Experience was very professional from start to finish. Our experience was I believe different as we had a house fire and were dealing with a insurance company. Nathan was constantly on the phone with them making the process easier for all of us. He really went over and above. We are grateful for his hard work and his commitment to get us into our new home.

Schedule

Schedule - They were able to get us before the promised date

Builder Professionalism

Builder Professionalism - Very pleasant to work with

Satisfaction

Satisfaction - Absolutely love this house

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Building time

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - From start to finish the building experience was not only very professional but also very exciting to watch come together. There is no doubt that we will always recommend this builder and the wausau homes experience going forward.

Contact

Contact - Personally knew the builder

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Quick response time, helpful and informative, completed everything in a timely manner

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - We liked the craftmanship on the wood products.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Despite the COVID pandemic, our builder did a good job in keeping our project moving forward.

Wausau Homes' quality is very good.

Contact

Contact - A good friend and neighbor about ten years recommended Wausau Homes to us.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - The ability to build faster than the regular builders set Wausau's builders apart from others.

From the first phone conversation with our builder Wanke Builders it was a A+ experience. Never once did we feel uncomfortable asking questions or making changes throughout our design process. Terry was in constant contact with updates, questions to confirm our desires and needs and extremely helpful in our selection process of styles and design options. They made the whole process zero stress and everything one would want in building a home.

Builder Professionalism

Builder Professionalism - Wanke Builders was our builder and was everything one would want from a builder. Extremely courteous and attention to detail was exemplary.

Contact

Contact - As a child I always remember driving by the factory in Wausau going up north with my parents and when we decided to start our search we always remembered seeing he model homes on the side of the freeway so they were the first company we thought of and after doing research into their products we knew it was the brand for us.

Source

Source - I was referred to Wanke Builder via our contact with Wausau Homes.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Excellent customer service and interactions with Wanke Builders and Terry. Fantastic working with him.

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - Looking back at our home build there is really nothing I would want that they did not provide or advise or suggest. Just a great experience.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - They were easy to work with and we got started right away.

Absolutely! This was a wonderful company to work with.

Source

Source - We met at an open house in the townhouse development.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - The quality of home is superior to other builders that we have seen.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - The building process went well, and Wausau ensures that you are satisfied. This is a great group of people to have build your home.

Nice people

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - I wanted it on a cement slab

Greg, Julia and Larry were wonderful to deal with. Their professionalism and integrity were apparent from day one!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Available design plans to work with.

As a preferred flooring subcontractor for Wausau Homes Medford, I have watched the Wausau Homes process for years and worked with many happy new home customers. When we decided to build a new home last year-choosing a home builder was relatively easy. Designing our custom home was enjoyable--Terry was quickly able to take our ideas and generate renderings and 3-D views, making it much easier to visualize what our home would look like. Watching this home being erected on set day in June was rather remarkable to watch. We couldn't be happier with our new Wausau Home--it truly is home.

Contact

Contact - Existing relationship with Wausau Homes Medford as a subcontractor

We cannot say enough good things about the exceptional customer service we received from WH Medford. It was a rare day that one trade or another was not at the site. Someone from WH Medford was on site almost daily also. Everything was well organized and anytime we had a question we got answers immediately.

Builder Professionalism

Builder Professionalism - Always.

Crew Professionalism

Crew Professionalism - All of the trades were very nice and friendly. They all commented how much they like working for WH Medford. To us this means that not only are they good to their customers, but also to the people they employ.

Builder Satisfaction

Builder Satisfaction - Terry and Jason are just excellent people and great to work with.

Contact

Contact - We knew several people who have built with WH, some 10+ years ago. They are all still very happy with their homes. This speaks to the quality of the product. In addition we liked that the Medford office is close to our build site, we felt that they would (and they did) have good relationships with the local trades.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Quality product and location of builder

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - We are just really happy with our experience. Most people have nightmare stories about building, we are very grateful we are not one of them.

We had the opportunity to build our dream home with “Wausau Homes Duluth” - “Hacker Construction”, and are currently enjoying it immensely! We would highly recommend working with them to anyone! The quality of the construction and all that went into it is beyond what we expected. We truly enjoyed working with Nick and Matt Hacker. We appreciate everything they did for us from beginning to end, walking us through all of the different aspects of designing and then building our home. Their honesty, attention to detail, regular communication and quick responsiveness to all of our questions throughout the process is also greatly appreciated, as well as keeping us in the loop on any issues that arose. Even after the build, they continue to be responsive and assist with any questions/issues we have. During the building process we formed a friendship with Nick and Matt and now miss having regular contact with them. They came through on all of their promises, and if this wasn’t already our forever home, we would definitely trust them to build our next one. Thank you, Nick and Matt, for seeing our project through to fruition and making our dream home become a reality! Sincerely, Scott and Dorie Campbell

We've built several homes and this has been far the best experience we have ever had. I cannot say enough good things about Wausau Homes Minocqua!

