Tips and Advice For Custom Home Building

My passion is helping people and using my talents to provide a 5-Star stress-free process. What makes me unique is that I have the training and qualifications in the design arena and then I took the extra step to become a licensed general contractor. When I started my career in New York City in the […]

When you are starting your custom home build in Orange County the most important people to hire are the architect, contractor and designer. The easiest first step is to find a custom home builder because that builder may already have an architect that they like working with. They may even have an interior designer. If […]

When you live at the beach in coastal communities of places like Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar and on the Balboa Peninsula, your home maintenance requirements increase. The mistake that some of the custom home builders make is they don’t put their clients on a yearly maintenance schedule. Then preventative maintenance does not […]

Working with an architect in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach is a lot more challenging because of the regulations along the coastline. In order to have a successful project it is important to find an architect in Orange County that is experienced in working in these coastal communities. At Julie Laughton Design Build, I provide […]

There are a lot of new home builders in Orange County and a few of them are calling themselves Design Build companies, but what does that really mean? Design Build means that the builder works with an architect and then the architect finds the engineers and may also refer you to an interior designer. In […]