The Rock Ridge House
Custom Built. Desert Made. Room by Room

People ask what it was actually like to watch a house go up from a hole in the ground to a finished home. The honest answer is: slower than you'd think, faster than you'd think, and somehow both at the same time. Here's a summary on a few key moments and how it came together, in order. Groundbreaking and the Soils Report Groundbreaking sounds romantic until you realize what actually comes after that ceremonial first scoop of dirt. With no basement in the plans, I hadn't thoug