Door one
Custom homes and fire rebuilds in Malibu
Ground-up fire hardened homes and full rebuilds, through Coastal Commission and City of Malibu permitting, built to Chapter 7A by one licensed contractor.
Ground-up fire hardened homes and full rebuilds, through Coastal Commission and City of Malibu permitting, built to Chapter 7A by one licensed contractor.
Nobody tells you the permit is the easy part. We know because we are living it.
The Malibu fire rebuild page: permit path, code, insurance scope.
After Woolsey, co-founder Jaron Denson acted as his own general contractor and ran his own insurance claim. He learned where the schedule slips, which line items get cut when the budget tightens, and which of those cuts you regret when the next fire season arrives.
Arno Koch is going through it right now: the debris removal, the insurance scope, the plan check, the same phone calls you are making. That is the experience Forge & Cove is built on.
We build the house to Chapter 7A, we put non-combustible fence and gate in the first five feet, and we design the outdoor space so it is not the fuel. One contractor for all of it, so nothing falls between two companies.
We look at the lot, the debris status, the survey, and what the insurance scope actually covers.
Like-for-like or redesigned. Coastal Commission, City of Malibu, LA County Fire.
Fire hardened assemblies, one crew, one schedule, weekly updates you can forward to the adjuster.
Gates, fences, garage doors, and outdoor rooms fabricated in our shop and installed to the same drawings.
Malibu has burned in 1993, 2007, 2018, and 2025. We design the house and the perimeter together so nothing within five feet of the structure can carry flame. Fire hardening in detail. Custom homes.
A site walk with Arno or Jaron. Both have stood where you are standing.