The first generation. Dave Ott's grandfather and father begin building together, the start of the family trade that becomes Dottco, three generations later.

The family business, in print. The Sacramento Bee photographs the Otts at Morgan Hills, Longview Builders, patriarch Mervin Ott, and a young David Ott already on site. By then, the family had been building for over two decades.

Licensed, insured California building contractor, the license behind every Dottco project, held to this day.

Preferred developer with the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, substantial rehabilitation work completed through the SHRA relationship, year after year, long before "redevelopment" was a headline on this site.

Oak Grove Estates breaks ground in Linda, just south of Marysville, model home and first release of pre-sold homes under construction.

First phase sold out; pricing announced for the second release. Through 2020, Dottco kept building, through COVID, without stopping.

New home starts announced on Dottco-owned lots in Live Oak, the new-construction side of the pipeline continues.

The same construction capability, pointed at a wider mission: Acquisition • Rehabilitation • Repositioning • Development across Northern California, from the Sacramento metro to Yuba and Sutter Counties.