AMN Construction
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General contractor · Santa Barbara South Coast · CSLB 802739

Twenty-five years,
one name on the line.

A few custom homes, renovations and accessory dwellings a year. Matt Newman walks the parcel, prices the work, runs the site and signs the contract.

2001 Twenty-five years, one license 2026
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In writing, within two business days, or price it yourself first.

5.0 on Google, 4 reviewsLicensed since 2001805 886 0988

The rear of the Loureyro Property at dusk: white plaster walls under a dark roof, and a wide glass wall slid open from the lit kitchen onto stepped hardwood decking and the lawn
The Loureyro Property · MontecitoThe garden elevation at dusk, the kitchen opened to the deck

Most of our work arrives by referral.

MontecitoHope RanchSanta Barbara SummerlandCarpinteriaGoleta

Start here

What are you hoping to do?

Matt’s first question. Everything follows from it.

The house I have Make it work the way we actually live.

More light, an open kitchen, rooms that connect. $250K–$2M.

$250K–$2M How that works here → A new house Build the right house, once.

Ground up. Here entitlement sets the schedule, so we map it first. $1.5M–$5M.

$1.5M–$5M How that works here → Room for someone else A place for family, a tenant, or work.

A guest house, a studio, an income unit. Utilities and setbacks set the cost. $250K–$550K.

$250K–$550K How that works here → Not sure yet Find out what the lot allows first.

Before drawings, before a budget, before falling in love with anything.

First conversation Have the first conversation →

Sheet A-1 · Principal

Matt Newman in a red cap and tool vest at a plan table inside a framed house, beside a man in a hard hat reading the drawings
Matt Newman, left · Principal

Matt Newman

The person who prices it builds it.

Matt Newman came the long way: Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, twenty years up and down this coast, and Santa Barbara since 2019. He has carried every AMN project since his license in 2001. No account manager between you and him. Three projects at a time, occasionally four, never five.

Add a layer of managers and you defend decisions you did not make. I would rather run fewer projects and be the one who walked the parcel.

Read Matt’s storySix questions to ask any builder

Anyone can say yes. I’ll tell you whether it works, before you’ve paid for a single drawing.

Matt Newman

CSLB 802739 · Class B General Building · 805 886 0988

Built from your drawings

Your architect draws; we build. No architect yet? Matt works with a team of wonderful architects who will help you build your dream. For architects

One price, fixed

The contract sum is fixed at preconstruction. After that it moves only by a written change you approve in advance. The paperwork

Two years, in writing

Two years on our workmanship from final signature, and a return visit at twelve months whether or not you call. The warranty

The right architect

Matt works with a team of wonderful architects who will help you build your dream. We build what they draw. Send the address

In their own words

We had an excellent experience working with AMN Construction. From start to finish, their team was professional, responsive, and dedicated to quality. Communication was always clear, and any questions or changes were handled quickly. The workmanship was top-notch — everything was completed on schedule and exactly as promised. It’s rare to find a construction company that combines great customer service with such attention to detail. We’ll definitely use them again for future projects

★★★★★Brooke Langan · Google review, October 2025

5.0 on Google from 4 reviews · read them all

Sheet A-1 · Selected work

Selected work.

A partial record. Several clients prefer their homes unpublished.

Where we build

RenovationCustom residenceAccessory dwellingCommunities we serve

The South Coast, Goleta to Carpinteria. An illustrated map of the coast, the mountains behind it, the six communities we build in, and the animals that live here: monarch butterflies and snowy plovers at Goleta, a colony of harbor seals on the rocks at Carpinteria, humpback whales breaching, a blue whale, a gray whale and leaping dolphins in the Channel, pelicans and gulls along the shore, a mule deer family, quail, a coyote and a bobcat in the foothills, and a red-tailed hawk and a golden eagle over the range. Stearns Wharf, the harbor, the lighthouse on the Mesa and the Goleta pier mark the shore; sailboats cross the Channel, and a surfer rides the wave at Rincon Point.

Beyond the South Coast

California, from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, with the South Coast map's extent marked.

The South Coast map

The projects on this map

Every pin is a neighborhood, never an address. Select one to see the project; select a town to read about building there. Drawn with the neighbors: monarchs at the Ellwood grove, snowy plovers at Coal Oil Point, the harbor seals of Carpinteria, humpback, blue and gray whales in the Channel, and the surf at Rincon.

All six projects, with photographs and briefs

Sheet A-3 · What it costs

What it costs, and when you pay it.

Set your project's terms on the cost sheet, then watch the seven phases draw the house and commit the money. Our contract begins at preconstruction, when the price is fixed.

  1. 01The parcel
  2. 02FeasibilityExit one
  3. 03Design developmentExit two
  4. 04EntitlementExit three
  5. 05Preconstruction
  6. 06Construction
  7. 07Closing and warranty

Open the cost sheetWatch the seven phases

Inquiries

Send us the address. We'll tell you the truth about it.

Email it to purchasing@amnbuild.com. Matt reads it himself and writes back within two business days.

Email Matt the addressOr call Matt · 805 886 0988
  1. Same dayMatt confirms he has it, and flags anything obvious that is missing.
  2. Within two business daysA written reading of your parcel: jurisdiction, review bodies, an order of cost and the permit path.
  3. Then nothing, unless you askNo follow-up sequence, no call from anyone else. The reading is yours to keep.

Updated October 2026

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