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ADU / casita construction in Pierson Place

Pierson Place is Encanto Village's bungalow submarket. Pierson Place is one of Phoenix's smaller historic districts (designated 1990) — about 240 contributing structures along Pierson Street, anchored by 1920s-1930s bungalow stock.

Pierson Place cost range
$175K$625K
typical mid-complexity
Permit authority
Phoenix PDD + Phoenix HPO (Pierson Place Historic District)
11-16 weeks (PDD + HPO COA)
Typical home size
1,400-2,600 sqft; lots 0.12-0.22 acres
Borough · ZIP
Encanto Village
85013
Pierson Place Historic District — Phoenix HPO COAPier-and-beam on 85% of pre-1945 stockPhoenix PDD residential permitFederal historic tax credit eligible (20% QRE)

What a adu / casita construction project looks like here

Pierson Place is one of Phoenix's smaller historic districts (designated 1990) — about 240 contributing structures along Pierson Street, anchored by 1920s-1930s bungalow stock.

Because the district is small and tight-knit, the Phoenix HPO COA review tends to be more case-specific here than in larger districts — neighbor input frequently shapes design outcomes.

Pierson Place lots are unusually deep for an older Phoenix district (110-130' typical), making rear-yard additions easier than in Willo, Coronado, or Garfield.

Phoenix legalized casitas/ADUs by-right in most R1 zones in 2024 (Z-TA-9-23) — Phoenix PDD residential permit, AZ ROC dual-license stack on the GC. In Pierson Place specifically, bungalow stock means adu / casita construction scope is shaped by the neighborhood's dominant construction typology. Baily's Phoenix scoping flow factors pierson place historic district and pier-and-beam on 85% of pre-1945 stock into the estimate before a contractor is involved.

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Pre-seeded for adu / casita construction in Pierson Place. Mention your 1,400-2,600 sqft, your timeline, and any known constraints — Baily factors the phoenix pdd + phoenix hpo (pierson place historic district) review queue into the scope.

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