Planet Home Living

Principals Michael Marini and David French founded Planet Home Living in 2007, building a Newport Beach-based company focused on small-lot detached homes in Los Angeles neighborhoods like Echo Park, Eagle Rock, and Silver Lake, as well as Costa Mesa. The approach gives buyers a detached home with a yard in dense, walkable parts of the city. Its VITAE community won the PCBC Grand Award for Best Unique Residential Detached Housing—proof the model works.