Allen Associates
If you would have told Dennis Allen in the late 1960s -- after he had completed graduate work at Princeton University in international finance -- that he would become a partner in one of the most prestigious custom home building companies in Santa Barbara County in less than two decades, he probably would have suggested you check your sources.

Barry Camp Construction
Growing up in Southern California as the son of a Realtor and developer, Barry Camp had one dream as a young man leaving home for college -- be independent. Even though he has worked construction jobs in Los Angeles doing carpentry and framing piece work as a teenager, he determined he would do something different and enrolled at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in agriculture.

Johnson Properties
Parkside in Santa Maria is the fastest selling residential community in northern Santa Barbara County and developers Johnson Properties credit their policy of quality, craftsmanship and value for its success. The community is the first residential endeavor for the company, but by no means its first project.

A. K. Huddleston Construction
You can't tell A.K. "Hud" Huddleston that genetics don't have a part in homebuilding and construction work. Hud knew from childhood that he wanted to build houses even though he spent years training and working as a computer systems analyst..

J. P. Construction
Finishing the construction on a custom home so it's ready for moving in means your job with that client is half-finished, according to Joseph Pahler, owner of J.P. Construction, Paso Robles. "The other half is making sure they've been able to get moved in and helping them adjust to their new home -- making sure everything is to their satisfaction, however long it takes. It's building a rapport with that client so they keep coming back for future jobs," he explains

Alan Little Custom Homes
When he was 10 years old Alan Little could take the roof off one of the cardboard models he had made as a replica of house plans found in the Sunday paper and show you every detail of that home built to scale. Now, 25 years later, he can drive you to numerous prestigious addressees on the South/Central Coast and show you finished homes he has designed and built.

Mitch Williams Construction
"Exceed the client's expectations," is a motto that has become the motivating philosophy during the past decade for Mitch Williams and his company, Mitch Williams Construction. Based in Santa Barbara, Mitch and his associates are well known as custom home builders and their reputation keeps them in demand in surrounding communities as well.

Roberts Construction
Creating the home a family envisions in today's world requires a contractor with not only the skills to erect the structure but one who can also expertly guide the expectant owner through the ever-increasing legal and code specifications required of every project. Larry Roberts, owner of Roberts Construction, and his construction supervisor, Larry Stephens, have built a reputation as one of the best teams in building and management for custom home and commercial projects on the South/Central Coast.

Kirk Hohenstein Construction
One of the most important aspects of speculation building along the South/Central Coast is timing, according to Kirk Hohenstein, general contractor and a principal spec builder throughout both counties. Kirk should know -- he's built hundreds of spec homes in the past 26 years and knows that end of the home building business well.

Young Construction
Once, not so very long ago, two brothers, Bob and Dave, took summer jobs in construction while attending college. A few years later Bob, who had now learned the process of building hand-crafted custom homes, became a general contractor, and Dave, who had graduated and spent a year working in corporate finance, left his job to become Bob's partner in Young Construction.

Michael Congdon and Associates
Many contractors talk about a design/build situation as the ideal, but in the case of Michael Congdon, it's the way he does business -- consistently. He and his wife, Gail, an interior designer, work together as a team with local architects on the South/Central Coast to build high-end custom homes. And they have kept so busy that their company includes full-time concrete and carpentry crews, skilled high-end craftsmen and finishers.