How Long Does It Take to Build a New Home in Eastern Idaho?

Six to nine months is the honest range for an Odyssey home, counted from the day you sign the contract to the day you get keys. That is shorter than a from-scratch design, because you start from one of our existing floor plans rather than drawing a new house. The plan is already engineered and priced, so there is no design phase to wait through.

What happens before construction starts

1. Pick a plan and exterior style. Depending on the plan, you choose a Farmhouse, Modern or Traditional exterior.
2. Pick a lot. One of ours, or a lot you already own if it works for the plan.
3. Price it and sign. Use Home Quote or work through it with our team. Most contracts are fixed price.
4. Financing and permit. Your lender closes the construction loan and we pull the building permit.

The order a new home gets built in

1. Site work and foundation
2. Framing and roof
3. Windows and doors, which closes the house to the weather
4. Plumbing, electrical and HVAC rough-ins
5. Insulation and drywall
6. Cabinets, trim and flooring
7. Paint, fixtures, countertops and finishes
8. Final inspections, walkthrough and keys

Some items are ordered long before they are installed. Our schedule orders windows 30 working days, about six weeks, ahead of the install date, so the window order moves whenever the install date does.

What moves the timeline

• The plan. Our plans run from 3,082 to 5,637 total square feet. More house and a finished basement take longer.
• The season. Eastern Idaho winters slow site work and concrete. When your build starts matters.
• Selections. Making finish decisions on time keeps trades moving. A late decision on a long-lead item can push everything behind it.
• Changes after contract. Each one is priced and signed as a change order before the work happens, and each one can add time.

How to move in sooner: quick move-in homes

A quick move-in home is one we have already started on a specific lot with a chosen plan. Buy it earlier and you still pick more of the finishes; buy it later and you move in sooner. We currently have 26 for sale, 6 of them move-in ready.

• Move-in ready now: 209 N 4117 E (Rigby, Cottonwood), 653 Grand Canyon (Shelley, Rockford), 2735 Granite Falls Drive (Ammon, Oak Haven), 3083 Lancer Avenue (Ammon, Cottage), 6540 Crown Crescent (Ammon, Cypress), 661 Glacier Avenue (Shelley, Ashwood)
• November 2026: 2784 Granite Falls Drive (Ammon, Clearwater)
• January 2027: 2690 Granite Falls Drive (Ammon, Redwood)
• February 2027: 3363 Chester Dr (Ammon, Ashwood), 5471 Boardwalk Rd (Idaho Falls, Sage), 5505 Boardwalk Rd (Idaho Falls, Willow)
• April 2027: 3037 Lancer (Ammon, Rockford), 3406 Chester Dr. (Ammon, Sage), 3299 Chester Dr. (Ammon, White Pine)
• May 2027: 5047 Bow Ridge Street (Ammon, Clearwater), 3290 Chester Dr (Ammon, Cottage), 6436 Hillsdale Lane (Ammon, Cypress), 6485 Hillsdale Lane (Ammon, Ponderosa)
• June 2027: 5175 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, Ashwood), 5115 Eagle Creek Road (Ammon, Ponderosa)
• July 2027: 5208 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, Redwood), 5205 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, Cottage), 5145 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, White Pine)
• August 2027: 5148 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, Oleander), 5178 Eagle Creek Rd (Ammon, Cypress)
• Coming Soon: 2821 Granite Falls Drive (Ammon, Ashwood)

Following your build

Every Odyssey buyer gets the Odyssey One client portal, with build updates, photos and decisions in one place. Once the home is past framing and the site is safe, we walk you through it as work progresses.