Builder directories, contracts, warranties, walkthroughs, build timelines. The information builders won't volunteer and most agents don't know — written by an Associate Broker with an architectural design background who has worked in Treasure Valley new construction since 2005.
Verified builder rosters for the major master-planned communities in Ada County, updated regularly.
The complete, verified 2026 builder roster for Valnova — Eagle's 6,000-acre master-planned community. Eleven confirmed active builders, neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown, real 2026 pricing, and how to think about choosing among them.
Spec home. The builder chose the lot, the plan, and — depending on how far along it is — the finishes. You are buying a nearly finished product. What you gain: speed, certainty about what you are getting, and the ability to walk through it. What you give up: most design decisions, and sometimes the lot you would have picked.
The four documents that determine your entire new construction experience. Read in any order — each is designed to be useful on its own and together they form the foundation every Treasure Valley new construction buyer should understand.
The three categories — production, semi-custom, and custom — with honest tradeoffs on price per square foot, build timeline, decision count, and which type of buyer each one serves.
Builder contracts are a different category of document from the RE-21. Earnest money refundability, change order procedures, allowance language, late-delivery remedies, and what to negotiate.
Three walkthroughs matter: pre-drywall, pre-close, and 11-month. Category-by-category checklists, the documentation strategy that protects you, and when to bring an independent inspector.
The standard 1-2-10 structure, what each tier actually covers, Idaho's two implied warranties (habitability and good workmanship), third-party warranty companies, and exclusions that matter most.
Builder incentives are the most misunderstood number in a new construction deal. How the common types actually work — and how to tell a real savings from one that gets clawed back somewhere else.
Builder incentives fall into five categories — rate buydowns, closing-cost credits, design-center allowances, included upgrades, and price cuts on standing inventory. The headline number matters less than the structure: most are tied to the builder's affiliated lender. How to read the real value before you sign.
"How much does new construction cost?" is one of the most-searched new-construction questions in the Treasure Valley, and one of the hardest to answer with a specific number, because "cost" actually refers to three different figures that get conflated constantly: the permit valuation the city uses to calculate fees, the cost per square foot to build, and the list price a buyer actually pays. Here is what each one means, what the current numbers are, and what they mean for financing.
What new construction actually looks like in real time — phase by phase, with realistic ranges and the factors that cause delays.
Phase-by-phase timeline for production, semi-custom, and custom builds in the Treasure Valley. The permitting differences between jurisdictions, why the finish phase runs longest, and how to set realistic expectations against the marketed timeline.
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