General Contractor in Malibu, CA

Dick Minium Construction works as a general contractor in Malibu, CA, building and renovating fine homes for owners who hold the work to a high standard. For more than thirty years, the workshop has served owners, their architects, and collectors across the Westside. If you need a general contractor in Malibu, CA who can carry a renovation, an addition, or an art installation from drawings to finished work, this is one call. You get a builder with the patience for in-depth, highly personal custom work, and the engineering to back it up.

Our General Contractor Services in Malibu, CA

Three doors into one workshop: Build, Install, and Keep. A general contractor in Malibu, CA should be able to handle all three, and the services below cover them.

• General contracting for fine homes. Renovations and residential additions for architecturally significant homes, built to the architect's drawings and the architect's intent.
• Custom kitchens and baths. Custom kitchen renovation and custom bathroom renovation, planned and executed with the owner and architect.
• Hardscape and landscape construction. Exterior work built with the same care as the interiors, so the grounds hold up to the house.
• Custom art installation. Large sculpture, suspended work, private galleries, and art lighting, with the structural engineering the pieces need. Work is engineered, hung, and lit.
• Estate management. Ongoing upkeep and readiness of the homes we built or renovated, including scheduling other trades. The house is watched.
• Repairs and systems. Leak detection and elimination, dry rot repair, window restoration, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC.

Why Malibu, CA Homeowners Choose Us

Dick Minium Construction is a Westside Los Angeles general contractor for architecturally significant homes and the art inside them. The firm has worked with owners, their architects, and collectors for more than thirty years. The work follows the drawings. When a detail in the field raises a question, the answer comes from the architect's intent, not from a shortcut.

Malibu houses reward that approach. The typical Malibu home was built around 1976, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates, which means many of them are approaching fifty years of coastal weather. A renovation in that setting often involves leak detection, dry rot repair, and window restoration before the finish work begins. Work on a house like that calls for a contractor who will not cut corners that the owner will see later.

We are not ordinary builders. The specialty is clients requiring uncompromising invention, engineering, and aesthetic perspective. Say a collector in Malibu wants a suspended sculpture over a stair: the piece gets engineered, hung, and lit as one scope, with the structure concealed and the lighting set to the work. That is the kind of job this workshop exists for.

Serving Malibu, CA and Nearby Areas

Malibu sits about 31 miles from downtown Los Angeles, and the workshop covers that stretch of the Westside. Beyond Malibu, the firm serves Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, and West Hollywood. One contractor, one standard, across the service area.

General Contractor Questions We Hear in Malibu, CA

Can you work directly with my architect?

Yes. The firm has worked alongside owners and their architects for more than thirty years. The job is built to the drawings, and when field conditions raise questions, the architect's intent decides the answer. You stay informed; the architect stays in charge of the design.

Do you take on older Malibu homes?

Yes. The typical Malibu home was built around 1976, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates, so leak detection and elimination, dry rot repair, and window restoration are regular parts of the work here. A renovation often starts by correcting what the ocean air has done, then moves to the finish work the drawings call for.

What happens after the project is finished?

Estate management is the third door of the workshop: ongoing upkeep and readiness of the homes we built or renovated, including scheduling other trades. The house is watched, and small problems get handled before they become large ones. For owners who split time between homes, readiness means the house is right when you arrive.

Can you install art, not just build rooms?

Yes. The Install side of the workshop handles large sculpture, suspended work, private galleries, and art lighting, along with the structural engineering the pieces require. Each installation is engineered, hung, and lit as a single scope, so the structure, the mount, and the light are planned together rather than patched together.

Get Started

If you own an architecturally significant home in Malibu and need a general contractor in Malibu, CA for a renovation, an addition, an installation, or ongoing readiness, call 310.392.6622. One call opens all three doors: Build, Install, and Keep. The conversation starts with your house, your drawings, and what you want the work to be.

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