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Wausau Homes
As the Midwest’s leading homebuilder, Wausau Homes has over 50 years of experience, making the process stress-free from start to finish. Show more
As the Midwest’s leading homebuilder, Wausau Homes has over 50 years of experience, making the process stress-free from start to finish.
THE WAUSAU HOMES HISTORY
Over the last 50 years, Wausau Homes has refined a system of controlled construction that has revolutionized the industry. Wausau Homes originated as a dairy route in rural Marathon County Wisconsin. The Schuette Brothers used profits from that modest milk route to purchase a sawmill, where raw timbers were processed into framing lumber.
After the war, the brothers developed that sawmill into a one-stop building center, where contractors could purchase all of their materials for home construction from one source. With all the elements for home construction in place as their building center, the brothers tinkered with a revolutionary concept that grew to become Wausau Homes Incorporated.
WHAT SETS US APART
Wausau Homes started out as a lumberyard in the 1950s in Wausau, Wisconsin servicing local builders, but believed there had to be a better way to build homes. So we pioneered, and for nearly 50 years we fine-tuned a complete building system that is recognized as one of the best in the industry.
We work exclusively with carefully chosen independent professional custom home builders in local markets because they know the local codes and regulations, they have established relationships with reputable subcontractors in the area, and they are the most suited to do the best job for you. Your Wausau Homes Builder will help you with every step of the homebuilding process to make it a stress-free experience. Hide
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Jeff D.
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Contact - We wanted a efficient,well built house. That would be done in short time frame.
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Differentiating Factors - Established , and then in 120 day timeframe from set of house .
Darren H.
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Contact - Easier building process and price control
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Differentiating Factors - promised price control
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Additional Comments - Overall was a very good experience. Very nice home! Nice people!!!
Mick M.
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Contact - Quality of the building and shorter construction time
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Differentiating Factors - time of construction process
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Additional Comments - we love our house
Customer in Merrifield, MN
Larry Oaks went above and beyond in helping us build our dream home!
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Differentiating Factors - Larry has a great knowledge of the construction of a home and was pleasant to work with.
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Additional Comments - Would definitely recommend Larry Oaks to friends and family and others.
K.A.W.
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Differentiating Factors - Clear upfront explanation of the process and schedule
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Additional Comments - Great fun experience Matt and his crew were very friendly courteous and very skilled thanks Matt
Juliet B.
I would recoomend them in a second. They were professsional, timely, very honest and talented in customizing all apsects of our home.
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Contact - A realtor encouraged us to contact them about looking for a lake house builder.
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Differentiating Factors - He went above and beyond to make sure every detail was what we wanted. He put in extra hours to make sure we got in by summer to enjoy our lake home.
Customer in Wisconsin Rapids, WI
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Contact - I did an internet search for builders.
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Differentiating Factors - The builder was upfront about the cost.
Customer in West Bend, WI
No, this was a frustrating building experience.
David B.
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Contact - We searched for various contractors to do the job. We selected them because we really liked the time schedule and that they were firm on their scheduling.
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Source - We were familiar with them from a previous home.
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Differentiating Factors - The firmness in the scheduling. They do so many home builds in the area also contributed to our decision to use them. They also handle so much of the subcontracting work themselves and they use local subs and we liked that.
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Additional Comments - We are very happy with the house. It turned out as nice, if not better than we imagined. The quality of the home exceeds our expectations.
Customer in Trevor,, WI
We are very happy with the quality of the construction by Wausau, the parent company. We are extremely unhappy with the local Wausau Homes distributor in Kenosha WI.
Calvin G.
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Contact - Was referred by someone i know. They mentioned how easy the process was which was a big positive.
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Source - I visited 3 houses that were done by Wanke Builders/Wausau Homes. Family friends. They all had good things to say.
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Differentiating Factors - Timing. House was up and move in ready in just over 3 months. Ease of picking out various items for the house. The Wanke Builders showroom condensed everything down and allowed us to select most of the options (shingles, siding, cabinets, fixtures, etc) in a few hours where normally that would have taken weeks or even months.
Marc B.
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Differentiating Factors - Wausau Home Petoskey/Waterfront has been very responsive and attentive to every detail in order to insure our complete satisfaction!
