A short drive North of Los Angeles is Sherwood Country Club. A place world renown for its world class golf, country club lifestyle and luxurious properties.

Behind its iron-wrought gates are a collection of the world's finest luxury homes, untouched land and new construction. Very few have ever seen homes of such scale and beauty.

Each estate is subjected to the same finely tuned construction process by the hands of the members of the Development team.

All of the new construction is built from unadulterated lots and meticulously planned, detailed, designed and built from an idea, to a finished product that is then to be carefully crafted into a carefully targeted marketing plan.

It's easy to overlook the "process" of construction-especially when one is familiar with dealing with a "finished product" (aka real estate).

The idea that there is a beginning or an end to the construction cycle is notable only inasmuch as there is unearthed land and four walled buildings.

There is magic in the air in Sherwood. The kind of magic that must be believed to be seen. And then seen to be believed. And for those who have the good fortune to call Sherwood their home, they now have a generational heirloom… and, it begins with Sherwood Development Company

I t's impossible to outline SDC's construction process without the emphasis of Mr. Murdock's vision.

Mr. Murdock purchased the land in 1984 from a real estate company that had the intention of developing a "high-density" community of "condominiums" and "shopping malls".

At the time of Mr. Murdock's purchase, Lake Sherwood was an empty lakebed fated for an untimely end. David Murdock systematically changed that and made an explicit promise to the residents of Lake Sherwood that the Lake would be revived and exempt from 20th Century industrialization.

The first homes were put on the market in the early 1990's. Since then, over 400 of the world's most luxurious properties have been built.

Mr. Murdock followed through with the promise made 28 years ago, and to this day, has not wavered from the commitment made to the residents. He remains rightful steward of Lake Sherwood and all of Sherwood Development Company's new construction.

The Completion

The artistic mastery involved in a Sherwood estate is building construction on its highest level.

In the beginning, from the time the construction breaks ground, the roar of the diesel engines, the warning alerts of reversing heavy machinery, the rhythmic clanging of hammers, and the buzzing of skill saws are unmistakably loud—as loud as the day is long. But not for Sherwood Development Company. To Sherwood Development Company, these sounds are symbols. Symbols of a beginning—akin to Sunday morning Church Bells—a testament to each of their life’s work. The beginning of what will become someone’s most cherished posession.

What stands now, in place of the once empty lot, are four walls surrounded by a lush landscape and an expertly arranged hardscape along with a newly painted harmony of colors. To the buyer & surrounding residents, this represents a new home. To Sherwood Development Company, it is a symbol of triumph—and what is now a new beginning.

In the end, there is a calm, peaceful silence. An emptiness. The streets no longer adorn heavy machinery and pickup trucks. At once, all of warning bells and roars stop and the “sounds of a construction site” are gone. Only the birds and the Santa Ana winds remain .... except for a newly completed Sherwood estate. One for the ages…

Some things do happen once in a lifetime.