Commercial & Residential
New construction at a size where craftsmanship still survives contact with the budget
There is a strange gap in the construction market. Large builders are not interested in a nine-hundred-square-foot casita, and the handyman who framed your patio cover is not equipped to build a permitted, inspected, conditioned structure with a foundation under it.
The gap is real, and a great deal of bad building happens inside it. Structures get built by whoever answered the phone, in whatever sequence seemed reasonable at the time, with an engineering stamp acquired somewhere near the end as a formality.
A new structure is unforgiving in a way that a remodel is not. A remodel inherits its geometry. New construction has to establish it. If the foundation is out of square, every single trade that follows pays for it, and the person who ultimately pays for all of them is the owner.
We build these projects with one crew that stays through the sequence, from layout to final inspection. Nobody inherits somebody else’s error, because nobody hands the work off.
Our standards
- Stamped structural engineering on every permitted structure
- Permit obtained before the first day of work — without exception
- Foundation verified square and level, in writing, before framing
- All required inspections scheduled, attended and passed by us
- Written workmanship warranty and manufacturer warranties registered
- Final documentation package: permits, approvals, warranties, as-built notes
What it costs
Small new construction is priced per project rather than per square foot, because a casita with a full bathroom and kitchenette bears almost no relationship to an unconditioned workshop of identical size. Most of our ground-up projects fall between $45,000 and the $100,000 ceiling. Site conditions, utility distances and jurisdiction drive the number more than finishes do, and we walk the site before quoting for exactly that reason.
How we do it
The parts that decide whether this goes well
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Layout and foundation, treated as the whole ballgame
Square, level, correctly located relative to setbacks and easements, with the right slab thickness and reinforcement for Arizona soil and the loads above it. This is the least glamorous line on the estimate and the one that determines whether the rest of the project is pleasant or miserable.
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Engineering and permitting before mobilization
Structural engineering, site plan, energy compliance, and the permit set — assembled and approved before we break ground. Building first and papering it later is how a structure becomes an unpermitted liability that a title company will eventually notice at the worst possible moment.
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Built for the desert on purpose
Roof assemblies that handle monsoon water and a hundred and fifteen degrees in July. Insulation and air sealing specified for a climate where the cooling load is the whole load. Exterior materials that will not chalk out in four summers of ultraviolet. Details chosen for Phoenix rather than copied from a plan drawn for Ohio.
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Finished, not merely completed
Passing final inspection is a legal milestone, not a standard of quality. We hand over a structure that is trimmed, sealed, functional, cleaned, and documented, with the paint touched up and the paperwork in one folder.
The self-perform difference
Sequence is everything, and sequence is exactly what subcontracting breaks
Ground-up construction is a chain of dependencies where each link must be correct before the next is installed. Framing has to be right for drywall to be flat. Rough-in has to be right for the inspector to sign. Subcontracting distributes that chain across companies with different calendars and no shared memory, so errors get discovered late — after they are buried, when correcting them costs ten times what catching them would have. One crew carries the whole sequence in its head. That is the advantage, and on new construction it is the difference between a building and a problem.
Scope
New Construction we handle
- Detached casitas and guest houses
- Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and garage conversions to living space
- Room additions and second-story additions within scope
- Detached garages, workshops and studio buildings
- Small commercial outbuildings and equipment enclosures
- Covered patios, ramadas and permitted structural shade
- Foundation, slab and stem wall construction
- Framing, sheathing, roofing and building envelope
- Rough and finish electrical, plumbing and mechanical coordination
- Stucco, siding, exterior finishes and paint
- Interior finish-out — drywall, trim, cabinetry, flooring, fixtures
- Utility connections, site grading and drainage
Questions
New Construction questions we get asked
Usually, but zoning decides. Lot size, setbacks, height limits, utility capacity and municipal ADU rules all matter, and they differ meaningfully between Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe and the rest of the Valley. We check the specifics for your parcel before you spend money on design, and we will tell you early if the answer is no.
Where we do this work
New Construction across the Valley
Related services
All services
Next step
Walk the lot with us.
Bring the parcel number and whatever sketch you have made — a napkin counts. We will tell you what the zoning allows, what the site will cost you before anything goes vertical, and what the finished number looks like.
- Veteran owned and operated
- Written line-item estimate
- A schedule you can hold us to
- Licensed, bonded and insured
No pressure, no financing pitch, no three-hour presentation.
A walk-through takes about forty minutes. You get honest opinions, including which upgrades we think are not worth your money.
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