80 years of hands-on experience in this industry.
Who We Are
My name is John Worlund, and together with my son Stephen, we run Anasazi Builders. We’re a family business — it’s just the two of us leading things, and we’ve been in construction since we were teenagers. I started when I was 17. Stephen started when he was 16. Between the two of us, we’ve got close to 80 years of hands-on experience in this industry.
Not managing from an office. Not delegating from a distance. On job sites, doing the work, solving the problems, making the calls. That’s how we’ve always operated, and that’s how we operate today.
We started Anasazi Builders 12 years ago because we wanted to do things the right way. That comes down to a few things we’ve always believed in: being honest with people, doing quality work, and actually caring about the person whose home we’re building. Not just the home. The person. Those are the things you can’t train someone to care about. You either come to work that way or you don’t.
We represent the homeowner. Not the subcontractors, not the suppliers. When there’s a question, a conflict, or a decision that needs to be made on your job site, our answer comes from asking what’s right for the family moving into this home. That’s our only loyalty.
Together, we’ve completed more than 250 homes and projects across Washington State, Idaho, North Dakota, and Alaska. Every one of them is ours in the sense that we’re responsible for it. Every one of them belongs, really, to the family that lives there.
Every home has a story. We help build it.
We represent the homeowner, not the subcontractors, not the suppliers. That’s something we feel strongly about. Over the years we’ve built homes in the Tri-Cities, Boise, McCall, Prosser, North Dakota, and even Fairbanks, Alaska. Different places, different challenges — but the same approach every time. You do it right or you don’t do it. One thing we want to be clear about — we build for all kinds of families. A dream home doesn’t have to be a large, expensive house. For a young family just starting out, a well-built home that fits their life and their budget is just as much a dream home as anything else. We take every project seriously, no matter the size, and we put the same care into everything we build. If you’re thinking about building a home and you want to work with people who are going to be straight with you, we’d love to have that conversation.
Where We Started — and Where We've Built
We’ve built homes in some unusual places. The reason we went to those places is unusual too.
Home Base — Primary Market
Tri-Cities, WA — Pasco, Kennewick, Richland
This is where Anasazi Builders is rooted. More than 250 projects across the Tri-Cities region, the Benton City–Prosser corridor, and the rural areas of Franklin, Benton, and Walla Walla counties. This is home.
Idaho — High Desert & Mountain
Boise & McCall, ID
Projects in both Boise and McCall took us to very different environments: the high-desert heat of the Treasure Valley and the mountain winters above 5,000 feet elevation. Both taught us something.
North Dakota – High Plains
North Dakota — Severe Winter Builds
Building in North Dakota meant dealing with temperature extremes the Tri-Cities rarely sees. The insulation standards, structural details, and systems thinking that severe cold demands — we brought all of that back to Washington. Every home we build in Pasco and Richland benefits from what we learned there.
Alaska – Most Demanding Environment
Fairbanks, AK — The Most Demanding Build We've Done
Fairbanks is one of the coldest inhabited cities in the world. We went there not because it was a business opportunity, but because there was a need and we could meet it. Thermal bridging, frost heave, insulation that keeps a family warm at -40°F. That experience is in the DNA of every home we build.
Why We Went to Those Places
We’ve always gone where there’s a need. Some of those projects were commercial work. Some were part of larger community efforts — building churches, contributing materials and manpower to places that needed both. The Worlund family has been involved in missionary work for years, and construction was something we could bring to those efforts in a real way.
It wasn’t expansion for its own sake. It was just — as John puts it — going where the doors opened and the needs were real. That same instinct is what drives how we work with clients in the Tri-Cities. We show up where we’re needed and we don’t leave until the job is done.
"As doors would open or as needs would present themselves."
What We Believe
What Drives Us
Every home has a story. We help build it.
That’s not a tagline to us. It’s the actual description of what we do. We come into a family’s life at one of the biggest decision points they’ll ever face, and we’re responsible for taking what they’re picturing in their heads — the kitchen they’ve been thinking about for years, the layout that finally makes sense for how their family actually lives — and turning it into something real.
That responsibility shows up in how we build. Clean job sites. Not because it’s required. Because how you keep the work environment reflects how you feel about the work. We’ve closed more than one project because a client drove past one of our build sites, saw how it was being run, and called us the next day.
It shows up in how we communicate. We’re not hard to reach. We don’t go quiet once the work starts and resurface at the end. If something changes, you hear about it from us before you see it. If something isn’t right, we deal with it.
It shows up in who we represent. We represent the homeowner. Always. Every decision we make on a project is made from that point of view. What’s right for the family moving into this home? That’s the question. Everything else follows from it.
"That each homeowner would be proud of their Anasazi built home."
How We Build
What Kind of Custom Home Builder We Are
There are different kinds of home builders, and understanding the difference matters before you start making calls.
Production builders build from pre-designed floor plans on lots they own inside communities they develop. You pick a plan, pick a lot, pick some finishes from a package, and move in. The process is efficient. The product is predictable. But the home is fundamentally not yours — it’s a version of the same home the builder has built dozens of times.
Semi-custom builders give you a bit more flexibility. Three or four floor plans to choose from, a slightly wider set of finish options, maybe the ability to move a wall or two.
