MDD Homes

There are rare individuals in any craft whose fingerprints are so distinctive that their work needs no signature. In the world of San Diego luxury custom home building, Monty McCullough is one of those individuals. For more than three decades, his designs have graced the hills of Poway, the canyons of Del Mar, the estates of Rancho Santa Fe, and the coastal communities of North County San Diego — each home a testament to an architectural philosophy that is as original as it is enduring. To understand MDD Homes — McCullough Design Development — fully, one must start at the beginning: a formidable partnership called McCullough-Ames, the prestigious communities that it shaped, and the remarkable moment when a strategic businessman and a talented builder chose to write their own distinct chapters. A Partnership Forged in North County San Diego In the mid-1990s, the hills north of San Diego were quietly transforming. Affluent communities w...