"We hired MNBE to build our ADU in Bellevue, and the entire experience was amazing. They handled everything from foundations and framing to kitchen, siding, windows and HVAC."
Zena Heywood
Bellevue, WA · Attached ADU
FIVE-STAR RATEDRATED ON GOOGLE
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Seattle Custom Home Builder
MNBE designs and builds ground up custom homes and whole home rebuilds across Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and the Eastside, design through final inspection, one team, one contract. King, Snohomish & Pierce County.
Design build, one contract
Permits handled in house
Founder led since 2006
What We Build
Ground up custom homes, built for your lot.
We are a custom home builder serving Seattle and the Eastside, from Bellevue and Kirkland to Redmond, Sammamish, and Mercer Island. We design and build the whole home, from the first sketch to the final inspection, so you never manage an architect, a separate contractor, and a permit expediter yourself. It is one founder led team and one contract.
New construction takes a few forms. Most projects start as custom home builds on a lot you own or are buying, while a whole home teardown rebuild in Seattle replaces a tired house on a great lot. On the right parcel we also build HB 1110 middle housing such as duplexes and townhomes, plus infill new construction on smaller urban lots. Every one of these begins with a site feasibility study that confirms slope, soils, utilities, access, and zoning before we design. We work in modern Pacific Northwest design built for our light, our weather, and our hillsides, and you can pair a primary home plus an ADU, since Washington's HB 1337 now allows up to two accessory dwelling units on most single family lots. We handle design, permits, and construction for all of it, and after a free consultation we will tell you what your lot will actually support.
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Why Build With MNBE
A working builder, not a sales office.
Founder Aharon Ben Elisha has built in the Pacific Northwest since 2006. More about MNBE →
20+ years
Building in the PNW
Founder Aharon Ben Elisha has built here since 2006.
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Contract, start to finish
Design through final inspection, one team, no handoffs.
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Counties served
King, Snohomish, and Pierce, across Seattle and the Eastside.
Five-starrated on Google
By Seattle homeowners
Founder supervised on every build, licensed and insured.
What does it cost to build a custom home in Seattle?
Priced to your lot.
Every home is priced to your specific lot and plan, never a generic per square foot number. The lot itself is the biggest variable, slope and soils, utility connections, access, off street parking, and finish level move the total far more than square footage does, so we walk the property and study feasibility first. After we design to your goals you get a written fixed price that covers design, permits, and construction, and the number we sign is the number we build to.
Every MNBE home includes
- Architectural design and feasibility
- Structural engineering coordination
- Permits, plan check corrections, and inspections
- Full construction by our own licensed crew
- One fixed price contract, founder supervised
How It Works
From first consult to keys, one team.
No handoffs and no surprises. Here is exactly how your custom home goes from idea to a finished, move in ready home.
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Free consult
We sit down, learn your goals, walk the lot if you have one, and talk budget and timeline.
No cost
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Design & feasibility
We design your home and confirm slope, soils, utilities, access, and zoning support it, then put it to a written fixed price.
Fixed price
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Permits
We prepare and submit to your city, answer every plan check correction ourselves, and schedule the inspections.
We handle it
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Build
One licensed crew, founder supervised, from foundation to finishes, on the fixed price we signed.
Founder led
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Keys
Final inspection, certificate of occupancy, and a finished home ready to move into.
Move in ready
Reviews
What Seattle homeowners say about building with MNBE.
Verified five star reviews from owners who built their custom home, whole home rebuild, or addition with us.
"We hired MNBE for a full renovation of our 100 year old home and the results exceeded expectations, structural upgrades, new insulation, a luxury bathroom, a high end kitchen, a new roof and mini split AC."
Dave Gierok
Sammamish, WA · Whole home renovation
"We hired MNBE for a major exterior renovation: a 900 sq ft custom deck with metal railings, full exterior painting and new siding. From start to finish the experience was exceptional, responsive, meticulous and patient."
Santosh S.
Redmond, WA · Deck & exterior
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FAQs · What Clients Ask Us
The custom home questions Seattle homeowners ask before they hire.
Real answers from a real builder. Call us if yours isn't here. We answer the phone Monday through Saturday.
Plan on roughly a year and a half to two years from first consult to final inspection, longer for a large or highly detailed home. That spans design and engineering, permitting at Seattle SDCI, and construction. At SDCI a simple new home targets about a two week initial review, while a structurally complex home runs closer to eight weeks, plus corrections.
Design build means one team designs and builds your home under one contract, giving you a single point of accountability instead of a handoff between an architect and a separate general contractor. That handoff is where most cost surprises and change orders come from. Because we price as we design, you see a real number before construction starts, with no finger pointing.
Yes. We build on lots our clients already own, lots they're buying, and lots where an existing house comes down for a whole home rebuild. Before you commit, we walk the property and review slope, soils, utilities, access, and zoning so you know what the lot will support. That feasibility step is part of keeping the final price honest.
Yes, and it's one of the smartest ways to use a Seattle lot. Under Washington's HB 1337, effective July 2024, cities in urban growth areas must allow up to two accessory dwelling units on single family lots, with no owner occupancy requirement. We design and build your primary home plus a second unit under one design build contract, for rental income or multigenerational living.
Everything from the first sketch to the keys. That includes architectural design, structural engineering coordination, the full permit submittal and plan check corrections at your city, construction by our own licensed crew, and the inspections through certificate of occupancy. It is one written fixed price and one founder led team, so you never manage an architect, a separate contractor, and a permit expediter yourself.
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Contact information
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(206) 637 0044
info@mnbe-wa.com
2014 Fairview Ave Unit 2308, Seattle, WA 98121