Washington Home Center

What Washington Home Center does

Washington Home Center is a privately held manufactured and modular home retailer headquartered at 61 SE Ryan Rd in Shelton, Washington, serving residential homebuyers across the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Idaho, and Oregon). Founded no later than 1997 and purchased by current owner Kain Kirkendoll in 2007, the company operates from a single showroom complex featuring a courtyard of 5-6 heated model homes available for complimentary daily tours by appointment (Tuesday through Saturday). The business is run by a 2-5 person team anchored by owner Kirkendoll and Home Consultant Josh Kaiser.

The company's product offering is built entirely on homes manufactured by KIT Custom Homebuilders (KIT Homebuilders West), with Palm Harbor Homes as a secondary supplier. Four named series — Cedar Canyon, Pinehurst, Grand Manor, and Meadow Ranch — span single-section and multi-section configurations from roughly 587 to 2,863 square feet with 1-5 bedroom options. Supporting technology includes Matterport-powered 3D virtual home tours integrated into the floor plan catalog and a Design & Decor customization service that lets buyers configure cabinets, countertops, flooring, siding, paint, and fixtures through KIT's design platform. Video content is delivered via Wistia.

Washington Home Center generates revenue through one-time home sales priced 35-60% below comparable site-built construction, with quote-based pricing and price-range filters spanning under $50,000 to $150,000+. The retailer extends a full-service purchase journey including site construction assistance, land acquisition coordination, and facilitation of MH Advantage — a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage program with down payments as low as 3% and cancellable private mortgage insurance at 20% equity. Customers are exclusively individual residential homebuyers in the Pacific Northwest, and the company holds an A+ Better Business Bureau rating. No outside institutional capital, parent company, or public listing is reported.

Name

Washington Home Center

Legal name

Washington Home Center

Website

https://washhome.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Washington Home Center is a privately held manufactured and modular home retailer in Shelton, Washington, selling KIT Custom Homebuilders homes (plus select Palm Harbor models) to individual residential homebuyers across Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, with full-service purchase assistance including financing, customization, and site construction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufactured Home Retail

NAICS

Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers (459930)

SIC

Retail-Mobile Home Dealers (5271)

akta.pro primary industry

Manufactured Housing / Mobile Home Park Management (BPAJAFAG)

Keywords

• Manufactured home sales
• Factory-built homes
• Modular home retail
• Home financing
• Home customization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shelton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Manufactured Home Sales: One-time purchase of manufactured and modular homes. Homes are sold with pricing typically 35-60% less than comparable site-built homes. Full-service offering includes site construction assistance, land acquisition, and financing facilitation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Washington Home Center is a direct-to-consumer manufactured and modular home retailer based in Shelton, Washington. It sells factory-built homes from KIT Custom Homebuilders across four series (Cedar Canyon, Pinehurst, Grand Manor, Meadow Ranch), bundled with MH Advantage mortgage financing, Design & Decor customization, site construction assistance, and land acquisition support for buyers across the Pacific Northwest.

