Built for the high desert.
Custom homes, timber frames and additions in Central Oregon. Designed for four feet of snow, a summer of fire weather, and the view you bought the lot for.
Start a conversationThe first five feet matter most.
Most homes lost to wildfire are ignited by embers, not by a wall of flame. Oregon’s wildfire hazard map now sorts properties by risk, and lots in high-hazard areas of the wildland-urban interface face defensible space and home-hardening codes. We build to those standards on every lot, mapped or not.
Non-combustible only: gravel, stone, concrete. No bark mulch, no firewood, no plants against the house.
Lean and clean: spaced, irrigated plants, limbs pruned up off the ground.
Class A roof, metal gutters, ember-resistant vents, enclosed eaves, fiber-cement or other non-combustible siding, tempered glass.
Homes, frames and the rooms between.
Honest numbers, per square foot.
Custom building costs in Central Oregon vary with the lot, the design and the finishes more than anything else. These are the ranges our recent homes have landed in, construction only.
Per sq ft · custom home
Stick-framed, wildfire-hardened, good mid-to-high finishes, on a lot without unusual site work.
Per sq ft · timber frame
Exposed Douglas fir frame, enclosed with structural insulated panels or stick framing.
Per sq ft · additions
Smaller footprints cost more per square foot; tying into an existing house is half the job.
Site work, wells, septic, utility extensions, design fees and permits are separate and can vary widely in the county. How we build a budget →
Joinery, by hand and machine.
“We had three bids. Juniper & Ash was the only builder who asked where the snow would slide off the roof, and where the embers would land.”
Karen & Paul D. · Tumalo
The custom builder’s site, built in seven days.
Sixteen pages: a wildfire-zone diagram, honest cost per square foot, a timber-frame page, and the Oregon CCB number on every page because the state requires it.