Crafting Inspired California Living

A Luxury Design-Build Studio | Est. 2025

Westward Homes was born from a call to action after the Pacific Palisades wildfires—an invitation to help our friends and neighbors rebuild, re-imagine, and rise stronger. Today, our award-winning team unites architecture, interior design, and construction under one roof, delivering custom homes that elevate daily life in Los Angeles’ most coveted enclaves.

From the sun-soaked bluffs of the Palisades to the canyons of Beverly Hills, we take projects from napkin sketch to final key-turn with artisan craftsmanship, disciplined project management, and a developer’s eye for enduring value.

Every home is a bespoke collaboration—rooted in timeless design, built with uncompromising quality, and powered by cutting-edge sustainability practices.

Build a home that inspires—start your journey Westward.

Completed Projects

Current Projects

Our Services

Design

From first sketch to city-approved permit set.

Partner with our integrated team of architects, engineers, and interior designers to translate vision into fully coordinated, value-engineered drawings—ready for permit and build.

  • Site & zoning feasibility studies: Understanding the legal parameters and maximizing the potential of your new build.

  • Architectural design + complete permit drawings: Translating your vision into build-ready, code-compliant plans that glide through review.

  • Structural, MEP & civil engineering coordination and value engineering: Integrating every system for strength, efficiency, and cost control from foundation to rooftop.

  • Entitlement and plan-check expediting: Navigating agencies and fast-tracking approvals so you can break ground sooner.

  • Interior architecture, finishes & FF&E schedules: Detailed space planning and curated material palettes that elevate daily living and simplify procurement.

  • Sustainability Consulting: Embedding passive-solar layouts, healthy materials, and fire prevention systems that future-proof your investment.

  • 3-D rendering / VR walk-throughs: Photoreal visuals and immersive tours that let you experience the home long before construction starts.

Build

Custom Homes, Remodels, Additions, ADUs & Boutique Multifamily

Our field team marries disciplined project management with hands-on supervision, giving you total transparency and absolute confidence—every day until move-in.

  • Daily On-Site Supervision: Principal builders and dedicated superintendents ensuring quality down to the last finish nail.

  • Live Dashboard: Real-time, cloud-hosted cost tracking and change-order logs you can access 24/7.

  • Critical-Path Scheduling: Detailed timelines and sequencing that keep every milestone on track.

  • Preferred Vendor Network & Builder Pricing: Access to our deep roster of trade-only suppliers and artisans, securing premium custom finishes at negotiated builder rates passed directly to you.

  • Administrative Compliance & Documentation: End-to-end paperwork management—collecting lien releases, verifying insurance certificates, and filing statutory documents—to keep every project audit-ready and interruption-free.

  • White-Glove Hand-Over: Comprehensive walk-through, maintenance manuals, and responsive warranty service for peace of mind.

Our Team

  • Nick Fenmore


    Over the past decade, Nick has acquired, designed, and delivered more than one hundred custom single and multifamily homes. He heads Westward’s design program, steering architects and engineers through pre-construction and directing field teams once the structure is sealed. Serving as the conduit between each client’s vision and on-site execution, Nick translates design intent into impeccable detailing and finishes.

  • Leonard Alron


    Since 2014, Leonard has successfully managed the construction of 840 multifamily units across Los Angeles. Leonard direclty oversees structural design ensuring that feasibility and cost are always considered before breaking ground. As Westward’s specialist in sitework and rough trades, he orchestrates demo, grading, utilities, foundations, and framing with surgical precision, ensuring every project starts on rock-solid ground.

  • Nick Halaris


    Over the past 15 years, Nick Halaris has raised and deployed more than $300 million in residential projects across 2,500 multifamily units and 150 custom homes. A Stanford-trained attorney, he oversees all contracts for Westward, guiding each project smoothly through all administrative compliance. Nick is also the author of Profit+, a popular newsletter designed to help people pursue success without compromise, and the host of the Nick Halaris Show podcast.

  • John Young


    With five decades in real estate, John has directed more than $1 billion in development, including 4,000 homes and 3,300 finished lots through his company Young Homes. As Westward’s senior advisor and the former California Building Industry Association President, he brings big-picture strategy and deep industry relationships to every project.

Working With Us

"When I bought my fixer-upper in Palos Verdes, I felt overwhelmed and vulnerable to overpriced bids from the local contractors, but I didn't know where else to look for help. Hiring Nick was a total game-changer—he reviewed my bids, brought in his trusted subcontractors, and saved me from paying nearly double what the repairs should have cost. The peace of mind and savings were invaluable!"

— Annaka V., Palos Verdes

Scope of Work: Roof replacement, electrical panel upgrade, new recessed lighting, new wood flooring and baseboards, new staircase railings, new drywall and paint. 

“After our home survived the Palisades fire, we were suddenly faced with significant remediation work. I gathered bids from several contractors, but the estimates were high and left me feeling overwhelmed. That’s when Nick stepped in.  He turned my scattered notes and Instagram inspo into a cohesive, value-engineered roadmap, and pushed through a full renovation. With his daily site visits and sharp negotiating, we ended up with far more scope for less than any previous contractor had quoted.  It was all delivered on budget and on an expedited schedule that allowed my family to move back within the year. ”

— Christin C., Pacific Palisades

Scope of Work: Full gut kitchen and bathrooms remodel, install new windows and doors, surround speaker systems throughout home and backyard, new bar with custom stone shelving, new wood flooring and baseboards, new staircase and iron railings.

"Nick and his team helped redesign my one story mid century home that burned in the Palisades fire. Working within my tight insurance budget, they brought in a draftsman under their design guidance and—inside two months—turned my ideas into a complete permit set. We even pushed the new layout well beyond the 110 % footprint limit, incoproating an attached ADU, and still secured expedited city review. I can’t wait for Westward to start rebuilding my home later this summer.”

— Tony D., Pacific Palisades

Scope of Work: Design and Permitting for 2400sf Single Family Home with Attached ADU 

“When early bids came in higher than expected, I worried I’d have to sacrifice finish details on the remodel of my mom’s home. Westward’s open-book, cost-plus approach gave me clear visibility into every subcontractor number and revealed smart savings without sacrificing quality. Nick joined our architects for the final stretch of pre-construction, offering real-time pricing and constructability input that kept design intent intact and the schedule on track. The transparency and guidance ultimately let me keep every custom finish—from the pool to the custom inset cabinetry that incorporated the existing doors from my mom’s home—while moving into construction with confidence.”

— Stephanie R., Beverly Hills

Scope of Work: New Construction 2400sf Single Family home and 600sf attached ADU with pool and retained hillside for terraced fruit orchard and koi pond.

Let’s Build!

From conceptualizing to constructing, we’re ready to design your architectural dream. We promise a client-centric approach that empowers ideas, eases concerns, and delivers quality craftsmanship we’ll all be proud of.