New Construction

Recently, we had a reader ask how to judge quality construction. A fantastic question! The basis of quality construction consists of three ...

 I was reading a blog we posted in December 2007 about Idaho Home builders who were offering incentives to sell homes. We also referenced a ...

Building is a very complex yet, systematic, process that changes with technology and other factors all the time. The home, in order to be durable, ...

Buying land to develop into houses and subdivisions is part of a growing city, and the Boise area has been doing plenty of growing. Land is a ...

As a homebuyer, there are many choices for what kind of home to buy: existing homes, new construction, semi-custom, or fully custom. With each of ...

Is your builder a company or a trade? Does your builder build a quality product or a profitable commodity? Recently, 'George' we will call him, was ...

From homes to pools, churches, and shops, the construction industry creates a lot of jobs in Southern Idaho. Here is a breakdown of construction ...

How to select a homesite in Idaho Orientation can affect the design or at least the performance of a home greatly. If you like the summer evening or ...

Universal Design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for ...

This is from a post dated April 2007. In the early years, we had numerous bloggers on the site. Sarah was building her own home and shared her ...

This is a guest blog post from Build Idaho's original blog assembled by a poster who was building their own home. At the moment that we decided to ...

There are two aspects of new construction that are very important to get right early on when considering new construction: The subdivision and the ...

In June 2022, we watched the market shift over the course of about 3 weeks. This had a lot to do with the increase in interest rates. We also all ...

Well, I just have to comment on a comment by one individual that read my blog about cheap homes. I guess this person thinks that CHEAP means ...

We have talked about how the site selection process affects the overall plan. What do we need to consider in selecting a plan? Under no circumstances ...

So I sat with this Boise home builder recently and he flat out told me they do not have happy customers. Can you believe it? He was straightforward ...

Why do we have a vapor barrier in the crawl space? How is it supposed to be installed? But it is wet under my vapor barrier-what should I do? Do I ...