- Brian Head base
- 9,600 ft
- Duck Creek Village
- 8,400 ft
- Jacobs Construction
- Building since 1976
- Griffin Team
- Top 0.5% nationwide
Jacobs Construction · Building since 1976
On time. In budget.
Every time.
Where we build
Two mountains, two very different builds
Twenty-two miles apart and 1,200 feet of elevation between them. What works in one does not automatically work in the other.
Brian Head
Utah's highest-base resort town. Ski-in access, a real winter economy, and the strongest nightly-rental demand on the mountain — along with the strictest snow-load and access requirements we build to.
- 9,600 ft base
- 11,307 ft summit
- 650+ skiable acres
- Nightly rental market
Duck Creek Village
The quieter side of Cedar Mountain, on Highway 14 above Cedar City. Bigger, more wooded parcels, a four-season trail and OHV culture, and a family-cabin feel that has held its character.
- 8,400 ft
- Navajo Lake nearby
- Markagunt OHV system
- Larger treed lots
How it goes
One team, from raw dirt to first fire
Building at 9,000 feet is a scheduling problem before it is a construction problem. Frost, road access, and a construction season that can close in October decide more than finish selections do. We plan backward from that calendar.
01 Lot search
We shortlist parcels and walk the finalists together — agent and builder, same visit.
02 Feasibility
Slope, access, utilities, septic, setbacks and HOA rules checked before you're committed.
03 Design & budget
In-house design-build, so the drawings and the number move together instead of colliding.
04 Build
Season-aware scheduling and a client portal you can watch from anywhere.
Credentials
Not our first winter up here
Custom cabins
Five plans, priced and drawn
You don't have to start from a blank page. Pick a cabin below and page through its elevation, its floor plans and — where it's already been built — photographs of the finished house. Prices are for the structure and exclude land, site work and utilities.
Plan 01 · The flagship
The Timber
Price range$1,500,000 – $1,575,000
- 3,500 sq ft
- 4–6 bed
- 4.5 bath
The largest of the five and the only one drawn as a full lodge — a long multi-gable roofline, a deep timber entry on stone piers, and living stacked above a tuck-under garage.
Short-term rental projection
- Average daily rate
- $1,000
- Nights booked 48.2% occupancy
- 176
- Projected gross revenue
- $182,900
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers.
Plan 02 · The classic
The Mountain
Price range$1,150,000 – $1,225,000
- 3,000 sq ft
- 3–6 bed
- 3.5 bath
Three levels, a wraparound deck and a great room that opens to the trees. The plan most owners land on when they want a full mountain house without the lodge footprint.
Short-term rental projection
- Average daily rate
- $933
- Nights booked 45.4% occupancy
- 166
- Projected gross revenue
- $154,700
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers.
Plan 03 · The four-bedroom
The View
Price range$660,000 – $735,000
- 1,960 sq ft
- 4 bed
- 2.5 bath
Four bedrooms over two levels with the living pushed up to the view. The most beds per dollar in the lineup, and it books like it.
Short-term rental projection
- Average daily rate
- $687
- Nights booked 51.5% occupancy
- 188
- Projected gross revenue
- $129,300
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers.
Plan 04 · The high performer
The Hollow
Price range$615,000 – $690,000
- 1,750 sq ft
- 2 bed
- 2 bath
The best-booking plan on the sheet — 220 projected nights a year. Garage and utility below, living and bedrooms above, with a deck off the main level.
Short-term rental projection
- Average daily rate
- $560
- Nights booked 60.4% occupancy
- 220
- Projected gross revenue
- $123,500
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers.
Plan 05 · The entry point
The Pine
Price range$450,000 – $525,000
- 1,100 sq ft
- 3 bed
- 2 bath
A steep gable, a chimney and a porch that wraps the whole cabin on piers. The cheapest way onto this mountain with something new.
Short-term rental projection
- Average daily rate
- $373
- Nights booked 59% occupancy
- 215
- Projected gross revenue
- $80,400
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers.
Rental projections are provided as a courtesy through AirDNA.com. Buyer to verify all rental numbers. Price ranges are for the structure and do not include land, site work or utilities.
Land and build, under one roof
Entry 17 in the 2026 Festival of Homes — 1036 E Steam Engine Drive, Brian Head →
Members of
Selected work
Homes built for this climate
Four finished Jacobs Construction homes, photographed end to end — starting with the 2026 Festival of Homes entry in Brian Head. A hundred and one frames between them, every one of them clickable.
Walk through one
Take the tour
Photographs show you the finish. Video shows you the scale — how the rooms actually connect, and what the light does at nine thousand feet.
Why the two of us
Most buyers lose six months in the handoff
You find land through one company. You find a builder through another. Then you spend a season discovering the parcel won't perc, the setbacks kill the view, or nobody can pour until June. We removed that handoff entirely — the agent and the builder walk the lot on the same day, before you write an offer.
The land side
The Griffin Team
AJ Griffin, REALTOR® · Real Estate Essentials St. George
A Southern Utah native who sold 53 homes as a solo agent in 2025 — top 0.5% of REALTORS® nationwide — and who specializes in new construction. Custom dirt builds are the whole practice, not a sideline.
- Lot sourcing in Brian Head, Duck Creek & Cedar Mountain
- Off-market and pre-listing access
- Comps, rental-yield and resale modeling
- Offer strategy, negotiation and closing
The build side
Jacobs Construction
Alton, Utah · Building since 1976
The family developed some of the original Brian Head and Duck Creek home sites in the early 1960s and has been building on them ever since. Full design-build, in-house, with the high-elevation detailing these homes require.
- Design-build custom mountain homes
- Site feasibility, engineering & permitting
- Snow-load, access and short-season planning
- Remodels, additions and outbuildings
Next step
Tell us the mountain. We'll handle the rest.
Whether you already own a parcel or are still deciding between Brian Head and Duck Creek, the first conversation is free and usually saves people a season.