Our History

Universal Homes, a Prescott Valley AZ home builder, was formed in 1952 by the Anderson Family in Phoenix, AZ.  Between 1952 and 1985, when the Company was sold to its current owners, the Company focused on constructing single family, attached and detached homes in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Glendale, AZ.  Both the attached and detached home products were generally semi-custom homes with the detached product constructed on larger home lots (12,000+ sf)

In 1985, the Anderson family sold its interests in Universal Homes to the Contadino family.  Universal Homes was added to other Contadino Family home building (Coventry Homes) and mortgage banking (Fairmount Mortgage) companies.  Between 1985 and 1990, Universal Homes continued to build higher end, semi-custom homes, while Coventry Homes maintained a separate market niche of more moderately priced home offerings.

At the end of 1990, the Contadino Family sold Coventry Homes and Fairmount Mortgage to the Del Webb Corporation.  Contadino, and his management team, joined Del Webb Corporation to begin its non-active adult community development business.  At that time, Universal Homes suspended its home building activities.

Between 1991 and 1997, Del Webb’s Coventry Homes, under Contadino’s leadership as Executive Vice President of the Del Webb Corporation, grew the business to include home building operations in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Orange County, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, with new home deliveries exceeding 2,000 homes per year.

In 1998, Contadino resigned his positions with the Del Webb Corporation and reactivated Universal Homes.  The Contadino Family teamed up with the Fain Family in Prescott Valley, Arizona, to form Granville Development Co., Inc., a jointly owned entity.  This entity is developing the 1,200 acre master planned community known as Granville.  From the Master Planned Community’s inception, Universal Homes has purchased improved lots from Granville Development Company, and offered a variety of housing products and amenities.

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