Woodhouse The Timber Frame Company

What Woodhouse The Timber Frame Company does

Woodhouse, The Timber Frame Company, is a US-based custom timber frame home designer and manufacturer founded in 1979 (originally as Solar Northern Inc., rebranded in 1986) and headquartered in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. The company designs, engineers, CNC-cuts, and ships timber frame home packages built with traditional mortise and tenon joinery and enclosed with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). Its product portfolio spans custom and pre-designed residential homes (a library of 90+ floor plans across 20+ architectural styles), an Outdoor Series of pavilions, pergolas, and gazebos, and a non-residential line covering breweries, wineries, restaurants, churches, and municipal structures. Supporting offerings include in-house architectural design, 3D fly-through visualization, a Dream Home Budget Calculator, and the industry's only transferable lifetime warranty on timber frames.

The business operates on a custom project-by-project, quote-based pricing model, with homes typically priced 10-20% above comparable stick-built construction. Go-to-market combines a Regional Project Manager direct-sales force covering US territories, an Independent Representative channel program, a builder/dealer installation network, and direct consumer engagement via website and toll-free phone. Primary customers are high-net-worth individuals and families building custom residences, vacation homes, and legacy properties, with secondary demand from architects/designers and commercial/institutional clients. The company completes 30-50 projects per year across all 50 US states and select international markets, and has delivered over 1,000 projects since founding under a privately held, founder-owner governance structure with no institutional capital.

Name

Woodhouse The Timber Frame Company

Legal name

Woodhouse The Timber Frame Company

Website

https://timberframe1.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Woodhouse is a privately held US designer and manufacturer of custom timber frame home packages, using mortise and tenon joinery with SIPs enclosure. It serves high-net-worth residential buyers and commercial clients across all 50 states and select international markets via a Regional Project Manager and Independent Representative sales model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Timber Frame Home Manufacturing

NAICS

Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing (321992), Engineered Wood Member Manufacturing (321215)

SIC

Prefabricated Wood Bldgs & Components (2452), Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430)

akta.pro primary industry

Prefabricated Engineered Wood Building Components (Trusses, SIPs, EWP Kits) (IMAMACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Modular & Prefabricated Home Construction (IMAFABAF), Mass Timber & Structural Engineered Wood (CLT, Glulam, NLT/DLT) (IMADADAC), Outdoor Living Structures Retail (Sheds, Gazebos, Pergolas, Greenhouses) (CRAIAIAG)

Keywords

• Timber frame homes
• Custom home packages
• Structural insulated panels
• Mortise and tenon joinery
• Pre-designed floor plans

Headquarters

HQ city

Mansfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Timber Frame Home Packages: Complete custom timber frame home packages including design, manufacturing of precision-cut timbers, SIPs, windows, doors, and comprehensive dried-in shell packages. Customers work with RPMs and designers throughout the process.
2. Design Services: In-house architectural design services including customization of pre-designed plans or creation of custom designs from scratch, 3D fly-through videos, and construction documents.
3. Outdoor Structures: Pre-designed and custom timber frame outdoor structures including pavilions, pergolas, gazebos, and timber park pavilions available as kits or custom builds.
4. Commercial Structures: Non-residential timber frame projects including breweries, wineries, car barns, clubhouses, churches, restaurants, retail spaces, stables, and wedding venues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Woodhouse designs, manufactures, and ships custom and pre-designed timber frame home packages built with mortise and tenon joinery and enclosed with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). The company also offers an outdoor structures series (pavilions, pergolas, gazebos) and non-residential commercial timber frame projects, supported by in-house architectural design services and 3D fly-through visualization.

