Luxury Custom Home Builder in Orange County
Chosen by those who accept nothing less.
Great plans deserve a great builder.
We work alongside Orange County's most respected architects and designers, bringing their plans to life with our own crews and millwork shop. The drawing set and the finished house stay one conversation.
Selected work
Ground-up custom homes across Orange County, from limestone modern to stone chateau. Each one built by our own crews to the architect's drawing.
The Pinault standard
Founded in 1984 by Bob Pinault, we have spent 42 years designing, building and remodeling homes along the Orange County coast. Our own crews, trusted architect partners and our own cabinet shop work to a "no excuses" standard.
- 42+
- Years building
- In-house
- Trades & millwork
- One.
- Point of accountability
- Architectural Design
- Structural Engineering
- General Contracting
- Custom Cabinetry & Millwork
- Whole-Home Remodels
- Commercial Build-Outs
One roof, every discipline
Most builders coordinate a dozen companies. We are one.
Architect Collaboration & Engineering
We partner with notable local architects and resolve structural engineering before ground is broken.
In-House General Contracting
Most trades are performed by our own employees. Specialty subcontractors are managed and guaranteed by us.
Cabinet & Millwork Shop
A full-scale shop producing custom cabinetry, built-ins, doors and trim to the drawing.
Residential & Commercial
Ground-up custom homes, whole-home remodels and commercial projects, each to the same standard of finish.
Why clients choose us
One call does it all.
A single point of contact from conception to completion, and a single point of accountability when it matters.
Our people, on your site.
In-house crews mean the standard is set by the people who carry our name.
Every piece of work, guaranteed.
Whether performed by our employees or a managed specialty trade, we stand behind all of it.
A "no excuses" work ethic.
42 years as a preferred contractor comes from attention to detail and finishing what we start.
Interiors, built for the life you've pictured
Cabinetry from our own millwork shop, stone that carries from kitchen to bath, and walls of glass that open to the coast. Every room finished by the people who built the house.
Client reflections
"I'd been saving photos of kitchens for three years and none of them were quite it. Their shop drew the island around how we actually cook, and the brass pulls are the exact ones I kept pointing at. My sister walked in and said, that's so you."
"We wanted a house that didn't cost the earth to run. They didn't just nod along. Solar went in without a single panel visible from the street, and the reclaimed white oak floors have more character than anything new we looked at. Our summer power bill is almost nothing."
"The whole point of the remodel was the view, and every other bid had a post right in the middle of it. Bob's engineer found a way to open the entire back wall. I still stop in the hallway most mornings just to look at the water."
Start planning
Ground-up residences, whole-home remodels and commercial work across Orange County. We start with a conversation and a walk of the site.
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