EXHIBIT 99.1

                         NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
                           OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING
                           8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
                               IN EXCHANGE FOR 
                       8% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
                                      OF
                            STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.


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          THIS EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
                    TIME, ON MAY 27, 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED
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     Registered holders of privately placed 8% Senior Notes due 2008 (the "Old 
Notes") who wish to tender their Old Notes in exchange for a like principal 
amount of 8% Series A Senior Notes due 2008 (the "New Notes") and (i) whose Old
Notes are not immediately available, or (ii) who cannot deliver their Old Notes
and Letter of Transmittal or any other documents required by the Letter of
Transmittal to United States Trust Company of New York, as exchange agent (the
"Exchange Agent"), on or prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) who cannot
complete the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer on a timely basis
must use this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or one substantially equivalent
hereto. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or sent by
facsimile transmission or mail to the Exchange Agent. See "THE EXCHANGE OFFER--
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures" in the Prospectus.

                      THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS

                    UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

        By Hand up to 4:30 PM:           By Overnight Courier or by Hand after 
                                             4:30 PM on the Expiration Date

United States Trust Company of New York  
            111 Broadway                 United States Trust Company of New York
            Lower Level                        770 Broadway, 13th Floor
    Attn: Corporate Trust Services             New York, New York 10003
       New York, New York 10006             Attn: Corporate Trust Services

                                 By Facsimile:

                    United States Trust Company of New York
                              Fax: (212) 780-0592
                     Confirm by Telephone: (800) 548-6565

     DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS 
SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO 
A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

     THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE 
SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE 
GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH 
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE LETTER 
OF TRANSMITTAL FOR GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES.

 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The undersigned hereby tenders the principal amount of Old Notes indicated 
below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the 
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Standard Pacific Corp., a Delaware 
corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration 
Statement") and the accompanying Prospectus dated April 27, 1998 included
therein (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.

                      DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TENDERED
 
 

   Name and Address of Registered             Certificate Number(s)          Principal Amount of
Holder as it appears on the Old Notes        of Old Notes transmitted       Old Notes transmitted
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                   THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED

                                   GUARANTEE
                   (Not to be used for signature guarantee)

     The undersigned, a firm that is a member of a registered national 
securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities 
Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office, branch, 
agency or correspondent in the United States, which is a member of a recognized 
Medallion Signature Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, 
Inc., hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses
set forth above, either the Old Notes tendered hereby in proper form for 
transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Old Notes to the 
Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company pursuant to the 
procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case 
together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or 
facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, and any other 
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal within three New York Stock 
Exchange, Inc. trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of 
Guaranteed Delivery.

Name of Firm:
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                            (Authorized Signature)

Address:
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                                                                   (Zip Code)

Area Code and Telephone Number:
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Name:
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                            (Please Type or Print)

Title: 
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Date:                      , 1998
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          If Old Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer, provide the
          following information:

DTC Account Number:
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Date:
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NOTE: DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY.  OLD
      NOTES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.


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