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Custom Estate Architecture
Full architectural design from site study through construction documents, drawn from scratch for your lot, orientation, and brief. Includes 3D massing and material studies.
$4.80 – $7.50per sq ft
Custom Home Builders · Est. Scottsdale, AZ
Estates drawn from the desert itself.
Fratantoni Luxury Estates designs and builds bespoke residences across Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and the Sonoran foothills — architecture that treats light, stone, and silence as primary materials.
The Studio
A practice built on desert light and patient craft.
For nearly two decades, Fratantoni Luxury Estates has been shaping residences that respond to the Sonoran landscape — not fight it. We are architects, builders, and estate managers under one roof, working with a small number of families at a time.
The studio was founded on a simple conviction: the desert is not an obstacle to design around, but a collaborator to design with. Every Fratantoni estate begins with a study of the lot's orientation, the path of the sun across the McDowells, and the way monsoon light moves through a site in July.
We hold ourselves to a 12-family annual cap — not as a marketing line, but because bespoke work demands time. Each residence is drawn from scratch, engineered for the Sonoran climate, and built by a superintendent who stays on the project from groundbreaking to the final walkthrough.
The result is a portfolio of homes that feel inevitable in their setting: quiet, generous, and built to outlast a generation.
18 yrsBuilding in Arizona
12 / yrProjects Capped
27Estates Delivered
1:1Architect-to-Site Ratio
What we build, and what it costs.
Every Fratantoni engagement is a custom bid, but the figures below reflect what Arizona families can expect to invest at each scope. Pricing is grounded in 2024–2025 Sonoran market rates and reviewed before contract.
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Ground-Up Construction
Full-service general contracting from excavation to certificate of occupancy. Dedicated superintendent, fixed-fee bid, and a 10-year structural warranty on every Fratantoni build.
$625 – $1,150per sq ft
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Major Renovation & Addition
Structural renovations, casitas, guest wings, and second-story additions to existing Scottsdale and Paradise Valley homes. Includes structural engineering and HOA coordination.
$385 – $720per sq ft
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Interior Architecture & Finish
Full interior design — millwork, stone selection, lighting design, and finish schedules. Sourced through Arizona stoneyards and a curated national vendor list.
$185 – $340per sq ft
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Desert Landscape & Hardscape
Native plant palettes, ramadas, negative-edge pools, and dry-stack stone walls engineered for monsoon runoff. Designed in-house and built by our landscape crews.
$95 – $240per sq ft
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Estate Management & Concierge
Post-occupancy care for Fratantoni-built homes — seasonal maintenance, vendor coordination, and concierge services for part-time Arizona residents.
$3,200 – $9,500per month
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Pre-Construction Consulting
Lot evaluation, feasibility studies, and budget modeling before you close on land. Two-week turnaround, credited toward build if you proceed with Fratantoni.
$8,500fixed fee
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Pool, Spa & Water Features
Negative-edge pools, integrated spas, and reflection features designed and built in-house. Engineered for desert evaporation rates and year-round use.
$145,000 – $420,000per project
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Smart Home & Automation
Whole-home integration — lighting, climate, security, shading, and audio. Designed alongside architecture so nothing is retrofitted or visible.
$65,000 – $185,000per project
How We Work
Four phases. No handoffs.
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Listen & Site
We walk the lot together, study orientation and views, and translate your brief into a written program before a single line is drawn.
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Design & Document
Architecture, interiors, and landscape drawn in parallel. You see the home in 3D before we ever break ground — no surprises, no change-order drift.
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Build & Superintend
A dedicated superintendent runs your site daily. Fixed-fee bid, weekly walkthroughs, and a 10-year structural warranty on every Fratantoni estate.
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Hand Off & Care
Move-in ready with a full orientation, vendor introductions, and the option of ongoing estate management for as long as you own the home.
Selected work across the Sonoran foothills.
A small portfolio of recently delivered and in-progress estates. Full case studies available on request.
Silverleaf Residence
2024 · 8,400 sq ft
Paradise Valley Casita
2023 · 1,650 sq ft
McDowell Foothills Estate
2024 · 11,200 sq ft
Desert Mountain Compound
2025 · In Build“
Fratantoni built us a home that feels like it grew out of the desert itself. Eighteen months in, we still walk through the great room and stop and look. That is not something you can put a price on — though theirs was honest from day one.
RM
R. & M. Delgado
Silverleaf, Scottsdale · Completed 2024
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Scottsdale, Arizona
Serving the Sonoran foothills · Paradise Valley · Greater Phoenix
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