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What people say after forty-two years of doing this.

A 5.0 rating on Google and a clean structural record going back to 1984. The work goes in, the homeowner lives with it for years, and then they tell us how it held up.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · review count TBD

The same answer, property after property.

From Rancho Santa Fe to Jamul. Different sites, different problems, one record behind all of it.

★★★★★

“Three contractors couldn’t make our hillside lot lay out right. Darren redesigned the whole thing into terraced rooms we use, and his crew built every bit of it. Three seasons in, it’s exactly how he drew it.”

Homeowner
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
★★★★★

“Dig to lighting, it was the same crew the whole way. No subcontractors showing up late and pointing at each other. One number to call, one person who answered it.”

Homeowner
Del Mar, CA
★★★★★

“He spent the first meeting on how we’d use the space, not on stone samples. I get it now. The patio sits exactly where we live, and seven years on it’s still dead flat without a crack anywhere.”

Homeowner
La Jolla, CA
★★★★★

“Pool and the whole outdoor space, done in 2016. I have not had to call him back once. For a build this size, ten years with zero callbacks tells you everything.”

Homeowner
Poway, CA
★★★★★

“Two other contractors looked at our steep, awkward lot and walked. Darren was the only one who could lay it out so it worked — and the only one who would put a number on it. The number held.”

Homeowner
Jamul, CA
★★★★★

“He pulled every permit and walked the inspections himself. Everything passed first time. After hearing the horror stories, that part alone was worth it.”

Homeowner
Encinitas, CA

“You did exactly what you said you’d do. The layout he drew is the layout we got, his own crew built every piece, and the warranty was right there in writing. Eleven years later it’s still how he left it — and we use every corner.”

— Homeowner · Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Ratings you can look up yourself.

5.0
Google rating
A+
BBB · file since 1994
Houzz
Verified pro
CSLB
Lic. #523467

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