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A real bedroom
12′-6″ × 13′-0″, on its own end of the plan, with a reach-in closet and windows on the north and west. It fits a queen, two nightstands, and a dresser.
The One · One-Bedroom Casita
A door that closes. A life of its own.
Seven hundred and twenty square feet with a real bedroom, a kitchen with an island, and a 200 square foot covered patio — at one fixed price that includes your plans and your City permits.
Fixed price, from$204,900
Plans, engineering, City permit fees, and the base finish package are all in that number. Site conditions are quoted from a published schedule before you sign.
Licensed AZ builder·ROC #000000·Permits handled end to end
- Conditioned
- 720 sq ft
- Footprint
- 24′ × 30′
- Layout
- 1 bed · 1 bath
- Covered patio
- 200 sq ft
- Typical timeline
- 6–7 months
The idea
Not a bigger studio. A small house.
The moment a casita has to hold someone for years rather than weeks, one thing decides whether it works: a bedroom you can close the door on. Everything else in The One follows from that — the bedroom sits at the far end, away from the entry and the kitchen, with its own windows on two walls and a closet you can actually hang a season of clothes in.
The other end of the plan opens up. Living and dining share one bright room behind a ten-foot slider, with the kitchen and its island turned to face them. Between the two ends sits everything that makes noise or needs plumbing — bath, laundry, kitchen — stacked along one wall, which is what keeps a 720 square foot building affordable to plumb.
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Laundry inside
A stacked washer and dryer in its own closet off the hall — still the feature almost no casita in this market includes at any size.
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200 sq ft of shade
A twenty-foot cedar-slat ramada on a continuous roofline, running the width of the living room. Big enough for a real table.
Floor plan
Quiet at one end, open at the other.
Bedroom and bath to the north, behind a short hall. Kitchen, dining, and living to the south, all facing the patio through a ten-foot slider. One plumbing wall serves the bath, the laundry, and the kitchen.
| Room | Dimension |
|---|---|
| Bedroom | 12′-6″ × 13′-0″ |
| Living | 13′-0″ × 15′-0″ |
| Dining | 9′-0″ × 5′-0″ |
| Kitchen | 13′ run + island |
| Bath | 7′-6″ × 8′-6″ |
| Laundry closet | 3′-0″ × 3′-6″ |
| Covered patio | 20′-0″ × 10′-0″ |
| Conditioned area | 720 sq ft |
Ceilings are a flat 10 feet with clerestory glazing over the kitchen. The mini-split is zoned so the bedroom and the living room can be set differently — the difference between a guest room and somewhere a person lives.
Included in $204,900
What the fixed price covers.
- Architectural plan set and structural engineering
- City permit application, fees, and submittal through approval
- Foundation, framing, stucco, and standing-seam metal roof
- Bedroom with reach-in closet and a door that closes
- Full kitchen — 13′ of quartz counter, island, 30″ range, full-height refrigerator, dishwasher, soft-close cabinetry
- Bath — curbless 3′ × 5′ shower, quartz vanity, comfort-height fixtures
- Stacked washer and dryer
- Ductless mini-split zoned for bedroom and living, plus a tankless water heater
- Luxury vinyl plank flooring, 10′ ceilings, LED lighting throughout
- 10′-0″ sliding glass door and clerestory glazing
- 200 sq ft covered patio with cedar-slat ramada
- Standard utility connections to the main house
- One-year builder warranty
Quoted separately
What depends on your lot.
Every one of these is priced from a published schedule during pre-qualification, before you sign anything. No line item on this list is ever discovered mid-build.
- Electrical service panel upgrade, where the existing panel can’t carry the load
- Water and sewer runs beyond the standard 40-foot distance
- Site grading or drainage work beyond a level pad
- Removing or restoring pools, patios, walls, or mature landscaping
- HOA architectural submittal — we prepare it; association fees vary
- Finish upgrades beyond the base package
One rule worth knowing early. Arizona law caps a casita at the lesser of 1,000 sq ft or 75% of your main house. A 720 sq ft casita needs a primary home of at least 960 sq ft. If yours is smaller, we’ll tell you in the first conversation and point you at The Alcove instead.
How it compares
The same money, more house.
Measured against what one-bedroom casitas in the Phoenix metro typically ship with, at the prices they typically publish.
| Feature | The One | Typical Valley one-bedroom casita |
|---|---|---|
| Conditioned area | 720 sq ft | 480–760 sq ft |
| Bedroom | 12′-6″ × 13′-0″ with closet | Separate, often under 11′ wide |
| Kitchen | 13′ run with an island | Full kitchen, no island |
| Dining | Dedicated zone | Combined great room |
| Laundry | Stacked washer/dryer included | Not offered at any size |
| Covered outdoor space | 200 sq ft | None |
| Ceiling height | 10′-0″ | 9′-0″ |
| Plans & City permits | Included | Varies; frequently excluded |
| Published price | $204,900 | $179,500–$216,000 |
What people build it for
The model people choose when someone is actually going to live there.
A parent nearby
Independent living thirty feet from the back door — a curbless shower, no thresholds, and a kitchen they still run themselves.
Rental income
Phoenix one-bedrooms averaged $1,347 a month this August, against $1,053 for a studio. The One is 720 sq ft — larger than the market’s average one-bedroom.
An adult child at home
A separate address, a separate entrance, and a separate front door key. Proximity without roommates.
Guest suite
A bedroom, a full kitchen, laundry, and a private patio. Visitors stop being guests and start being neighbours.
Worth the step up from a studio?
The One costs about $35,000 more to build than The Alcove. In today’s Phoenix market it rents for roughly $294 a month more — about $3,530 a year, or near a 10% gross yield on the difference. That is the honest arithmetic, and it is why most people building for income choose this one.
Rent figures: RentCafe Phoenix market data, August 2026 — studios $1,053 at 430 sq ft, one-bedrooms $1,347 at 685 sq ft. Rental performance varies by location and condition and is not a projection or a guarantee. Short-term rental rules differ by city and by HOA — we check yours during pre-qualification.
Compare both on your lotThe process
Four stages. No surprises in any of them.
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Pre-qualification
We check your parcel, setbacks, utilities, HOA, and the 75% size rule before you spend a dollar. Some lots don’t work, and we’d rather tell you in week one.
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Design & fixed price
Choose your finishes and site placement. You get one number, in writing, that doesn’t move unless you change the scope.
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Permits handled
We run the City submittal end to end — plan review, corrections, approval. You sign where the owner has to sign, and nothing else.
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Build
Weekly photo updates against a milestone schedule, then a walkthrough before you take the keys.
Price it on your lot
See what The One costs where you live.
Seven questions. You’ll get a price range on screen and a detailed estimate by email, including whether your parcel, your jurisdiction, and your house’s size allow a 720 sq ft casita at all.
We usually reply within minutes during business hours. If your lot doesn’t qualify, we’ll tell you that instead of booking a sales call.
Also in the lineup
Three models. One fixed-price promise.
400 SQ FT
The Alcove
Studio, one bath, full kitchen, in-unit laundry, 150 sq ft covered patio. From $169,900.
720 SQ FT
The One
One bedroom, one bath, kitchen with an island, 200 sq ft covered patio. From $204,900.
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960 SQ FT
The Terrace
Two bedrooms, two baths, 260 sq ft covered terrace — the largest by-right casita we build. From $249,900.