Prescott, Arizona · Est. 2026
We build fire-resilient, energy-smart concrete homes for the Arizona Central Highlands — the house that costs less to insure, less to heat, and stands against what wood cannot.
Why Prescott needs a different house
Prescott sits in some of the most wildfire-exposed terrain in America — and the insurance market has noticed. Carriers are raising rates, tightening terms, and walking away from wood.
Prescott's wildfire risk is greater than 96% of U.S. communities.
How much wildland-urban-interface insurance premiums jumped in 2025 alone.
Of Prescott properties carry some wildfire risk over the next 30 years.
You can't control the forest. You can control what your house is made of.
Planning figures from our mid-2026 market assessment of Prescott & Yavapai County.
The wall that changes everything
Insulated Concrete Forms: foam blocks stack like oversized bricks, steel goes in, concrete fills the core. Structure, insulation, air barrier and sound barrier — poured in a single operation. Scroll to build it.
Interlocking insulated forms go up fast and stay in place forever — becoming continuous R-23+ insulation on both faces of the wall.
Rebar is tied vertically and horizontally through every course. Your walls are engineered like a bridge, not a box of sticks.
A monolithic, steel-reinforced concrete core — the fire wall, the storm wall, the quiet wall, and the structure, all in one pour.
One assembly replaces the framing, insulation, sheathing, air-sealing and vapor-barrier trades — that's how concrete stays affordable.
The number that matters
Fire-resistance ratings measure how long a wall holds the line. When embers arrive, the difference between one hour and four is the difference between a story and a slab.
Standing-seam metal roof and ember-resistant venting on every home — hardened from the ridge down.
Insurance credits carriers offer for recognized wildfire mitigation — and concrete walls make a policy easier to place at all.
Structural lumber in your exterior walls. Nothing for embers to work on.
Ratings reflect standard fire-resistance testing of wall assemblies; insurance outcomes vary by carrier, site and mitigation. We'll walk you through the real quotes — that's part of the product.
The Granite — our first model home
A 2,000-square-foot, single-story ICF ranch: three bedrooms, vaulted great room, solar standard, and a bedroom wing so quiet you'll hear the difference at the showing. When it opens, the blower-door score and a real insurance quote comparison will be framed by the front door.
Three ways in
Almost nobody in the Central Highlands builds small, efficient, and fire-hard. That's exactly where we live: right-sized homes below the price band where new wood-frame construction competes.
Condo-style attached homes, 1,000–1,400 SF, 2 bed / 2 bath. Concrete party walls mean 4-hour fire separation and neighbors you never hear. Lock-and-leave for downsizers and first-timers.
Compact single-family, 1,400–1,800 SF, 3 bed / 2 bath. The attainable ICF home for young families and remote workers who want Prescott without the Prescott utility bill.
Our flagship: 1,800–2,500 SF, 3–4 bedrooms, vaulted great room, solar standard. Move-up efficiency and fire safety for relocators who've done the insurance math.
*Target pricing bands from our 2026 planning, subject to final plans, site and market conditions — published because we'd want the same straight answer. Photography shows comparable high-performance construction while our first homes are designed and built.
Do the math on your own house
A house is what it costs to own, not just to buy. Slide your numbers in and see what 40–60% lower energy loads and wildfire-mitigation insurance credits do over a decade.
Estimates only, for comparison: energy modeled at 40–60% savings typical of ICF construction; insurance modeled at the 5–15% mitigation credits carriers advertise. Your quotes will vary — bring them to us and we'll run the real comparison.
How a Forge Built home happens
One founder runs the field, one runs the office, and every stage is matched to your bank's draw schedule — so the build moves, the money is accountable, and you always know which step you're on.
Soils, utilities, fire access, granite risk — we walk away from bad dirt so you never buy it.
Standard plans tuned to your lot, engineered and energy-modeled before permits.
City of Prescott / Yavapai County submittals, tracked daily — not 'we'll check next week.'
Excavation in real Prescott granite, insulated slab-on-grade, inspected before every next step.
The ICF cycle — walls, insulation, air barrier and structure in one operation, plumb verified before and after the pour.
Trusses and Class A standing-seam metal roof, PV-ready from day one.
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, then drywall to punch list — held to spec, not to schedule pressure.
Blower-door test, energy certification, certificate of occupancy — and the numbers framed for your records.
We'll document our first build end-to-end — pours, tests, numbers. Follow along from the first bucket of concrete.
Two desks, one standard
Forge Built Homes is founded by two family members with one operating rule: every job belongs to exactly one desk. The field owns everything from the curb in. The office owns everything from the curb out. Nothing falls in between.
Foreman and builder. Owns the schedule, the subs, the safety plan and the pour — from staked lot to certificate of occupancy. If it's on the site, it's his word that says it's right.
Estimating, permits, finance and sales — backed by an AI-automated front office that answers fast and chases paperwork so people time goes to clients, lenders and inspectors.
Yes — a founder named Wood who refuses to build with wood. We've heard it. We agree.
Founding waitlist
The Granite model home is coming, and the first build slots behind it are limited. Tell us what you're after — a model-home tour, a build on your own lot, or first word on attached homes — and we'll keep you ahead of the line.
and the Central Highlands — Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Williamson Valley.