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Custom Homes · Boise, Idaho

Custom homes in Boise, from infill lots to the foothills.

Building in Boise often means building on a lot with history: an older home to remove, an alley, tight setbacks, mature trees, or a hillside. Fortis is a Boise builder and developer, and we start every custom home with the property itself.

Rendering of the Crane Creek Residence at dusk: a custom home with standing-seam black metal roofs, vertical wood siding, white plaster walls, and a glazed gable facing the hills beyond.
Crane Creek ResidenceExterior · Rendering

What shapes a Boise custom home

  • Infill lots: demolition, utilities, alley access, and neighbors all shape the plan and the schedule.
  • Historic districts: some Boise neighborhoods require design review before a permit.
  • Foothill lots: slope, grading, retaining walls, and geotechnical work can be major cost drivers.
  • Budget alignment: architecture and cost are developed together, so the home that’s drawn can be built.

Our work in Boise

How we work

  1. 01Understand the property.
  2. 02Define the project: architecture, engineering, scope, and cost.
  3. 03Build deliberately.
  4. 04Finish well.
Rendering of the Crane Creek Residence great room: a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, a two-sided fireplace set in a plaster chimney, and floor-to-ceiling glazing opening to a terrace with hills beyond.
Crane Creek ResidenceGreat room · Rendering