Best experience I have ever had building/purchasing a new home. Solid team excellent communication, phenomenal product!

Buyers Beware !!! The quality of the homes do not match the asking price. AHO hires bootleg contractors to go over already crappy workmanship which leaves things even crappier. We've basically had to force AHO to do half ass quality work and have had to just eat it half assed. read more

Aho is an excellent builder. The quality of the homes is definitely superior to others in the area. The customer service experience is out of this world. Our build process was seamless and three years later I'm still so happy with the home. Also, three years later when I had a question about something they were still so great and willing to help. I'm so grateful we went with Aho! read more

AHO is AMAZING!!!!!!!! This is a LONG review. If you're going to drop several hundred thousand on a new home, it is worth investing time to research up-front. If you want a short summary, I'd ABSOLUTELY put Aho at the top of my list for who to have build my next home if I ever decide to buy a new home again. My Aho home is the best I've ever lived in built by the best builders I've ever used. Period. For more details, please read on. First, Aho is a homebuilder not so much a general contractor as the Yelp category states. With that said, they're the best I've ever used! I've had four total new homes built for me over the years, and Aho is absolutely the best! Here's why: * Upon visiting the subdivision to see the models, my son and I were waiting for the incredibly friendly employee (Wendy Wahl) to finish with her customer. A very friendly gentlemen asked us if we'd been helped yet, and upon explaining that we were waiting for Wendy to finish up. He asked what we were wanted to do (view models, etc.), and we told him we wanted to see a specific model, he said he'd be happy to show it to us. After he fetched the key to the model, he introduced himself as Mel Aho. I asked, and yes, he's the owner of the company. It is UNHEARD of for the owner of a homebuilding company to actually be at the site being built. *Mel showed us many models, and asked us to listen for floor creaks, squeaks, uneven molding, not straight walls, as we looked, because we shouldn't find any (he was right). He also said that code says for beam-and-post construction, joists must be a minimum of 48" on center, and that he builds them 36" on center for higher quality, structural integrity, etc. He said that it literally only costs $150 for doing that on a house (the size of the model we were looking at), and "Why wouldn't you do that?". I said that if you are (other company), and you're building 1,000 houses, then you can save $150,000. He smiled and said, "I don't work that way". Absolutely AWESOME! *The houses and floorplans are awesome. The layouts make for HUGE amounts of usable space, even in the smaller square footage models. My 2,700 square foot house feels a LOT bigger than the actual size. *Customization options are amazingly huge! Want an electrical outlet in the eaves with a switch inside the house for Christmas lights? No problem. Want a COMPLETELY different flooring, cabinet, and countertop combination in EACH bathroom? No problem. * Throughout the construction, there were a handful of items that I found that were problematic, compared to the dozens to hundreds I've experienced with other builders, and each was addressed. *Construction techniques reflect the "overbuilding for the sake of quality" that Mel gave us a sampling of: Rubberized caulking compound applied to the inside of the floor joist hangers to minimize squeaks and creeks, expandable foam between the flooring and wall frames as well as around all electrical wiring / junction box / fixture to prevent energy loss. There is a fresh air injection system in the HVAC system so you don't asphyxiate (seriously - a necessity for energy-efficient homes). These homes are VERY energy-efficient and are very well-built. *The amount and quality of home you get for the money is amazing. Quartz countertops are standard. Framed millwork around each window is standard. Glass transoms on many doors are standard. HUGE windows are standard. This makes shopping for upgrades very affordable (wooden banister with wrought iron uprights, under-cabinet lighting, covered patio, utility garage door, hot tub pre-wire, electrical vehicle charging circuits, CAT 6 outlets, OnQ networking enclosure, and on and on and on). The homes directly across the street from us from another builder, that don't seem to include as much, start in a $100,000 more for the same footprint. *EVERYBODY who works for Aho is amazingly friendly and professional. It has been a pleasure working with the warranty manager on the couple of issues found after I moved in. Was this the PERFECT home building experience? No. There were some really obnoxious issues that I'm still dealing with, (shortened due to Yelp review size limit): *Custom electrical outlet in the garage was placed on the wrong wall, making it completely useless to me. *The structure had to be cut into to remove 1' late into construction because the concrete was poured too narrow for the garage door, and this resulted in an ugly patchwork of holes in my garage to repair cut wires. *Surround pre-wire is at inconsistent heights and locations on common walls. Looks REALY ugly. * I have a few creaking stairs and floor boards. * Some of the millwork was damaged at the garage door / house entrance (painted over, so it was definitely there before painting). *The bonus room ceiling fan prewire I requested wasn't installed, and the contract shows that it somehow got missed (I should have caught this earlier, but it's too late now). read more

