Easy Housing

What Easy Housing does

Easy Housing is a Uganda-registered social enterprise (legal entity: Easy Housing Concepts Uganda Limited) that designs, prefabricates, and assembles sustainable timber homes for the East African market. The company's core technology is a prefabricated timber-frame construction system using FSC-certified sustainable timber, pressure-treated for termite resistance; frames are produced at contracted local carpentry workshops in Uganda and Kenya and then transported to site for assembly, with a stated end-to-end build time of approximately three months. Its product portfolio comprises four standard housing typologies — Mono Pitch, Gable, Clerestory, and A-Frame — ranging from 25 sqm studios to 109 sqm four-bedroom homes, supplemented by bespoke architectural design services (permit design, technical design, material passports) and a self-serve online Home Configurator at configurator.easyhousing.org.

Easy Housing generates revenue primarily through one-time home construction sales priced in local currency (UGX in Uganda, KES in Kenya), with disclosed unit prices ranging from approximately USD $11,700 (entry-level Mono Pitch) to USD $48,500 (larger Clerestory) and a dedicated bespoke design services stream. Distribution is entirely direct: WhatsApp contact, website lead forms, and walk-in offices in Kampala (Venture Labs Africa, Bugolobi) and Nairobi (Baraza Media Lab, Riverside Drive), supplemented by partnerships with humanitarian NGOs (ZOA, CEFORD, Habitat Uganda) and real-estate developers (Quesi Properties). Customer segments span individual/SMB home buyers, NGO and humanitarian organizations (refugee-settlement staff housing), hospitality and eco-tourism operators, and institutions requiring worker or staff quarters.

To date the company has built 66 homes across Uganda, Kenya, and other African countries (with projects also in Tanzania, Ghana, and Mozambique/Beira), reports 70 total projects of which 48 are completed and 22 ongoing, and cites 957 tonnes of CO2 removed, 264 jobs provided, and $4M of economic spin-off value. The company is privately held and founder-controlled (CEO Wolf Bierens, COO Niels van den Berge), has received no disclosed institutional funding rounds, and has earned recognition including the Habitat for Humanity ShelterTech Prize (2024), the African Union for Housing Finance Green and Sustainable Housing Development Award (2023), the Affordable Housing Institute Chrysalis Housing Impact Accelerator (2025), and the National Property Awards Uganda Sustainability Award (2025).

Name

Easy Housing

Legal name

Easy Housing Concepts Uganda Limited

Website

https://easyhousing.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Easy Housing is a Uganda-registered social enterprise that designs, prefabricates, and assembles FSC-certified sustainable timber homes in East Africa. It serves individual buyers, NGOs, and hospitality clients across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Mozambique with a 25-109 sqm product range.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Prefabricated Timber Home Construction

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

Residential Modular & Prefabricated Home Construction (IMAFABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Prefabricated timber homes
• Sustainable housing construction
• Affordable home construction
• Biobased building solutions
• Modular timber housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Wageningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Home Construction Sales: Direct sale of prefabricated timber homes to individual buyers, families, and organizations. Homes are custom-designed or selected from standard typologies and built on customer-owned land.
2. Bespoke Design Services: Custom architectural design services for clients requiring tailored solutions beyond standard models. Includes permit design, technical design, and material passport documentation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Easy Housing designs, prefabricates, and constructs sustainable timber homes in East Africa (primarily Uganda and Kenya). Using FSC-certified timber, the company produces building components at trained local carpentry workshops and assembles them on-site within approximately three months. The portfolio comprises four standard house typologies (Mono Pitch, Gable, Clerestory, A-Frame) in multiple size and bedroom configurations, complemented by bespoke architectural design services and an online home configurator tool.

Product overview

Easy Housing is a sustainable timber home construction company offering prefabricated, circular, and biobased homes in Uganda and Kenya. Their product portfolio consists of four main housing typologies: Mono Pitch (compact single-slope roof models), Gable (traditional pitched roof homes), Clerestory (roof-integrated window designs), and A-Frame (steep-pitched cabin-style homes). Each typology is available in multiple sizes and bedroom configurations. The company supplements these standard models with bespoke design services for customized solutions, and provides an online home configurator tool for customer design exploration. All homes are built using FSC-certified sustainable timber, prefabricated at local carpentry workshops, and constructed on-site within approximately three months.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mono Pitch Homes

Quantifiable outcome

• Build time: 3 months from design to keys
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and notable.

• BuiltbyNaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on short film showcasing Easy Housing's mission and work. The film was made with OpenPlanet Studios and BuiltbyNature to tell the story of sustainable timber home construction.
• OpenPlanet StudioscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction partner for short film collaboration. OpenPlanet Studios created visual content documenting Easy Housing's sustainable construction approach.
• Quesi PropertiesnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerReal estate development partner for flagship project in Sagala, Entebbe. Two-bedroom home project near national airport for Ugandan urban markets.
• Green ResourcesnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability partner for Sagala project providing green building expertise and materials.
• Green Home TransformationsnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for Sagala development focusing on sustainable home transformations.
• Venture Labs AfricacoreOthersCo-working space provider hosting Easy Housing's Uganda headquarters office in Kampala.
• Baraza Media LabcoreOthersCo-working space provider hosting Easy Housing's Kenya regional office in Nairobi.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sekisui House: Japan's largest homebuilder and a global leader in factory-built, high-precision residential construction. Comparable on industrialised prefabricated housing at scale; relevant as a reference point for how prefab timber housing can reach mass-market scale over decades.
• Holcim: Global building materials and solutions group with growing exposure to sustainable and affordable housing, including roofing systems, light-weight construction, and African operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent pushing lower-carbon construction alternatives to conventional concrete in emerging markets.
• Plant Prefab: California-based sustainable prefabricated home company using factory-built systems with a focus on materials health and carbon reduction. Comparable on sustainability-led prefab housing thesis and configurator-driven sales model; serves US rather than African markets.
• Wernick Group: UK-based modular building manufacturer and supplier with decades of experience in off-site construction for housing, education, and healthcare. Comparable as a broad prefabricated construction incumbent; useful reference on scale economics of modular building delivery.

Direct peers

• Better Shelter: Sweden-headquartered social enterprise producing modular temporary shelters for refugees and displaced populations, with substantial East African operations. Overlaps directly with Easy Housing's NGO/refugee housing segment at Rhino Camp, CEFORD, and ZOA deployments.
• Modcell: UK-based manufacturer of prefabricated timber panel buildings using natural and bio-based materials. Comparable on prefab timber building system, sustainability narrative, and modular delivery, though serving UK and European affordable-housing buyers rather than East Africa.
• Zima Homes: Kenyan affordable sustainable housing developer. Founded by Etta Madete, who also sits on Easy Housing's advisory board. Direct overlap in target customer (middle-income East African families), sustainability positioning, and timber/low-carbon construction approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/easyhousing2
• Facebookfacebook.com/easyhousing1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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