Is Avorino a licensed custom home builder in Irvine?

Yes. Avorino carries California General-B License #1107538 and builds custom homes in Irvine end-to-end: architecture, structural engineering, permits, and construction under one roof. As the Irvine custom home builder and general contractor on your project, Avorino owns the schedule and the outcome, rather than coordinating a chain of subcontractors you'd manage yourself.

How much does a custom home in Irvine cost?

Custom homes in Irvine typically run $900K – $3.5M+ depending on size, finish level, and lot conditions. Avorino quotes a fixed-price design-build contract so the budget you sign at week one is the budget at the warranty handover.

How long does a custom home build take in Irvine?

Permit-to-keys windows in Irvine typically land at 14 – 24+ months for a standard single-family build. Architecture, structural, and finish trades are sequenced to overlap.

Do you handle Irvine permits and plan check?

Yes. Avorino runs every Irvine permit submittal, plan-check correction, and final inspection through one office. You sign once at the start; from there, permitting and inspections run through us.

What's the warranty on a custom home build?

Every Avorino build ships with a tiered construction warranty: 1-year fit & finish, 4-year systems (plumbing, electrical, HVAC), and 10-year latent structural. Avorino takes the warranty call.

Custom homes · Irvine

Custom homes in Irvine.

Ground-up custom residences across Irvine — architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, and finish carpentry under one roof. Fixed-price design-build contracts. Avorino from the first consultation through the warranty handover.

CoverageIrvine, OC

Typical range$900K – $3.5M+

Build window14 – 24+ months

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Irvine, Orange County — Irvine · Orange County

Irvine Custom Home Construction

What an Avorino custom home in Irvine actually involves.

Almost entirely master-planned by the Irvine Company into 50+ named villages, each with its own architectural theme and layered homeowners association and master-association structure — older large-lot villages like Turtle Rock and Woodbridge contrast with guard-gated hillside enclaves like Shady Canyon and Quail Hill. Avorino builds throughout Turtle Rock, Shady Canyon, Woodbridge, Northwood, and Quail Hill. Avorino runs inland custom homes end-to-end. Architect coordination, structural engineering, plan-check correspondence, fixed-price design-build contract, and the tiered warranty (1yr fit & finish · 4yr systems · 10yr structural) through final walk.

Typical range$900K – $3.5M+
Build window14 – 24+ months
LicenseCalifornia General-B #1107538
WarrantyTiered · 1yr fit & finish · 4yr systems · 10yr structural
Service areaIrvine + 36 other Orange County cities and communities

7+ years of Orange County experience · 150+ completed projects · 4.8 Yelp average across 35+ reviews.

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Your name and number is enough to start — Avorino follows up with a written scope for your Irvine project.

Avorino calls back as soon as possible, followed by a written estimate — and you're talking to Avorino, never a sales rep.

Typical price range

$900K – $3.5M+

Inland custom homes — single-family ground-up or major teardown-rebuild, planned to the lot's actual constraints.

Typical build window

14 – 24+ months

Standard single-family permit-to-keys window — architecture, structural, and finish trades planned to overlap.

Why Avorino in Irvine.

True ground-up custom building is uncommon inside Irvine Company tracts; it concentrates in teardown-rebuilds in older, larger-lot villages — Turtle Rock, Woodbridge, Northwood, University Park. Every project needs homeowners association and Architectural Review Committee sign-off against village-specific design guidelines before city permitting, and hillside lots add grading and hillside-ordinance review. Avorino operates in Orange County under General-B License #1107538, with 7+ years of OC experience and a 4.8-star Yelp average across 35+ reviews. Architecture, structural engineering, permitting, construction, and the tiered warranty all sit under one roof — one accountable builder from first conversation through final handover.

Architecture + engineering, in-house

Avorino's design-build model means architecture, structural engineering, Title 24 calculations, and soils (where Irvine lots require it) all sit under one roof. You sign once at the start; the coordination across disciplines runs through one office.

Irvine permitting, handled

Submittal, plan-check comments, resubmittal, and final inspection all run through one office. Avorino builds drawings against how Irvine handles planning and zoning review, including the block-by-block setback variations that surprise out-of-area builders, so the set walks in ready for what the city checks.

Material + finish selections

Cabinetry, stone, tile, paint, fixtures, appliances — every line item picked against a written allowance log so the bid doesn't drift during construction. Irvine clients see the finish board before demolition starts.

Tiered warranty

Every Avorino build ships with a tiered construction warranty: 1-year fit & finish (paint, trim, mirrors, flooring, cabinets, countertops), 4-year systems (plumbing, electrical, HVAC), 10-year structural. Same Avorino team you started with takes the warranty call.

What we build in Irvine

Four custom homes Avorino delivers in Irvine.

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Bespoke single-family

Single-family ground-up custom homes — modern, traditional, transitional. Architectural intent preserved.

Architect coordination
Premium millwork
Finish carpentry

Custom kitchen island with Wolf range, brass + marble herringbone

Finish carpentry

Held to the framing standard.

Cabinetry, stair carpentry, window trim, paint cuts — the trades where rushed jobs reveal themselves. Every Avorino custom-home interior is shop-built, drawing-checked, and dry-fit before paint.

Custom millwork drawing-checked
Stone, tile, paint signed off selection-by-selection
Lighting designed against finish materials
Tiered warranty in writing

Same team, end-to-end

One roof, concept to keys.

Architecture, structural engineering, permitting, construction, and the tiered warranty — coordinated under one roof, one builder on point through every trade. You sign once; the disciplines are sequenced so they don't fight each other in the field.

One licensed contact through Certificate of Occupancy + warranty
Architect coordination, not architect competition
Weekly progress reports, written change-orders only
Fixed-price design-build after design phase

Irvine lot profile

What Irvine lots typically throw at the build.

