Project details
- Location
- South Park, San Diego County
- Project type
- Restoration
- Primary trade
- Custom Masonry
- Features
- Steps & stairs · Walkway · Landscape lighting · Drainage system · Irrigation system · Privacy screening · Deck
- Scope
- Full front yard and entry
- Timeline
- Multi-phase build
The goal
Bob was born and raised in this house and moved back into it in his seventies. Somewhere in the previous forty years, the owners replaced the original architectural stucco porch, stairs, walls and pillars with a plain concrete deck to save money. By the time we got there it was sinking, discoloring and pushing water the wrong direction — and every architectural element the house was built with was gone.
Design & construction approach
We designed a new porch, stair and wall system inspired by those stucco columns and curvy rails, with a modern twist and proper drainage under everything. Then we finished the front yard: privacy hedging, elegant boxwoods, pom-pom boxwood mini trees, a Korean zoysia path running throughout, custom irrigation and low-voltage landscape lighting.
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Materials & planting
- Custom stucco columns and rails
- Concrete stairs and porch deck
- Elegant boxwood and pom-pom boxwood
- Korean zoysia grass
- Low-voltage landscape lighting
- Custom irrigation
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our custom masonry crew, with support from concrete contractors, landscape planting & garden design and landscape lighting. Every trade is in-house.
Building in South Park
Design and construction are both in-house, so grading, drainage, masonry, planting and lighting are solved together. Licensed C-27 Landscape Contractor — CSLB License #1159370.
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