Olsen Anderson: Frequently Asked Questions

Olsen Anderson is a Seattle homebuilder that develops, builds, and owns new homes in established neighborhoods.

Aegir Olsen and Grant Anderson founded the company in 2016. It started with a single remodel in Phinney Ridge and is now one vertically integrated team that handles land, development, permitting, construction, and sales across Seattle, Shoreline, Bellevue, and Kirkland. Every home is built to the Olsen Anderson Standard and backed by the same team after closing.

Olsen Anderson builds townhomes, single-family homes, and backyard homes (ADUs and DADUs), usually in communities of 4 to 25 homes.

Each community sits in a walkable, established neighborhood and is designed for everyday living: flexible layouts, finishes that last, low-maintenance materials, and modern architecture that fits the street it’s on.

One team develops, builds, and stands behind every Olsen Anderson home, so the design you see is the home you get, and the builder is still there after you move in.

Every home is built to the Olsen Anderson Standard (the OA Standard), a defined bar for the things you live with: layouts, outdoor space, comfort and energy systems with EV-ready power, durable finishes, and how the home fits its neighborhood. Many builders lead with a single angle, like green credentials, prefab, or volume. Our focus is livability you can see and a builder who stays responsive after closing.

Every Olsen Anderson home is built to the Olsen Anderson Standard: six commitments covering support after closing, layouts, outdoor space, systems, finishes, and neighborhood fit.

The first is the one buyers feel most after move-in: we stand behind every home with real support after closing. The rest are layouts that work, outdoor space you’ll actually use, systems that keep up (comfort, energy, and EV-ready power), finishes that last, and neighborhood fit. The standard stays consistent from home to home.

All three: on its own projects, Olsen Anderson is the developer, the builder, and the general contractor.

That puts land acquisition, design, construction, and sales under one accountable team. We also own and operate homes in the neighborhoods we build in, so we’re still on the block long after the last home closes.

Olsen Anderson builds in established neighborhoods across Seattle, plus Shoreline, Bellevue, and Kirkland.

Recent and active communities include Ballard, Phinney Ridge, Greenwood, Crown Hill, Broadview, Sunset Hill, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Matthews Beach, Shoreline, and Bellevue. Our neighborhood guides show what we’ve built in each one.

Yes, Olsen Anderson is building six townhomes at 9838 NE 14th St in Bellevue, with more Bellevue homes in design.

The same team that builds our Seattle communities develops and builds in Bellevue. See the Bellevue neighborhood guide.

Yes, Kirkland is part of Olsen Anderson’s service area, though we don’t have a Kirkland community for sale today.

We’re looking for infill sites in Kirkland and offer landowners a Landowner Consult. See the Kirkland neighborhood guide.

Yes, Olsen Anderson completed North City Townhomes in Shoreline and has two more Shoreline communities in permitting.

Shoreline’s neighborhoods, light rail access, and lot sizes suit the infill homes we build. See the Shoreline neighborhood guide.

Yes, Olsen Anderson has homes for sale now.

Current availability is on our Available Homes page, including move-in-ready homes and select pre-construction opportunities. Contact our team to schedule a tour.

Request a tour through our Connect page and our team will set up a private visit.

Tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll reach out directly. From the first visit to a professional handoff at closing, you work with the same team.

You buy directly from the team that designed and built the home, and that same team supports you after closing.

We focus on what you live with long after move-in, not just what shows well on tour day: flexible layouts, low-maintenance materials, precise construction, and a builder who stays accountable.

Sometimes: select pre-construction homes offer finish choices, depending on how far construction has progressed.

Ask the team what’s still open on a specific home.

Yes, Olsen Anderson welcomes buyers’ agents and works with brokers on listings and referrals.

Brokers can also request a Landowner Consult for a client’s land or read about our process.

Yes, every Olsen Anderson home includes a one-year builder’s limited warranty on materials and workmanship.

Manufacturer warranties on appliances, heating and cooling, windows, siding, and other systems pass through directly to you, and several run longer than a year. The full terms are in the documents provided with your purchase agreement, which govern.

After closing, you get a dedicated point of contact, a clear process for warranty items, and an Anniversary Refresh walkthrough.

Before move-in we walk you through the home one-on-one: how everything works and how to care for it. At closing you receive a reference kit and manual. If something isn’t right, we take responsibility and make it right.

Contact your dedicated point of contact; every Olsen Anderson homeowner is assigned one before move-in.

Your orientation covers exactly how to submit a service or warranty request. Requests are documented in writing so nothing falls through, and the Anniversary Refresh walkthrough catches anything that develops over the first year.

Every infill project moves through the same stages: land and site analysis, design and permits, financing, construction, sale or lease-up, and close-out. Our guide How a Seattle Home Gets Built walks through each stage, where the money comes from, what drives cost and time, and what can go wrong, in plain language.

Yes, Olsen Anderson buys infill land in Seattle, Shoreline, Bellevue, and Kirkland, and offers a Landowner Consult.

You can sell outright or explore a joint venture. Start on our Sell Your Land page.

A joint venture lets you contribute your land to a project instead of selling it outright.

Olsen Anderson handles design, permitting, construction, and sales. Terms vary by property, and the best place to start is a Landowner Consult.