Our work
Real jobs. Our own photos.
Every image below came off a job site we worked. Nothing here is stock photography, a rendering, or somebody else's portfolio.
42 photos from 8 projects
Recent projects
Concrete, masonry, and drainage jobs across Santa Rosa County.
Rotted Deck Replaced With a Concrete Patio
A failing wood deck came out and a formed, sloped concrete patio and walkway went in.
Milton, FL
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Full Driveway Tear-Out and Replacement
A cracked, broken driveway removed to grade and replaced with a new pour from the street to the house.
Milton, FL
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Settled Brick and Sill Rebuild
Failed brick courses under a bay window removed and rebuilt with matched brick and mortar.
Santa Rosa County, FL
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Corner Lot Drainage and Catch Basin
A yard that held water after every rain regraded, with a poured catch basin and buried line to carry it off.
Milton, FL
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Pool Deck Replacement and Extension
A broken section of pool deck taken out and replaced with a wider poured deck following the curve of the pool.
Santa Rosa County, FL
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Rear Patio Slab Extension
A stained, undersized back patio extended with a new pour running the length of the house.
Santa Rosa County, FL
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Brick Garage Addition
A brick garage built onto an existing home, laid in matched brick with a poured concrete apron.
Santa Rosa County, FL
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Walkways and Ramp Access
Formed and poured concrete walkways and a ramped entry around a newly built metal building.
Santa Rosa County, FL
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Why these photos look like phone photos
Because they are. Every image on this site was taken on a job site by the people doing the work, usually on a phone, often in bad light with a truck in the background. We have not hired a photographer, we have not bought stock, and we have not run anything through a filter.
That is a deliberate choice. The construction industry has a real problem with portfolio pages full of professionally lit projects that the company in question did not do. If you are trying to work out whether somebody can actually pour a driveway, a slightly overcast photo of a driveway they poured is worth more than a beautiful image of somebody else's.
It also means you are seeing the honest version. The patio job below has red clay all around the fresh slab, because that is what a yard looks like the day the concrete goes down. The drainage job has a muddy trench in the middle of it. That is the work.
How to judge any contractor
What to look for in a before-and-after
Before-and-after photos are easy to game, so it is worth knowing what to actually look at. The first thing is whether the two photos are taken from the same position. A dramatic transformation shot from a different angle in different light is doing a lot of work that the contractor did not do.
The second is edges and transitions. Anyone can make the middle of a slab look good. Look at where new concrete meets the house, where a rebuilt brick course meets the original wall, where new sod meets an existing bed. That is where the care either shows or does not.
The third is what the surrounding ground looks like. A finished job should leave the property tidy — debris hauled off, disturbed ground restored, hard surfaces cleaned down. A gorgeous slab surrounded by rubble tells you something about how the job ended.
The pattern
What these four jobs have in common
On the face of it they are different trades. A patio replacing a rotted deck, a full driveway tear-out, a settled brick sill, and a corner lot that would not drain. Different materials, different tools, different-looking problems.
They are all the same failure. In every one of them, water and ground did something the original work did not account for. The deck rotted because it was a wooden structure in a hot, humid climate sitting close to damp ground. The driveway cracked apart because what was under it moved. The brick sill dropped because the ground beneath a corner of the house gave way. The corner lot flooded because it was graded flat with nowhere for water to go.
That is why the fix in each case started below the visible problem — excavating to firm ground, compacting a proper base, working out where water was actually going before deciding what to build. If you only repair the part you can see, you are scheduling the same repair again in a few years.
Questions
About our work.
Can I visit a completed job before hiring you?
Sometimes, depending on the homeowner. We will not give out an address without asking the customer first, but plenty of people are happy to have their driveway looked at. Ask and we will find out.
Do you have references?
Yes. Ask when we come out to look at your property and we will put you in touch with people we have worked for.
Why are there only a handful of projects here?
Because these are the ones we have properly documented. We would rather show four jobs with real before-and-after photos than pad the page with a wall of finished shots that prove nothing. More get added as we photograph them.
Do you do work bigger than what is shown here?
Yes. What is documented here is residential work, but larger residential and commercial projects are within scope. Describe what you have and we will tell you honestly whether it is a fit.
Can I see what a job looks like partway through?
The galleries on each project page include in-progress photos deliberately, not just the finished result. The middle of a construction job is messy, and it is better that you know that going in.
How long do these projects usually take?
Most of the residential work shown here ran between one and four days on site, plus cure or establishment time where concrete or sod is involved. Weather is the single biggest variable — we will not pour into a forecast that is going to rain on green concrete, and we will not run heavy equipment across saturated ground.
Do you clean up and restore the yard afterward?
Yes, and it is part of the job rather than an add-on. Debris and spoil leave the property, trenches are backfilled and compacted, disturbed ground is restored with sod or seed where needed, and hard surfaces get cleaned down before we go.
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Want your property to end up in here?
Send a couple of photos and a sentence. We will tell you honestly whether it is something we should come look at — and what it is likely to take.