Research · Annual edition
Arizona Outdoor Living Cost & Planning Index
A first-party annual research program on what Arizona homeowners actually plan, spend, and build outdoors — drawn from anonymized AE project records.
First edition status: in preparation. No statistics are published on this page until the underlying records, methodology, sample size, and owner approval are complete. We will not invent numbers to fill space.
What the Index will report
Each annual edition is built from approved, anonymized AE project records. Planned topics:
- Common project-scope combinations (pool + hardscape + shade, hardscape-only, full-yard, etc.)
- Planning investment ranges by scope and broad region
- Project-size ranges (lot area, hardscape square footage, pool surface area)
- Popular features and material selections
- Common site constraints (slope, utility easements, HOA, access)
- Design durations (range and median)
- Permit and approval patterns by jurisdiction class
- Construction-duration ranges by scope
- Causes of project delay, categorized
- Remodeling versus new-construction mix
- Geographic demand by broad region (East Valley, West Valley, Scottsdale corridor, Central PHX/PV)
- Homeowner planning priorities at intake
We will not publish customer identities, addresses, contract documents, personal information, or misleading averages. Any statistic that cannot be reported responsibly will simply be omitted.
Methodology disclosed with every edition
Every published edition will include the following on the HTML page itself — not buried in a downloadable PDF:
- Date range
- The reporting window for the edition.
- Sample size
- Count of qualifying anonymized project records.
- Inclusion criteria
- Which projects qualified — scope, status, region, dates.
- Excluded records
- What was removed and why (incomplete, out-of-region, in-progress, declined permission).
- Geographic coverage
- Cities and broad regions represented.
- Statistic type
- For every number: whether it is an average, median, range, or distribution.
- Limitations
- Known biases, gaps, and caveats.
- Data owner
- Named AE staff member accountable for the dataset.
- Last reviewed
- Most recent internal review date.
What each edition will include
Full HTML report
The core findings live on the page, accessible without download.
Accessible charts
Every chart backed by alt text, data tables, and downloadable aggregated CSV where practical.
Downloadable PDF
Print-ready edition for procurement, lenders, HOA committees, and journalists.
Aggregated CSV
Where the cell counts are large enough to release without re-identification risk.
Press summary
A short, cite-ready synopsis with named contact.
Citation instructions
Preferred attribution format for journalists and researchers.
Annual editions
Past editions will be archived beneath this evergreen page once real reports exist. There are no archived editions yet — we will not retroactively publish synthetic prior years.
For press and research inquiries
Journalists, analysts, and academic researchers can request notification when the first edition publishes. We respond directly — no PR list rental.