We’re a fully custom builder. That means the plan comes from you — from what’s already in your head, from the lot you’ve already bought, from the things you’ve been thinking about for years. We don’t have a catalog. We don’t have a menu. We have architects and a team of craftsmen and 80 years of experience between the two of us. We build homes. Your home.
Type 01
Production Builder
Pre-designed floor plans. Developer-owned lots. Package finishes. Efficient and predictable — but the home isn’t really yours.
Type 02
Semi-Custom Builder
3–4 floor plans with some modifications allowed. Wider finish options. A closer approximation of custom — but the starting point is still the builder’s design.
Type 03 — That’s Us
Fully Custom Builder
No catalog. No menu. Your land, your ideas, your priorities — translated into a home that was designed for your family from the very first conversation.
Our Credentials
The verifiable signals behind every claim on this site. Always verify license and insurance before signing with any contractor — including us.
The Team Behind Your Home
Stephen Worlund
Co-Owner
Stephen started at 16. He grew up with construction the way some people grow up with music — it was the family trade, the family conversation, and eventually the family business. He has been co-owner of Anasazi Builders since the beginning, working alongside his father and developing the same standards that define how the company operates. Stephen is active on the build side of every project and serves as a key liaison with clients and the subcontractor team. He's also the person John trusts to reach out to past homeowners when it comes time to ask for testimonials. That's not a small thing. It means.
John Worlund
Co-Owner
John started building at 17. Not in an internship. Not doing light work. In construction, as a young man learning the trade from the ground up and never really stopped. Over five decades, he has built homes across Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, and Alaska — in climates that tested every skill he had. John is the single point of contact on every Anasazi project. Not because it's a marketing commitment, but because it's how he works. He is present from the first conversation through the final walkthrough, and the families he's built for describe him the same way: direct, honest, and still there years after the keys were handed over.
The Subcontractor Team
Behind John and Stephen is a team of craftsmen who have been working together for approximately 8 years. Same standards, same expectations, same pride in the finished product. This is not a crew assembled job by job from whoever is available.
Subcontractors on the team
Vetted, consistent, same standards
“We have a great team of subcontractors and companies that are well qualified, that are craftsmen. They’re punctual, they’re clean. We take pride in our cleanliness of our job sites and workmanship.”
— John Worlund
Who We Build For
We want to be clear about this, because it matters: we build for all kinds of families.
A dream home doesn't have to be a large, expensive house. For a young family just starting out, a well-built home that fits their life and their budget is just as much a dream home as anything else. For an empty-nester couple who spent 30 years waiting to build the house they actually want, it's something else entirely. We build both. We put the same care into both.
What we do look for in a client is alignment. Are we the right builder for what you're trying to do? Are you the right client for how we work? We're not the biggest company in the Tri-Cities, and that's fine with us. We take on a limited number of projects at a time, we give each one our full attention, and we build homes we're genuinely proud of when we hand them over.
Find us
Come visit Us in Pasco
We’re based in Pasco, Washington — at the heart of the Tri-Cities region where the Columbia and Snake Rivers meet. We’ve built here for 12 years, and we know this area the way a builder should: the soil types, the wind exposure, the permit offices, the neighborhoods, the lots worth buying and the ones to avoid.
Frequently Asked Questions
The questions warm-audience buyers ask after reading through the page — about how to find a builder, what makes Anasazi different, and whether they're the right fit.
Start by talking to a few — and pay attention to how the first conversation goes. A good custom home builder will ask more questions than they answer in the first call. If a builder gives you a square-foot price in the first 10 minutes without knowing your land, your design, or your budget — move on. Then ask to see photos of homes they've actually built in the area, talk to homeowners who worked with them, and verify their Washington State contractor license before you sign anything.
A production builder builds from pre-designed floor plans on lots they own. A semi-custom builder gives you a little more flexibility. A fully custom builder like us starts with no floor plan at all — you bring us your land and your ideas, and everything is built around you. It's a different kind of project from the beginning, and it requires a different kind of builder.
That depends on the budget, but we build for a wider range than most custom builders. Our entry point in the Tri-Cities starts around $450,000 for a basic home with land. We'd rather have an honest first conversation about whether what you're hoping to build is realistic for your budget than let you get far into the process before the numbers don't work.
We've completed more than 250 homes and projects across our careers, including a significant number right here in the Tri-Cities. We've built in Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, West Richland, and the rural corridor between Benton City and Prosser — six homes in that stretch alone. Ask us about specific neighborhoods or areas you're considering and we can tell you what we know from building there.
It means John and Stephen Worlund personally lead every project we take on. When you call us, one of us answers. There's no corporate layer between you and the people responsible for your home. It also means that the reputation of this business is personal to us in a way it can't be to a larger company. If a home we built has a problem, it reflects on us directly.
Yes. Anasazi Builders is fully licensed as a general contractor in Washington State. Our contractor license number is displayed in the footer of this site. We carry full liability insurance and workers' compensation coverage on every project. You should always verify license and insurance with any contractor before signing — it's easy to check on the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries website.
Let's build the home
you're actually picturing.
Free first conversation. No pressure. Just a chance to see if we’re the right fit for what you have in mind.
Call us: (509) 412-2107
Email: john@anasazibuilders.com
Family-owned custom home builder serving the Tri-Cities, WA since 2014. Father and son. 80 years experience. 250+ homes built.