Passionate about luxury home building and helping clients build their dream homes, our founding Principal John Finton has spent the past 30 years dedicated to the art and science of curating and building one-of-a-kind estates for some truly remarkable people, including captains of industry, celebrities, and various world leaders who will settle for nothing but the best.

Unlike the majority of advisory service firms in the marketplace we’ve actually built a lot of luxury homes over three decades allowing our clients to leverage this experience to the benefit of the design and cost of their homes. Our Principal John Finton has built over 400 homes in locations around the world, traveling extensively and gaining professional experience from the Americas to Europe and Asia. On a daily basis he was managing 2,000 people a day with projects in West Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, San Diego, and Mexico.

From walking a site to schematic design, John personally guides the big picture all the way to construction and completion. His imagination, versatility, and ability to render a client’s vision are skillfully brought to light. He is a strong communicator and is especially skilled at engaging clients visioning sessions to produce early design concepts. Whether it is modern re-creation of a period house or an inventive interpretation of a traditional style, John skillfully advances traditions with modern functionality and ingenuity.

Committed to his clients and design excellence, John’s masterful interpretations are rooted in classical tradition. He has built homes with range of styles from French Normandy to Traditional Malibu Beach, and Italian Modern to Asian Contemporary. More than just houses, many of these estates are complete with bowling alleys, vineyards, polo fields, movie theaters and more. His building process includes sourcing the most appropriate and unique reclaimed materials – from Chinese cobblestones to centuries-old Indonesian teak – to augment his stunning constructions.

Finton Advisory was founded with the mission of being a financial advocate for its’ clients. We work closely with high-net worth individuals, family offices, and business managers to manage all financial aspects of our client’s projects with a focus on cost optimization. With an abundance of similar project management firms in the marketplace, having an A-list luxury home advisory service firm like Finton Advisory is key to our clients maximizing their return on investment as well as ensuring everything is built to the exact specification of the architect.

His international profile of work has also been featured in over 100 publications including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, El Décor, The London Sunday Times, Robb Report, Veranda, L.A. Business Journal, and California Homes. He is also a published author of the book “California Luxury Living: A Private Tour” which was published in 2013.

In addition to his passion for luxury home building, John is an avid sailor and loves working on his boat. John has two daughters and two adult sons. He currently lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Nicole who is a luxury interior designer and daughter Alexandra.