separate Census boundary for NoDa.
NoDa is two neighborhoods in one. The mill-village side shows in the 18.3% of homes built before 1960, mostly frame cottages with plaster or paneling. The other side is new: 35.1% of homes went up after 2010, and 29.9% sit in buildings of 20 or more units near the light rail. With 67.1% of homes rented, about half of our NoDa visits are apartments where the lease decides the cable route, and the rest are cottages where we open a small test hole first.
Stuart Cramer laid out the village around Highland Park Mill No. 3 in 1903, and the cottages built for mill families in the next dozen years still line the side streets. Since then NoDa has added one layer of building after another, and each one hands us a different wall.
| Home | Where you find it | What we usually anchor into |
|---|---|---|
| Frame mill cottage, 1903–1915 | Alexander, Herrin and the streets off 36th | studs found through a test hole, under plaster or paneling |
| Brick mill loft | Highland Park Mill No. 3, The Lofts at NoDa Mills | solid brick faces with sleeve anchors |
| Townhome, 2000s and later | Villa Heights, Optimist Park | wood studs, often a fire-rated party wall |
| Apartment by the station | Novel NoDa and the blocks around 36th Street | wood studs over a concrete podium |
The newest wave keeps coming: Novel NoDa brought 344 apartments to the 36th Street station, and more mill-to-apartment conversions are on the way. Not sure which one you have? Say so in your request, and read our guide to studs behind plaster if you live in a cottage.
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Cottage living rooms are small, with a door or window on almost every wall, so a full-motion mount ($69) that swings toward the sofa earns its place. Many of these houses lost their fireplaces long ago; if yours still has a mantel, tell us whether the firebox is live, because a working gas insert means a heat test before we pick the height.
In the lofts, brick is strong but dusty: plan on us covering the furniture and vacuuming as we drill. In the station apartments, check the lease first — most of our renters here end with a removable raceway and a dismount later.
Whatever the wall, a TV power cord never goes loose inside it; a hidden run uses a listed in-wall power kit. Ihor also covers Plaza Midwood and University City — see the whole Charlotte area or our cable concealment page.
A few jobs from the last months — the kind of walls and setups we see here most.
The studs were not where the paneling seams suggested. A small test opening found the real framing, and the cable went into a paintable raceway because the old lath crumbled at the box cut.
Tech: Ihor · On site: 1 h 40 min
We drilled the brick faces, not the soft old mortar, with sleeve anchors and a dust shroud, and arranged the freight elevator and COI with the building a day ahead.
Tech: Ihor · On site: 1 h 25 min
The lease allowed holes but no wall cutting, so the soundbar went on the TV mount and a slim raceway carried the cables down to the outlet.
Tech: Ihor · On site: 50 min
Ready to book or have questions? Send a request — we’ll reply within minutes.
One price list for Charlotte and both sides of the state line — the wall type does not change the price, and neither does the drive. Stacked stone, bonus-room slopes and Uptown concrete are billed exactly like drywall.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 60" | $119 |
| 61–85" | $129 |
| 86" and larger | from $179 |
| Each additional TV | from $40 |
| Frame / art TV | from $169 |
| Fixed | $39 |
| Tilting | $49 |
| Full-motion | $69 |
| Heavy-duty, for 86"+ | from $59 |
| Internal (inside the wall) | $69 |
| External (cable raceway) | $39 |
Jobs in NoDa are handled by our Charlotte crew — Volodymyr, Stepan, Ihor — on the same flat rates as everywhere else, with the same hardware on every truck and the same 3-year warranty. Crews run out of South Charlotte, the University area and Lake Norman. Pick a slot in the calculator and we confirm it by text.
Living-room TV in a NoDa mill cottage
TV on exposed brick in a mill loft
Bedroom TV in a 36th Street apartment
Raceway run on an old plaster wall
Townhome family room in Villa Heights
Soundbar under a TV in a NoDa rental
Living-room TV in a NoDa mill cottage
TV on exposed brick in a mill loft
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