Innovation. Quality. Integrity.
Custom Home Builders in Durango, CO
Ready to Build Your Ideal Home With Modern Touches
Agave Durango specializes in custom homes that are designed for efficiency, built to the highest standards, and created uniquely for each customer. We work very closely with each client, to ensure that their homes reflect their dreams and at the same time, are designed to maximize spacing and minimize costs. We care as deeply about our community, Durango, and so each home we build is mindful of the surrounding natural landscape, the character of the community, and the desire for privacy. It’s how we built our reputation; it’s what we believe in. No matter your needs and if you are considering new construction or renovation, we have you covered. Let’s work together to create your new home.
Innovation & Professionalism
Mark Williamson and James Philippon joined forces in 2012 to form what is now Agave Durango, a thoughtful home building company. We continue to build this company by combining structural aesthetics with forward-looking design and a shared dedication to professionalism. Clients appreciate our designs and ideas as innovative Southwest builders with a deep appreciation for thoughtful layouts and construction and the surrounding land’s inherent beauty. We take your style and integrate it into original home designs to create genuine reflections of your vision and building goals. Mark and James work together to deliver outstanding residential options emphasizing aesthetics and craftsmanship.
Quality Home Building & Remodeling
Agave Durango’s communities are located within city limits as residential pockets with designs honoring each location. Our custom home building and remodeling go beyond standard pop-up neighborhoods with matchstick construction. Instead, we focus on meeting each client’s unique desires and lifestyle by collaborating on the design and paying attention to every detail. If you need us to remodel an existing structure, our team maximizes your space potential to create your dream home. We can perform various levels of remodels, from simple refreshes to complete structural renovations. Our goal is to ensure we support your vision and lifestyle in a home that fits your style and budget.
Integrity Driven Custom Home Builders at Agave Durango
With Agave Durango, you don’t have to sacrifice your ideal residential vision to fit a contractor’s unimaginative design. We want you to move into a home that supports your daily life and aesthetic style in a community of neighbors with similar building and design needs. Let us create a haven for you and your family to thrive and enjoy life.
Our Featured Projects
Each custom home that Agave designs and builds reflects decades of experience and knowledge. We infuse each project with style, craft and creativity suited to the needs of our clients. A hallmark of our work is a design that fits the landscape, as well as the personalities and lifestyle of the homeowners.
Cultivating Your Durango Residence
Our nine-stage process, inspired by the cultivation of the agave plant, meticulously transforms your vision into a bespoke residence seamlessly integrated with Durango’s mountain landscape. Each stage corresponds to one of the nine agave leaves in our logo’s rosette, symbolizing the progressive development of your project through distinct botanical phases. This framework ensures exceptional craftsmanship and a client-centric approach, tailored to Durango’s unique setting.
1. First Agave Leaf: Share Your Vision
Just as agave farmers select the best plants to start their crop, this step begins by understanding your vision for your home.
● What We’re Doing: We’ll meet with you at our office to discuss your design preferences, lifestyle needs, timeline and budget. We may also walk through a project under construction to show you our work firsthand.
● What You Get: A clear understanding of your vision, ready for us to evaluate your property.
2. Second Agave Leaf: Evaluate Your Property
Agave farmers choose the right land for planting—this step ensures your property is ready for construction.
● What We’re Doing: We’ll visit your property to assess soil conditions, topography, water, sewer/septic and solar exposure. We will assess any required HOA requirements and conduct any soil tests or required surveys.
● What You Get: A detailed property evaluation, prepared for the design phase.
3. Third Agave Leaf: Design Your Home
Like young agave plants growing their first leaves, this step creates the initial design for your home.
● What We’re Doing: Our design team will collaborate with you to develop preliminary floor plans and exterior views, providing 3D renderings to help you visualize your home. We’ll also begin gathering quotes from our trusted builders and suppliers to estimate
costs.
● What You Get: A preliminary design for your home and an initial budget, ready for adjustments.
4. Fourth Agave Leaf: Finalize Your Design
As agave plants develop their full shape, we’ll refine your home’s design to ensure it’s exactly what you want.
● What We’re Doing: Through a series of meetings with the design team at Agave, we will craft your home design, paying close attention to every last detail.
● What You Get: Finalized plans, ready to apply for permits.
5. Fifth Agave Leaf: Obtain Your Permits
Agave farmers prepare the soil before planting—this step gets all the necessary approvals to start building.
● What We’re Doing: Agave will walk your project through each step of the permitting process. While you work with our design team to begin selecting specific selections for your home, our construction team will finalize all bids and estimates we have received
for your project.
● What You Get: All permits, and a final budget ready for your approval.
6. Sixth Agave Leaf: Prepare Your Property
Once the soil is ready for agave, planting begins—this step gets your property set for construction.
● What We’re Doing: While Agave prepares the site and begins construction, you will continue your work with our design team, completing your work finalizing all selections.
● What You Get: Your site fully prepared for construction, with all critical path selections completed. We will post our initial schedule so we can track our progress vs. baseline and keep you updated on important milestones.
7. Seventh Agave Leaf: Build Your Foundation
As agave plants grow strong and sturdy, we’ll build the foundation of your home to last.
● What We’re Doing: Our experienced local project manager will be onsite daily to ensure each detail is executed flawlessly. You will receive regular updates from the jobsite
through BuilderTrend.
● What You Get: A solid foundation, ready for the next phase, culminating in an onsite frame walk with the design and construction teams.
8. Eighth Agave Leaf: Finish Your Home
When agave plants are fully grown, they’re at their best—this step completes your home with all the final details.
● What We’re Doing: It’s all about the details—as your home takes shape you will work with our design team to finalize any last outstanding items.
● What You Get: As project timelines become more critical, we will be updating you weekly on any changes to our estimated completion date.
9. Ninth Agave Leaf: Move In and Thrive
Harvesting agave yields its best rewards—this step delivers your home and sets you up for the future.
● What We’re Doing: Our quality control process begins well before the home is complete and culminates in a home orientation with you, where we will review all aspects of your home’s systems and functionality.
● What You Get: A bespoke residence, fully delivered, designed to thrive for generations as an enduring legacy.
Agave Durango
Address
564 E 2nd Ave #101, Durango, CO 81301
Phone
(970) 403-5797
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday:
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM