Priority schedule
+25% of our design fee
About half the usual time. Not available on Proven Sets.
Pricing
Pricing that respects your contract calendar.
Collaborative Excellence in Design
A fixed fee on every job, agreed before you sign. No scope-creep surprises.
Free consultation · fixed-fee quote · reply within one business day
Price list
Fixed fees, by kind of job.
APD’s fee, fixed, in the Phoenix metro.
| Job | From |
|---|---|
| Layout and design options | $1,850 |
| Small structural or repair plan (a beam, an opening, a deck) | $2,450 |
| Interior remodel, up to 1,000 sf | $3,850 |
| Addition, one story, up to 400 sf | $5,500 |
| Garage or ADU conversion | $6,000 |
| Tenant improvement, office or shop, up to 2,500 sf | $7,450 |
| Renovation, full drawing set, up to 2,000 sf | $7,950 |
| Multifamily, inside one unit | $9,350 |
| Detached ADU, up to 600 sf | $9,400 |
| New home, up to 3,000 sf | $14,950 |
- Larger sizes are priced on your quote.
- Outside the Phoenix metro, add $550.
- Engineering and seals, where your city requires them, are separate lines on your quote.
- A Permit-Ready set typically takes 4–6 weeks from a complete brief; your delivery date is in writing on your quote.
Add-ons
Common add-ons.
Each add-on has its own price, and your quote shows it before you commit.
Exterior 3D rendering
$400 a view
A photorealistic view of the outside of your project.
Interior elevations
$500 a room
Kitchen, bath or laundry, drawn wall by wall.
Material takeoff for bidding
$1,500
Quantities your builders can bid from, on a new home or a detached ADU.
Extra revision round
$495
Changes after you approve the design, agreed in writing first.
HOA submission package
$300
When your home is in an HOA.
Also on request, a fixed fee priced per project: help during construction (RFIs, as-builts), a Spanish drawing set, and after-hours availability. Change orders are quoted as a fixed price before the work starts.
What’s not included
We tell you what we don’t do.
We don’t stamp or seal anything. Structural, MEP and civil work is prepared and sealed by independent licensed engineers, who are responsible for it; we coordinate our drawings with theirs. Engineering and seals, where your city requires them, are separate lines on your quote. The same applies to surveys, soils reports, and specialty consultants. We are happy to recommend the engineers we trust most in the Valley.
Proven Sets — the simple-project tier
Built from plans that have already cleared plan check.
For simple, standard projects that fit a base plan we have already taken through plan check in Phoenix, Mesa, or Scottsdale — a smaller product, priced for what it is. If your project needs design, speed, or complex geometry, full service, priced above, is the right lane.
PS.01
Garage Conversion
from $3,000
Non-structural · existing slab
- Full permit drawing set from a proven base plan
- Site plan (from your survey) + prescriptive energy path
- One consolidated revision round included
- Fence: no structural changes, no new exterior openings
PS.02
Simple Addition
from $2,750
Single story · up to 600 sf
- Permit set + site plan + energy path
- Rectangular footprint, gable or hip roof, standard spans
- Layout fixed at intake — design work moves to full service
- One consolidated revision round included
PS.03
Proven ADU
from $4,700
Detached · slab-on-grade · single story
- One of our own ADU designs, adapted to your lot
- Site plan + energy compliance included
- The exact plan has cleared plan check before
- One consolidated revision round included
Project Check — $295
The front door: we review your survey, as-builts, and eligibility, with a written pass/fail. Credits 100% toward your set.
Correction Cover — $495
Optional: we respond to the first city comment letter, flat. And if the city flags an error in our drawings, we fix it free — always.
Extra revision round — $495
One consolidated round is included. Additional rounds are flat-priced — no hourly meters.
Phoenix · Mesa · Scottsdale. Payment is 50% to reserve your production slot and 50% before final files release. You get a committed delivery date at checkout (typically 5–8 weeks; no rush lane). Sets are unstamped — structural, where required, is by your engineer (we can refer an independent structural engineer; you engage them directly). Any layout change, complex geometry, or jurisdiction outside the list moves to full service, priced above — and if your project outgrows Proven Sets before delivery, 100% of your fee credits toward full service.
