Northeast Valley
General Contractor in Carefree, AZ
Carefree is a small, low-density town built into boulder-strewn desert, where the terrain and the design guidelines shape a project as much as the brief does.
The market
Building in Carefree
Carefree is high-value and deliberately low-density, with custom homes set among granite outcrops and native desert. Lots are individual enough that design tends to respond to the specific site rather than to a plan type, and renovation work generally aims at opening houses up to the views and the terrain they sit in.
Discuss a Carefree projectOr look through the project gallery first — 57 photographs of completed work.
What shapes a project here
- The Town of Carefree issues its own permits and is separate from neighbouring Cave Creek, despite how closely the two sit together.
- Design guidelines protect the desert character of the town, which affects exterior materials, colour and how much of a site may be disturbed.
- Boulder outcrops and rock make excavation, foundations and utility trenching genuinely unpredictable. A site assessment before a number is committed to is the difference between a real budget and a guess.
Permits and licensing
- Permits issued by Town of Carefree.
- Blackstone Contracting holds Arizona ROC #344694, valid statewide.
- Based at 8742 W Deer Valley Rd, Peoria, AZ.