Services
Land strategy and feasibility, entitlements and permits at the core; construction through our partners; brokerage and lending for the clients we already serve. Choose a stage, or scan them all below.
01 · Acquire
The most expensive mistakes in Santa Barbara County are made before escrow closes. We read the parcel the way the County will, so the price you pay reflects what you can actually build.
A written read of what a property allows, what it will take, and where the risk sits.
Where to buy, what to build and how to hold it, seen through what the land allows.
Buy-side representation from a team that reads the parcel before you make an offer.
Homes & Mortgages · for our clients02 · Entitle
Discretionary approvals are where Santa Barbara County projects lose months. We map the path before you submit, so staff and the boards see a project that has already answered their questions.
Zoning, discretionary approvals, lot splits and CUPs, sequenced and documented.
Coastal Development Permits for Montecito, Hope Ranch, Summerland and the South Coast.
Board-ready packages for Santa Barbara County's design review boards.
03 · Permit
A permit stalls for predictable reasons: an incomplete submittal, a correction letter nobody owns, a reviewer waiting on an answer. We handle those before they become weeks.
A fixed-fee audit of your permit package before it goes in, so it comes back complete.
Active management of your permit through every department, with written status each week.
Legalizing unpermitted structures and additions so a property can be financed, sold or improved.
Guest houses, ADUs and junior ADUs, planned against the rules that apply to your lot.
04 · Build · In partnership with SYV Property Advisor
Your architect works for the design and your builder works for the build. Through our partnership with SYV Property Advisor, led by Melissa Krantz, you have a representative who works only for you.
Your advocate through construction: budget, schedule, change orders and quality.
05 · Own · For Black Oak clients
An entitled, permitted, well-documented property is worth more. When it is time to refinance, reinvest or sell, the team that got it there already knows its story.
Listing representation that presents what your property is entitled to become.
Homes & Mortgages · for our clientsCapital · For Black Oak clients
Financing and entitlements are usually handled by people who never speak to each other. We plan them together, so capital is ready when the project is and isn't idle when it isn't.
Purchase, construction and bridge financing matched to the approval timeline.
Homes & Mortgages · for our clientsNot sure where to start?
Tell us about the property and what you have in mind. We'll recommend the right first step, even if it isn't us.
