| Metric | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.91M | Assessor FCV, 2026 |
| Resale / sqft | $742 | recorded sales |
| Real build / sqft | $236 | grossed-up median |
| Permits analyzed | 65 | since 2020 |
Why Paradise Valley is a renovation market, not a moving market
Paradise Valley is the highest-value residential market in metro Phoenix — a median home value near $1.9M and resale around $742/sqft, the top of any zip we cover. It is also the most tightly governed: the Town of Paradise Valley enforces one-acre minimum lots, hillside and lot-coverage limits, and a town-level architectural review process that most homeowners underestimate.
That combination changes the renovation calculus. With resale at $742/sqft against a build cost near $400/sqft on a full gut, a major renovation here often outperforms a custom teardown-and-rebuild on a dollars-per-square-foot basis — you keep the lot, the mature landscaping, and your tax basis, and you avoid the longest, riskiest part of new construction. We design to the town’s rules and run the ARC submittal so the approval path is part of the plan.
- Highest resale in the Valley (~$742/sqft) against ~$400/sqft full-gut build cost — major renovation often beats a custom rebuild.
- One-acre minimums, hillside and lot-coverage limits, and Town ARC review — we design to all of it up front.
- Keep the irreplaceable lot, mature landscaping, and tax basis instead of resetting them with a teardown.
- ARV-based financing protects a low first-mortgage rate while funding a $1M+ project.
What Paradise Valley homeowners build with us
We focus on projects in the $300K–$2M range — additions, gut renovations, and casitas, not single-room remodels.
- Whole-home renovation ($500K–$1.5M) — The PV default — reconfigure and re-finish a large estate to current standard.
- Major addition + remodel ($400K–$900K) — Add a wing or primary suite and bring the rest of the home up with it.
- Estate-level gut renovation ($1M–$2M) — Custom-finish gut that outperforms a teardown on a $/sqft basis at PV’s comp ceiling.
- Detached guest house / casita ($300K–$500K) — Guest or multigenerational unit where one-acre lots and coverage rules allow.
One team, one locked plan — the whole renovation
- Design, at cost — architectural plans, 3D renders, and a permit-ready set, handed over at cost as the first deliverable. None of our margin lives in the paper.
- ARV-based financing — loans against your home’s after-repair value, behind your existing first mortgage, so your low locked rate stays untouched.
- Permitting & HOA/ARC — city permits and any HOA or architectural-review submittal designed for and managed up front, never a mid-build surprise.
- A vetted contractor — a scope-locked, pre-funded, permitted project handed to a vetted general contractor; no lead-gen marketplace, no bid roulette.
- Milestone-verified build — geo-tagged photo and video draws replace the bank inspector; you watch progress on a dashboard while we run the project.