About $4.48 million. Maricopa County Assessor records show 201 recorded single-family sales inside the Town of Paradise Valley from January through September 2026, with a median of $4,475,000 and the middle half between about $3.4 million and $6.9 million. About 30 sales recorded at $10 million or more. Records retrieved October 10, 2026.

It depends on what the existing house is worth compared with new construction on the same street. In Paradise Country Estates, 2022 and 2023 builds recorded at $6.3 million and $7.5 million, while Jill Alexander sold a 2003 home on the pocket’s largest lot for $5,395,000 in September 2026. Before buying to rebuild, get a construction estimate and the Town of Paradise Valley’s permitting timeline, then compare the total against what finished homes nearby have recorded.

Jill is leading with three Paradise Valley pockets: Cheney Estates, Camelback Country Club Estates, and Doubletree Estates. Lot sizes and privacy vary block by block, from Cheney’s newer desert-modern homes to Doubletree’s Spanish Colonial estate lots, and of the three, only Cheney Estates is guard-gated. She can walk you through which pocket matches how you want to live before you tour a single house.

Yes. Cheney Estates is guard-gated, one of a small number of guard-gated communities in Paradise Valley according to its HOA. It was built out between 1994 and 1998 with 72 homes, and current lots run roughly half to two-thirds of an acre, smaller than the classic Paradise Valley one-acre standard. HOA dues run roughly $450 to $675 a month depending on the section.

Cheney Estates is guard-gated, per its HOA, while Camelback Country Club Estates is not. Camelback spans a much wider build era, homes from 1970 to 2003 ranging from 3,143 to over 11,000 square feet, with access and security details that should be verified property by property. HOA dues also run lower and less consistent, from roughly $43 to $183 a month with some homes carrying no HOA at all, compared to Cheney’s steadier $450 to $675 a month. A buyer choosing between them is usually choosing between Cheney’s newer, more uniform housing product and Camelback’s older, more varied housing stock at a lower carrying cost.

Most of Doubletree Estates carries no HOA at all, which is unusual even though the neighborhood is not guard-gated. The community sits on roughly one-acre estate lots with Spanish Colonial and Santa Barbara architecture, and development began back in 1962, so the lack of a modern HOA reflects its age rather than a lack of structure.

There is no single answer because both areas mix communities with high dues, low dues, and no HOA at all. Camelback Country Club Estates in Paradise Valley can run as low as $43 a month or carry no HOA, while Windgate Ranch in North Scottsdale runs a flat $435 a month. Guard-gated communities on both sides, like the guard-gated sections of the Pinnacle Peak corridor, tend to sit at the higher end because that security and upkeep costs money; Cheney Estates is one of the few guard-gated enclaves in Paradise Valley, with dues of roughly $450 to $675 a month.

Call or text 310-773-6163 and name the pocket you are considering. Jill works these three Paradise Valley pockets closely, plus Paradise Country Estates, and can usually tell you on that first call whether a pocket actually matches what you are describing, rather than just whether a house happens to be listed there.