One licensed team tells you three things before you spend a dollar: what your lot can hold, what the finished home should be worth from comparable sales, and which financing routes fit. Then we design, permit and build the casita, attached suite or garage conversion.
A property review is our team's read of your lot. It is not a city approval and does not guarantee eligibility.
Most homeowners land in one of these. The lot, the existing structure and the budget usually make the choice for you; the review tells you which.
A stand-alone unit in the yard with a full kitchen, bathroom, living area and private entrance. It gives the most privacy and the clearest rental story, and it has the most site work: a new foundation, trenching for utilities, and placement that respects setbacks.
An addition built onto the house that works as a suite or casita: bedroom, bathroom, often a kitchenette or kitchen, and an exterior door. It shares a wall, a roofline and usually the utilities of the main home, which keeps site work down.
The garage already has a slab, walls and a roof, so the work is insulation, a proper floor, plumbing for a bath and kitchen, electrical, windows, a door where the garage door was, and finishes. It is the fastest and usually the least expensive path to a livable unit.
Two Phoenix homes where an existing casita was part of the job: one attached unit and one garage conversion, both renovated by our team with the main house, both resold on the MLS. Each is labeled for exactly what it was. We have not yet published a ground-up new casita; when we complete one it will appear here with the same public record.
A guided flip for an investor: take a 1970 single-story home that already had an attached two-bedroom, one-bath unit with its own kitchen, renovate the house and the unit to the same standard, and sell it on the MLS as a five-bedroom, three-bath property with a self-contained casita.
Read the case study A managed flip: a 1956 home whose attached garage had already been converted into living space. Finish that space as a complete studio casita with its own entrance, kitchen and bath, renovate the main house, and sell the property as 4 bedrooms / 3 baths.
Read the case studyThree concept layouts, one per project type, to make the sizes real. They are starting points, not a catalog: your plan is drawn for your lot after the site review.
Concept plan — subject to site review, engineering, and permitting.
One person or a couple: guest space, a family member, or a studio rental.
Independent living: a parent, an adult child, or a long-term tenant.
Family housing with a door to the main home and its own exterior entrance.
Every ADU budget is five buckets. Two of them, utilities and site work, are where most surprises live, so we check those before we put a number in writing.
More detail: ADU cost guide
Plans, structural engineering where required, energy calculations, permit application and plan-review fees, inspections.
Foundation or slab work, framing, roofing, insulation, drywall, doors and windows, flooring, cabinets, counters, fixtures, paint.
Demolition, grading, removing concrete or landscaping, protecting the existing home, getting equipment into the yard.
Electrical panel capacity or a sub-panel, trenching for water and sewer, gas, HVAC (usually a mini-split).
Covered patio, laundry, upgraded appliances, solar readiness, and a reserve for what opens up once walls come down.
"Can I build it?" is six smaller questions. We answer them for your address first, so the layout we suggest is one your lot and your city can actually take.
Your parcel’s zoning, lot size, lot coverage, and whether a second unit is allowed where you are. Rules differ by city and change; we check the current ones for your address.
How far a structure must sit from property lines, the main house and easements. This often decides between a detached unit and an addition.
Cities cap unit size, often relative to the main home or the lot. We confirm the cap before any layout is drawn.
Panel capacity, sewer or septic location and depth, water pressure, and gas. Utility work is the most common surprise, so we look here first.
Whether equipment can reach the build area, and whether the city asks for replacement parking when a garage is converted.
For conversions and additions: slab condition, ceiling height, roof framing, and anything that would need correction to meet code.
More detail: Property feasibility guide
From signed contract to final inspection, additions and ADUs with permits have typically run three to six months for us, driven mostly by plan-review speed. We give you a dated schedule before work starts.
Permitting and construction are separate clocks. The city sets the first; we set and commit to the second.
You send the address and your goal. We look at zoning, setbacks, utilities and the structure you have in mind, then call you with an honest read.
We walk the property, measure, check the panel and sewer, and agree on the unit type and size. You get a written scope.
Drawings, structural engineering where required, and energy calculations prepared for the city.
We submit, answer plan-review comments and pull the permit. Timing is set by the city’s review queue.
Site work, foundation or conversion prep, framing, rough trades, inspections, finishes. Progress updates at least twice a week.
Final inspections, certificate of occupancy where applicable, walkthrough, warranty paperwork.
An ADU is usually paid for with home equity (a HELOC or cash-out refinance), a renovation or construction loan, or savings. Which one fits depends on your equity, income and timeline.
Tell us you are interested in financing when you request a property review. Jesus will follow up to talk through options and what lenders will ask for.
More detail: ADU financing guide
Jesus explains the options, what lenders will ask for, and the realistic timing, so the construction schedule and the funding line up. Say "yes" to financing guidance on the review request and he will follow up.
Request a reviewArizona's casita law made second units a right in every Valley city over 75,000 people: no hearing, no owner-occupancy rule, no extra parking, up to 1,000 square feet, and the right to rent. We wrote up what changed and the real numbers behind it, city by city.
The property-value analysis you receive: current value, projected completed value from comparable sales, a separate rental analysis, and a named preparer. With a sample built from a public sale.
What HB 2720 (2024), the 2025 county law and 2026 pre-approved plans changed, in a before-and-after table.
Resale dollars per square foot by city against published build cost per foot, worked examples, and a calculator for your lot.
What casitas rent for, yield and payback, and the FHA and Fannie Mae rules that let the rent count toward a mortgage.
Why ADU square footage is credited separately, what pushes the value up, and the FHFA data on homes with ADUs.
Every Phoenix neighborhood and Valley city ranked by resale price per foot against the cost to build, in four tiers.
All twelve Maricopa County cities over the threshold, unincorporated county land, each city's price per foot, and a rules page for each city read from its own ordinance.
The honest answer is specific to your lot, your city and the project type. Request a property review and we will give it to you straight.
The questions we hear on nearly every first call.
Guides: cost · garage conversions · feasibility · financing
Usually the answer depends on zoning, lot size, setbacks and utilities rather than on the house itself. Send us the address and we will review those and tell you what looks realistic. The review is our professional read, not a city approval.
In the Phoenix area people use “casita” for any small secondary living space. An accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is the planning term for a unit with its own kitchen, bath and entrance that someone can live in independently. A guest house without a kitchen is treated differently by most cities.
Many homeowners build with rental in mind. Whether and how you can rent depends on your city’s rules for accessory units, any HOA restrictions, and how the unit is permitted. We will point out what applies to your address during the review.
We do not publish prices. Every project is different, and every city in Maricopa County has its own rules, fees and review times, so a number on a website would mislead more than it helps. This page lists what drives the cost and what our estimates include; after a property review and a site visit you get a written, itemized number for your project.
Permitting and construction are separate clocks. Our additions and ADUs with permits have typically run three to six months in total, with the city’s plan-review time the biggest variable. A garage conversion is at the shorter end; a detached unit is at the longer end.
Yes. We manage the permit process from application through plan review, inspections and final sign-off. Permit fees are itemized in the estimate.
With a conversion, yes. Some cities ask for replacement parking on the lot. We check that for your address before recommending a conversion.
Anthony Alexander Lopez leads construction and gives progress updates at least twice a week. Juan M Lopez Solano handles the review and estimate. You will have their direct numbers.
We are a contractor, not a lender. Jesus Lopez, a licensed mortgage professional, can walk you through financing options and what to expect. An inquiry here is not a loan application.
Send the address and your goal. Anthony Alexander Lopez or Juan M Lopez Solano will review zoning, setbacks and utilities and reach out within one business day. No obligation, and no city approval implied: it is our professional read of your lot.
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