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title: SoCal Home Design Guides
description: Editorial design guides for Southern California luxury markets - architecture styles, siting, coastal permitting, and interior directions by neighborhood.
url: https://vividlybuilt.com/guides/
type: collection
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# SoCal Home Design Guides

Editorial guides to designing and building in California's destination luxury markets - the architecture, siting, permitting, and interior directions that define each place.

  - **[Designing a Home in Malibu](https://vividlybuilt.com/guides/designing-a-home-in-malibu/)** (Los Angeles County) - Coastal styles, ocean-view siting, Coastal Commission permitting, and the fire and septic realities of building in Malibu.
  - **[Designing a Home in La Jolla](https://vividlybuilt.com/guides/designing-a-home-in-la-jolla/)** (San Diego) - Architectural styles, hillside and ocean-view siting, coastal permitting, and interior directions for a La Jolla home.
  - **[Designing a Home in Newport Beach](https://vividlybuilt.com/guides/designing-a-home-in-newport-beach/)** (Orange County) - Waterfront and island lots, coastal styles, height limits, permitting, and interior directions for Newport Beach.

For where we work by neighborhood, see [Service Areas](https://vividlybuilt.com/locations).