Being the oldest city of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Palos Verdes Estates is known for its developed residential area amidst an internationally-known scenic landscape. As a city with a long history and status as one of the best places to live in, many of the self-owned homes in this small city have a median home price in the range of $2 million.
It takes a lot of skill to craft homes that are both aesthetically pleasing and incredibly long-lasting. This list presents custom home builders who have been in the industry for many decades and use these years of experience to complete homes that not only carry the state’s usual architectural style, but can also cater the style to each homeowner’s individuality.
Buchholz Construction
59 Rollingwood Dr., Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
From Palos Verdes Estates to Rolling Hills, Hollywood Riviera to Manhattan, and nearby communities, Buchholz Construction is a well-known name in the community. After 35+ years of building fine homes, the firm has polished a design-build process that is easily understood even by layman clients. This ever-evolving process has helped the firm gain a long list of new and repeat clients in need of new homes, additions, or remodeling services for both residential and commercial buildings.
Architect: Pritzkat & Johnson Architects.
Among its many projects, the firm has completed homes that carry the traditional, Balinese style, Contemporary, Craftsman, Spanish revival, and Tuscan. The ability to craft such projects with its comprehensive build process is credited to company president David Buchholz, who contributes 35 years of construction experience. Learn more about their work at www.BuchholzConstruction.com.
C&C Partners
508 N. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
A full-service design-build firm, C&C Partners is a highly reputable company that was recognized as one of the elite custom home builders in the U.S. With recognition from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Custom Home Builder Magazine, C&C Partners has gained many clients with varying tastes in home designs. To date, the firm has built residences in the Spanish revival, modern, Tuscan, and French chateau styles among many others. Of these projects, its most notable is a Spanish revival style home in Palos Verdes Estates, designed by architect firm Pritzkat & Johnson, and built by C&C Partners.
A two-story home, it has the usual dark and light exterior that seems to play on the combination of earthy tones and sky to mirror the desert setting. Meanwhile, its interiors consist of an open floor plan that highlights the wide and breezy pathways under looming archways, and large glass doors and windows that allow natural light to flood into the rooms. Such complex and beautiful projects were easily completed thanks to the firm’s collaborative 15-step design building process.
Hawkes Custom Home
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
A firm with over 20 years of industry experience, Hawkes Custom Home is a home building firm that started off doing remodeling projects. During this time, it was able to simplify and perfect its remodeling process to include a strict open-book policy, giving clients access to everything from documentation to the subcontractors and vendors involved in the project.
This work approach has helped the firm successfully create beautiful homes carrying various styles including the modern, traditional, and Craftsman styles. These custom homes and renovations can be seen in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Palos Verdes Estates, and have been recognized by publications like Architectural Digest, Variety, LA Times, and SouthBay Magazine.
Tumanjan Homes Corporation
609 Deep Valley Dr. #345, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
In Palos Verdes Estates, there are different types of homes dotting the landscape—custom homes, spec homes, tract homes, and commercial structures like retail centers. Tumanjan Homes Corporation has a hand in crafting some of these structures. A general contractor that has been in the industry since 1972, Tumanjan Homes Corporation has a team of highly experienced professionals who deal with projects using a hands-on approach, working through each construction phase from site grading all the way to landscaping homes.
These beautiful homes in its portfolio carry various styles from the Spanish revival to the modern and Italianate styles.
