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Permit-ready drawings for a home designed around your actual lot. We produce architectural design, structural engineering, and the energy compliance documentation Ada and Canyon County require, whether or not you ultimately build with us.

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Custom Home Design and Plans in the Treasure Valley

Permit-ready drawings for a home designed around your actual lot. We produce architectural design, structural engineering, and the energy compliance documentation Ada and Canyon County require, whether or not you ultimately build with us.

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Planning from$9kYour exact range is confirmed at the free in-home visit

Representative image: Floor plan and front elevation drawings with a scale ruler, pencil, and wood, stone and paint samples

A CLEAR SCOPE

Plan the details.
Know the next step.

  • 01Programming session and site measurement
  • 02Schematic floor plans and exterior elevations
  • 03Construction documents and building sections
  • 04Structural engineering and Idaho energy code compliance
  • 05Permit submission support for Ada or Canyon County

Cost and timeline

Home design and plan cost in the Treasure Valley

Typical timeline

A complete permit-ready set typically takes 8 to 16 weeks depending on home size and how quickly design decisions are made. County plan review adds a further 3 to 8 weeks.

As of 2026, a permit-ready custom home drawing set with structural engineering and energy compliance runs roughly $9,000 to $35,000 in the Treasure Valley, or about 5 to 12 percent of construction cost. Simple single-level homes sit near the bottom of that range and large or complex designs above it.

These are planning ranges, not bids. Home size, structural complexity, and the number of design revision rounds drive the final figure, which we fix in writing after a programming session.

Why choose us

Why homeowners choose us

  • 01

    Drawings designed for your specific lot, orientation, and views

  • 02

    Structural engineering and energy compliance included in the set

  • 03

    Costed as it is drawn, so the design matches your budget

  • 04

    Plans you own outright and can build with any licensed contractor

Representative image: Covered outdoor patio with a wood ceiling, dining table, and kitchen counter beside a house
Representative image: A worker kneeling beside interior wall framing on a plywood subfloor, with a drill and tape measure nearby

How it works

Our process, step by step

01

Programming

We document how you want to live in the home and what the budget will actually support.

02

Schematic design

Floor plans and elevations, revised with cost feedback at each round.

03

Construction documents

Full drawing set with structural engineering and energy compliance calculations.

04

Permit submission

We submit to the county or city and manage plan review comments through approval.

Home Design & Plans across the Treasure Valley

We provide home design & plans services throughout the Treasure Valley, with dedicated local pages for each city we serve. Lot availability, permit paths, impact fees, and HOA design review differ between Ada and Canyon County communities, so each city page covers the details that matter where you plan to build.

Choose your city below to see local home design & plans guidance, or schedule a free planning consultation to discuss your build directly.

Representative image: Floor plan and front elevation drawings with a scale ruler, pencil, and wood, stone and paint samples
Drawings and finish samples reviewed together.

Why design-build for your home design & plans

As a design-build home builder, we bring architectural design, engineering, estimating, permitting, and construction under one contract and one accountable team. That removes the handoffs and finger-pointing that happen when the architect, the plan reviewer, and the general contractor all answer to someone different - and it keeps your home design & plans on a single, coordinated schedule.

You get a line-item budget with written allowances before we break ground and a published draw schedule through the build.

Representative image: Covered outdoor patio with a wood ceiling, dining table, and kitchen counter beside a house
Interior finishes planned for Treasure Valley home building.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

A permit-ready set with structural engineering typically runs 5 to 12 percent of construction cost, roughly $9,000 to $35,000 for most Treasure Valley homes. Small or simple homes sit at the low end; large or architecturally complex homes sit above it.

Yes. You own the drawings and can build them with any licensed contractor. We would like to be that contractor, but the plans are yours either way.

You can, but stock plans are not drawn for your lot and almost always need Idaho-specific structural engineering, energy compliance, and a site-adapted foundation before a county will permit them. Factor that rework into the comparison.

Floor plans, exterior elevations, building sections, foundation and framing plans, electrical and mechanical layouts, structural engineering, and Idaho energy code compliance documentation.

Ada County and City of Boise residential review commonly runs 3 to 6 weeks; Canyon County jurisdictions are often similar. Revision cycles add time, which is why a complete first submission matters.

We recommend completing a lot evaluation first. Setbacks, slope, soils, and utility locations all shape the design, and drawing before those are known usually means drawing twice.

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