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Be the builder Phoenix homeowners and lot owners find when they ask what they may build
Phoenix changed what a single-family lot may hold, and homeowners are asking about it. The city allows two accessory dwelling units (casitas) on each single-family detached lot, and since January 1, 2026 its Middle Housing Overlay District allows four primary dwelling units per lot in the area within one mile of Downtown. Each rule produces questions that people type into Google or ask an AI assistant, with the word Phoenix in them. A builder whose website answers those questions with the city's actual figures is the builder those people find.
The figures a Phoenix homeowner asks about are specific. According to the City of Phoenix Accessory Dwelling Unit Guide, on a lot of up to 10,000 square feet a casita may be 1,000 square feet or 75 percent of the gross floor area of the main house, whichever is less; on a larger lot the limit is 3,000 square feet, 10 percent of the net lot area, or 75 percent of the main house, whichever is less. A detached casita may be 15 feet tall unless a use permit allows more. The map for the Middle Housing Overlay covers 4,467.45 acres, by the figure in the council report, and the area near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport is excluded.
The Building Permits Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau shows where the work is. The city of Phoenix permitted 3,154 single-family homes in 2025, against 4,062 in 2024. In the same year it permitted 354 two-unit buildings, which is 73 percent of the 483 permitted in the whole Phoenix metro area. A Phoenix builder who takes on duplexes and casitas, and says so on a page written for each, is writing for the homeowners who apply for those permits.
We read 80 small builder websites in Arizona and Florida on September 29, 2026. Five linked no page for any city or area they serve from the homepage, and 12 had a homepage title or main heading that named no service or no city. One note was written per site, so both counts are minimums. A Phoenix builder with a page for each service, a page for each city it serves in the Valley, and the city's rules stated with their source has done the work those sites left undone.
Licheo does three things for a Phoenix builder, as one service: we build the website or fix the one you have, we make it findable on Google and citable by AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini, and we shape each page so that a visit becomes an enquiry. For Phoenix that means a page for casitas with the city's size and height limits, a page for duplexes and fourplexes with the overlay rule, a page for each part of the Valley you serve, and a page for each finished project. One flat monthly fee, month to month. Contact us for pricing.
A homeowner in Phoenix can build two accessory dwelling units, called casitas, on a single-family detached lot, according to the City of Phoenix Accessory Dwelling Unit Guide. A third is allowed when the lot is at least one acre and at least one of the units is deed-restricted affordable housing. A lot that holds a duplex or a triplex may not have an accessory dwelling unit.
A casita in Phoenix can be 1,000 square feet or 75 percent of the gross floor area of the main house, whichever is less, on a lot of up to 10,000 square feet. On a larger lot the limit is 3,000 square feet, 10 percent of the net lot area, or 75 percent of the main house, whichever is less. A detached casita may be 15 feet tall unless a use permit allows more. These figures come from the City of Phoenix Accessory Dwelling Unit Guide.
A builder can put four primary dwelling units on one lot inside the Phoenix Middle Housing Overlay District, which the city mapped onto the area within one mile of Downtown. The overlay took effect on January 1, 2026. The same text amendment, Z-TA-1-25-Y, also allows middle housing on up to 20 percent of the lots in a new subdivision of 10 contiguous acres or more.
The City of Phoenix sets a goal of 30 calendar days for the first plan review of a new home with a full set of plans, and its report for July 2026 shows an average of 30 days in the previous month. For a new home built from standard plans, the goal for the plot plan review is 5 days and the average was 2. A builder's website can state these figures with the month of the report.
The city of Phoenix permitted 3,154 single-family homes, 354 two-unit buildings and 8 buildings of three or four units in 2025, according to the Building Permits Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2024 the figures were 4,062, 470 and 4. The 354 two-unit buildings are 73 percent of the 483 permitted in the whole Phoenix metro area that year.
A Phoenix builder who also works in Scottsdale and Mesa needs a page for each, because the rules differ. Scottsdale limits a second and a third accessory dwelling unit to 500 square feet each under Ordinance 4687. Mesa requires no additional parking space for an accessory dwelling unit under Ordinance 5883, and its Development Services department reviews residential construction plans within 10 working days. A page that states its own city's rule is a separate page with its own facts.
A Phoenix home builder should put on its website a page for each service (custom homes, casitas, duplexes and fourplexes), a page for each city it serves with that city's rule and the ordinance named, a page for each finished project with a written description, and the same telephone number and email address on every page. In our reading of 80 builder websites on September 29, 2026, 12 had a homepage title or heading that named no service or no city.
Licheo builds a Phoenix home builder's website or fixes the existing one, makes it findable on Google and citable by AI assistants, and shapes each page so that a visit becomes an enquiry. It is one service with one flat monthly fee, month to month, and the work continues every month. Contact us for pricing. The usual first step is the free Get Found Check, which grades a website in under 60 seconds.
Licheo checks your home builder website against the specific competitive landscape of Phoenix, AZ, then builds what is missing: the pages that get found, the proof that earns trust, and the clear next step that turns a visitor into a client.