New Construction · Dana Point
Built by Avorino · Custom Pool House (Ground Up), San Juan CapistranoNew Construction in Dana Point
Dana Point ground-up — Coastal Commission permitting, view-line preservation, salt-air detailing, premium finish carpentry through certificate of occupancy.
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Photographs: Custom Pool House (Ground Up), San Juan Capistrano, built by Avorino.
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Lantern Village is the 1920s-30s core of older cottages now seeing bluff-lot rebuilds; Monarch Beach is ultra-luxury and resort-adjacent (The Strand at Headlands runs into eight figures); Capistrano Beach keeps its Spanish Colonial Revival red-tile character. Avorino builds throughout Lantern Village, Monarch Beach, Niguel Shores, Capistrano Beach, and the Harbor district. Avorino's ground-up coastal builds run lot → Certificate of Occupancy. CDP filing where required, soils + geotech, structural engineering, city plan check, utility connections, vertical construction, and the tiered warranty under one roof.7+ years of Orange County experience · 150+ completed projects · 4.8 Yelp average across 35+ reviews.
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Nearly all coastal-zone construction needs a Coastal Development Permit under the city's Coastal Overlay District, and land alteration within 50–100 ft of a bluff edge triggers separate CDP review — making bluff-lot rebuilds in Lantern Village and Niguel Shores geotechnically and procedurally involved. Avorino has 7+ years of OC ground-up experience under General-B License #1107538 — single-family residences, multi-unit residential, small-format commercial, and ADU pairings on existing lots. Architecture, structural engineering, surveying, soils, permitting, construction, and the tiered warranty under one roof.
Coastal Development Permit (CDP) letters, view-line preservation, salt-air spec mechanical, and the Coastal Commission appeal window all carried in-house. Avorino schedules CDP review in parallel with city plan check so the overall window doesn't lengthen.
Architecture, structural engineer of record, soils + geotechnical engineer, surveyor, and Title-24 energy coordinated before drawings finalize. Drawings get to plan check the first time — not the third.
Dana Point Building & Safety submittals, comment rounds, resubmittals, fees, and inspection scheduling — run through one office as a single coordinated track, comments resolved in writing.
Fixed-price design-build contract with line-item costs + written allowances. Real-time cost visibility during design phase; selection sign-off before construction; weekly progress reports through Certificate of Occupancy.
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“These are the best people in the business. I used Avorino to build my own ADU. They beat every single price I got and on top of that did an excellent job finishing it in no time. Truly the best of the best — highly recommended.”
What we build in Dana Point (4)
Coastal Commission CDP filing + view-line preservation + salt-air spec mechanical. Vision to certificate of occupancy.
Clear, grade, pour. The first photo of a poured pad is when the project moves from paper to concrete.
Vertical work, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, drywall, finishes. Weekly progress reports, one builder on point through every trade.
Punch close, final inspection, owner walk-through, then the tiered warranty.
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A time-lapse visualization of the Santa Ana build, from the cleared lot to the finished exterior.
Dana Point regulations
A working summary of the rules Avorino designs against on every Dana Point project — submittal, comment rounds, and inspections run in one office and resolved in writing.
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Dana Point ground-up zoning + lot rules.
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Dana Point Community Development
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What we lock before drawings finalize.
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What ground-up actually takes in Dana Point.
Dana Point permit reality
Avorino drafts the drawings for ground-up residential and small commercial against Dana Point'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.
Dana Point lot profile
High coastal bluffs and headlands wrap a natural harbor; several bluff-edge communities like Niguel Shores contend with ongoing coastal bluff erosion.
All Dana Point construction and permitting details on this page, including fees, setbacks, timelines, and zoning, are based on the City of Dana Point 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 Dana Point Building & Safety Division directly, and confirm anything that affects your budget or schedule before you build.
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Dana Point investment range
Dana Point ground-up builds typically land at $500 – $850 / sqft+. The variance inside that range depends on lot complexity, finish level, structural ambition, and whether the property falls inside the Coastal Zone.
Engineering integrated
Avorino carries the geotechnical engineer, structural engineer of record, surveyor, and Title-24 consultant on every ground-up build. Drawings get to plan check the first time — not the third.
Permits + plan check
Submittal, comment rounds, resubmittals, fees, and inspection scheduling — run through one office, comments resolved in writing, one builder on point from plan check to certificate of occupancy.
Recent builds
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Yes. Avorino carries California General-B License #1107538 and delivers ground-up new construction in Dana Point end-to-end: design, structural engineering, permits, and construction under one roof. As the Dana Point new construction contractor and general contractor on your project, Avorino owns the schedule and the outcome, rather than coordinating a chain of subcontractors you'd manage yourself.
Dana Point ground-up typically lands at $500 – $850 / sqft+ depending on lot complexity, finish level, and structural ambition. Avorino quotes a fixed-price design-build contract, the bid you sign is the bid you sign.
Plan on 16 – 26+ months from initial design through certificate of occupancy. The variance is permitting + soils + Coastal review, not vertical construction. We tell you on day one which side of that range your project lands on, and what would push it up.
Yes. Avorino coordinates the architect of record, structural engineer, soils + geotechnical engineer, and surveyor. You see one project schedule and one point of accountability; the consultants invoice Avorino directly. Coastal Commission CDP letters are part of the same package.
A tiered warranty — 1-year fit & finish, 4-year systems, 10-year structural — handled by us. The same Avorino on the phone after Certificate of Occupancy as before it.
Free consultation
Avorino reviews your project and comes back with a fixed-price design-build proposal, written timeline, and a path through Dana Point permitting calibrated to your lot.
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