Custom home builder serving Fresno, California
Fresno is 25 miles south of our Madera office down Highway 99, close enough that we are on your job when we say we will be, and far enough that it is a different city and a different county.
How a Fresno permit actually moves
A Fresno project is reviewed by the city's Development and Resource Management Department, which runs the Building Permit Center. Applications and plan sets go in electronically through the city's Accela Citizen Access portal, and the review measures the drawings against the Fresno Municipal Code and the California Building Code before anything is issued.
Because Fresno is in Fresno County rather than Madera County, a project outside the city limits answers to a different set of counters again. We confirm which jurisdiction your address falls in before we draw anything, then we carry the submittal, the fees, and the plan check correspondence, and you hear from us each time it moves rather than each time you ask.
One city, several very different housing stocks
Fresno is large enough that the right approach depends entirely on where in it you are. Northwest Fresno and the Woodward Park area are where most of the newer building and the larger lots sit, and that is where a ground up custom home or a pool addition usually makes the most sense. Fig Garden's historic homes on generous lots, and the older streets around the Tower District, are remodel and addition work: original framing, original wiring, mature trees to protect, and neighbors close on both sides.
Sunnyside and the established southeast streets fall somewhere between the two. We are happy to take on any of it, and we will tell you at the walkthrough which of those three the property really is, because it changes the scope, the sequence, and the number.
Designing for a Fresno summer
Fresno summers regularly clear 105 degrees, and that single fact drives more of a build's comfort than any finish choice. On the valley floor with municipal water and sewer at the property line, the money that matters goes into the envelope: insulation continuity, glazing and shading on the west and south, duct sizing and location, and an attic and roof assembly that is not working against the equipment.
Getting that right is also what makes a pool and a shaded patio worth building rather than worth avoiding in August. We would rather work through those choices with you at planning than watch them get value engineered out later.
What we can build for you in Fresno
Every project runs under CSLB #1095957, covering general building, swimming pool, and electrical sign work, fully bonded and insured. Nick and Courtney Salinas founded the company in 2019 and stay on the job themselves, so on a Fresno build you are talking to an owner, not to an intake line.
- Ground up custom homes on infill lots and on the newer edges of the city
- Modular homes as a faster path to a finished house
- Whole home, kitchen, and bath remodels in established neighborhoods
- Swimming pools, new or added to a completed property
- Duplexes and small multi-unit residential properties
- Commercial tenant improvement and sign work
Kitchens we have built and remodeled
Finished kitchens photographed on Almond Grove Homes projects.
Finished elevations
Completed Almond Grove Homes exteriors across the Central Valley.
The four steps of a Fresno build
The same four steps on every job, whatever we are building.
Step 1: Free quote
Call or send the form and tell us about the property, the budget you are working with, and what you picture. The quote costs nothing.
Step 2: Planning
Courtney drafts the plan in house, from one we already own or from a blank page, and we coordinate the permitting side of it.
Step 3: Construction
Licensed, bonded, and insured crews build the home, pool, or property, and you get regular status updates as the work moves.
Step 4: Completion
We coordinate with the other trades and related projects to hit the deadlines and hand over a finished property on schedule.
What we build in Fresno, CA
One license covers every kind of project we take on here.
Custom Home BuildingGround up custom homes built to your own design and your own lot, with licensed oversight from planning through move in.
Custom Home Plans & DesignHouse plans drafted in house by Courtney Salinas, either from the plans we already own or drawn from scratch for your lot.
Modular & Production HomesA faster, more cost effective route to a new home, with the same licensed crews and on site coordination as a custom build.
Swimming Pool ConstructionNew pool construction under our C53 pool classification, whether it is part of a new build or an addition to a home you already own.
Multi-Family ConstructionDuplexes and small multi-unit properties, built under the same general building license and project management as our single family work.
Real Estate ServicesHelp with the transaction side of a project, from buying the land you want to build on to selling a finished home.
Commercial ConstructionTenant improvement, build out, and sign installation work for local commercial spaces, backed by our B and C45 classifications.
Home Renovations & RemodelsKitchen, bath, and whole home updates that make the house you already have fit the way you live in it now.
Working with an out of county builder in Fresno
What Fresno owners ask us most before their project starts.
- Which department permits a Fresno project?
- Inside the city, the City of Fresno Development and Resource Management Department, through its Building Permit Center. Submittals go in electronically on the city's Accela Citizen Access portal and are reviewed against the Fresno Municipal Code and the California Building Code. We carry the submittal and the plan check comments for you.
- You are based in Madera. Is that a problem for a Fresno job?
- It is 25 miles down Highway 99, roughly a half hour each way, and it is a drive we make constantly. Being licensed statewide under CSLB #1095957 means the license travels; what matters is whether the builder actually shows up, and Fresno is close enough that we do.
- Do you work on older homes as well as new construction?
- Yes. Fresno has a deep stock of established housing, from the Tower District and Fig Garden through Sunnyside and the older Bullard streets, and a good share of our Fresno work is whole home and kitchen remodeling rather than ground up building. We are glad to look at either.
- Can you help before I own the lot?
- Nick holds DRE #02054090 alongside the contractor license, so he can walk a Fresno County listing with you as a builder and as an agent in the same visit and tell you what it will realistically support.
Other areas we serve
We also build throughout Madera County and the rest of the surrounding Central Valley.
- Madera CountyHome builder in Madera, CAOur home base, where most of our custom homes, pools, and remodels are built.
- Fresno CountyHome builder in Clovis, CANew builds and renovations for Clovis homeowners and for buyers with land on the city's edge.
- Madera CountyHome builder in Chowchilla, CARural and in town builds in northern Madera County, including work on acreage and orchard parcels.
- Madera CountyHome builder in Oakhurst, CAFoothill builds and remodels above the valley floor, on the road up toward Yosemite.
- Madera CountyHome builder in Coarsegold, CACustom homes on foothill and ranch parcels in the Coarsegold and Yosemite Lakes area.
Have a Fresno project in mind?
Call (559) 474-9901 or send the form. The quote is free and you will talk to an owner.