About Us
About Us
We are passionate new home builders in Kirkland, Washington, constructing enduring, NW Contemporary homes that integrate today’s living nature into every design. When you care about the neighborhood and people, we believe design matters.
Although driven by the desire to create beauty in the community with thoughtfully designed properties, we intentionally tailor our homes around the way your family lives. Our homes are forward-leaning in style for the primary purpose of creating spaces that promote your expectations of exceptional quality and inspired living, with a focus on comfort, quality, and luxury. Merit Homes offers a wide array of intuitive floor plans for future living hand. Each plan has been crafted to capture every benefit of each specific homesite’s unique characteristics.
Our Commitment to Kirkland
For over 50 years, we have embraced the responsibility as home builders in Kirkland, acting as stewards for the land. This city is important to us. We strive to create a positive future for its residents by building exceptional quality NW Contemporary homes that contribute to the lives and families in the area.
We build exclusively in the Kirkland area and are dedicated to its future. We are an integral part of sustaining the community, contributing to the framework of the city through parks, sidewalks and infrastructure. We are proud of our continuous responsibility to the development of the thriving Kirkland area.
Our Process
We strive to evolve and improve upon the home buying experience through our accessible, dedicated and enjoyable process. Our team will guide you through pre-approval, available home designs, sales agreements, and new homeowner orientation. A new Merit Home awaits you in Kirkland.
Learn more about our history
Our Origins
Our rich history in Kirkland, WA starts all the way back in 1971, long before "Merit Homes," as you know it today, was even a concept. Our founder, Greg G., started out building single-family homes one at a time, with just himself and a laborer. You might be surprised to find out that we only used to build custom, Craftsman-style homes!
A Partnership of Merit
In 2001, Josh Lysen became interested in these new builds and convinced Greg to partner with him. They formed a land development company and formally became Merit Homes by the end of 2002. They successfully navigated through the 2008 recession without laying off any team members, and completed 8 homes that year.
2020 and beyond
In 2020, Greg retires and Josh comes the sole owner and president of Merit Homes. We hire an in-house sales agent, and we are small, but effective team of 16. We closed 25 homes, and successfully navigated the pandemic. By 2021, our team grew to 22 and we develop the Urban Series in an effort to provide more attainable, luxury housing options in Kirkland. We have 90 homes in the pipeline and look forward to building more NW Contemporary-style homes in our beautiful community.
Our Promise To You
Our promise to our buyers is to provide them with a home of enduring value.
Once we defined our passion and our promise, we knew we needed to surround ourselves with a great team that shares these values. The world does not need another average home builder. Our buyers deserve and will receive a great experience not only from us as leaders, but from everyone who represents Merit Homes, Inc.
Why Kirkland is one of the best places to live, work, and play.
Kirkland is a suburb located east of Seattle within King County and is voted as one of the best places to live in Washington, according to niche.com. Kirkland gives off the feeling of being home and attracts a wide range of residents. Whether you're looking for an urban or suburban feel, you can find the perfect fit in Kirkland.
Here many residents own their homes. Families and young professionals choose to live in Kirkland due to its close proximity to amenities, such as restaurants, coffee shops, top rated public schools, shopping and parks. Throughout the year, downtown Kirkland offers a wide variety of events to enjoy with family and friends, or you can simply grab a quick snack and walk along the marina to view Lake Washington. Our home buyer's can find their new contemporary style construction home without having to compromise location. The 405 and 520 offer Kirkland residents a short commute to Seattle where a lot of the region's top employers, such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon, are located. Living in Kirkland also allows for quick access to exceptional medical care at Evergreen Hospital.
With high quality contemporary new homes, and being one of the best home builder's in the area for the past 40 years, we are confident we can provide your new home sanctuary. Learn more about our current and future projects by signing up for our newsletter!