Our Story
Born from frustration, built for protection. Wolven gives homeowners leverage and delivers high-performance homes without compromise.
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If you’ve tried to build or improve a home, you know the feeling: shifting quotes, missed expectations, and a maze of disconnected players. And if you haven't, take our word for it. Our founder lived that - up close - while trying to add ADUs in his own backyard. He felt vulnerable and without leverage, nickel-and-dimed by a process that shouldn’t be so complicated or expensive.
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As a career Air Force acquisitions officer, the patterns were glaring. Housing operates in stovepipes: design here, engineering there, construction somewhere else... with misaligned incentives at every hand-off. In the Air Force, he learned that disciplined systems design and integration collapse those gaps: align the team, standardize what matters, measure performance, and protect the mission.
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Wolven was born from that lesson. We run as a pack - unifying design, engineering, and delivery - to remove friction, restore leverage to the homeowner, and raise the bar on quality. The result is a higher-performing home: stronger, safer, and more affordable, not just at purchase, but over its lifetime. No gimmicks. No shortcuts. Just rigorous design and process innovation that turn confusion into clarity and risk into reliability.
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We built the champion in the fight that we wished we had at our start. One that stands with you, guards your interests, and delivers homes for the future without compromise.
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Our Why
Across America, and here at home in San Diego, families are running into the same wall: homes that are aging out of reliability, and a market where investors often outbid the people who want to live in the neighborhoods they love. The result is fewer paths into ownership and more families priced out of the American dream.
What’s at stake:
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Aging homes, rising risk. The median U.S. home is now about four decades old, and a large share of the stock was built before 1980 - years that come with higher maintenance and performance challenges. San Diego’s housing skews even older than the national average. Eye On HousingAxios
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Investor share is meaningful. Recent data shows investors buying roughly 1 in 6 homes nationally, with metro areas like San Diego closer to 1 in 4 at points in 2024. That matters for first-time buyers competing with faster cash and fewer contingencies. RedfinCBS 8
What We Believe
Homeownership is the foundation of the American dream - and stronger, safer, higher-performing homes are the way forward. When families can buy well-built homes they can actually afford to own and operate, neighborhoods become more stable and cohesive.
Why Wolven Exists
Wolven was created to change the trajectory. We’re here to revitalize aging housing with high-performance homes - designed for durability, energy efficiency, and lower lifetime cost - so more people can own with confidence. Through disciplined design and process innovation, we remove waste, sharpen quality, and expand access to homes that are stronger, safer, and more affordable - the quiet protection of a pack that stands behind every build.
The Path Ahead
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Replace obsolete stock with modern, high-performance homes that cut operating costs without cutting corners.
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Make ownership more attainable by engineering efficiency into the build and the long-term performance of the home.
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Strengthen communities - for today’s families and the next generation.
