Custom Home Builder in ArrowCreek — Reno, NV

Daoust Design & Construction builds inside ArrowCreek — the guard-gated, 3,200-acre golf community in the southwest Reno foothills. Our ground-up custom home at Indigo Run was built inside these gates, from site work through final finish. One team handles design, engineering, HOA design review, Washoe County permitting, and construction.

Building in ArrowCreek is different

ArrowCreek has roughly 1,081 homesites across its 3,200 acres — about 575 of them custom home sites from a third of an acre to five-plus acres, many backing the two championship golf courses or looking across the Truckee Meadows at the city lights. The setting is why people buy here. It’s also why building here rewards experience.

HOA design review comes first. ArrowCreek’s architectural review is thorough — materials, colors, massing, landscaping, and site plan are all reviewed before Washoe County ever sees your plans. We design to the guidelines from day one and manage the full submittal package, so review strengthens the project instead of stalling it.

Real slope, real granite. Many of the best view lots carry meaningful grade and shallow rock. Foundations, retaining, drainage, and driveway geometry need foothill engineering — exactly the site work you can see in our Indigo Run build.

High-desert fire country. Sagebrush foothills mean defensible space, ignition-resistant materials, and ember-conscious detailing are design inputs, not afterthoughts — they keep the home insurable and the insurance bill sane.

Elevation weather. Wind exposure, snow events, and 40-degree daily temperature swings shape everything from roof design to material choices. We build for the foothills because we live and work in them.

Washoe County jurisdiction. ArrowCreek permits run through Washoe County, not the City of Reno. We work the county’s permit path constantly — grading through final — and manage it on your behalf.

What we build in ArrowCreek

Ground-up custom homes — lot evaluation, architecture coordination, HOA submittal, permitting, and construction under one contract.

Major remodels and additions — ArrowCreek’s earliest homes are now 25+ years old, and we modernize them to current tastes, systems, and fire-hardening standards.

Outdoor living — covered patios, decks, and fire-wise landscape structures built for golf-course and view lots.

Why ArrowCreek owners choose Daoust

We’ve built inside these gates. Walk through our Indigo Run build — a ground-up ArrowCreek custom home, through this community’s design review and onto the same granite and grade as your lot.

Design-build, one team. Architecture, engineering coordination, and construction under one roof — no finger-pointing between your architect and your builder.

Licensed in Nevada and California. NV NSCB #0089925 · CA CSLB #987601 — insured and bonded to a $7.9M-per-project limit — capacity most residential contractors don't carry.

Straight answers on cost. We publish real local numbers — see our guides to what it costs to build a custom home in Reno and building on a sloped foothill lot.

Owner on every job. You work directly with Jed Daoust, founder and qualifier on both licenses, from walk-through to keys.

The free walk-your-lot consultation

Own a lot in ArrowCreek — or evaluating one before you buy? We’ll walk it with you, free, about an hour, no obligation. We assess the building envelope and HOA guideline implications, driveway approach and grading, utility connections at your lot line, defensible space and fire-hardening implications, view corridors and solar orientation, and give you a realistic budget range and timeline. You’ll leave knowing what your lot can do, whether you build with us or not.

Send us your parcel number at daoustdc.com/walk-your-lot, call (775) 833-8686, or email info@daoustdc.com.

Frequently asked questions about building in ArrowCreek

How long does it take to build a custom home in ArrowCreek?
Plan on 4–7 months for design and approvals (HOA design review plus Washoe County permits) and 12–18 months of construction for a typical custom home, depending on size, site complexity, and winter weather.

What does it cost to build in ArrowCreek?
Most true custom homes in Reno’s foothill communities land between $500 and $700+ per square foot depending on finish level and site conditions — sloped or rock-heavy lots add site-work cost. Our Reno cost guide breaks down the numbers.

Are there still vacant lots in ArrowCreek?
Yes — custom lots still come to market regularly, both never-built sites and resales. If you’re evaluating one before you buy, that’s the ideal time for a lot walk — we’ll tell you what the lot can do before you’re committed.

Do ArrowCreek lots have utilities?
ArrowCreek is served by underground utilities, but what’s stubbed to your specific lot — and what connection costs look like — varies. Verifying it is part of our free walk-through.

How strict is ArrowCreek’s design review?
Thorough, and that’s a good thing — it protects the community’s look and your resale value. The review covers architecture, materials, colors, landscaping, and site plan. We prepare and manage the full submittal package and design to the guidelines from the start — the difference between one review cycle and three.

What about wildfire insurance?
Insurability is a design input now. Ignition-resistant construction, defensible space, and documented fire-hardening measurably improve your insurance position — covered in our guide to how the Tahoe insurance crisis is changing new builds.

Daoust Design and Construction · Reno, NV · (775) 833-8686 · Licensed, insured & bonded to $7.9M per project · NV NSCB #0089925 · CA CSLB #987601 · Serving ArrowCreek, Galena, Montreux, St. James’s Village, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, and Truckee