We build the hard parts of a yard — the surfaces you drive on, walk on and sit on — plus the drainage and irrigation that keep them working. Every job starts with preparation and grading, not with the finish material.
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A driveway that handles daily vehicle weight and still looks sharp in ten years.
A paver driveway gives you a surface that carries vehicle loads, resists cracking and can be repaired one paver at a time. Most of the work that decides how it holds up happens before the first paver goes down: excavation depth, base material and compaction, and how water leaves the surface.
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Clean, correctly jointed concrete poured on a base that was prepared properly.
Concrete is still the most practical surface for a lot of driveways, side yards and slabs. The difference between flatwork that lasts and flatwork that cracks apart is base preparation, reinforcement, joint spacing and finishing in the right conditions.
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Outdoor space you actually use, laid flat, drained and finished with clean edges.
A patio is where most people spend their outdoor time, so it needs to be flat, dry and sized for real furniture. We lay out the space around how you plan to use it, then build it on a base that keeps it level.
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Hold back a slope, gain usable yard, and keep water moving where it should.
Plenty of East Bay lots are built into a hillside. A well-built wall turns a slope into flat, usable space, but what keeps it standing is the drainage and backfill behind it, not the block you see from the patio.
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Move water away from the house before it turns into a bigger problem.
Standing water, a soggy side yard or runoff coming toward the foundation usually comes down to grade and a missing drain path. We look at where water enters the property, where it sits and where it can legally go, then build a system that gets it there.
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Water the plants, not the sidewalk — with zones that match how your yard is planted.
East Bay summers are long and dry. A system laid out in proper zones puts water where the roots are, keeps new planting alive through the first seasons, and stops you from paying to irrigate the driveway.
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Safe, solid ways up a slope — built into the hill, not sitting on it.
Most East Bay lots are not flat, and the quickest place to see workmanship fail is a set of stairs built on loose fill. We cut steps into the slope, build side walls or terraces where the grade demands it, and set each tread on compacted base so the run stays put for decades.
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One crew, one plan — hardscape, planting, lighting and irrigation rebuilt together.
The jobs homeowners tell us they are happiest with are the ones where everything is rebuilt together: the patio, the walls, the steps, the planting, the lighting and the irrigation. Doing it as one plan costs less than piecing it together over years, and the details — sleeves, drains, edges — are handled the right way the first time.
Learn about Full Yard Renovations →Whether you’re planning a new driveway, patio, walkway, retaining wall, drainage system or complete outdoor renovation, Golden Hills can help you understand the right next step.
