Stay · Don't Sell

60-second estimate. No credit check. Fixed-price scope. Free · Itemized · Yours to keep.

The whole pitch, in three numbers

Why staying is the smarter math.

  • +1,400 — Sq ft you gain (Your design). Add the suite, the kitchen, the room your family actually needs — without leaving the block you love.
  • +$200K — Manufactured equity (Per project). Build at $350/sf, market values at $550/sf. The delta is yours.
  • $65K+ — Dead money saved (No more moving). No 6% agent commissions. No closing costs. No movers. No staging.

Run the side-by-side

$65K out the door — or $180K in equity.

If you move

  • Agent commissions (6%): –$45,000
  • Closing costs: –$12,000
  • Uproot your family: yes
  • The home you love: gone
  • Dead money: $65,000+

If you renovate with us

  • Agent commissions: $0
  • Closing costs: minimal
  • Stay in your home: yes
  • Customize everything: 100%
  • Avg. manufactured equity: +$180K
  • Wealth created: +$180K equity

Modeled conservatively at $550/sf ARV in Arcadia — against an ARMLS 2026 median of $605/sf — so appraisals clear without out-of-pocket shortfall.

The receipts behind every number we show you

Real data. Your ZIP. No magazine averages.

Every cost, every comp, every projection is a join across nine public datasets — narrowed to your ZIP, bounded by permits actually pulled at homes like yours.

  • 30,600 — Paradise Valley permits in the cost engine
  • $2.6B — In project value mapped to ZIP & scope
  • 21,449 — HMDA renovation applications, Maricopa 2024
  • 46,789 — Licensed AZ contractors vetted (ROC)
  • 9 — Public datasets joined per ZIP
  • 689,000 — FHFA repeat-sale price points modeled
  • $300K–$2M — Project range we calibrate for

City of Phoenix permits · Maricopa Assessor parcels · HMDA mortgage records · FHFA price histories · AZ Registrar of Contractors · BLS construction inputs · Census housing profiles · FEMA flood zones · Phoenix zoning. All free. All public. Refreshed quarterly.

The market is on your side

The home you own is the opportunity. Renovation is the smart move.

  • $65K+ — typical cost to sell and move up. Agent fees, closing costs, movers · dead money
  • $929K–$2.4M — median home value across our 9 ICP ZIPs. Maricopa Assessor FCV, Q1 2026
  • ~93% — of homes in our service area are ADU-eligible. Phoenix & Scottsdale zoning, per parcel

What yours could look like

Built for the way real Arcadia families live.

The platform, in one breath

One file. One scope. One number you can trust.

Step 1: ValuationIQ — Know your number first.

Your After-Renovation Value, modeled from 689,000 FHFA price points and every Maricopa comp that matters. Conservative by design — so appraisals clear.

Step 2: CostBuilder — Line by line. No surprises.

Every trade, every finish, every labor hour broken into low / expected / high. You see exactly where each dollar goes before a hammer swings.

Step 3: The Golden Record — One source of truth.

The most detailed scope a contractor will ever see. Fixed-price. Signed. Homeowner, contractor, and lender all read from the same document.

Step 4: LoanFinder — Matched to the right loan.

ARV second lien, construction-to-perm, HELOC — routed automatically against Bell Bank's actual matrix. Max borrowing power, real rate range, paperwork pre-formatted.

Plus: digital draw verification, change-order audit trail, integrated permitting & HOA approvals, ROC-vetted contractor matching. See the full platform →

What every other renovation company missed

Renovating shouldn't hurt this much. It used to.

  • 85% report renovation stress
  • 57% experience renovation fatigue
  • 37% exceed their budget

Block Renovation 2025 homeowner study · their own research, validating the problem they couldn't solve.

Block raised $109M and never built the lending layer. RenoFi solved underwriting for credit unions but left you to source your own contractor and plans. ExpandEase is the only stack that owns visualization → financial feasibility → pre-construction services → matched financing → draw management as one connected file.

Read the math before you decide

Cited, sourced, anchored to real Arcadia comps.

  • Stay vs. Sell: Stay or Move: The Real Math on Renovating vs. Trading Up in Arcadia in 2026 (14 min read)
  • Cost & ROI: How Arcadia Homeowners Turn $250K of Construction Into $400K in Value (14 min read)
  • Cost & ROI: Adding a Master Suite to a 1955 Arcadia Ranch in 2026 (17 min read)

Your dream home is the one you already own.

Fixed-price design. Integrated permitting. Milestone-verified construction. We coordinate the contractors and absorb the chaos — you get the reveal.

See What's Possible. Free · 60 seconds · No credit check