The Gale by Bachman Custom Homes, exterior

BUILT HOME · SOUTH FORK LANDING, GARDEN VALLEY

The Gale.

A mountain home in South Fork Landing, sized for real life in Garden Valley.

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The completed The Gale, a real photograph from Bachman Custom Homes

A BACHMAN CUSTOM HOME

The Gale.

A mountain home in South Fork Landing, sized for real life in Garden Valley.

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From the ground up.

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THE GALE · AN IMAGINED JOURNEY

Inspired by a real home.
Brought to life in motion.

The opening is a real photograph of the finished The Gale from Bachman Custom Homes. Only the construction sequence (foundation, framing, roof) is generated architectural visualization, made with an AI video model from Bachman's own photograph of this home. Everything after it, from the front door to the backyard, is real photographs of the finished home shown with a slow camera move.

The construction sequence is illustrative: the footprint follows the real home, but the stages, crews and equipment are imagined. Generated motion connects real photographs of the rooms, so cuts join separate spaces and some details may differ from the home as built. It is not drone footage, a measured reconstruction or a real 360° tour.

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THE GALE / AT A GLANCE

Room for the everyday.
And everything you love.

The details of The Gale, in photographs from the finished home.

The Gale: bedrooms

3

Bedrooms. A place to unwind. Room to welcome guests.

The Gale: bathrooms

3

Bathrooms. Thoughtful spaces for everyday rituals.

The Gale: garage

2 car

Garage. Room for the cars, the toys and the projects.

The Gale: living area

2,570 sq ft

Living area. Room to gather. Space to make your own.

The Gale: community

South Fork Landing, Garden Valley

Community. Where we built it.

BACHMAN CUSTOM HOMES

Photography of the finished home

The Gale is a finished Bachman Custom Homes build in South Fork Landing, a mountain community in Garden Valley, Idaho. It has 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, a 2-car garage and 2,570 sq ft, with board and batten siding, stone accents, a covered front porch and wide-open views of the valley.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
3
Garage
2 car
Living area
2,570 sq ft
Community
South Fork Landing, Garden Valley
The Gale by Bachman Custom HomesBUILT HOME · SOUTH FORK LANDING, GARDEN VALLEY
01 / THE BUILD

A right-sized
mountain home.

Not every mountain home needs to be enormous. The Gale is one of the most compact homes in our portfolio at 2,570 sq ft, and it still gives every bedroom its own bath: 3 bedrooms and 3 baths, plus a 2-car garage for the gear that comes with life in the mountains.

From the road you see two gabled wings in board and batten, stone at the base of the porch columns and garage piers, dark metal roof accents and a covered entry porch. It reads as a farmhouse that belongs in the valley rather than a city house dropped into the trees.

The Gale by Bachman Custom Homes
02 / HOW WE BUILD

Our own crews,
start to finish.

Like every Bachman home, The Gale was built with most of the work done by our own team. We frame, side, wire, finish and set masonry in-house, and we bring in trusted subcontractors for the rest. That is how we keep quality and schedule in our hands on a mountain build just as we do in town.

Bob and Lisa Bachman run the company together, and we keep an office in Garden Valley as well as Nampa, so a mountain build gets the same attention as one in town. Read more about how our build process works.

The Gale by Bachman Custom Homes
04 / NEXT STEPS

Build a home
like The Gale.

The Gale was a custom build, so the details were shaped around its owners. We can start from a home like this, one of our floor plans, or a blank sheet. Contact Bachman Custom Homes or call Bob at 208-577-8794 to talk through your land, your budget and how you want to live.

QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Frequently asked
questions.

Does Bachman Custom Homes build in Garden Valley?

Yes. We keep offices in Nampa and Garden Valley and have built several homes there, including The Gale, The Marguerite and The Bowen House in South Fork Landing and The Terrace Lakes Cabin in Northridge at Terrace Lakes. Mountain builds get the same owner attention and communication as our Treasure Valley homes.

How big is The Gale?

The Gale has 2,570 sq ft of living space with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and a 2-car garage. It is one of the smaller homes we have built, which makes it a good example of how a modest footprint can still feel open, with a bath for every bedroom and a covered porch.

Sources

1 references, all public
  1. Bachman Custom Homes, The Gale page (old site, captured Oct 2026)

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