Landscaping in Oshawa, Whitby and Brooklin

Yes, if you stay under 20 cubic metres of fill, leave the grade within 0.6 metres of the property line alone and keep every swale and drain working. Past that, a site alteration permit through the City's Application Portal. City staff will review your plan at no cost.

In Oshawa, an in-ground pool does and an above-ground pool does not. In Whitby, pools are exempt from the site alteration permit. Pool enclosure and building rules still apply in both. We design the surround to fit.

Whitby requires a tree removal permit for private trees inside the Brooklin and Werden's Plan heritage conservation districts. We plan the patio around the tree or file the permit first.

Patios and walkways in natural stone, flagstone and interlock, armour stone and block retaining walls, stone steps, pool surrounds, fire pits, pergolas and privacy screens, outdoor kitchens, decks and fences, plus the grading and sod that finish it.

The first visit gives you rough numbers. After the design meeting you get a detailed quote, a 10% deposit locks the scope and materials, and the final quote is the exact price for the job.

Most builds start around $20,000, from a patio and wall up to a full backyard at $150,000 and more.

One crew builds a limited number of yards each season. Designs signed over the winter are scheduled first for spring.

Most patios and garden walls do not. A retaining wall over 1 metre of exposed height next to public property, access to a building, or private property the public is admitted to is a designated structure under the Ontario Building Code: it is designed to the Code's structural rules and takes a building permit, and we arrange the engineering. Anything close to the water needs the conservation authority's permit first. We check at the first visit.

One or both of the owners, every day of the build, managing the job and keeping you and your neighbours in the loop.