Build on Your Lot in the Tri-Cities, WA —

It means you already own (or are in the process of buying) a piece of land, and you want a custom home built on it — rather than buying a pre-built home or a lot in a developer’s community. With Anasazi, it also means the home is fully custom: no pre-designed floor plans placed on your land, no fixed finish options. Your lot, your design.

Yes. We have built on finished subdivision lots where every utility was already stubbed in, and on raw rural acreage in Eastern Washington where we brought in power, drilled wells, and installed septic systems from scratch. We’ve completed six homes in the Benton City to Prosser corridor alone — all on raw land. The lot visit tells us what the site needs before we design anything.

No. We can have a first conversation when you’re still searching. We can help you evaluate parcels before you buy and tell you what the site development implications are for specific lots you’re considering. It’s far better to involve us before the land purchase than after.

We do. We handle all permit paperwork: building permit, septic permit, well permit if applicable, and any documentation required by the city or county. Permitting jurisdiction depends on whether your lot is inside a city or in unincorporated Franklin, Benton, or Walla Walla County. City permits in the Tri-Cities typically take up to 3 weeks from plan submission.

A site evaluation is a visit from John to your property. He walks the land, identifies optimal home placement, assesses septic and well siting, checks utility access points, evaluates drainage and grading, and notes any setback or HOA restrictions. It typically takes 30 to 60 minutes on-site. It is completely free with no commitment required.

It depends on what’s already at the lot. A subdivision lot with utilities stubbed needs minimal development. A rural lot with no utilities could require a well ($8,000–$25,000+ depending on depth), a septic system ($12,000–$25,000 depending on soil and system type), power extension, clearing, and grading. We give you the honest combined number — home plus site development — before you sign.

A percolation (perc) test measures how quickly water drains through the soil on your lot. The Benton-Franklin Health District requires perc test results for rural lots needing a new septic system before they’ll approve a septic design. If your lot hasn’t had one done, we’ll recommend it before design begins — without it, we can’t accurately account for the septic layout in the floor plan.

The full timeline from first conversation to move-in is typically 8 to 10 months. Construction itself averages 5 months once site development is complete and permits are issued. Build-on-your-lot projects can run slightly longer than subdivision builds because the site evaluation, any perc testing, and rural permit coordination add time upfront. We account for this in every timeline we give.

We build in Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, West Richland, Benton City, Prosser, and Burbank, plus rural areas throughout Franklin, Benton, and Walla Walla counties. We have specific experience in the Benton City to Prosser corridor, Horse Heaven Hills, the West Pasco growth corridors, Canyon Lakes in Kennewick, and Badger Mountain South in Richland. If your land is in this region, call us.

Existing septic and well systems may or may not be usable for a new build, depending on their age, condition, capacity, and location on the lot. We have the systems inspected and evaluated early in the process. If they’re adequate for your new home, we design around them. If they need upgrading or replacement, we include that in the site development budget before design begins.