Matt Knaus General Contractor
Earned over time. Perfected by hand. Homes built for your lifetime.
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Built to last.
Built to be loved.
The homes Matt builds tend to outlast the conversation about them. Custom builds, considered remodels, spaces that feel inevitable — like they could not have been built any other way, by anyone else.
He is drawn to projects with intention behind them. Clients who have thought carefully about how they want to live, and are looking for someone who will hold that vision with the same care they brought to it.
When a project calls for it, he brings in the people he trusts — tradespeople he has worked with long enough to know exactly what they are capable of.
Portfolio available on request.
The work
speaks for itself.
Portfolio coming soon.
He doesn't
miss a thing.
Building is not what Matt does. It is how he thinks, how he moves, and what he sees when he walks into a room. That understanding wasn't given to him — it was worked for, over years, with every tool, every material, every hard lesson that only the work itself can teach.
He built across the Bay Area before putting roots down in the Columbia River Gorge — working alongside architects and designers whose standards matched his own. That fluency carries into every project. He understands what a design is trying to do, and he builds to protect that intention all the way through to completion.
The Gorge is home. He is invested in what gets built here — and in the people who build it.
The design is the contract
Matt builds what was designed. When conditions on site require a decision, he brings it back to the vision — not the shortcut.
Clarity before groundbreak
Every project begins with a conversation and a written record of exactly what was agreed. No assumptions. No surprises.
Serious work, seriously done
Unusual materials, unconventional builds, high-design projects — the more considered the vision, the more at home Matt is.
If you're thinking
about building —
let's talk.
Matt works with clients who come through architects, designers, and builders, and directly with people who simply know what they want. He is based in White Salmon, WA, rooted in the Columbia River Gorge, and available for the right project wherever it takes him.
Reach out. He'd like to hear about what you're building.