POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW BY ALL THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of William J. La Herran and W. Allen Bennett, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        1.  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
            behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
            (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
            documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
            enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
            reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        2.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
            capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of UCP, Inc.
            (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
            of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and
            any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file
            in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or
            disposition of securities of the Company;

        3.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
            that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
            Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form
            or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
            and

        4.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
            foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
            benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by the
            undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
            attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
            of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
            conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her
            discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including,
without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act. Additionally, although pursuant to this Power of Attorney the Company will
use commercially reasonable best efforts to timely and accurately file Section
16 reports on behalf of the undersigned, the Company does not represent or warrant
that it will be able to in all cases timely and accurately file Section 16 reports
on behalf of the undersigned due to various factors and the undersigned and the
Company's need to rely on others for information, including the undersigned and
brokers of the undersigned.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 17th day of July, 2013.

                                           /s/ Peter H. Lori
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                                        Peter H. Lori