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Framing, week eleven · Scottsdale, Arizona

Deliberately unscalable.

We take on four houses at a time. That figure is the constraint everything else here depends on — it is what lets a superintendent be on your site rather than dividing himself between a dozen.

We decline more work than we take. A house on a parcel we think is wrong, a schedule that cannot be built to the standard, an owner who wants the lowest number: those are all a no, and saying so in the first week costs everyone less than saying it in the eighth month.

PhotographA completed house, or a crew at work on one
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Custom homes.

The whole house, from the first walk on the land to the systems briefing after handover. One contract, one superintendent, one number to call.

PhotographA site being walked, drawings in hand
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A site review before you buy.

We walk the parcel, read the survey and the setbacks, and tell you what it will cost to build what you have in mind on it — including when the answer is that it will not work. It is the cheapest hour you will spend on the project.

PhotographA renovation mid-work, old structure visible
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Renovation, selectively.

We take a small number of renovations each year, usually on houses we built or houses worth the trouble. The same arrangement applies — one superintendent, one open budget, and a frank answer early about what the existing structure will and will not allow.

Questions

Before you get in touch.

Do you work with our architect?
Most of our houses arrive with an architect already engaged, and that is the easier way to do it. We would rather join a drawing set early than receive a finished one.
What does a house with you cost?
Most of what we build lands between $600 and $1,200 a square foot. The land moves that number more than the house does, which is why we will not give you a real figure until we have walked the site.
How long does it take?
Two to three years from the first site walk to handover. Design is roughly a third of it, and the permit is the least predictable part of the rest.
Do you build outside the seven markets?
Occasionally, when the site warrants the travel and the calendar allows. Ask — the answer depends on the year.
Contact

Tell us about the land.

If you have a site — or you are still looking — the earlier we see it, the more we can do with it.

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