Walk the finished build
The balcony deck as built: cedar board siding, black-framed window and glass door, glass railing with a black cap over the yard.
Main house got an interior expansion, ceiling lifted and full remodel.
1 OAK · New Construction
Survey, architecture, permits and construction under one contract. The photos below show the same lot before we broke ground and the day we handed over.
Los Angeles · backyard gym & sauna studio
A backyard studio built from the ground up as a private gym and sauna room: vertical cedar cladding, a black-framed sliding glass door and a flat overhanging roof with recessed lights, set among the palms. Inside, one bright white room on plank tile under the same recessed lighting — a Sunlighten infrared sauna in the corner, the Peloton on its mat, a bamboo cabinet for shoes and towels, a clerestory window and a ductless mini-split.
Tap a thumbnail to see the finished room from every angle.
1 OAK · New Construction
Licensed general contractor serving Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica and the rest of Los Angeles County. Estimates are free and itemised.
New construction in Los Angeles generally lands between $400 and $650 per square foot for a custom home, with hillside lots, basements and long utility runs at the top of that range. A 2,500 square foot house therefore runs roughly $1M to $1.6M. Soft costs sit outside that figure: survey, soils, architecture, engineering, plan check fees and school and park fees. We separate hard and soft costs in the first estimate so nothing arrives as a surprise halfway through.
A ground-up house is mostly a paperwork project before it is a building project. Survey and soils come first, then architecture and structural engineering, then plan check, which in Los Angeles runs six to twelve months. Construction adds nine to fourteen months for a typical single-family home. We hold one contract across the whole sequence and one person accountable for the schedule, so the design, the permit set and the crew are never working from different drawings.
Drainage, retaining, grading and foundation type are decided by the parcel, not by a catalogue plan. We build on slabs, raised floors and caissons depending on what the soils report calls for, and we plan the utility runs and the driveway at the same time as the framing. If you are still choosing a lot, we will read it with you before you buy: the difference between a straightforward build and a difficult one is often visible in the parcel record.
More New Construction work
BeforeAfterVan Nuys · new construction
From empty lot to a completed modern residence — same lot, same ficus tree, same neighbors, two years from permit to keys.
Big Bear, CA · new construction
A modern mountain cabin built in 2024 at 1,193 sq ft: two bedrooms and two baths plus a loft, with one bedroom and bath downstairs and the primary suite and loft upstairs. Dark standing-seam roof over vertical siding and warm cedar, double-pane windows in every room, a fireplace in the living room, and an outdoor spa under the pines.
BeforeAfterOrange · 390 sq ft backyard ADU
A 390 sq ft ADU built in an Orange backyard. The dry, unlandscaped lawn and the aging fence gave way to the same yard reworked around a modern studio: off-white stucco with a cedar slat entry wall, a black-framed slider opening into the kitchen, a dark gabled roof with lit eaves, black sconces and soffit downlights, and a paver path set in gravel past agave beds, an olive tree in a black planter and a small lawn against the new cedar fence.
BeforeAfterSherman Oaks · SB 9 lot split
One lot, divided in two: the 1950s ranch stayed and was refinished, and a new two-story residence went up where the side yard used to be — each with its own address, driveway and yard.
BeforeAfterVan Nuys · SB 9 corner lot split
The same Spanish corner lot split under SB 9: the original house untouched, and a new two-story contemporary home on the parcel that opened up, with its own gate off the side street.
BeforeAfterLos Angeles · Historic HPOZ ADU
A two-story ADU in a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ), built on the old garage footprint and held to the district design standards: beige lap siding with crisp white trim, a black-framed second-floor window, white floodlights at the corner and fresh paving to the door. Two walkthroughs — the exterior, then the inside.
Los Angeles · whole-home remodel & detached ADU
The main house remodeled top to bottom, then a detached ADU built in the backyard: cream stucco and a cedar entry door down a paver path outside, and inside one open room for living, dining and kitchen under a single ceiling, with a full bath, a stacked laundry closet and a walk-in closet. The video walks the finished main house.
BeforeAfterStudio City · backyard ADU
A 380 sq ft two-bedroom ADU built in place of the old garage — same fence, same citrus tree, matched to the main house.
Los Angeles · detached garage ADU
ADU detached · a garage conversion to a full ADU, 400 sq ft: the ceiling lifted and vaulted for a nice open floor plan, white board-and-batten and black-framed sliding glass outside, a full kitchen, a bright living room and a doorway out to the yard.
BeforeAfterEncino · kitchen remodel
Same footprint and the same window over the sink: white oak cabinetry to the ceiling, a stone island and all-day daylight.
BeforeAfterTarzana · two-story addition
A new upper floor and side wing added to the same ranch house — same driveway, same ficus tree, roof and stucco matched exactly.
BeforeAfterNorth Hollywood · garage to ADU
The same detached garage, converted into a 442 sq ft ADU: stucco, black steel glazing and a cedar entry on the original footprint, with a furnished living and dining space and a full bath inside.
Monrovia · full home remodel & expansion
A whole house taken down and rebuilt outward: dark board-and-batten siding with a cedar slat entry and brass house numbers, a xeriscaped front yard of flagstone, river rock and raised planter beds, and inside an expansion that added a second floor — the vaulted stair with exposed beams and a skylight, a bedroom with a floor-to-ceiling oak wardrobe and wall-mounted bike, and a kids room with a plywood built-in wall, a sensory swing and a floor bed. Light oak floors throughout, matte white walls, and natural wood brought through every room. The bath is walled in a dark sage-green tile with a floating oak vanity, brass sconces and a tub under a wood-framed window, and the open living, dining and kitchen sit under a vaulted beamed ceiling with two skylights: a brick fireplace, oak millwork to the ceiling, a stone-topped island and a dark green tiled backsplash.
Whole-home remodel, addition & attached JADU
The main house taken down to the studs and opened up: a new kitchen, dining and living room under one ceiling, an addition for the new bedrooms, a primary bath with a stacked-tile tub and shower, a sage-tiled guest bath with a walk-in shower, a walk-in closet and laundry, the bedrooms, a yoga and gym room, a JADU kitchenette, and a backyard rebuilt as outdoor living: a wood deck, a stock-tank plunge pool, a dining patio under string lights, native planters and a new slat-and-stucco front fence. Light oak cabinetry to the ceiling, quartz tops, gray and sage tile, warm brass and matte black hardware throughout, on wide-plank oak floors.
Next step
A free site visit, a line-item estimate and a build schedule. No obligation, no design fee.
