California Round House

California Round House

California Round House DBA California Yurts Inc. has been Building in the State since 1984. We are a full-service Construction Company, manufacturer, and installer of Custom Round Panelized sustainable homes, studios, and structures. Based in Ukiah, California is providing custom designed Frame Panel Code approved engineered Yurts.


Contact: Brian Manning at (707) 744-1611 or David Raitt at (707) 319-3267, to make an appointment to see our model homes and discuss your new California Round House project.


LIC. # 632687

David Raitt Phone:

(707) 319-3267


Brian Manning Phone:

(707) 744-1611


Email Address:

ABOUT California round house

Who We Are

Over 50 Years  From 1969 To Present Our History In Brief:

We specialize in Round House building as Vital Designs licensing DBA California Yurts inc.DBA, Goulburn Yurtworks, Synergic Designs Internationa, Yurt Designs, New Zealand Roundhouse, Australian Round houses, Oregon Yurts, California Yurts Japan LTD, Baja Yurtworks and California Roundhouses.


The approach we take with each client is unique to our clients. Our goal is to inspire and create affordable and sustainable Vital Design custom homes. We take into consideration your site along with your budget to fit your desires and needs. We encourage participation to develop in collaboration with our team made up of fellow designers, draftsmen, engineers, and installation contractors. We are an associate contractor group who we have worked with for decades.


This process is unique as we do not sell kits or plans. We require, unlike architects and other kits home dealers, for you to use us exclusively from the site evaluation though the design and budgeting, site development, manufacturing, delivery and installation process. We often have our clients pull the permits as owners, take on the property development and finish (if they so desire) under our directives. We retain the rights to build our projects to their initial structure and often through to completion.


We also offer phasing. This involves growing your home over time as you can afford to meet the challenges to build more space as you earn and expand. This often includes designing your home to handle retirement after the kids are gone, to include a live-in, assisted living space, and/or B&B for added income, adding stand alone ADU spaces for rental income, space for your kids as adults returning and grandparents  who will all be living together on your property. This can be built into the Vital Design Home.


We have experience with living trusts and estate planning with regards to our Vital Designs. We draw on our vast experience completing projects over 50 years. Building on 5 continents with 100’s of families. Many who over generations return for additions, re-roofs, maintenance, and referrals to their friends for new jobs.

Building more Homes, studios, rentals, schools, retreats, religious centers, villages and commercial developments.


We welcome you to become apart of our growing family and Round House dwellers.


-David Raitt, owner and licensor of Vital Designs.


For more details and history of accomplishment visit the history section here on our site, or purchase our Round Houses by contacting us today.

California Round House Yurt Walkthrough

Tiny House Yurt Nomad 2

Yurt Homes Video with David’s instrumental 

The Gomez Duplex

Vital Designs Australian Round House twin yurts with interconnect

“People are very much affected by these structures, whether they are modern Americans or an indigenous person on the steppes of Central Asia. There’s the primordial and spiritual and community appeal of living in a round structure, with its connection to our ancient roots. There’s also the quality of the space itself. With its embracing walls and its open-at-the-top architecture, it is both a protective and soothing space and a symbol of the metaphysical quality of being open and receptive to what life has to bring you. The yurt has a very positive impact on the people who come into contact with it”

Annie Raitt

From the ancient wisdom of the Mongolian culture to the Americas.

Be a part of the transformation from “GER” to the modern day permanent Yurt.

Green Sustainable Modern Day Yurt Housing

These affordable code engineered homes include appliances, Bamboo floors, fire resistant exteriors and decks with 40 year Class A fire-resistant Roofing, Gas hot water and gas heat. These two models can be seen in Ukiah at our Factory home offices on an appointment basis. We require you to have property and have funds to build. Call for an appointment at:

Brian Manning Phone:

(707) 744-1611

David Raitt Phone:

(707) 319-3267

28’ Yurt with 12’ wing bedroom and 2 baths.laundry with interconnect entry to 15’ master bedroom and wrap around deck with hot tub and gas fireplace.

Nomad 4 - 825 Sq.Ft. 2 bedroom ,great room with full kitchen and full bath and clerestory windows in great room. Installed on your lot. Deck shield steel panels, Tempered window, vent less insulated eaves, baffle foundation vents prevent wild fires from entering under or through your home. Our Cluster Custom Homes vary in size. This one below was recently completed in Navarro California and is 1,265 square ft. and was built with many custom features, heated bathroom floors, gas fireplace, large wrap around decks, clearstory high ceilings, granite counter tops, bamboo and tile floors.

Tiny House Yurt Nomad

15’ Nomad video in downtown Ukiah, CA.

1,300’Sq,Ft. yurt home 2 bedroom, 1 bath walk thru video

26’ with bedroom wing to 15’ yurt 2 bedroom home

Fire resistant engineered home in Humbolt

Yurtbook.com hard bound with DVD inside back cover due out soon! 

"California Round House" click on Yurt Book in menu to review and read draft.

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE OUR MODEL HOMES AND DISCUSS YOUR CALIFORNIA PROJECT, CONTACT US TODAY:

Brian Manning Phone:

(707) 744-1611

David Raitt Phone:

(707) 319-3267

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