J.O. Construction is a custom home builder based in Chino that builds new homes from the ground up on lots you already own, from grading and the foundation to the final walk-through. Recent homes run from 3,200 to 10,308 sq ft in Riverside, Murrieta, Temecula and Whittier. Call (951) 436-6568 to talk through your lot and plans.
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Real jobs, newest first. Dates are the month we posted each stage on our Instagram.
A hacienda style home in Temecula wine country, with arched entries and a large footprint.
A Riverside lot and a modern contemporary design from Xavier Design Group: smooth stucco, wood cladding, a metal roof, and walls of angled windows and doors.
A hillside lot in La Cresta, Murrieta, and a 6,500 sq ft design from Xavier Design Group with steel columns and beams.
A new two-story home in Whittier with a Spanish-style roofline.
How the job runs with J.O. Construction, in the order it happens.
We walk the lot with your plans and price the build from them, in writing.
Grading and the pad, underground plumbing, the pour, then the framing and any steel.
Rough trades and inspections, then cabinets, tile and paint, and a walk-through with you.
Your architect and our crews in the same room before framing. On the 10,308 sq ft Riverside home, the angled window and door walls took meetings between the design team, the steel subcontractor, the framer, the window installer and the supplier before any wall went up, so the glass fit the first time. We work with outside architects such as Xavier Design Group and interior designers such as 8a Interiors, and we coordinate them so you do not have to.
The pad is certified before anyone digs a footing. On the 6,500 sq ft hillside home in La Cresta, Murrieta, we broke ground in November 2025 and had pad certification and rough grading approval by early December. Only then were the footings laid out. A sloped lot needs that work first, and skipping it is how a foundation ends up wrong.
Steel goes up before the wood ties in. When the plan calls for steel columns and beams, as it did in Murrieta (up by March 2026), we set them first and frame around them.
You see every stage. We post each pour, each framing stage and each finish on our Instagram as it happens, so you can follow your house week by week. A past client wrote that "Jimmy was on site for all city inspections."
Design-build puts the designer and the builder on the same team from day one, so the plans match the budget before anything gets permitted. One client said we provided everything, from design to the final finishes. More on design-build in Chino.
If you are searching for a home builder in Chino to build on land you own, this is that job. Tract builders sell finished homes in their own communities; we build the house you designed on your lot. You bring the lot, or the address of one you are buying. We start with the plans and a soils report, price the house from them in writing, and submit for permits.
New home construction with us covers site work, foundation, framing, roofing, windows, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, insulation, drywall, cabinets, tile, paint and the final clean. You pick the finishes; we line up the trades and meet the inspector at footing, framing, rough trades, insulation and final.
One owner hired us for a new 3,200 sq ft home and wrote that it "was completed on budget with no surprises for extras."
The structure decides how the rest of the build goes, and we pour and frame it ourselves. The Temecula hacienda foundation took 11 concrete trucks in April 2026. In January 2026 we poured 120 yards for a 3,240 sq ft home and its 677 sq ft detached ADU. Footings are inspected before concrete and framing before anything is covered, and passing both on the first visit keeps the schedule moving.
Many owners add a detached unit while the crews and concrete trucks are already on site. We broke ground on a 3,240 sq ft home with a 677 sq ft detached ADU in November 2025 and poured both slabs together in January 2026. In January 2026 a 3,700 sq ft home and its 700 sq ft ADU were formed and ready for concrete the same week. Doing both together saves a second round of mobilization later. More on building an ADU.
From ground breaking to the foundation pour has run about two to three months on our recent homes, and framing follows right after. The full phase-by-phase picture, with our own dated jobs and the city plan check step, is on our custom home build timeline page.
Size, the slope of the lot, soil work, structural steel and the finish level drive the number. A hillside pad with over-excavation costs more to prepare than a flat lot. We price from your plans and put the scope in a written contract before work starts. We do not post a per-square-foot figure until we have real numbers to stand behind.
The approved plans, the signed-off permit card and the manufacturer papers for windows, roofing and appliances, all in one place for when you sell or service anything.
Walk the outside after the first big storms. A stain at a window corner or a damp spot is easiest to fix while it is small.
Construction dust settles in the ducts for months. Swap the filters after the first few weeks, then on the normal schedule.
More on our Instagram, where we post each stage as it happens.
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J.O Construction did an amazing job on our new 3200sgft home. The quality of their work was first rate. … The job was completed on budget with no surprises for extras. Jimmy was on site for all city inspections and was always available to answer all our questions and concerns.
From start to finish, they exceeded expectations. Their efficiency, punctuality, and affordability set them apart. … They consistently delivered projects on time and within budget.
On our recent homes, ground breaking to the foundation pour took about two to three months, then framing and steel took a few more before the rough trades and finishes. Design and plan check come before that. Our build timeline page walks through each phase with dates from our own jobs.
No. If you already have an architect, we build from their drawings. If you do not, design-build puts a designer on our team, and we can point you to architects we have built with.
Yes. Hillside homes need grading approval, pad certification and often deeper footings or steel. Our 6,500 sq ft home in La Cresta, Murrieta is on a hillside lot.
Yes, if the lot is zoned for a home. We start with the plans, the soils report and the city's requirements for the site, then price the house in writing.
Yes. We poured the slabs for a 3,240 sq ft home and its 677 sq ft ADU together in January 2026.
Most use a construction loan that pays the builder in draws as each stage passes inspection. We give you the written scope, price and stage schedule a lender asks for. More on financing a build.
Tell us about the lot and the home you want. We will tell you what it takes.
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