General Contractor at The Sea Ranch, California

The Sea Ranch is unlike anywhere else on the coast: ten miles of unpainted redwood, shed roofs, and buildings deliberately set into the meadow and hedgerow rather than on top of it. Work here is held to a standard, both by the design review process and by owners who chose these houses for exactly that reason.

We take that seriously. Details matter — siding reveals, trim-free corners, how a deck meets a wall, how a new opening reads from outside. We build to match what is already there instead of imposing a generic solution on a house that was designed with intent.

The original 1960s and 70s houses also carry real maintenance loads. Unfinished redwood weathers beautifully and still needs attention, single-glazed windows leak heat, and decks that have watched the Pacific for fifty years eventually need structural work, not another coat of stain.