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Custom Home · Laguna Niguel
Orange County, CaliforniaHillside Custom Home, Laguna Niguel
Hillside Custom Home with Spa Bath
A hillside custom home in Laguna Niguel — grade, retaining, and view lines shaped the design from the first sketch. The entry sequence and staircase do the architectural heavy lifting.
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Scope of work
What this build involved.
- Hillside custom residence
- Soils engineering + retaining design
- Sculptural entry + staircase
- View-oriented living levels
- Geotech, structural, and architecture coordinated in-house
The finished build
Finish and structural detail (6)
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Project record
Hillside Custom Home with Spa Bath, by the numbers.
Permits & process
Laguna Niguel is hillside city-wide with view-preservation review — grading plans, soils reports, and retaining engineering are part of the entitlement package, not afterthoughts. Avorino carries all three in-house.
The build
On a slope, the budget's swing factor is below grade: soils, retaining, and foundations. Designing to the lot's geology first is what keeps hillside builds from drifting.
- Finished area (approx.)
- 4,000 sq ft
- Bedrooms (approx.)
- 5
- Bathrooms (approx.)
- 4.5
- Photographs in this set
- 7
- City
- Laguna Niguel, CA
- Builder
- Avorino · Lic. #1107538
- Typical budget
- $450 – $900+ per finished sq ft
- Typical timeline
- 14–24+ months, vision to keys
- Warranty
- 1-yr fit & finish · 4-yr systems · 10-yr structural
- Stories
- Two-story
- Build
- Ground-up · Hillside lot
Sizes and room counts marked approx. are estimates from plans and photos.
What clients say about this kind of build
“I am so happy I used Avorino to build my two custom homes in Santa Ana. The whole process was seamless and streamlined. The quality of work was absolutely fantastic and top notch all the way — 10/10 experience.”
More work
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AVORINO / SPATIAL STUDIESFIG. 01
Planning study · a conversation, not a committed designConcept only · cutaway walls lowered to reveal the layout
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