Plans & permits · Phoenix metro

Your city won't permit it without drawings.

We draft permit-ready plans for remodels, additions, garage conversions, and casitas — then submit them to the city and handle every correction that comes back. You get a flat price before we start.

Permit-ready drawings, not concept sketches

We submit to the city on your behalf

Comment responses and resubmittals included

Bring your own contractor — or build it yourself

Site visit within 48 hours

100+Projects permitted

40+AZ jurisdictions

48hrSite visits

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Tell us the project. We'll come back with a scope and a price — usually same or next business day.

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We'll review the project and get back to you with a scope and flat price, usually same or next business day. If it's urgent, call and we'll pick up.

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What we draft

The drawings your permit actually needs.

A permit set isn't a floor plan. It's a coordinated package a plan reviewer can approve — dimensioned, coded, and complete on the first try.

Site plans with setbacks, easements, and every existing structure on the parcel

Floor plans with full dimension strings and egress

Elevations and sections as the jurisdiction requires

Structural coordination with a licensed engineer when the scope calls for it

Energy compliance — Manual J/S/D and ResCheck

As-builts when there are no existing drawings to work from

Demo plans for anything coming out

Code notes and schedules for the current adopted code cycle

Already stuck?

Red tag, rejected plans, or work that was never permitted.

This is a bigger part of what we do than people expect — and it's usually fixable. The worst move is waiting.

The city rejected your plans

Send us the correction letter. We'll read what the reviewer actually asked for, fix the set, and resubmit — most comments are missing information, not a design problem.

You got red-tagged

Work stopped mid-project. We prepare the drawings needed to bring it current and get the permit issued so you can keep going.

Unpermitted work turned up

Often at the worst time — during a sale or a refinance. We document what's there and prepare the set to legalize it after the fact.

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How it works

You hear from us at every step.

The most common complaint about drafting firms is silence. We tell you where the project stands, including when the city is the one holding it up.

Site visit

Within 48 hours. We measure what's there and scope the job on the ground, not over email.

Flat price

A written scope and a fixed price. No hourly meter, no surprise revision billing.

Drafting

We draw the permit set and bring in engineering if the scope requires it.

Your review

You see it before the city does. We revise until it's what you want.

We submit

We file with the jurisdiction and track it through review so you don't have to learn the portal.

Corrections & approval

Comments come back to us, not to you. We respond and resubmit until it's approved.

Why homeowners call us

We do this in your city every week.

We know the reviewer

Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Maricopa County — each one wants the set built a little differently. We format for the desk it's landing on.

Corrections are included

When the city comments, that's ours to answer. It's not a change order and it's not your problem to interpret.

No pressure to use our builder

Plenty of our clients already have a contractor, or are doing the work themselves. The plans are yours either way.

Questions

The ones we get most.

Usually yes if you're moving or removing walls, changing the footprint, altering structure, or touching electrical, plumbing, or mechanical. Cosmetic work — paint, flooring, cabinet swaps in the same layout — typically doesn't. Tell us the scope and we'll tell you straight, including when the answer is "you don't need us."

Drafting is usually one to three weeks depending on scope and whether engineering is involved. City review is the variable — it runs anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months depending on the jurisdiction and how busy they are. We give you a realistic read for your specific city up front rather than a number that makes us look good.

It depends on scope, so we quote it after the site visit — but it's a flat number you approve before we start, not an hourly estimate that drifts. City permit fees are separate and go to the jurisdiction, not to us.

Many residential projects don't. When the scope does require a stamp — structural changes, certain spans, some jurisdictions' rules — we coordinate the licensed engineer or architect as part of the job so you're not chasing a second vendor.

Not on this side of the business. SOKO Designs does the plans and the permitting. If you want a design-build team under one contract, we can point you there — but there's no obligation, and plenty of our clients bring their own contractor.

Yes, and we do it often. Send us whatever exists — a partial set, a rejected submittal, a correction letter — and we'll tell you what's salvageable and what needs redrawing before you spend anything.