Rebuilding Homes
From the Ground Up
From burned lot to finished home — Zuma Construction manages the entire rebuild so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Austin Dyne
CEO · Leads every project from the field
What You're Facing
Rebuilding After the Fire
Isn't Just Construction
- Insurance delays
- Permits taking months
- No clear roadmap
- Too many disconnected vendors
We bring everything under one roof.
How the Rebuild Works
A Clear Path
From Lot to Move-In
Most rebuild delays aren't construction problems — they're coordination problems. This is the process that removes them.
Site Walk + Honest Assessment
We walk your lot and tell you where things actually stand — debris clearance, soils, setbacks, and what your site can support. No pressure, no sales pitch.
Insurance + Budget Alignment
We build a real construction budget you can put in front of your carrier, and align the scope with your settlement before anything starts. Real numbers, not guesses.
Design + Permitting
We coordinate architects, engineers, and city approvals — and build to current fire-hardening code: Class A roof assemblies, ember-resistant venting, tempered glazing, defensible space. Handled right, it moves faster than you think.
Build + Deliver
Our own crews take it from foundation to finish on a clear schedule with a weekly owner update. One team, one point of contact, full transparency.
Portfolio
Featured Projects
What We Do
Full-Service
Rebuild Management
Rebuilding after a fire? We published the whole sequence: how the rebuild actually works , phase by phase, including insurance scope alignment and what Chapter 7A fire hardening requires.
Ground-Up Construction
Foundation to finish — every phase with hands-on craftsmanship and precision.
Architect & Engineer Coordination
Direct partnership with architects and engineers for seamless design-to-build execution.
City Permitting & Approvals
We navigate LA's complex permitting process so you don't have to.
Pre-Construction Budgeting
Real numbers, real scope — clarity before a single nail is driven.
In-House Design + Renderings
See your home before it's built — detailed renderings tied to real budgets.
Full Project Execution
One team, one point of contact, start to finish — transparent every step.
Our Crews · Our Equipment
We Build It
Ourselves
Zuma self-performs the trades that matter — foundation, framing, and finish — with our own crews and our own equipment. No broker-GC handoffs, no mystery subcontractors. The people on your site answer to Zuma, and to you.
It's how we hold the schedule, hold the budget, and hold the standard.
Where We Build
Six Cities.
Six Rulebooks.
Who reviews your plans, what triggers a second approval cycle, and which code applies to your parcel all change at the city line. Here is what's different in each place we work.
Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS)
Rebuilding in the Palisades runs on a different permit track than the rest of Los Angeles. Here is how that track actually works.
Malibu
City of Malibu Building Safety and Planning
Malibu is its own city with its own Local Coastal Program. The approval path here looks nothing like the rest of Los Angeles County.
Calabasas
City of Calabasas Building and Safety
Calabasas runs its own plan check, protects its native oaks by ordinance, and hides a second layer of review inside its gated communities.
Hidden Hills
City of Hidden Hills Building and Safety
In Hidden Hills the City will not issue a building permit until the Community Association has approved your exterior design. That single rule governs the whole schedule.
Woodland Hills
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS)
Our own yard is here. Woodland Hills splits cleanly into flat-lot work and hillside work, and the two follow different rules.
Westlake Village
City of Westlake Village Building and Safety
Westlake Village straddles a county line, and which side your lot sits on changes who reviews the plans.