What your fee actually buys
A permit-ready set, an inspector's clean pass, and a building under construction.
FAQ
Common questions before you commit.
How do you charge?
A fixed fee for every job, agreed before you sign. The price list above shows where each kind of job starts; engineering and seals, where your city requires them, are separate lines on your quote.
What about revisions?
Two rounds of design revisions are included, and our answers to the city’s comments on items in our scope. Extra rounds are $495 each, agreed in writing first. Proven Sets include one round.
Do you require a deposit?
Yes. Under $5,000: half when you sign, half when we deliver the drawings. From $5,000: 40% when you sign, 30% when you approve the design, 30% when the permit-ready set is complete. A job under $1,000 is paid in full when you sign. We use Stripe and ACH inside the client portal. No checks unless you really want to.
Do you work in all 50 states?
Yes — we prepare permit-ready sets nationwide, in states where local law allows a drafting firm to prepare the drawings. Where it doesn’t, or the project needs a registered architect, we tell you on the first call and refer you to one. Our home base is Phoenix. We will not take a project where we cannot speak credibly to the local AHJ — that is a recipe for permit delay and we tell you when it is the case.
Are multilingual deliverables an extra fee?
This website is in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and your proposal, agreement, estimates, and invoices can also be shown in Chinese at no extra charge (the English version governs). A fully translated documentation set (sheet notes, specs, shop drawings) is an add-on, priced per project.
COMMON CONCERNS
What you’re really asking.
How much does a permit set cost — what's your starting price?
From $2,450 for a small structural repair plan. Additions start at $5,500, tenant improvements at $7,450 and new homes at $14,950. Your quote is a fixed price, agreed before you sign. Engineering and seals, where your city requires them, are separate lines on your quote, so the all-in number is never a surprise.
Can I just have my GC's in-house drafter do it?
If they have one in-house, that's often the right answer — they're embedded in the project and know the trades. The cases where firms hire us instead of using a GC's drafter: (1) the GC is bidding the project and needs an unbiased drawing set, (2) the GC's drafter is overloaded, (3) the AHJ has rejected the GC's sets before and the project needs a clean third-party submittal. None of those are "the GC's drafter is bad" — they're scheduling and bias issues.
What does a typical revision cycle cost?
On a standard quote, nothing extra — two rounds of revisions before CD freeze are bundled into the fixed fee, our answers to the city’s comments on items in our scope are included, and if the city flags an error in our drawings, we fix it free. (Proven Sets include one round; extra rounds and Correction Cover are flat-priced.) The only revision that's billed extra is substantive scope change after CD freeze (you decide to add a second floor, change the cuisine for a restaurant TI, etc.). Those are quoted transparently before the work starts.
What if my permit gets rejected after we pay you?
On a standard quote, our answers to the city’s comments on items in our scope are included. If the AHJ rejects the package for a substantive reason that was in our scope to catch (we missed a code requirement, mis-specified a detail), we fix it free. The only AHJ rejections we don't cover for free are those triggered by client decisions made after CD freeze (you changed something) or by AHJ scope expansion (the reviewer asks for a new structural calc that wasn't required at submittal). Those get quoted transparently.
Can I pay in installments?
Yes. Under $5,000: half when you sign, half when we deliver the drawings. From $5,000: 40% when you sign, 30% when you approve the design, 30% when the permit-ready set is complete. A job under $1,000 is paid in full when you sign. Card, ACH, or check; we don't accept crypto.
What's NOT included in the fixed fee?
Engineers’ seals (when required), specialty consultant fees (geotech, civil, landscape, low-voltage), permit fees themselves (paid to the AHJ, not us), as-built measurement (itemized), and 3D rendering (an add-on, $400 a view). Every itemized cost is named on the quote — no surprises at invoice time.
Contact
Begin a project.
Studio
Phoenix4435 E Chandler Blvd · Suite 200
Phone
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