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.
Free, in writing, within two business days — or price it yourself first.
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What are you hoping to do?
Matt’s first question. Everything follows from it.
More light, an open kitchen, rooms that connect. $250K–$2M.
How that works here → Build exactly the house, once.Ground up. Here entitlement sets the schedule, so we settle it first. $1.5M–$5M.
How that works here → A place for family, a tenant, or work.A guest house, a studio, an income unit. Utilities and setbacks set the cost. $250K–$550K.
How that works here → Find out what the lot allows first.Before drawings, before a budget, before falling in love with anything.
Have the first conversation →Goleta to Carpinteria. Three projects at a time, occasionally four, never five.
Renovations $250K–$2M. Custom homes $1.5M–$5M. Accessory dwellings $250K–$550K. Published, to spare the wrong project a site visit.
Email Matt the address. A free written reading of your parcel follows in two business days.
Selected work.
The Loureyro Property
Rebuilt after the Thomas Fire
Lost in the Thomas Fire and rebuilt from the ground up on Loureyro Road, Montecito, 2019 to 2023: a plan drawn around the family's day, a specification chosen for the coast.
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Mission
Full remodel
A full remodel near the Mission in Santa Barbara, around the original vaulted ceilings and trusses: wide-plank floors, a walk-in pantry, a green quartzite vanity.
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Palo Alto
Ground-up accessory dwelling, with pool
A ground-up accessory dwelling in Palo Alto, with a pool, an outdoor kitchen and custom work throughout.
See the projectRenovationCustom residenceAccessory dwellingCommunities we serve
Source: City of Goleta; KCBX
Palo Alto
Ground-up accessory dwelling, with pool · 2025
About 250 miles from Santa Barbara
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The South Coast map
The person who prices it builds it.
Matt Newman has carried every AMN project since his license in 2001. No account manager in between.
Add a layer of managers and you start defending decisions you did not make. I would rather run fewer projects and answer for every one.
Anyone can say yes. I’ll tell you whether it works — before you’ve paid for a single drawing.
Matt Newman
Finished buildings, not renderings.
The Loureyro Property, MontecitoSee the projectMatt and team did a great job on our project. Good with communication and timelines and of course a high quality finish and product overall.
What your parcel allows, and what it will take.
Cost is the last of three answers. First: who reviews it, and what the ground asks. Set the terms; the drawing rebuilds to match.
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Construction, after permits issue
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An order of cost, not a bid. Utilities, access and review move the real number more than square footage. The free written assessment settles them.
Seven phases. Three exits.
Phase 01
The parcel
Two business days
Nothing committed
No fee. No obligation.
Your drawings, built as drawn.
We are not design-build. We price the set you drew, carry the agency relationship and never approach your client.
Send us the address. We'll tell you the truth about it.
Email it to purchasing@amnbuild.com. A written assessment, free, in two business days. Yours to keep, whether or not we build together.
- Same dayMatt confirms he has it, and flags anything obvious that is missing.
- Within two business daysA written reading of your parcel: jurisdiction, review bodies, constraints, an order of cost and the permit path.
- Then nothing, unless you askNo follow-up sequence, no call from anyone else. The assessment is yours to keep, and to take anywhere.