Since 1970, we have been designing and producing beautiful, high quality, customized, and affordable home, barn, garage and cabin kits, for people who want to construct their own building for cost savings, and to gain the satisfaction of assembling their own building. In addition to our "standard" kits, we design and produce custom kits for one or two-story homes, based on your plans and/or ideas. We can produce ranch houses, colonials, capes, and more. Let us know what you have in mind for your new home, and we will work with you to create a design for your kit. Our lead times generally range from 4-5 weeks.
More than 85% of our kits have been assembled by people with no prior building experience. Click on the "Press" or "Testimonials" links at the top of this page to learn more about us.
Our kit buildings are carefully precut, allowing you to assemble your building quickly and error free, with substantial cost savings, and without power tools, lifts or cranes. The time and labor savings, and the elimination of errors, that come from buying a precision precut kit, versus a kit that is not precut, can not be over-emphasized! A precut building eliminates the hundreds of measurements, cuts and other operations that are necessary in a kit that is not precut. A kit that is not precut may require you to perform operations with which you are not familiar or comfortable, using tools with which you are not comfortable. Because all of the components of our kits are clearly labeled for ease of assembly, and designed so that two people can handle each piece, the assembly process goes quickly. Your building will come with a detailed Construction Manual, specifically written for your kit.
Our kits are customized to meet the specific needs of each individual customer, including size, features and options. We offer many options, including doors, windows, skylights, porches, decks, larger roof overhangs, dormers, cathedral ceilings, stairs and more. We can produce a kit that is part barn/garage, and part living space. We also offer our Green Home Kit, which will contribute important points towards certification to the national Green Building Standard.
Architects and engineers designed our buildings, so you can be assured that they are structurally sound. We can design for high wind, high snow, seismic and wildfire zones. Our kits meet the national building code for all 50 states and the Canadian Provinces, as well as local codes. We ship internationally, as well. We guarantee our prices and your delivery date. Our sturdy Post & Beam framing system allows for a lot of flexibility in creating open floor plans, and the placement of doors, windows and floor openings. We offer free technical support before, during and after your project. We will spend the necessary time to understand what you want, and we will do our best to meet your goals at an affordable price.
We encourage you to send us an email, or give us a call, to discuss your needs. We will be glad to work with you to create a building that is just what you want.
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