Covered entry court with a lit stacked stone column, address panel and a stone water and fire feature

Custom residential construction in Palm Desert

Sunterra's home base — from the ridgeline lots off Highway 74 to the mid-century tracts north of El Paseo.

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In businessServing the Coachella Valley since 2007

LeadershipPalm Springs native

LicensedGeneral Building Contractor since 2001

EducationB.S. in Construction Management

LicenseCSLB #788530

A hands-on general contractor, working one-on-one with every client in Palm Desert.

Building a home should begin with listening. Sunterra works with you step by step to understand how you want to live, define the scope with your design team, and carry that vision through every phase of construction.

Working in Palm Desert means knowing its lots, its architecture and its permitting — not treating it as an anonymous dot on a service map. Darrin Coffin has built across the Coachella Valley since 2007, and stays hands-on from the first walkthrough to the final punch list.

About Darrin Coffin

Selected work

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Front elevation of a desert modern home with stacked stone columns and a wide concrete driveway — Custom Residence
Custom residential construction

Open living room and kitchen with a linear fireplace, stone feature wall and marble island seating — Residential Remodel
Remodeling and additions

Backyard pool at dusk beside a covered patio with string lights and a lit fire bowl — Outdoor Living
Pool, patio and fire features

Wood roof trusses and framed walls of a building under construction, with palm trees and mountains behind — Commercial Construction
Framing in progress

What this includes

Ground-up homes built to your vision.

All custom residential construction

Desert Modern, Mid-Century and Mediterranean styles
Full design-team coordination
Permitting through final walkthrough
Resort estates and private residences

A custom home is a few thousand decisions in a trench coat. Sunterra's job is to keep them in order — sequencing the trades, holding the schedule, and making sure the choice you approved in a rendering is the choice that gets built in the field.

Sunterra is the builder and coordinator, not the architect. We assemble the right design team for your project and carry their approved drawings through permitting, framing, finishes and final walkthrough.

3-D Rendering

See your vision take shape

Working with your architect and designer, detailed 3-D renderings let you explore architectural direction, cabinetry, tile, stone, colour and outdoor living before anything is built.

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What clients say

“Darrin's candid and professional style convinced us that Sunterra could accomplish our goals. He helped us avoid costly, unnecessary decisions and led us toward our goals with the quality we wanted. Within the month we had a dazzling new kitchen and bathrooms. My family and I highly recommend Sunterra because they will stand by their work!”

Rob & Lisa