Final Design

Final Design - We are THRILLED! Mike and Marisa helped us customize and tweak a plan to make this our perfect lake house.

Schedule

Schedule - The original move in date was supposed to be around Thanksgiving, but that got pushed back to December 18th. I do not feel however, that it was Wausau Home's fault or issue. It was due to COVID and the shortage of materials and delays caused by companies having to shut down due to covid.

Satisfaction

Satisfaction - There were some items that needed to/need to be completed/fixed after our move in date, but they have been quite responsive and quick to come out to address the issues.

Builder Satisfaction

Builder Satisfaction - After COVID, they will be invited to a BBQ at our lake house so we can share our dream that they helped make come true.

Contact

Contact - We were interested in purchasing a vacant lot and were looking for reasonable, quality builders in the Minocqua area.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - We interviewed 4 or 5 builders. It came down to Wausau's plan was comprehensive and we felt there would be less surprises. Also, it was a feeling of trust.

They were very efficient.

Yes! This home is beautiful. We’re very satisfied with both the process and product. Assuming this survey will help reinforce both what was done well and what could’ve been better, there are explanations/qualifiers within the comments for specificity. We’ve given some details where improvements might be considered in order to help.

Final Design

Final Design - Yes, most of what we attempted to create turned out as hoped! We appreciated the chance to work with our builder to create the design we envisioned. He was an excellent listener and was able to transform our ideas into reality as well as trying some new things such as the Warm Board floor panels and the dog bath. Now that we’re in we see a few things we could have done differently. Ridge dormer window sizes, front column/post location, seams in faux beam— these are some specific examples. Hard to foresee these.

Builder Professionalism

Builder Professionalism - Exceeded expectations!

Crew Professionalism

Crew Professionalism - Most workers were very professional and courteous. We observed positive interactions between workers in another home being built by this team before we signed our building agreement. We were so impressed with their work that this factored in our decision to choose this builder. However, We were concerned about the safety of the set crew as they often walked under crane loads. See additional comments (#13).

Builder Satisfaction

Builder Satisfaction - Honest and follows The Golden Rule. Always has time to address questions or solve problems.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Communication. Right from the beginning our questions were addressed both punctually and thoroughly. Others left us hanging which we could not get comfortable with. Ability to help us create our own design.

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - Not the builder himself (Jed Estola). He was - and is - excellent. He is honest, reliable, thorough, available, and we’ve come to understand that he would do the right thing even if no one was watching. He can say ‘I don’t know but will find out’ without any outward indication of discomfort. That is a valuable quality as no one can know everything. I appreciate very much the patience he had with us (me!) as we muddled through the planning process. We were indecisive at times, got derailed by a banker for a long period, and got lost in details over time. Oh, and a pandemic threw some surprises at us but we prevailed nonetheless. Jed was always looking for solutions and kept upbeat. His willingness to be open to our original ideas along with excellent communication landed him the job initially. His integrity revealed itself throughout the process. Even though we were 300 miles away, we had very few worries! We look forward to finishing up those items we have requested be postponed due to concerns for exposure to Covid. And we very much appreciate Jed’s willingness to let us let some time pass for things to settle down before allowing people back in.

Even with the pandemic we were able to completely plan our home to meet our individual needs. We needed a lot of special accommodations in this house and Wausau Homes Elkhorn was able to meet those needs. Much of our planning was done through Zoom meetings so that was also extremely convenient as we lived 7 hours away from here.

Contact

Contact - We needed a specialized home, and other builders did not seem to be able to meet those needs. Our daughter made initial contacts and asked the right questions and that's what led us to Wausau Homes.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - The willingness to "change" plans to meet our needs.

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - No, the job was done efficiently and on a very short time line.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - I would recommend them if you want a home that truly meets your individual needs.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Very responsive, great communicater, very eager to do project.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Overall great experience.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Did what they said they would do. No surprises. Cost was what they quoted.

Contact

Contact - Family friend recommended

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Wausau homes was my first and only choice

Very Friendly and helpful through the entire process!!!

Quote Match

Quote Match - It was right on actually came in under budget, which was awesome!

Builder Professionalism

Builder Professionalism - Everyone was very helpful with the entire process

Crew Professionalism

Crew Professionalism - Absolutely! Made a lot of new friends along the way!

Builder Satisfaction

Builder Satisfaction - Marisa Voremans,Mike Brigham, Alex Van Natta, WE CANT THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR HOW KNOWLEBLE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DID FOR US TO GET US INTO OUR NEW LAKE HOME!!!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Price and Timing...

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - They did a great job especially with the Pandemic going on!!!

