Custom Homes in Woodway

Cost-plus custom home building for Woodway and the greater Snohomish County area.

Woodway is one of the most private residential communities in the Puget Sound area — an incorporated town of roughly 1,300 residents, formed in 1958 specifically to protect a low-density, heavily wooded character. Lots run from a third of an acre up to two acres, many with gated entrances and private drives, and the town has no commercial zoning at all.

Real demand, real numbers

Recent sales confirm what you’d expect from a market this tightly held: 21722 Chinook Rd sold for $4,425,000 in October 2025, and 22200 Chinook Rd sold for $6,025,000 in June 2026. This is a market where serious buyers pay a premium for privacy, land, and a home built without cutting corners.

Building in Woodway

Woodway maintains its own Building Department, separate from Snohomish County, with permits submitted through MyBuildingPermit.com. The town’s stated building policy is to preserve its natural and scenic character while still allowing flexibility in custom single-family home design — which means design review is a real part of the process here, not a formality.

Trees are regulated

Woodway regulates any tree with a trunk 8 inches or more in diameter, measured 4.5 feet above the ground. Removing one, on its own or as part of a new home, takes a town permit, and a development has to keep viable wooded areas wherever a workable layout allows it, even if that means redesigning the site. Trees that do come out are replaced: one for one when building on an undeveloped lot, and at half that rate when rebuilding on a developed one. A certified arborist’s report is often part of the application. The trees can set the footprint as much as the setbacks do, so we map them before the design is drawn.

Slopes and bluffs

Parts of Woodway sit on steep slopes above Puget Sound. Building in a geologic hazard area requires a geotechnical report, an undisturbed buffer of native vegetation, and a notice recorded on the deed. Building setbacks are measured from the outer edge of that buffer, not from the slope itself, which can move the buildable area well back from where it appears on a survey.

Utilities

Water and sewer in Woodway come from the Olympic View Water and Sewer District, a utility separate from the town. Connection requirements and capacity are confirmed with the district alongside the town’s own permit review.

How we build

Every Lockie Homes project runs on the same Feasibility and Construction Agreement (FCA) process, regardless of where it’s built: open-book cost-plus pricing, a Bid-Backed Budget built from real subcontractor bids, and a dedicated project manager keeping you informed at every stage. Learn more about our process →

Thinking about building on your own site in Woodway or nearby? Get in touch or start with our Project Scope Explorer for a preliminary budget range.