Hiatus Homes

Name

Hiatus Homes

Legal name

hiatus capital management llc

Website

https://hiatushomes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Development

NAICS

New Housing For-Sale Builders (236117), Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) & Backyard Homes (IMAFABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Detached ADU (Backyard Cottage) Construction (HSAPAMAA), Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Cottage community development
• Energy efficient homes
• ADU design services
• Residential real estate
• Small footprint housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bend

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Home Sales — Cottage Community Developments: Design, develop, and sell small energy-efficient cottage homes in planned communities. Revenue generated from the sale of completed homes to individual buyers. Revenue recognized per unit at closing.
2. ADU Full-Service Design-Permit-Build: Full-service offering for homeowners to add Hiatus-designed ADUs to their properties. Services include feasibility, design, permitting, and construction management. Most clients spend $150,000–$300,000 per ADU.
3. Architectural Plan Sales: Sale of downloadable architectural floor plans (PDF and CAD formats) for Madrone, Cascara, Sitka, Larch, and Twinhome models. Plans priced from $1,550 to $2,150. Multi-build licenses available.
4. Feasibility and Advisory Services: Feasibility studies ($10K–$30K scoped engagements) evaluating zoning, infrastructure, market demand, and pro forma modeling for landowners and developers. Capital structuring and syndication services for project financing.
5. Hiatus Capital Fund — Syndication and Management: Real estate private placement fund raising from individual investors for development projects. Fund manages equity capital, handles distributions, K-1s, and waterfall calculations. Revenue from carried interest and management fees on development projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hiatus Homes designs, develops, and sells small, energy-efficient homes and cottage communities in Bend, Oregon. The company sells completed cottage community homes to individual buyers, offers downloadable ADU architectural plans nationwide, provides full-service ADU design-build services to homeowners, and delivers feasibility and capital advisory services to developers and landowners, with a community investment fund (Hiatus Capital Fund) connecting local investors to development projects.

Product overview

Hiatus Homes is a small-scale housing development company offering a portfolio of cottage communities, micro apartments, and ADU solutions for the residential market. The core product line consists of named community developments in Bend, Oregon (Benham, Roanoke, Roosevelt, Ninth, Penn, Parrell) ranging from cottage clusters to apartment buildings. Complementing the community developments, the company sells downloadable architectural floor plans (Sitka, Cascara, Madrone, Larch, Twinhome) for self-builders and developers nationwide. Services include Hiatus at Home (full-service design-permit-build ADU offering), feasibility studies for developers, capital structuring/advisory services, and the Hiatus Capital Fund for investor participation. The portfolio serves homebuyers, property owners adding ADUs, developers, and investors seeking small-scale housing opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hiatus Benham
• Hiatus Roanoke
• Hiatus Roosevelt
• Hiatus Ninth
• The Madrone Plan
• The Cascara Plan
• The Sitka Plan
• The Larch Plan
• The Twinhome Plan
• Hiatus at Home
• Feasibility Services
• Capital Solutions (Hiatus Advisory)
• Hiatus Capital Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• Homes perform approximately 40% better than standard building codes; up to 40% better than prefab or modular units
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, preferred, referral, minor and inspirational.

• Varsity Real EstatecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJenn Redd serves as the exclusive community agent and licensed real estate broker representing Hiatus Homes communities through the Varsity Real Estate brokerage. She handles all buyer inquiries, property tours, and sales transactions for Hiatus communities including Ninth, Roosevelt, and others. She is also ADU Specialist for Hiatus at Home.
• Boss MortgagepreferredGTM or Marketing PartnerPreferred lender partner offering a $5,000 lender credit for Hiatus Ninth buyers. Josh Garner and team at Boss Mortgage help buyers run financing scenarios and qualify for mortgages using rental income from ADU units. Freddi Mac loan type allowing up to 75% of rental income to help qualify.
• Building Small (Jheid.com)referralStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership for early-stage landowners and developers who need coaching before a full feasibility engagement. Hiatus directs clients to Building Small's 'Small Coach' program when they are earlier in the process or want hourly coaching to think through a project.
• Kôr Community Land TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity land trust partner referenced in testimonial: Jackie Keogh of Kôr Community Land Trust stated 'We've had a great experience working with Hiatus Homes — they are engaged, committed to quality sustainable design, and just nice people to collaborate with.'
• Ross Chapin ArchitectsinspirationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerHiatus Benham was inspired by Washington architect Ross Chapin's concept of 'pocket neighborhoods.' This architectural philosophy influenced the community design approach emphasizing shared outdoor spaces and neighbor interaction.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Mighty Buildings: Oakland-based 3D-printed prefab ADU and homebuilder. Comparable to Hiatus on energy-efficient ADU/micro-home focus but pursues a different construction method (additive manufacturing vs. Hiatus's stick-built), representing an alternative technology path to similar customer outcomes.
• Koto Design: Prefab modular cabin and small-home designer serving Northern European and UK markets with architect-designed small dwellings. Comparable to Hiatus as an architecturally-driven small-home specialist selling repeatable designs, though Koto operates in a different geography and is primarily modular.
• Boxabl: Las Vegas-based prefab manufacturer of factory-built folding houses marketed heavily as ADUs and backyard cottages. Comparable to Hiatus on small-footprint housing for ADU/adult-family-housing use cases, but takes a mass-manufactured approach to a problem Hiatus solves with site stick-build.
• Plant Prefab: California-based prefab custom home builder with a focus on sustainable, high-performance prefabricated housing including ADUs. Comparable to Hiatus on the sustainability and small-format axes but takes a factory-built approach rather than Hiatus's stick-built cottage model.

Direct peers

• Cover: California-based ADU builder/startup that offered design-build ADU services to homeowners. Comparable to Hiatus at Home on full-service ADU, although Cover's well-documented financial difficulties illustrate the execution risk in this category.
• New Avenue Homes: California-based ADU design and build company offering full-service ADU construction to homeowners. Closest direct peer to Hiatus's 'Hiatus at Home' ADU design-permit-build service, though New Avenue's geography is California rather than Oregon.
• Pahlisch Homes: Bend, Oregon-headquartered homebuilder with deep presence in Central Oregon. Directly competes with Hiatus for new-construction buyers in Bend while operating at a much larger scale — providing a useful benchmark for Hiatus's path from boutique cottage developer to broader builder.
• Hayden Homes: Bend, Oregon-based residential homebuilder with broad operations across the Pacific Northwest. Most directly comparable as a Bend-anchored homebuilder targeting primary-residence buyers in the same local market where Hiatus develops cottage communities, with overlapping ADU-adjacent product strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/hiatushomes
• Facebookfacebook.com/hiatushomes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hiatus-homes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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