Mostly a broad, flat valley between Loma Ridge and the San Joaquin Hills, with hillier plateaus and canyons at the city's northern and southern edges.

Predictable R-1 / R-2 / C-1 setbacks city-wide
Master-plan + homeowners association overlays may add review (varies by tract)
Standard grading + drainage requirements
Utility connections typically straightforward
Both water AND sewer are Irvine Ranch Water District — IRWD collects and treats its own wastewater and runs purple-pipe recycled water — so meter sizing, will-serve, and connection go through IRWD, not the city.
Irvine's 2025 CAL FIRE maps push Very High / High zones into Orchard Hills, Portola Springs, Turtle Rock, and Quail Hill (WUI construction on those villages).

Irvine permit reality

What Irvine plan check actually looks like.

Avorino drafts the drawings for single-family custom builds against Irvine's published code. The variable is which plan checker draws your set and what they flag — the set is built for that, so comments resolve in one round where the city allows.

Pre-application consult before drawings finalize
Comment rounds answered fast and resolved in writing
Clean drawings clear in the first or second comment round
State law caps each plan-check round at 60 days once the application is complete; full cycles with resubmittals typically run longer
Submission is 100% online through Irvine's own IrvineReady! portal (goPost / ePlanSoft, Chrome required) — no email or over-the-counter drop. Avorino runs the pre-application, uploads the PDF plan sets and forms, and works corrections in the portal.

Irvine investment range

Where Irvine sits on the OC price range.

Irvine custom homes typically land at $900K – $3.5M+. The variance inside that range depends on lot complexity, finish level, structural ambition, and how much foundation and utility work the existing lot demands.

Finish-level decisions move the budget the most
Structural ambition (multi-story spans, glass-line walls) pushes the upper end
Inland lots most often land in the middle of the range
Avorino's contract is fixed-price after design — no escalation surprises
School-fee determination + Transportation Corridor Agency form ride the permit packet; fees invoiced by email before plan check starts

Irvine regulations

Irvine residential permitting at a glance.

A working summary of the rules Avorino designs against on every Irvine project — submittal, comment rounds, and inspections run in one office and resolved in writing.

Zoning + setbacks

Irvine residential standards we design against.

Front: 20 ft · Rear: 25 ft · Side: 5 ft · R-1 standard; master-plan + association overlays add restrictions
Height limit: 30 ft for SFR
Lot coverage: up to 40% (varies by zone)
Typical R-1 minimum lot size: 5,000 sqft

Plan check + permitting jurisdiction

City of Irvine Community Development — Development Assistance Center

Plan check: 8–12 weeks
Post-entitlement review clock under AB 2234 (Cal. Gov. Code §65913.3): 15 business days to completeness, then 30 business days to finish review on projects of 25 units or fewer
Multiple comment rounds typical; clean drawings clear in the first or second round
Avorino carries every submittal and comment-round response in-house

Engineering required up-front

What the lot calls for before construction starts.

Title-24 Part 6 energy compliance — state-mandated
Geotechnical soils report + retaining-wall engineering — required when lot grade triggers the Hillside Management Ordinance
Structural engineer of record signs the foundation + framing set
Surveyor stakes property lines + setbacks before slab pour

Code + utility requirements

What every new SFR carries by California state law.

Fire sprinklers required in all new single- and two-family dwellings (CRC R313.2, since 2011)
Title-24 Part 6 + Solar Mandate (Solar panels required on most new single-family homes since 2020)
Utility connections: SoCal Edison, SoCal Gas, city water + sewer + storm drain
Two off-street parking spaces typical for single-family (most R-1 zones)

Recent Irvine work

Avorino custom-home work in Irvine.

Primary bath remodel, Irvine — Primary bath · Irvine

Bath finish detail, Irvine — Finish detail · Irvine

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Watch an Avorino build in Irvine.

“Avorino built us an ADU recently. They provided the full design and rendering, pulled permits, and built our 1,000 sqft ADU from start to finish. Easy to work with, prices very competitive. We've already recommended Avorino to friends.”

Ray W. · 1,000 sqft detached ADU · Irvine · 2023

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Common questions — Irvine

Is Avorino a licensed custom home builder in Irvine?: Yes. Avorino carries California General-B License #1107538 and builds custom homes in Irvine end-to-end: architecture, structural engineering, permits, and construction under one roof. As the Irvine custom home builder and general contractor on your project, Avorino owns the schedule and the outcome, rather than coordinating a chain of subcontractors you'd manage yourself.
How much does a custom home in Irvine cost?: Custom homes in Irvine typically run $900K – $3.5M+ depending on size, finish level, and lot conditions. Avorino quotes a fixed-price design-build contract so the budget you sign at week one is the budget at the warranty handover.
How long does a custom home build take in Irvine?: Permit-to-keys windows in Irvine typically land at 14 – 24+ months for a standard single-family build. Architecture, structural, and finish trades are sequenced to overlap.
Do you handle Irvine permits and plan check?: Yes. Avorino runs every Irvine permit submittal, plan-check correction, and final inspection through one office. You sign once at the start; from there, permitting and inspections run through us.
What's the warranty on a custom home build?: Every Avorino build ships with a tiered construction warranty: 1-year fit & finish, 4-year systems (plumbing, electrical, HVAC), and 10-year latent structural. Avorino takes the warranty call.

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Verify with the city

All Irvine construction and permitting details on this page, including fees, setbacks, timelines, and zoning, are based on the City of Irvine Building & Safety Division's published information and are subject to change. This information may not be fully up to date or accurate. For the latest requirements, visit the City of Irvine Building & Safety Division directly, and confirm anything that affects your budget or schedule before you build.

Building authorityCity of Irvine Building & Safety Division
Official websitecityofirvine.org

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