Not a Licensed Contractor. Modern Casita Builders is not a licensed contractor. It holds no Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) license number, and you will never see an ROC number for Modern Casita Builders on this website — because there isn’t one.
What Modern Casita Builders is
- A casita planning, feasibility, and marketing company.
- We screen properties for casita feasibility (zoning, setbacks, lot fit, city meter & permit rules).
- We publish model pricing and scopes, explain city rules, and coordinate the process between you and the building partner.
- We are your point of contact for questions before and during the project.
What Modern Casita Builders is not
- Not a licensed contractor — we do not pull permits, sign construction contracts, collect construction deposits, supervise construction, or perform construction work.
- Not a lender — financing illustrations on this site are education, not loan offers.
- Not the city — we cannot approve permits, and we never guarantee an approval, a price, or a timeline.
Who builds your casita
Construction is performed by licensed Arizona contractor partners — independent companies that hold their own Arizona ROC licenses for residential construction. The partner:
- Prepares the engineered plans for your lot and submits them to your city
- Pulls the building permit under its own ROC license
- Signs the construction contract with you directly, with its license information on the contract as Arizona law requires
- Performs and supervises the construction, coordinates city inspections, and stands behind its work
When your project reaches the contracting stage, the partner’s name and ROC number appear on its contract and permit documents, where they legally belong. If any website, ad, or salesperson ever shows you a license number attributed to Modern Casita Builders itself, that is an error — tell us and we will correct it.
About the name
“Builders” in our name describes the business we organize — planning and delivering backyard homes through licensed building partners — not a contractor’s license we hold. If that distinction ever feels unclear anywhere on this site, this page is the controlling explanation: planning and marketing by us; construction by licensed partners.
Other licenses in the picture
Our founder, Christian Marquez, is a licensed Arizona real estate agent (AZ license SA657877000, The Marquez Group at At Home Real Estate). A real estate license is not a contractor’s license, and neither he nor this company represents it as one.
Your protections as a homeowner
- Your construction contract is with a licensed contractor — you can verify any Arizona contractor’s license, bond, and complaint history free at the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (roc.az.gov) before you sign.
- Your final construction price is in that written contract — not in a website starting price.
- Your building permit is pulled by the licensed partner and inspected by your city.
- Arizona’s Residential Contractors’ Recovery Fund exists for homeowners harmed by licensed residential contractors — another reason the build belongs with a licensee.