• that some toilets save approximately 3,200 gallons of water per toilet per year
• An upgrade to R-50 insulation in the attic and R-30 in the walls – costs more up front but pays for itself in less than 5 years
• That inefficient windows and doors cost Americans $40 billion each year in higher utilities, and waste as much energy as the US gets from the Alaska pipeline!  Look into Energy Star windows
• If every household replaced just one light bulb with a compact fluorescent or cold cathode bulb, it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing one million cars from the road per year

We are getting ready to frame the 3,043sf Sweetgrass Lodge at the Ranches at Belt Creek, near Great Falls Montana.  This showcase home features Montana Moss real stone, rough sawn cedar trim, reclaimed wainscot in the great room and dining room, log accents, and solid knotty alder interior doors.  The mountain views are indescribable.

Montana Build is pleased to partner with the following communities as a featured builder.  We invite you to visit these developments to see for yourself the quality and attention to detail we strive for here at Montana Build.

Notable Montana communities we serve include:

* Saddlehorn, Bigfork
* The Idaho Club, Sandpoint, Idaho
* Wilderness Club, Eureka
* Stock Farm, Hamilton
* The Ranches at Belt Creek, Great Falls
* Rock Creek Cattle Company, Deer Lodge
* Tamarack Heights, Columbia Falls
* Starling, Kalispell
* Stillwaters on the Clark Fork, Missoula
* Spanish Peaks, Big Sky
* Iron Horse, Whitefish

Montana Build of the Flathead Valley and General One of the Bitterroot Valley are centralizing operations to a new Montana Build headquarters in Bigfork, Montana.  The combined entity improves Montana Build’s ability to serve the majority of Western Montana with a more diversified list of construction services.  Traditional, timber frame, log and hybrid homes as well as condominiums, commercial and retail are all within the proven capabilities of Montana Build’s Construction Team.  Notable communities we serve include:

· Saddlehorn, Bigfork

· Wilderness Club, Eureka

· Stock Farm, Hamilton

· The Ranches at Belt Creek, Great Falls

· Rock Creek Cattle Company, Deer Lodge

· Tamarack Heights, Columbia Falls

· Starling, Kalispell

· Stillwaters on the Clark Fork, Missoula

· Spanish Peaks, Big Sky

· Iron Horse, Whitefish

The new team has moved into its second decade of effectuating progressive building practices into homes of exceptional quality and distinction.  As a leader in the sustainability movement, Montana Build is completing one of the first ever LEED Gold rated residential buildings in Montana as certified by the US Green Building Council.

With the help of the dedicated and highly skilled teams they have created, Montana Build offers fixed bid pricing based on your building plans.  As Paul often says, “it ensures that we stay friends at the end.”  Paul and Colton have cultivated very strong relationships with the most reliable and professional trades and suppliers in Montana….a critical factor in their ability to consistently deliver quality work with priority scheduling and excellent pricing.

The Colter Cabin is complete!  The first cabin in the Trading Post neighborhood had its debut in the 2008 Parade of Homes.  Countless people were impressed with its layout and creative finishes including the old utility pole beams in the great room, concrete countertops, and claw foot tub.  Give us a call for a personal tour!

As a leader in the sustainability movement, we just completed one of the first LEED homes in Montana and are making eco-friendly building practices a new way of doing business. We welcome the opportunity to visit with you about how reducing, re-using, and recycling, mean not only taking care of the environment, it also means cost savings to you!

We specialize in working with developers from concept and approvals to completion ensuring you a successful project, which is on time, and within budget. The Branding Iron Station is an 11,845 sf office/retail building with old west style that adds character and beauty to the north entrance of Bigfork. Within sixteen months we successfully determined the best use of a property, marketed the project, and are now realizing the benefits of a successful office/retail building in Bigfork, having the building sold and 70% leased prior to completion.

Bring your business, and join a successful wine market and espresso bar, interior designer, florist and bridal shop, seamstress, and wellness center.  You’ll love it here!

Stock Farm’s 2,600 acres of gently southwest-facing hills embrace the expanse of the Bitterroot Valley and Bitterroot Mountain Range. As a Stock Farm resident, you will have the choice of two distinct land settings on this diverse property;  In the eastern foothills of the Sapphire Range, Mountain Homes lay unseen in the trees and command wide views of the valley below. On the lower prairie lands, the Ranch Homes are situated on large ranch parcels, giving you plenty of room for taking in the expansive valley views.

Tamarack Heights sits on the Meadow Lake Golf Course in Columbia Falls, Montana, which is considered the gateway to Glacier National Park.  The Park boasts glacial lakes, waterfalls, meadows, 1000 species of plants and wildlife and more than 700 miles of hiking trails.

Tamarack Heights offers 182 home sites surrounded by mountains, lakes, and rivers.  They offer an 18-hole golf course and pro shop, community picnic areas, with playgrounds and a sand volleyball court.

Nearby you will find miles of hiking trails, winter skiing – both downhill and cross country – boating and fishing.  Visit the town of Columbia Falls, or venture out to Whitefish, Kalispell or Bigfork and enjoy the number of restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues.

Montana Build is breaking ground on a 2,700sf showcase home featuring outstanding views, hardwood floors, open floor plan, and large picture window.  Construction scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2009, just in time for you to come and enjoy the season!