Product overview

Washington Home Center operates as a manufactured home retailer offering a portfolio of factory-built homes produced by KIT Custom Homebuilders. The core product lineup consists of four distinct home series—Cedar Canyon, Pinehurst, Grand Manor, and Meadow Ranch—spanning single-section and multi-section configurations from approximately 500 to 2,800+ square feet with 1-5 bedroom options. The company bundles its home sales with MH Advantage mortgage financing (a 30-year fixed-rate program with as-low-as 3% down payments) and a Design & Decor customization service enabling buyers to select cabinets, countertops, flooring, siding, and fixtures. The retailer also provides 3D virtual home tours powered by Matterport technology and complimentary on-site tours of heated model homes at its Shelton, Washington courtyard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cedar Canyon Series Manufactured home series built by KIT Custom Homebuilders featuring single and multi-section floor plans ranging from 587 to 2,677 sq ft, offering 1-4 bedrooms with customizable features, vaulted ceilings, and various finishing options. Available for purchase by individual homebuyers in the Pacific Northwest.
• Pinehurst Series Manufactured home series with multi-section homes ranging from 1,174 to 2,863 sq ft, offering 2-4 bedroom configurations with activity rooms, large utility rooms, and versatile layouts for Pacific Northwest homebuyers.
• Grand Manor Series Premium manufactured home series with high-end features including 9-foot ceilings, decorative barrel arches, upgraded kitchens and bathrooms, and attached garage compatibility, ranging from 1,998 to 2,756 sq ft. Sold to individual buyers seeking higher-end factory-built homes.
• Meadow Ranch Series Manufactured home series included in the KIT Custom Homebuilders lineup sold by Washington Home Center, offering quality construction and customizable options for individual homebuyers.
• MH Advantage Mortgage Financing 30-year fixed-rate mortgage program specifically designed for manufactured homes with features typical of traditional site-built homes, offering down payments as low as 3%, lower interest rates, and cancellable mortgage insurance once 20% equity is reached. Facilitated by Washington Home Center for qualified individual homebuyers.
• Design & Decor Customization Home customization service allowing buyers to choose from extensive options including hardwood cabinets, countertops (laminate and quartz), flooring (carpet, wood laminate, LVP), exterior paint colors, siding options, tile backsplashes, and fixtures through a step-by-step design process with KIT Custom HomeBuilders.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35-60% cost savings compared to site-built homes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• KIT Custom HomebuilderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary manufacturer partner. KIT Custom Homebuilders is described as one of America's most prestigious factory home manufacturers. Washington Home Center is a proud retailer featuring homes built by KIT. The partnership includes exclusive retail rights in the service area and comprehensive home customization through KIT's design platform.
• Palm Harbor HomessecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdditional manufacturer partner supplying 2 display homes in the Washington Home Center courtyard for customer tours.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• D.R. Horton: The largest US homebuilder by volume, with a growing focus on affordable and entry-level for-sale housing including manufactured housing through its Forest River subsidiary. Comparable to WHC as a competing channel for affordable first-time homebuyers, though operating at vastly greater scale and with site-built focus.
• Fleetwood Homes: A traditional manufactured home builder with established dealer networks across the western US. Comparable to WHC as a manufactured home supplier with overlapping Pacific Northwest distribution, though typically paired with independent retailers rather than competing as a direct retail showroom.
• Clayton Homes: A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary and the largest manufactured home retailer in the US, with hundreds of home centers nationwide. Comparable to WHC as a manufactured home retailer but at vastly greater scale and with in-house manufacturing, broader financing, and a national footprint.
• Skyline Champion: A major publicly traded manufactured and modular home builder with extensive dealer and community-operator networks. Comparable to WHC in the manufactured home product category but with national reach, in-house manufacturing capabilities, and integration into housing communities.
• Cavco Industries: A leading manufactured home designer and builder with multiple retail and community brands. Comparable to WHC as a manufacturer-retailer in the same factory-built home category, but operating at national scale with publicly traded parentage and a much broader product portfolio.

Direct peers

• Solitaire Homes: A manufactured and modular home manufacturer with retail dealer networks serving the western and southwestern US. Comparable to WHC as a manufactured home brand distributed through regional dealers, with similar factory-built construction standards and customization options.
• Palm Harbor Homes: A major manufactured and modular home builder and retailer with its own dealer network across the US. Directly comparable to WHC as a manufactured home retailer, and is also a current supplier of WHC display homes, making it both a partner and a competitor in the same product category.
• Adventure Homes: A manufactured home builder with dealer network presence across the western US. Comparable to WHC as a manufactured home manufacturer-distributor whose products are sold through independent retail dealers, including markets in the Pacific Northwest.

Others

• KIT Custom Homebuilders: WHC's primary manufacturer partner producing the Cedar Canyon, Pinehurst, Grand Manor, and Meadow Ranch series in Caldwell, Idaho. Comparable to WHC because their supply relationship directly determines WHC's product lineup, pricing, customization depth, and exclusivity positioning in the WA/ID/OR market.

Regional players

• Tuff Shed: A national retailer of installed storage buildings, garages, and small structures with a western-US concentration. Not directly comparable in product category, but adjacent in serving the DIY/outdoor-structure buyer mindset and operating a similar multi-location retail showroom model in overlapping geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WashingtonHomeCenterShelton/?rf=243499752368495
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/washington-home-center-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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