Calder & Vine

Custom homes for the desert, built once and built well.

A design-build firm in north Scottsdale. We take on six new homes a year, and run each one from the first site walk to the keys.

Arizona ROC #331207, licensed B generalInsured $5M umbrellaBonded10-year structural warranty
01 — Practice

What we build

New custom homes

On your lot, from 3,500 to 9,000 sq ft, with our architects or yours.

Major additions

Guest casitas, wings and second stories for homes built since 1990.

Whole-home remodels

Taken back to the frame, new systems, new layout.

02 — Fees

How a project is priced

Preconstruction: design, engineering, a fixed bid$18,000
Custom homes, typical finished cost$475–$700 / sq ft
Casitas and additionsfrom $420 / sq ft
Builder's fee on open-book contracts15%

The preconstruction fee is credited in full when you build with us. Every invoice comes with the trade receipts behind it.

03 — Work

Recent homes

A finished house with a pool at dusk in Paradise ValleyThe roof frame going up on a Cave Creek homeReviewing construction drawings with the site lead
Paradise Valley · 6,200 sq ft · 2025Cave Creek · in progress
04 — Scope

Where we build

Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, Carefree and Fountain Hills.

What we decline

  • projects under $400,000
  • spec homes for investors
  • stock plans bought online, sight unseen
  • work outside Maricopa County
05 — Clients

In their words

"Twenty months, one budget meeting that ran long, and not a single surprise invoice."

Richard · Paradise Valley

"Our casita was finished before the main house was even dusty."

Elena · Fountain Hills

"They told us which of our ideas would cook in July. They were right."

Sam · Carefree

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