This is a good start to a very customized website. This “child theme” – (what you start with to customize the look and functionality of the website through coding) comes with the highly respected Genesis Framework for WordPress, and is intended as a base for a custom website design.
The Genesis Framework is known for its clean code, it is highly customizable, fast and good for SEO. This is a good theme, it can be manipulated to do almost anything. It will not hold you back.