General Contractor in Santa Monica, CA

Dick Minium Construction is a general contractor in Santa Monica, CA for architecturally significant homes and the art inside them. For more than thirty years we have worked with owners, their architects, and collectors across the Westside, building to the drawings and keeping the architect's intent intact. If you are looking for a general contractor in Santa Monica, CA for a renovation, a residential addition, or an installation, this is the workshop. One call, 310.392.6622, puts the whole house on one set of shoulders.

Our General Contractor Services in Santa Monica, CA

Three doors into one workshop: Build, Install, and Keep. Each covers specific work.

• General contractor for fine homes. Ground-up and whole-house work on architecturally significant homes, built to the architect's drawings.
• Home renovation and residential additions. Structural and finish work that respects the original house and the architect's intent, including custom kitchen and bathroom renovation.
• Hardscape and landscape construction. The grounds built with the same drawings and the same hands as the house.
• Custom art installation. Large sculpture, suspended work, private galleries, and art lighting, engineered, hung, and lit, with the structural engineering the piece needs.
• Estate management. Ongoing upkeep and readiness of the homes we built or renovated, scheduling the other trades, so the house is watched.
• Repair and systems work. Leak detection and elimination, dry rot repair and window restoration, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC.

Why Santa Monica, CA Homeowners Choose Us

We are a premier contractor of fine homes, residential additions, and unique architectural spaces, for clients who require uncompromising invention, engineering, and aesthetic perspective. The work is in-depth and highly personal. We have patience for it.

The method is simple to describe. The owner and architect set the intent. We build to the drawings. When the house holds art, we handle the installation as part of the same job: the steel in the wall, the suspension points, the lighting, the engineering behind a piece that looks like it floats. When the work is done, Keep continues it. Estate management means readiness: the house is watched, the trades are scheduled, and one call reaches the people who built it.

Santa Monica houses reward this kind of attention. The typical Santa Monica home was built around 1968, per U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates, which means decades of prior work, hidden conditions, and original details worth saving. At that age, the question is not whether to maintain the house but who understands it well enough to do so.

Serving Santa Monica, CA and Nearby Areas

Santa Monica sits in Los Angeles County, and our work reaches across the Westside within it. Beyond Santa Monica we serve Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, and West Hollywood. The city sits about 14 miles from downtown Los Angeles, close enough that the same crews and the same standards travel with the job.

General Contractor Questions We Hear in Santa Monica, CA

Do you work with our architect, or do we need to find one?

Both arrangements work. We have built alongside owners and their architects for more than thirty years, and the drawings govern the job either way. If you already have an architect, we build to the drawings and protect the intent. If you are earlier in the process, call and we will talk through where the project stands.

Can you handle an older Santa Monica house?

Yes. The typical home here dates to around 1968, and we expect what comes with that: dry rot, aging windows, leaks that have traveled, and systems past their span. Leak detection and elimination, dry rot repair, and window restoration are part of the shop, alongside electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. The goal is a sound house that still reads as the architect intended.

What does installing art involve beyond hanging it?

Structure, mostly. Large sculpture and suspended work need engineering: blocking, steel, load paths, and anchor points that the wall was never asked to carry. We handle the structural engineering, the mounting, and the art lighting as one piece of work, so the installation is engineered, hung, and lit by the same hands. Private galleries get the same treatment at room scale.

What is estate management, and is it for every house?

Estate management is the Keep door: ongoing upkeep and readiness of the homes we built or renovated. We watch the house, schedule the other trades, and keep it ready, so the owner makes one call instead of twelve. It is for houses we know from the inside.

Get Started

If you need a general contractor in Santa Monica, CA for a renovation, an addition, an installation, or the ongoing care of a house we know, call 310.392.6622. Tell us about the house, the drawings, and what you want it to become. The conversation starts there.

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