Every custom home starts on the lot. Before design begins, we look at it with you, whether it’s a level coastal lot or a steep hillside, and help you make sound choices that suit the architectural style you’ve chosen.
Many of our homes are modern, with steel, glass and concrete set into the slope rather than fighting it. Joe’s eye for design shows up in the details, from how materials meet to how the house frames the view.
Foundations, access and staging are worked out before construction starts.
Building on Laguna Beach’s steep lots since 1990.
Finishes and assemblies chosen to hold up to salt air, sun and moisture.
One-year workmanship and ten-year structural coverage on every new home.
Yes, it’s most of what we do in Laguna Beach. Browse our projects to see homes built on some of the city’s steepest sites.
Yes, including detached guest houses and studios on sloped lots, like our Alta Laguna ADU.
Either works. We offer full design-build services, or we can suggest architects who are a good choice for your project and know who works well together.
Yes. Some of our custom homes replace an existing house. At the Courtyard House in Huntington Beach, the original two-story home was taken down and rebuilt as a single-story modern home.
Yes. We built Beachitos, a duplex on North Coast Highway, using BONE Structure, a recycled-steel prefab system from Canada. It was the first BONE Structure building in Orange County and won an AIA People’s Choice award and a Gold Nugget award.
It depends on the site and the design. As one example, a client’s custom home in Huntington Beach was completed in 52 weeks from demolition to final city sign-off.
Yes. Most of our work is in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and Corona del Mar, and we’ve also completed homes outside those areas, like the Courtyard House in Huntington Beach.