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - The overall process was very fun exciting to watch and be a part of. We enjoyed the entire cast and crew and made new friends along the way. Its very nerve racking for someone like myself watch another qualified team build our final home and we are VERY pleased with the services you provided from the start of design in March to the set in June and now the move in November. Again, we can’t Thank the entire Wausau Homes TEAM enough for getting this done on time through a Pandemic, we truly are appreciative of doing so! We also want to say Thank you to all the trades on the project, they did a Great job and worked very hard to get it done! THANK YOU!! Amanda, Greg, Brody and Hunter Hilgendorf

Contact

Contact - Initially worked with another builder but found they mislead me so switched to Wausau homes. Found them to be honest, straight forward, and provided guidance/options to help me find tradeoffs to stay within my budget but still have the house I was hoping for.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Transparent, professional...strong customer focused approach to their work.

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - No...very satisfied. Delays were weather related and to be expected.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Everyone comments on the quality of workmanship of the house.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Extremely professional and knowledgeable. Explained everything and made great recommendations

Contact

Contact - local knowledge of builder

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - set price

Contact

Contact - Internet

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Spent time with Mike and put together everything he offered. No other builders involved

Areas of Improvement

Areas of Improvement - No. Good quality at a fair price

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Great support from Marisa and Mike on the interior aspects of our home.

Contact

Contact - We wanted a efficient,well built house. That would be done in short time frame.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Established , and then in 120 day timeframe from set of house .

Contact

Contact - Easier building process and price control

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - promised price control

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Overall was a very good experience. Very nice home! Nice people!!!

Contact

Contact - Quality of the building and shorter construction time

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - time of construction process

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - we love our house

Larry Oaks went above and beyond in helping us build our dream home!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Larry has a great knowledge of the construction of a home and was pleasant to work with.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Would definitely recommend Larry Oaks to friends and family and others.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Clear upfront explanation of the process and schedule

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Great fun experience Matt and his crew were very friendly courteous and very skilled thanks Matt

I would recoomend them in a second. They were professsional, timely, very honest and talented in customizing all apsects of our home.

Contact

Contact - A realtor encouraged us to contact them about looking for a lake house builder.

Differentiating Factors

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.

Contact

Contact - I did an internet search for builders.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - The builder was upfront about the cost.

No, this was a frustrating building experience.

Contact

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.

Source

Source - We were familiar with them from a previous home.

Differentiating Factors

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.

Additional Comments

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.

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.

Contact

Contact - Was referred by someone i know. They mentioned how easy the process was which was a big positive.

Source

Source - I visited 3 houses that were done by Wanke Builders/Wausau Homes. Family friends. They all had good things to say.

Differentiating Factors

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.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Wausau Home Petoskey/Waterfront has been very responsive and attentive to every detail in order to insure our complete satisfaction!

They absolutely want you to be satisfied!

Builder Professionalism

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!

Contact

Contact - Second home with Wausau Home! Satisfaction with our first home.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - On time!!! Guaranteed price!! No surprises....

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Would highly recommend the Team at Medford- Wausau Homes to build your home!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - He listened and gave wonderful insight and advice

Differentiating Factors

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.

Wendy and Paul were a pleasure to work, very knowledgeable on everything having to do with building a house.

Final Design

Final Design - We could not be happier with the final design, it is exactly what we wanted.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - The experience of building a home is very overwhelming. Paul and Wendy made it so much easier.

Contact

Contact - Felt really comfortable with Micah, the design team, and the process.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Extremely friendly, easy to work with, the Wausau process, and attentive.

Additional Comments

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.

Great people and awesome all around experience!

Quote Match

Quote Match - 98 dollars less than the quote! Spot on!

Final Design

Final Design - Wouldn't change a thing and met our exact design needs!

Satisfaction

Satisfaction - Great quality over all.

Contact

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!

Final Design

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.

Builder Satisfaction

Builder Satisfaction - I’m a big fan of Wausau Homes and happily recommend them!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - The price was better than others and Adrian does a great job!

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - This is a great outfit and I really liked working with them through the entire process.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Very accommodating, work was quality. Quick response and up front and honest and very helpful

Additional Comments

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.

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.

They were professional and easy to work with.

Differentiating Factors

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.

Areas of Improvement

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.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - willing to work with me extensively to get what I wanted

I believe the quality of the product provided by Wassau Homes is good.

Kris, Dale and the guys were awesome to work with while designing and building our dream home.

Final Design

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.

Contact

Contact - I liked the idea of my house being built off site in a controlled environment and out of the elements.

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - Quality and professionalism

Contact

Contact - Reviews and research online -- sealed the deal when I got to chat with Scott. He put our families needs first and walked us through the process!

Differentiating Factors

Differentiating Factors - His commitment to making our home our own while paying attention to budget and timelines.

Additional Comments

Additional Comments - Scott made sure that every detail was covered. He kept our eyes on the important pieces of the build and made sure that he was flexible and available throughout the entire process. I couldn't recommend him more!!