SwagerBuilds is a 20-year Eastern Idaho general contractor building fixed-price custom homes, shops, and ADUs in Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue, and Blaine County — and in Teton Valley and Jackson Hole under the same contract. One team, one platform, no drive-time excuses.
Why we’re building in Sun Valley now
The Wood River Valley custom home market has the same buyer as Jackson Hole — out-of-state second-home owners from California, Seattle, and the Front Range — but almost none of the market runs on fixed-price contracts, JobTread transparency, or remote-owner-native workflow. That’s the wedge we’re bringing.
Fixed price. Zero allowances. Real number before you sign. That’s the whole pitch.
What we build in Sun Valley
- Custom home builder Sun Valley — fixed-price custom homes in Ketchum, Sun Valley, Hailey, Bellevue, and unincorporated Blaine County.
- Shop builds Sun Valley — heated shops, RV barns, toy barns, detached garages. Snow-load engineered.
- ADU builds Sun Valley — detached, attached, garage-conversion, and guest-house ADUs. Zoning-verified for your lot.
One 20-year GC, both sides of the Tetons
Some of our Sun Valley clients are also building in Jackson Hole. Or the reverse. Two builds, two markets, two design review boards, two permit chains — and normally two totally separate GCs.
We’re the only 20-year Idaho GC running both markets under one fixed-price contract structure, one JobTread platform, and one project management team. If you’re building in both, you get one point of contact and one place to see everything.
Related: Jackson Hole custom home builder · Teton Valley custom home builder.
The remote-owner flip
Most Sun Valley clients don’t live in Sun Valley. They live in California, Seattle, or the Front Range and drop in once a quarter.
Here’s the flip: with JobTread transparency, you don’t NEED to live in Sun Valley to know what’s happening on your build. You see every invoice, every schedule change, every photo of every log, in real time, from wherever you are. That’s not a workaround — it’s a feature.
Full story on how we do remote-owner builds: Build From Anywhere.
Blaine County by the numbers
- Custom home cost: $350–$650+ per square foot depending on tier and lot
- Ketchum design review timeline: 8–14 weeks standard, 12–22 weeks complex
- Hailey / Bellevue design review: materially lighter outside historic overlays
- Snow load Ketchum: 100 psf roof live load
- Snow load north of Ketchum: 125 psf
- Build cycle typical: 14–20 months LOI to CO, 24 months for complex hillside
- ADU rules: Blaine County allows detached ADUs at up to 50% of principal structure GFA (Ordinance 2025-08); Idaho SB 1354 (effective 7-1-2026) directional on cities 10,000+