Prescott, Arizona · Custom Home Builder

Designed and built by the same two hands.

Jeff and Melanie Davis have designed and built custom homes across Prescott and Northern Arizona for more than thirty years. Every floor plan, every material, every decision is made personally, from foundation to finish.

Warm Sky Residence · Prescott, AZ · 2023

The Practice of Building

We don’t build houses. We build the quiet, the light at four o’clock, the way a room holds a family. Then we build the walls around it.

Selected Works · Prescott, Arizona

Portfolio

03 Residences
Northern Arizona

Granite Ridge, a French Country custom home in Prescott, Arizona, stone entry at evening

Prescott, AZ

Granite Ridge

Area
2,500 sq ft
Program
French Country residence
Year
2022
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Warm Sky Residence, a Rustic Old World custom home in Prescott, Arizona at golden hour

Prescott, AZ

Warm Sky Residence

Area
3,200 sq ft
Program
Rustic Old World residence
Year
2023
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Cedar Ridge, a Craftsman-style custom home in Prescott, Arizona at dusk

Prescott, AZ

Cedar Ridge

Area
2,500 sq ft
Program
Rustic Contemporary residence
Year
2022
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Each home is a numbered study in what is possible.

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Design · Build · Dwell

“Will this still feel right in twenty years?” is the only question we let into the room.
Jeff and Melanie Davis, co-founders of By Design Builders LLC, Prescott AZ

The Practice · Prescott, Arizona

Two people.
One name on the door.

Jeff and Melanie Davis have designed and built custom homes in Prescott since 1992. Every project carries both names. Every finish, every floor plan, and every site decision is handled in house, without a handoff, by the people whose name is on the door.

50+ Years combinedexperience
120+ Residencescompleted
100% Referral &repeat clients

Jeff and Melanie Davis

Meet the Practice

The Setting · 5,400 Feet

Granite, ponderosa, and a mile-high sky. The land comes first.

Cool summers, alpine lakes, and a historic downtown ten minutes from every home we’ve built. Our clients don’t just choose a house. They choose this.

The Granite Dells rock formations outside Prescott, Arizona at sunset
The Granite Dells
Ponderosa pines in the Prescott National Forest at golden hour
Prescott National Forest
The historic Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in downtown Prescott, Arizona
Courthouse Plaza

The Jeff Davis Family

One name.
Three disciplines.

The same family behind the land, the homes, and the interiors.

Land Development

Jeff Davis Group

Thirty-five years developing Prescott’s most respected communities and land holdings.

Prescott, AZ jeffdavisgroup.com
Design + Build

By Design Builders

Custom homes designed and built under one roof by Jeff and Melanie Davis since 1992.

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Interior Design

Adorn Interior Designs

Melanie Davis’s studio. Every interior is developed alongside the structure, never after.