Product overview

Woodhouse, The Timber Frame Company is a timber frame home design and manufacturing company offering custom and pre-designed timber frame home packages as its core product. The company was founded in 1979 and operates from Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Its product portfolio centers on timber frame home packages built using mortise and tenon joinery and enclosed with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). The portfolio includes: (1) Custom and Pre-Designed Timber Frame Homes — the core product sold as a kit package with 90+ floor plans across 20+ styles; (2) an Outdoor Series of timber frame structures (pavilions, pergolas, gazebos, car barns); (3) Non-Residential/Commercial Structures for breweries, restaurants, clubs, worship, retail, stables, and wedding venues; and (4) supplementary sub-products including wood species selection, tongue and groove products, window/door packages, and SIPs. Supporting tools include the Dream Home Budget Calculator (an online cost estimator using 20 variables) and 3D Fly-Through Video Tours (included in the design process). Services include in-house architectural design, passive solar design, a transferable lifetime warranty, campus visits with a guest suite, and an Independent Representative sales partnership program. The company uses Hundegger CNC machines for precision timber cutting, CAD and 3D modeling technology, and pre-fit/assembly processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom and Pre-Designed Timber Frame Homes Custom and pre-designed timber frame home packages sold as kits, constructed using mortise and tenon joinery and enclosed with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). Available with a library of 90+ pre-designed floor plans across 20+ home styles, all fully customizable. Sold to individual homeowners building primary residences, vacation homes, or generational estates.
• Advanced Floor Plans Library A searchable library of 90+ timber frame home floor plans across 20+ home styles (A-Frame, Adirondack, Modern, Modern Farmhouse, Mountain, Ranch, etc.). Plans are filterable by square footage, bedrooms, levels, and plan name, and can be customized to client specifications. Used by prospective customers to select a starting point for a custom home package.
• Outdoor Series Structures A series of timber frame outdoor structures including scissor truss pavilions, king post pavilions, barrel truss pavilions, gullwing pavilions, hammer beam pavilions, timber pergolas, timber park pavilions, and timber gazebos. Available as kits or professionally installed. Targets homeowners seeking outdoor living structures.
• Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) Enclosure Structural Insulated Panels made with expanded polyurethane (PUR) sandwiched between oriented strand board (OSB), used to enclose timber frame packages. Sourced from FSC-certified forests and recognized by the Greenspec Directory. Engineered for energy efficiency, faster construction, and reduced labor costs.
• Non-Residential / Commercial Timber Frame Structures Commercial and non-residential timber frame building packages for breweries and wineries, car barns, clubhouses, parks and municipal spaces, places of worship, outdoor structures, restaurants, retail spaces, stables, and wedding venues. Includes design, engineering, timber frame delivery, and SIP enclosure services. Targets business and institutional buyers.
• Window and Door Packages Comprehensive window and door packages offered as part of the dried-in shell package. Woodhouse offers multiple manufacturers and styles, claiming the most energy-efficient windows available in North America, with hundreds of door options across various sizes, colors, and styles.
• Architectural Design Services In-house architectural design services with nationally accredited architects (including a Design Director licensed in nearly every U.S. state) who can customize any pre-designed floor plan or design a home from scratch. Includes design questionnaires, specialty software for cost calculation, and 3D fly-through modeling. Can also collaborate with clients' independent architects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy efficiency requiring approximately half the BTUs of conventionally built homes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bensonwood: Bensonwood is a New Hampshire-based timber frame home builder offering custom, energy-efficient timber frame homes using prefabricated wall panels and SIPs. Directly comparable to Woodhouse in product offering, customer segment (high-net-worth custom home buyers), and prefabrication-driven construction model.
• New Energy Works: New Energy Works designs and builds timber frame homes, commercial structures, and enclosures using SIPs with a focus on energy efficiency and custom design. Closely comparable to Woodhouse's residential and commercial timber frame offering and SIP-integrated construction approach.
• Timberpeg: Timberpeg is an East Coast custom timber frame home manufacturer offering post-and-beam home packages distributed across the US. Competes directly with Woodhouse in the custom timber frame home segment with a similar kit-based delivery model.
• Riverbend Timber Framing: Riverbend Timber Framing is a Maine-based designer and manufacturer of custom timber frame homes and commercial structures. Comparable to Woodhouse in custom timber frame product offering, geographic focus in the Northeast, and high-end residential customer base.
• Davis Frame Company: Davis Frame designs and manufactures custom timber frame homes, additions, and commercial structures using traditional mortise and tenon joinery. Directly comparable to Woodhouse's craft-driven, custom timber frame approach and similar project-based delivery model.
• DC Structures: DC Structures designs and supplies timber frame structures including homes, barns, pavilions, and commercial buildings, primarily in the Western US. Comparable product portfolio (homes plus outdoor structures) with overlapping premium custom home and outdoor structure markets.
• Vermont Timber Works: Vermont Timber Works manufactures heavy timber frames for residential, commercial, and institutional projects, including custom homes and large public structures. Overlaps with Woodhouse on custom timber frame manufacturing, commercial/institutional work, and large-format timber expertise.
• Country Carpenters: Country Carpenters designs and builds post-and-beam (timber frame) homes in New England using traditional craftsmanship. Comparable custom timber frame product offering, customer segment, and traditional-joinery approach to Woodhouse.

Emerging players

• Method Homes: Method Homes is a modern modular and prefab home builder focused on sustainable, high-performance residential construction. Adjacent comparable to Woodhouse through its prefabricated, energy-efficient building approach, though it serves a more contemporary architectural style segment than traditional timber frame.

Broad incumbents

• Weyerhaeuser: Weyerhaeuser is one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands and a major manufacturer of wood products including engineered wood and lumber. Broad incumbent that supplies raw wood inputs into the timber frame value chain and competes in adjacent structural wood product categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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