We're not just a general contractor

We can build you a home that has lavish finishes, modern details, and top of the line appliances. But any contractor can do that. Kala gives you everything you’d want and expect from a builder, and more. 

Kala Homes are Built by Kala Hands

The Kansas City market is known across the country for its poor housing stock. Houses that develop wood rot, mold and mildew. They are drafty, and costly to keep comfortable throughout the dramatic fluctuations in weather from season to season. 


While there are certainly great framers and carpenters in the area, we found that in order to build homes that adhere to building science principles with the attention to detail and the high level of craftsmanship we strive for, we needed to build out our own team. So in 2022 the Kala field team was born. It all came down to needing to be able to consistently execute at a level we haven’t been able to guarantee without building out our own team.

The People Building Your Home

The Kala field team consists of a talented group of builders, framers, finish carpenters, and painters. These are the people out in the field actually assembling your home. We are not just a general contractor - our builders undergo extensive training to be able to deliver a home that meets and exceeds the Kala expectations.

Backed by science.

A Kala home promises a product that is more healthy, comfortable, durable, and sustainable than anything you’ve ever experienced. These aren’t just words or a marketing angle - these are the real benefits that sit at the core of everything we do and stand for. 


Creating a building that is comfortable, healthy, durable and sustainable is only achieved through comprehensive design that unifies proven building science with careful craftsmanship. At the heart of every home we build is an interdependent core of four components that manage water, thermal, vapor, and air. We call these our four control layers and every aspect of a Kala home originates from these four layers. 

Water Control Layer

When it rains it pours. Shedding bulk water and moving it away from the structure quickly is the first step in creating a durable and lasting building.

AIR Control Layer

Every structure leaks air.. Controlling for air leakage reduces the energy required to heat, cool, and dehumidify the inside, contributes to structural durability, and is the first step in creating truly healthy indoor air.

Vapor Control Layer

A case of the vapors. That mysterious and wide variety of symptoms from ancient Greece and Rome? There is no real mystery any more but the wide variety of ailments your house suffers from stems from a serious case of the vapors.

THERMAL Control Layer

Opposites attract. Heat flows to cold over time with clockwork precision. Creating a thermal buffer between the inside and outside of a structure slows the clock down to the point that time almost stands still.

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Don't just take our word for it.

While we're confident in the performance of our homes, true validation comes from third-party testing and firsthand experiences.


Through our design and build process, our homes are put through extensive testing to ensure we hit our performance standards. When a home is designed and built to achieve a rigorous certification like Phius CORE, LEED Platinum, or DOE ZERH, third-party modeling or testing is required in the certification process. Even if a Kala home isn’t going through one of these building certifications, we still go through third-party verification, often including a HERS score and blower door test, to ensure we meet our own internal standards.

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