Backyard makeovers · East Valley AZ
BACKYARD HARDSCAPE.
Backyard hardscape transformations, pavers, flagstone, decorative concrete, walkways, ramadas, fire features, coordinated under one dedicated PM with specialist crews per trade. Same-visit written quote.
$30k+ backyard transformation
Ready when you are
Get a quote on your backyard.
Tell us what you want to use the yard for. Your project lead walks it with you, checks grade and drainage, and hands you a written, fixed-price quote before they leave.
Get a written quoteOur process
Quote on the spot. One dedicated PM.
1. WE WALK YOUR YARD
Your project lead, not a junior estimator, walks the yard with you. Grade, drainage, sun exposure, where the kids play, where you want shade. We get the picture before we quote.
2. WRITTEN QUOTE, SAME VISIT
You don't wait a week for an emailed PDF. We hand you a written, fixed-price quote before we leave. Materials, scope, and warranty named in writing so there's no surprise add-ons later.
3. DESIGN AND PERMITS HANDLED
Drawings, material picks, and any City permit work (Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Queen Creek) gets done before any crew shows up. You don't talk to the permit office. We do.
4. BUILT BY SPECIALISTS, RUN BY ONE LEAD
Excavation crew, paver crew, masonry crew, electrician for the lights. One project lead keeps it sequenced so nothing blocks anything else and you have one phone number for the whole project.
5. WALK-THROUGH AND WARRANTY
When we finish, your project lead walks the build with you. Anything that needs a touch gets one. You leave with the workmanship warranty in writing and the materials warranties from every manufacturer in your binder.
Why this build lasts, and the last one didn't
The yards we get called out to fix all failed the same way. The previous crew skipped the base. They scraped the dirt, threw down a thin layer of sand, set pavers, and left. Two summers later the pavers ripple, sit unevenly, and the joints wash out. A shortcut up front, expensive to redo. Our base depth and aggregate follow the ICPI Tech Spec library for pavers and the ACI 332 residential concrete code for pours. We size the base for the caliche your lot actually has, not a textbook average. Background reading on the discipline is at Wikipedia's hardscape entry.
Drainage is the other half. We calculate grade for Maricopa County's 1.5-inch-per-hour design storm so the next monsoon runs off the patio instead of pooling on it or pushing toward the foundation. The Arizona Department of Water Resources xeriscape guidance is how we tie planting beds, decomposed-granite borders, and rock features into one drainage system instead of three that fight each other. NCMA TEK notes back the segmental-pavement detail where it counts.
Permits for ramadas, anything that attaches to the house, and grade changes go through your City (Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, or Queen Creek) before any crew shows up. The workmanship warranty is five years in writing. Our AZ contractor license is on every proposal and verifiable through the AZ ROC contractor search.
One project lead runs the whole sequence from contract through walk-through. Excavation, base, drainage, pavers or pour, masonry, ramada metal, lights. You have one phone number, not five sub-contractor numbers and a general contractor playing telephone. That's the part that makes a backyard makeover feel like a project instead of a hostage situation.
About the $30,000 minimum. A full backyard build combines excavation, base, drainage, paver or concrete finish, often masonry and low-voltage electrical. Coordinating that under one project lead has fixed cost that a single-trade job doesn't. If the right scope for your yard is just pavers or just a patio cover, the better starting point is a /services route for that single piece.
What a typical backyard build looks like
Most builds we run combine four to six pieces. Pavers for the patio you sit on, the walkway out to it, and any driveway extension. Base depth sized for the caliche on your lot so monsoon doesn't lift it. Walkways in flagstone, concrete, or decomposed granite that connect the patio back to the front and side of the house. Ramadas and patio covers so the yard is usable in July, not just March.
When the right finish is poured concrete instead of pavers (driveway extensions, pool decks, garage approaches), we run it through decorative concrete so you can pick the look (score-line, stamped, exposed aggregate, broom, or stained) and we spec the mix for AZ heat-cycling. Rock features and xeriscape edges tie the planting palette to the patio so the whole yard reads as one space, not three disconnected zones.
ONE PHONE NUMBER FROM START TO FINISH.
Your project lead walks the yard, writes the quote, runs the build, and signs off the warranty. Same person the whole way. No callback runaround. No multi-bid hostage situation.
FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY IN WRITING.
Workmanship warranty on every part of the build, named on the proposal before you sign. Manufacturer warranties on materials pass through. No generic certificate language.
Frequently asked
Asked and answered.
- How long does a full backyard build take?
- Most builds run four to eight weeks of on-site work depending on scope and permits. We give you a real start date and a real finish date on the proposal, not a window. If weather or a City delay moves a date, your project lead calls you. You don't have to chase us.
- How are the builder-grade installs I've seen failing different from yours?
- Almost every failed paver job we get called out to fix skipped the base. The crew scraped the dirt, threw down a thin layer of sand, set pavers, and walked away. Two summers later the pavers ripple and the joints wash out. We build base depth into the caliche, size the aggregate to your specific lot, and detail the drainage so the next monsoon runs off the patio instead of pooling on it. The work you don't see is what makes the work you do see last.
- Do you handle permits in Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, or Queen Creek?
- Yes. Anything that touches grade, drainage, or attaches to the house (ramada to wall, patio cover to roof) usually needs a permit. We file with your City before crews show up and the cost is named on the proposal so it's not a surprise mid-build.
- What does the warranty actually cover?
- Five years on workmanship in writing. If a paver lifts because we missed something in the base, that's on us. Manufacturer warranties on materials (pavers, concrete admixtures, ramada metal, lighting) pass through to you. Hairline cracking in concrete from AZ heat-cycling is a known material behavior we minimize through joint detailing and curing spec, not an installation defect, so it's outside the workmanship line.
- Why a $30,000 minimum?
- A real backyard build combines excavation, base, drainage, paver or concrete finish, often masonry and lighting. That coordination under one project lead has fixed cost that a single-trade job doesn't carry. If your project is really just pavers, just a patio cover, or just a walkway, the right starting point is a one-trade page like /services/pavers or /services/patio-covers, not this one.