Seattle Custom Home Builder

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.