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Custom Big Sky Builders Yellowstone Club Home

April 26, 2013

Lower Foxtail 5 — Big Sky Builders Stunning Yellowstone Club Home

Teton Heritage Builders has been in business since 1996. We are custom Big Sky builders who love giving our discerning clients the homes of their dreams. Our latest project, which we just finished in the Yellowstone Club, embodies all of the characteristics of excellence that our clients desired.

Big Sky Builders Modern Beacon in the Yellowstone Club — Front Entry with Dripping Chandelier

From the moment you walk in to this modern masterpiece you are awe-struck with a great blend of modern interior design features and rustic trim. For instance, the majority of the interior walls are stone and reclaimed lumber. While some of the wall paper is beautifully crafted designs that are remniscent of egg shells.

Lower Foxtail 21 — Dining Room with View of Pioneer Mountain

Hanging in the great room is a floating chair made of glass. The chandelier above the front entry appears to be dripping liquid metal. The entire South wall is triple pane glass. Installing this glass system was no easy feat. But with the meticulous attention to detail from our crew, we pulled it off without a hitch!

Lower Foxtail 221 — Modern Style Guest Bedroom

From the outside you notice a striking combination of reclaimed wood wrapped around steel supports and immense walls of glass. Deviating from the normal aesthetics of the Yellowstone Club, this home is a great achievement in advancing the building vernacular of the Northern Rockies.

Lower Foxtail 9 — Custom Master Bathroom

Now that modern homes are being constructed by custom big sky builders like us, we anticipate their popularity to gain momentum. And we sure are happy to be at the forefront of that movement in Big Sky!

Big Sky Builders Latest Modern Home

April 18, 2013

The clean lines of modern homes are becoming en vogue in Big Sky, MT. Though the vast majority of homes in Big Sky Country are log and timber frame, Teton Heritage Builders had the privilege of building a superb glass home in the Yellowstone Club. The Lower Foxtail Residence is located in plain view of Big Sky Resort’s summit tram and affords a stunning view of Pioneer Mountain – the gem of the Yellowstone Club. As Big Sky builders we relished the opportunity to bring our clients their dream home on Lone Peak.

Big Sky Architect — Interior Design by LC2 Design Services

Reid Smith Architects designed the open floor plan to draw attention to the entire South-facing wall which is entirely triple pane windows. The highly energy efficient glazing package ensures that the home will contain heat during the winter for maximum comfort and has automatic window shades to reduce solar gain in the summer to beat the heat. On top of the the incredible windows, the home takes advantage of renewable energy from the earth via ground source heat pumps. Operating at 350% efficiency, the heat pumps will save 70% on annual heating and cooling costs.

Interior design work was provided by the highly talented LC2 Design Services. You might notice influences in this home beckon memories of locales such as Las Vegas. Well, LC2 Design Services’ creative eye has had a hand in designing many high profile casinos in Sin City. This Big Sky home hosts a perfect blend of crisp modern fixtures with rustic reclaimed wood and Chief Cliff stone. It is a match made in heaven.

big sky builders custom bathroom — Custom Bathroom with a View

Finished in early 2013, the Lower Foxtail Residence is a tribute to the worldly influences that come together in Big Sky, Montana. We anticipate that all Big Sky builders will be clamoring to get a glimpse of this diamond in the rough. Teton Heritage Builders couldn’t be more proud of this accomplishment and we look forward to expanding on our building knowledge of unique modern homes such as this one.

Big Sky Homes Published in National Magazine

November 12, 2012

Teton Heritage Builders is proud to announce that one of our custom Big Sky homes was published in Log Home Living June 2012 magazine! The Koselig Hus log cabin is located in the Club at Spanish Peaks in Big Sky, MT and was designed by Centre Sky Architecture. This rustic-meets-contemporary home will undoubtedly be showcased in many more magazines in the years to come. In fact, it was also featured in the Wall Street Journal in 2010. We couldn’t be any more excited about the accolades this home is receiving.

This luxury cabin boasts breathtaking, panoramic views of Big Sky. A custom built log cabin, Koselig Hus has everything imaginable from Montana made fixtures, an impeccably designed interior (by Carole Sisson Designs), a food lovers kitchen, and modern bathrooms with all the amenities. It’s no wonder Log Home Living wrote an article on this Big Sky cabin.

See more professional photos of this project and our other Big Sky homes

The 5 Factors of New Home Costs in the Rockies

September 7, 2012

Teton Heritage Builders has been building in the Rocky Mountains for more than 16 years. Between the 200 years of construction experience in our team we’ve gained a lot of knowledge about what drives the costs for building a new home and we want to share that information with you.

After a survey of our teammates we’ve narrowed down the greatest factors that influence new home costs in the Rockies to five main categories. Overlooking just one of these factors can lead to a significant jump in building costs whether you are in Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Bozeman, or any other region in the Northern Rockies for that matter.

The five main factors that influence cost of new homes are: Site Access and Conditions, the Exterior Skin of the Home, Architectural Design, Mechanical and Electrical Systems, and the Finishes. They may seem obvious now that they are out in the table, but each category has nuances that influence the costs of every other category. Not fully identifying the details in any one of these categories will have a cascade effect on your budget that can come back to haunt you as the project moves forward.

Download our rundown of these five factors for free right here. If you are considering building a new home in the Rocky Mountains we highly encourage you to talk with your real estate agent, architect and builder about every one of the five main factors that influence building costs in your region.

Bozeman Builders Know Geothermal Heat

May 31, 2012

Bozeman builders Teton Heritage Builders is starting the installation of a geothermal heat pump system in Big Sky, Montana. The first of 24 geothermal wells was just drilled just off the building’s garage entrance. As bozeman builders, we understand the varying geology of the mountain folds around here and know importance of the scientific approach to designing a ground source heat pump system. So we are using this first vertical geothermal well to run a thermal conductivity test on the local geological formation to precisely size this geothermal system. With accurate test results in hand, the updated geothermal design will be the absolute best it can be.

Once finished, this well will be part of the ground heat exchanger for a 24 ton geothermal heating and cooling system. The homeowner will be able to simultaneously heat and cool their mountain home in the Yellowstone Club using the renewable energy naturally stored underground on their site. By harnessing the Earth’s heat their radiant and forced air system will reach levels of efficiency above 350% in the middle of the winter. Talk about huge savings!

Custom Big Sky Builders Yellowstone Club Home

Big Sky Builders Latest Modern Home

Big Sky Homes Published in National Magazine

The 5 Factors of New Home Costs in the Rockies

Bozeman Builders Know Geothermal Heat

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