New Construction · San Clemente
Built by Avorino · Custom Pool House (Ground Up), San Juan CapistranoNew Construction in San Clemente
San Clemente 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.
San Clemente New Construction Contractor
Founded on a Spanish Colonial Revival design mandate — the 'Spanish Village by the Sea' — so red tile and cream stucco define downtown and the historic Southwest cottages, while ridge-top master-plans like Sea Summit bring modern Spanish architecture on larger view lots. Avorino builds throughout Southwest San Clemente, Sea Summit at Marblehead, Rancho San Clemente, Marblehead, and North Beach. 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.
Get a free estimateNew Construction · San Clemente
Custom and rebuild projects sit on hillside, narrow, or bluff-top parcels. Coastal-Zone lots trigger a Coastal Development Permit (city-filed, appealable to the Coastal Commission), downtown and El Camino Real west of I-5 fall under an Architectural Overlay design district, and salt-air exposure on bluff lots calls for upgraded exterior and mechanical assemblies. 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.
San Clemente 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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No published San Clemente ground-up build yet — here's recent Avorino work from across Orange County.
“Avorino is hands down the best around. We wouldn't trust anyone else, and haven't, with both our home and businesses. They're with you from start to finish and are incredibly helpful, communicative, and understanding. We've used Avorino for multiple projects at home and at our two businesses. We can't say enough good things about this team.”
What we build in San Clemente (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.
San Clemente regulations
A working summary of the rules Avorino designs against on every San Clemente project — submittal, comment rounds, and inspections run in one office and resolved in writing.
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San Clemente ground-up zoning + lot rules.
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San Clemente Community Development
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What we lock before drawings finalize.
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What ground-up actually takes in San Clemente.
San Clemente permit reality
Avorino drafts the drawings for ground-up residential and small commercial against San Clemente'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.
San Clemente lot profile
A hillside coastal city where terrain climbs from Pacific-facing bluffs and the pier flats up through ridge neighborhoods toward inland canyons near the Cleveland National Forest.
All San Clemente construction and permitting details on this page, including fees, setbacks, timelines, and zoning, are based on the City of San Clemente 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 San Clemente Building & Safety Division directly, and confirm anything that affects your budget or schedule before you build.
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San Clemente investment range
San Clemente 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 San Clemente end-to-end: design, structural engineering, permits, and construction under one roof. As the San Clemente 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.
San Clemente 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 San Clemente permitting calibrated to your lot.
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