Jenny N.
They absolutely want you to be satisfied!
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Builder Professionalism - Always willing to listen and understand what I wanted with my design. Was patient when I wanted to make changes!
Builder Satisfaction
Builder Satisfaction - They go above and beyond!
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Contact - Second home with Wausau Home! Satisfaction with our first home.
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Differentiating Factors - On time!!! Guaranteed price!! No surprises....
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Additional Comments - Would highly recommend the Team at Medford- Wausau Homes to build your home!
Gary P.
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Differentiating Factors - He listened and gave wonderful insight and advice
Darcie M.
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Differentiating Factors - We had a Wausau home previously and liked the idea of the house being set and not exposed to elements for weeks on end. The winter build bonus was a nice incentive and our builder was willing to go the extra mile to build in our area.
Steve B.
Wendy and Paul were a pleasure to work, very knowledgeable on everything having to do with building a house.
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Final Design - We could not be happier with the final design, it is exactly what we wanted.
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Additional Comments - The experience of building a home is very overwhelming. Paul and Wendy made it so much easier.
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Clay P.
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Contact - Felt really comfortable with Micah, the design team, and the process.
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Differentiating Factors - Extremely friendly, easy to work with, the Wausau process, and attentive.
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Additional Comments - This was a custom build. Micah and Wausau homes took our vision and created that vision. We definitely recommend them for your build. We will build with Micah and Wausau again when and if the time comes.
Nathan W.
Great people and awesome all around experience!
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Quote Match - 98 dollars less than the quote! Spot on!
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Final Design - Wouldn't change a thing and met our exact design needs!
Satisfaction
Satisfaction - Great quality over all.
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Contact - Seeing other beautiful homes Kory and his crew have built! Kory is a great guy to be around and would recommend anyone to reach out to him if interested in building!
Ben B.
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Final Design - Annie was really great to work with and helped us design a great home. I appreciated that she would share her opinion on things when asked.
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Builder Satisfaction - I’m a big fan of Wausau Homes and happily recommend them!
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Differentiating Factors - The price was better than others and Adrian does a great job!
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Additional Comments - This is a great outfit and I really liked working with them through the entire process.
Jenn W.
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Differentiating Factors - Very accommodating, work was quality. Quick response and up front and honest and very helpful
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Additional Comments - It's definitely the way to go in building a home. Little to no worry and only one phone call to make to the builder when there was a question. It's a very daunting task in building a home and to make it all happen on one stop is incredible.
Lori R.
I would never, ever recommend Wausau homes to anyone. Our house was delayed by 8-10 months beyond the promised date, which was important because we were building the property largely for our parents, and my dad has terminal cancer, all of which our builder knew. Because of the delay, we lost a whole precious summer with my dad. I will never forgive him for his and if I never seem again it will be too soon. Additionally, our builder was largely absent and unprofessional. He even told us one night to not bother us because he was drunk, and in November he threatened what turned out to be illegal action against us because he was "mad." We had to get a lawyer involved. It was absolutely the worst experience of my life and if I could take it back I would, and I would absolutely choose another builder.
Customer in Cass Lake, MN
They were professional and easy to work with.
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Differentiating Factors - What set them apart was the quality of the Wausau products. I have seen other products and they were not to the same standard.
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Areas of Improvement - No I think everything was good. The communication was awesome. The timeline was really good. Matt and his team did a really great job.
Joel D.
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Differentiating Factors - willing to work with me extensively to get what I wanted
Susan V.
I believe the quality of the product provided by Wassau Homes is good.
Ruan J.
Kris, Dale and the guys were awesome to work with while designing and building our dream home.
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Final Design - I also love the quality of my home.
Builder Professionalism
Builder Professionalism - Dale was very professional and always made sure to inform us what was going on and what was going to come next. If roadblocks came up he always told us right away and kept us informed as new details emerged.
Crew Professionalism
Crew Professionalism - All the contractors that worked on our house were amazing and did really good work. They were very friendly to my wife and I when we stopped in to check something out.
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Contact - I liked the idea of my house being built off site in a controlled environment and out of the elements.
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Differentiating Factors - Quality and professionalism
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