Scottsdale & Nearby Areas
Residential & Commercial General Contractor in North Scottsdale, AZ
North Scottsdale runs to large custom homes on desert parcels, much of it inside guard-gated communities with architectural review of their own. The work here is rarely small.
The market
Building in North Scottsdale
Troon North, DC Ranch, Silverleaf, Grayhawk, Estancia and Desert Mountain set the pattern for this part of the city: large homes on large desert lots, most built from the 1990s onward and now old enough that the first wave of serious renovation has arrived. Projects tend toward whole-home updates, structural reconfiguration, guest houses and outdoor living rather than cosmetic refreshes.
Discuss a North Scottsdale projectOr look through the project gallery first — 113 photographs of completed work.
What shapes a project here
- Scottsdale's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Ordinance governs building on desert and hillside parcels in the north of the city, and it constrains grading, disturbance area and native plant removal. It shapes the footprint before design starts, not after.
- Guard-gated communities run their own architectural review committees. That submittal generally has to clear before the city permit, and it is the step most often underestimated on a schedule.
- Long private drives and hillside access affect staging, material delivery and where equipment can physically be placed. It is worth resolving early rather than on the first delivery day.
Permits and licensing
- Permits issued by City of Scottsdale.
- Blackstone Contracting holds Arizona ROC #344694, valid statewide.
- Based at 8742 W Deer Valley Rd, Peoria, AZ.