With the completion of its showcase home – the first rebuild in Pacific Palisades – and the opening of its Brentwood design studio, Thomas James Homes is putting its hat in the ring to lead rebuilding efforts in the area.

Paramount to the Aliso Viejo-based developer’s Palisades efforts is a guaranteed date of one year or less to finish a rebuild from the time permits are approved and a firm $650-per-square-foot price pledge.

To reassure residents, TJH will pay homeowners a daily fee for each day a home is not completed after the 12-month mark. The firm’s model home, located at 915 Kagawa St., also shows rather than tells, as the nearly 4,000-square-foot house began construction in May and is already complete.

“The intention of this is to act as a showcase home that’s staffed so that the community can come in and look at the tangibility of the rebuild and hopefully be inspired (by seeing an) example of the path forward to build,” said Jeffrey Sandorf, vice president of division sales at TJH. “That’s the spirit.”

Sandorf also stressed that TJH’s priority is partnering with landowners for their rebuilds rather than buying up lots to develop and sell. The property where the model home was built was already under TJH ownership before the wildfires.

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