NIELSONDEVELOPMENT
The Crimson Shadows Estate pool at dusk, lit under string lights
High-End Residential

Homes built to acommercial standard.

Luxury custom homes, residential communities and major renovations across Washington County — delivered with the schedule discipline, buying power and supervision of a commercial contractor.

Scope

What we
build.

Four ways we work with homeowners and residential developers in Southern Utah and Montana.

Luxury custom homes

One-off homes designed around the site, the view and the way you actually live. Stone, steel, timber and glass detailed properly.

Residential communities

Multi-lot development from entitlement through vertical construction, with the horizontal infrastructure handled in-house.

Renovation & remodeling

Whole-house remodels and additions on homes worth the investment — structural work included, not just finishes.

Owner representation

Already have an architect and a builder? We will represent your interests on budget, schedule and quality.

Detail

The finish is the whole argument.

Anybody can frame a house. The difference shows up at the reveals, the transitions and the places where two materials meet.

The Crimson Shadows Estate at dusk, porch and eaves lit
The Crimson Shadows Estate from the air, flag flying against the red cliffs
Tennis and basketball courts built into the lava rock at a Nielson Development custom home
Why it matters

Why hire a commercial
contractor for a house?

01

Commercial discipline on a residential site

Critical-path scheduling, a superintendent who is physically there, and trade coordination run the way a $10M commercial job requires. Most custom home delays are sequencing failures, not material failures.

02

We buy like a commercial contractor

Concrete, steel, lumber and mechanical are purchased at volumes set by our commercial pipeline. That pricing follows your project instead of the usual residential markup.

03

Our own money is in the ground

We develop and hold our own real estate. When we tell you a scope is not worth the money, it is because we have made that decision with our own capital.

04

We are still here afterward

Scott Nielson graduated from Hurricane High School and has been building in Washington County since 1997. The warranty call goes to someone who is not leaving.

Southern Utah

Tell us about the home.

Lot, plans, budget, timeline — or just an idea and a piece of ground. We will give you an honest read on what it takes to build it here.