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Nature of operations and basis of presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of operations and basis of presentation
Note 1 - Nature of operations and basis of presentation
The Company and Nature of Business
United Homes Group, Inc. (“UHG” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a homebuilding business which operates with a land-light strategy. The Company is a former blank check company incorporated on October 7, 2020 under the name DiamondHead Holdings Corp. (“DHHC”) as a Delaware corporation formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
UHG constructs single-family residential homes and has active operations in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia offering a range of residential products.
Business Combination
On September 10, 2022, DHHC entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Hestia Merger Sub, Inc., a South Carolina corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of DHHC (“Merger Sub”), and Great Southern Homes, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (“GSH”).
Upon the consummation of the transaction on March 30, 2023 (“Closing Date”), Merger Sub merged with and into GSH with GSH surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Business Combination”). As a result of the Business Combination, GSH is now a wholly owned subsidiary of DHHC, which has changed its name to United Homes Group, Inc.
GSH’s business historically consisted of both homebuilding operations and land development operations. In anticipation of the Business Combination, GSH separated its land development operations and its homebuilding operations across separate entities in an effort to adopt best practices in the homebuilding industry associated with ownership and control of land and lots and production efficiency. For accounting treatment of the Business Combination, see Note 2 - Merger and reverse recapitalization. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this annual report on Form 10-K to “Legacy UHG” refer to the homebuilding operations of GSH prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.
Basis of Presentation
The Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report reflect (i) the historical operating results of Legacy UHG prior to the Business Combination; (ii) the combined results of UHG and DHHC following the Business Combination; (iii) the assets and liabilities of UHG and DHHC, and Legacy UHG at their historical cost prior to and following the Business Combination; and (iv) the Company’s equity structure for all periods presented.
Prior to the Closing Date, Legacy UHG’s historical financial records, including the historical Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of Legacy UHG, were prepared on a carve-out basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity were adjusted for the retroactive application of the reverse recapitalization using the Exchange Ratio. After March 30, 2023, no carve-out amounts were included in UHG’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Periods prior to the Business Combination
Prior to the Business Combination until the Closing Date, Legacy UHG had historically transacted with affiliates that were owned by the shareholders of GSH. Legacy UHG has categorized the various affiliates based on the nature of the transactions with Legacy UHG and their primary operations. The categories are as follows:
Land Development Affiliates - Land development affiliates’ primary operations consist of acquiring and developing raw parcels of land for vertical home construction. Upon completion, the land development affiliates transferred the developed lots to Legacy UHG in a non-cash transaction.
Other Operating Affiliates - Other operating affiliates’ operations consist of acquiring and developing land, purchasing constructed houses for rental properties, leasing activities, and purchasing model homes to be maintained during the sell down period of a community.
Collectively, these are referred to as “Other Affiliates” in these financial statements and represented as related parties (see Note 10 - Related party transactions).
All revenues and expenses directly associated with the activity of Legacy UHG are included in these financial statements. In addition, a portion of Legacy UHG’s corporate expenses including stock-based compensation were allocated to Legacy UHG based on direct usage when identifiable or, when not directly identifiable, on the basis of proportional cost of sales or employee headcount, as applicable. The corporate expense allocations include the cost of corporate functions and resources provided by or administered by GSH including, predominately, costs associated with executive management, finance, accounting, legal, human resources, and costs associated with operating GSH’s office buildings. The corporate expense allocation requires significant judgment and management believes the basis on which the corporate expenses have been allocated reasonably reflects the utilization of services provided to Legacy UHG during the periods presented.
In addition, all significant transactions between Legacy UHG and GSH have been included in these financial statements. The aggregated net effect of transactions between Legacy UHG and GSH was settled within Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity as they were not expected to be settled in cash. These amounts were reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows within Distributions and net transfer to shareholders and Other Affiliates and, when transactions were historically not settled in cash, in non-cash activities.
The results reported in these financial statements would not be indicative of Legacy UHG’s future performance, primarily because prior to the Business Combination, the lots developed by affiliates were not transferred to the homebuilding operations of GSH at a market rate. As such, these results do not necessarily reflect what the financial position, results of operations and cash flows would have been had it operated as an independent company during all the periods presented.