My husband and I have had an AHO home in the past and were very satisfied with their work. The construction and attention to detail is to be commended. We recently sold our home (not AHO) and our first thought was to contact AHO and find out what projects they were working on.They have more than one development in process, but we chose to go with their phase two in Stone Forest and we are eagerly awaiting our move in date. We have worked with Michelle Potter on both homes and she is always there to answer questions that come up. She makes the selection process so much easier. Every one that we have talked to at AHO have proven to be very knowledgeable and eager to help. I know them to be a high quality builder and they will go the extra mile to make sure that your new home needs are met and you are very happy to be the owner of an AHO home. Connie W read more

I don't know if the whole company is like this or not but I dealt with the people in Lacey. They'd rather keep their townhouse empty than compromise on $1000. We were literally within a grand of mutual acceptance, and they wouldn't budge. Chad Buck, the builder up there, was rude and condescending. Maybe the other areas of this company are better but I can only speak to my experience. All we asked is they'd cover closing costs, which was a thousand more than they were willing to pay. We didn't ask for them to reduce the price of the house or anything like that, just closing. So basically they'd rather have an empty townhouse (or 4 because they have multiple units still for sale) than compromise on an amount that wouldn't hurt them at all. Not good business practice. I guess it just means there's a better house out there for our family read more

This company is all about doing things the cheapest and quickest way as possible which is not a positive thing. They also have zero care or concern for those surrounding the construction sites. They start hours before the appropriate noise ordinances that are in place. Destroy the roads and leaving them in disrepair. Also cutting the utilities of the surrounding neighborhoods as it is cheaper for them to pay the fines than going through proper channels with the possible running behind schedule to get their bonuses. Would love for the Attorney General to go after this company. read more

Aho built our beautiful 4 bedroom home in May of 2011. We worked closely with them, we picked the options that we wanted to see in our future home. Dalas was the one who helped us a lot; he is very knowledgeable and easy to work with. Yes, we did have some minor things that needed fixing once we started living in our house but so far all of them have been addressed, Cal Aho helped us get those things done and so far everything is fine. We love our house, Aho did a great job. One thing we did that helped us a lot was we asked questions about what options were basic standard or an upgrade. When we saw the model home of the floor plan that we chose, we noticed a lot of cool features that wouldn't necessarily come with our home unless we specified that we wanted them. For instance, we don't like lamps; we wanted to have enough light that came from the ceiling so that we wouldn't need lamps later on. So we arranged with Dalas to come back to Ridgefield to see the model just before the end of the day when it was getting dark out. He flipped on a switch in the kitchen and suddenly we realized that there was additional back lighting for the kitchen counters, a minor detail that would have escaped our eyes have we not come back to see the model in the evening so that was that we added that important feature to our home. We made a list of things that were important for us to have in our future house. We've been living in it for almost a year and we love it. Thank you, Aho, well done. read more

Aho built our home not too long ago and we LOVE our Aho home. They do build good quality homes and have an excellent Team of people that work for them. Very easy process from start to finish. read more

Our recent experience with Aho Construction has been a pleasure and a delight. From beginning to end, everyone we've come in contact with has dealt with us with respect, courtesy and a desire to make the transition/move as smooth as possible. When we hit a few snags with the sale of our then-current home, they were more than willing to go above and beyond in helping us to make sure that we were successful in making the transition and the move. We love our new home and neighborhood, and with the single, minor issue we've had with the house, it was dealt with quickly, cheerfully and completely. We cannot be more pleased with our experience with Aho! read more

After searching several areas of Washington to build our new home we chose Aho Construction. Wendy Wahl expertly guided us through the purchase process. Michelle Potter tirelessly worked with us to get every upgrade we desired. Mel and the team dealt with us professionally and patiently as we oversaw the build process and stepped in immediately when we needed changes performed. Randy Schryvers provided expert walkthrough guidance and advice as needed. These people were customer focused from day one and definitely stand behind their work. Our finished home is gorgeous and if we have the opportunity to tell anyone in person, we will recommend Aho with the highest regard. read more

This company is the worst building company I've ever seen. Unfished work all over my dads house