Bathroom remodeling in Cave Creek, AZ

Cave Creek is an old ranching and mining settlement that became an incorporated town in the 1980s. It has kept a rural, Western feel, with houses spread over acreage lots, many with horse facilities. Next door, Carefree was laid out as a planned desert community starting in the 1950s and is its own town. Homes in both are largely custom, in territorial, Santa Fe and ranch styles. South of the two towns, master-planned neighborhoods with a Cave Creek mailing address were built from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Custom homes from the 1970s through the 1990s tend to have bathrooms with Saltillo or ceramic tile floors, tiled counters, and showers built with mortar beds. Sizes are unpredictable, since each house was drawn for its owner. The subdivisions are more uniform: garden tub, separate fiberglass or tiled shower, cultured marble vanity. Rural properties add questions that tract homes do not, including septic capacity and water pressure, and these need answers before fixtures are chosen.

A Cave Creek address does not always mean the Town of Cave Creek. Homes inside town limits get permits from the town's building department. Carefree is a separate incorporated town with its own process. Tatum Ranch and Dove Valley are inside Phoenix city limits, so Phoenix issues permits there. Parcels outside any town or city limit fall under Maricopa County. Shifting plumbing, electrical or walls usually triggers a permit, while swapping finishes in place commonly needs none, and the correct office verifies it for each job.