Orange County · Architecture at the top of the market
Mid-century originals, architect-designed custom, and coastal contemporary. Houses with a design point of view — bought and sold by someone who can tell you which is which.
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Live listings from the MLS, updated continuously. The search runs on OrangeCountyLofts.com — same licence, same feed, already ours — so these open in a new tab.
What we mean by modern
Modern is not one thing in Orange County. These four trade differently, appraise differently, and attract completely different buyers.
Post-and-beam, clerestory glass, an atrium or a courtyard, and a roofline that means something. Original detail is the value; a bad remodel is the risk, and it shows up in the price.
A one-off house on a specific lot, built to a drawing. These are the hardest to comp and the easiest to underprice, because nothing on the street looks like them.
Glass, water, and a view corridor that the plan is organised around. The site is usually worth more than the structure, and the buyer pool is national.
A good bones house brought forward. Whether that reads as respectful or as erasure is the whole conversation — and it decides the number.
Where they are
Modern architecture in Orange County is clustered, not spread. These are the cities where it is actually worth looking. Every tile opens live listings.
Who you are calling
REALTOR® · Compass · DRE# 02025894
I represent architecturally distinctive homes across Orange County — and I have owned the kind of property I sell, which is a different thing from having read about it.
My work started in the urban market: lofts, live/work and modern condos, at OrangeCountyLofts.com. Modern single-family is the same instinct on a bigger lot. If you own one of these houses, or you want to, you will get a straight answer either way.
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Tell me what you are looking for, or what you own. Real answers, not a drip campaign.