At Forge & Bow, we design and build homes with timeless craftsmanship and intentional detail-spaces meant to be lived in, cherished, and passed on for generations. Whether it’s your first build or your tenth, the journey of creating or remodeling a home is exciting, and at Forge & Bow, we’re passionate about guiding you through it. Building a custom home requires countless decisions, but our team ensures the process feels clear, manageable, and rewarding.
From the very start, our pre-construction process lays the groundwork for success. We take time to understand your vision and values, partnering with skilled architects, designers, and craftsmen to shape a home that reflects your lifestyle. Through early collaboration, thoughtful planning, and value engineering, we bring clarity and alignment to every detail before construction begins-protecting architectural and design integrity and maximizing your investment.
We promise open communication, the highest quality standards, and unwavering dedication to your peace of mind and the joy of seeing your dream home come to life.
From the earliest stages, we encourage you to involve our team so we can set your project up for success. Together, we will consult with you and your design team, review surveys and project plans, and establish a realistic target budget. Conduct regular budget check-ins throughout the process to ensure financial goals remain on track. Collaborate with trade professionals and artisans to secure accurate bidding and Manage jurisdictional coordination, including submitting permits with municipalities. For a more detailed breakdown, see below:
Additionally, our team can serve as your dedicated interior design partner, ensuring your new build is cohesive from the architectural vision to the final lived-in details.
Custom pricing is available to suit your unique goals, with both fixed and hybrid options.
A change order is a formal written amendment to a contract, most often used in construction, that adjusts the original scope of work, timeline, or cost. It clearly documents the modification and requires approval from all parties involved, ensuring alignment and agreement before any changes are carried out.
Because every custom project is unique, we’d love to talk through the details with you. Give us a call to set up a consultation.
Yes! If you’d like to include interior design services, we’ll provide a separate proposal outlining the design process. We encourage you to let us know as early as possible so collaboration can begin right from the start.
Yes. Our Production Manager, Cody Pinkham, holds the highest level of Passive House certification. This advanced credential demonstrates his expertise in energy-efficient building practices, sustainable design, and high-performance construction methods. With Cody’s knowledge, we are able to integrate Passive House principles into your project, delivering superior energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, and long-term cost savings, without compromising on comfort or design.
You will be introduced to a dedicated project manager who will serve as your main point of contact once construction begins. To ensure every project receives the attention it deserves, our project managers are intentionally assigned a limited number of jobs at a time, typically two, and at most three during peak periods. This approach allows them to stay fully engaged with your project while maintaining clear communication and oversight. In addition, our office support staff provides another layer of organization and care, ensuring your project is managed with efficiency and attention to detail.
We’d like to schedule an in-office consultation to review your vision and design plans, meet with you, and gain a clear understanding of your goals. From there, we’ll visit the site and brief our team so we can begin budgeting and estimating. We’ll collaborate closely with you throughout this stage and assist with the permitting process, including submissions to the appropriate municipalities.
Before we can provide a full estimate, the plan set needs to be ready for submission. You can verify this with your architect. Once the architectural and engineered plans, often called the “bid set”, are prepared, we can handle permit applications and submissions on your behalf.
We’d also like to understand where you are in the process: Have materials been fully specified? Once we have this information, we can provide a more accurate project estimate. Typically, the estimating process takes around 8 weeks.
Yes. We work with licensed general contractors and are experienced with multiple municipalities along the Front Range. Depending on your project’s scope, additional permit applications may be required beyond the standard building permit. Our preconstruction team will collaborate closely with your architectural team to ensure all necessary documentation and collateral are prepared for a smooth submittal process.
During the design process, we will learn details about the project, your lifestyle, and your goals for the project. That means we will work together to come up with an initial budget only AFTER we have a conceptual design. Your involvement will be essential, as your ideas and feedback will guide us. Once the architectural and interior design is complete, we will then determine a final budget. It is important to note that we cannot determine the project’s cost until we fully comprehend the details of your design.
Our work adheres to the NAHB Residential Construction Guidelines, ensuring that every project meets recognized industry standards for quality and durability. For renovated homes or additions, our warranty applies only to defects directly resulting from the work we perform. It does not cover pre-existing conditions, influenced from prior work, or elements outside the defined scope of our contract. This approach ensures that you have clear expectations while providing protection for the aspects of your home that we are responsible for.
Warranty Coverage: 1 year: Coverage for work outside of walls, including finishes and exterior elements. 2 years: Coverage for work inside walls, such as plumbing, electrical, and interior systems. 8 years: Coverage for structural components, including the foundation, framing, and load-bearing elements.
