Custom home builder

From the lot to the lights on.

We design and build a few custom homes a year, from the first walk on your land to the night you move in. One team, one fixed price.

Six homes a year.One crew, lot to keys.

The builder

We only take on a few homes at a time, so the people who draw your house are the people who build it.

A timber frame standing on its lot at golden hour, forest and water behind

How a Tenon home happens

  1. 01 / 03 — The land

    We start on your lot.

    Before anything is drawn, we walk the land with you: the sun, the slope, the trees worth keeping and the view you want from the kitchen.

  2. 02 / 03 — The price

    One fixed price, in writing.

    Drawings, engineering and a line-by-line price, all agreed before we break ground. The number does not move unless you change the house.

  3. 03 / 03 — The build

    One crew, lot to keys.

    Our own carpenters cut and raise the frame. You get photos and a short note every Friday until you move in.

A great room under exposed timber trusses, a stone fireplace and windows over an inlet

The Inlet House. Douglas fir trusses, pegged by hand.

What we build

Homes made to stay a long time.

Fixed price

Agreed in writing before we break ground.

Friday updates

Photos and a short note every week of the build.

10-year warranty

On the structure, with a walk-through after your first year.

The finished home at dusk, every window lit, the front door open

Start with a walk on your lot.

Book a lot visit