How much does a guest house job cost in Scottsdale? The usual guest house job filed with Scottsdale is $142,168, from 247 priced permits (January 2023 through December 2025); the middle half of firms file between $108,762 and $181,722. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual guest house job filed with Scottsdale is $142,168, from 247 priced permits, January 2023 through December 2025. The middle half of firms usually file between $108,762 and $181,722. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 247 priced permits across 170 firms, pooled into one. Half of Scottsdale guest house permits were filed between $105,000 and $210,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $83,400 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $105,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $144,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $210,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $291,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Maricopa County Assessor full cash values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $1,831,500 | $128,390 | 56 | 79 |
| Middle third | $1,831,500–$3,078,950 | $130,601 | 57 | 87 |
| Upper third | $3,114,600 and up | $157,004 | 57 | 82 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months on file (Jan 2025–Dec 2025). Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Homes | 9 | 5 | $219,534 | $142,444–$238,840 | — |
| Minimal Construction LLC | 8 | 5 | $119,920 | $108,194–$151,215 | — |
| Smart Choice Construction LLC | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Nextgen Builders LLC | 6 | 3 | $181,722 | $180,058–$181,866 | — |
| Armstrong Construction Group | 5 | 3 | $122,351 | $121,918–$147,331 | — |
| SRJ Development | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Mark Hancock Development Corp | 6 | 2 | $100,220 | $94,651–$107,990 | — |
| Shea Homes | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Morgan Taylor Homes | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Camelot Homes | 8 | 1 | $130,601 | $109,017–$135,521 | 3 of 7 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Scottsdale, 1 in 10 guest house filed values sit under $83,400, the middle half between $105,000 and $210,000, and 1 in 10 over $291,000.
Scottsdale files the fewest guest house permits in November (62 against an average month of 100) and the most in March (129). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Scottsdale →
Source: City of Scottsdale building permits. The window is January 2023 through December 2025; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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