Full Backyard Remodels in Seattle & the Greater Puget Sound Area
One contractor, one plan, one sequence. All Pro Landscaping & Construction Services LLC transforms Seattle-area backyards end to end — grading, drainage, retaining walls, patios, fencing, irrigation, lawn, and landscape — built in the order that never redoes finished work.
✓ Every trade in-house, one coordinated scope ✓ Sloped yards into usable space — our specialty ✓ Permits & engineering identified up front
The value of a full remodel is sequence. Piecemeal projects trench irrigation through new lawns and run drainage under patios that already exist. One coordinated project builds each layer in order — ground, water, structure, surfaces, planting — mobilizes equipment once, and produces one design instead of accumulated compromises.
What a Full Remodel Can Include
Retaining Walls
Terracing slopes into level, usable space — engineered, drained, and permitted per your city.
Grading & Drainage
The water layer, built first — regrading, French drains, and downspout routing before anything sits on top.
Paver Patios & Walkways
Outdoor living surfaces on engineered bases — patios, paths, steps, and seat walls.
Fencing
Privacy and perimeter fencing — including the wall-plus-fence combinations sloped remodels often need.
Irrigation
Zoned in-ground systems installed before lawn and planting — the cheapest moment to do it.
Sod & Landscape
The finish layer: new lawn, planting beds, trees and shrubs, mulch — installed last, over ground built to support them.
The Sloped-Yard Transformation
The signature Seattle-area remodel: a hillside backyard nobody uses becomes terraced, level, livable space. It’s also the remodel that punishes piecemeal contracting hardest, because walls, drainage, and surfaces are one interdependent system:
- Walls create the level ground — terraced retaining walls sized and engineered for the grade change. Over 4 feet from the bottom of the footing, or any surcharge, means permits and engineering in Seattle, Bellevue, and Snohomish County — identified before design, not after.
- Drainage keeps the walls standing — slopes concentrate water; hydrostatic pressure is the leading killer of walls here. Drainage is built into and behind every wall, and the terraces above are graded to move water where it belongs.
- Surfaces make it usable — patios, steps between levels, and lawn areas turn the new flat ground into the backyard the slope never allowed.
- Tiered systems are designed as one — jurisdictions evaluate tiered walls on cumulative height, so the terracing is engineered and permitted as a system from the start.
Have a yard you’ve written off as unusable?
Slopes, swamps, and dead space are our favorite starting points. Send photos — we’ll tell you what’s possible.
How a Remodel Runs, Start to Finish
- Vision & site evaluation — What you want the yard to do, measured against slope, soils, water, access, and what your city will require.
- One design, scoped by element — A single coordinated plan, priced transparently by element — walls, drainage, hardscape, fence, irrigation, landscape — so you see what drives cost and can phase intelligently if needed.
- Permits & engineering — Where the scope requires them, handled before construction — stamped wall drawings, permit submittals, timeline set honestly.
- Construction in sequence — Ground and drainage → structure → surfaces → infrastructure → planting and lawn. Equipment mobilized once; finished work never re-disturbed.
- Finished handoff — A complete backyard with establishment guidance for the living parts. Install-only — the project ends with a finished yard, not a contract.
What Determines Remodel Cost
- Structural scope — retaining walls are the largest single driver
- Hardscape area and complexity
- Drainage and grading requirements
- Fencing footage and terrain
- Irrigation zones and landscape finish level
- Access, permits, and engineering where required
Remodel Questions, Answered Straight
What does a full remodel include?
Whatever the yard needs, as one project: grading, drainage, walls, patios, fencing, irrigation, lawn, and landscape — one contractor, one plan, one sequence.
Why not do it piece by piece?
Because piecemeal pays twice: trenching through new lawns, drainage under existing patios, repeated mobilizations. One sequence never redoes finished work — and produces one design instead of accumulated compromises.
Can my sloped yard become flat, usable space?
Yes — it’s the signature local remodel. Walls terrace the grade, drainage manages the water, surfaces make it livable. Permits and engineering assessed per city before design.
How long will it take?
Scope decides — and permitting usually sets the timeline more than construction. You get a realistic phase-by-phase schedule with the proposal.
Will it need permits?
Depends on the mix: patios at grade, standard fences, sod, irrigation — generally no. Walls over 4 feet from the footing, surcharge walls, tall raised patios, critical areas — yes. We identify exactly what applies during planning.
What does it cost?
Scoped transparently by element so you see what drives the number — walls first, then hardscape, drainage, fence, irrigation, and finish — with intelligent phasing an option.
One Project. One Sequence. A Finished Backyard.
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Explore the Elements
Deep dives on every part of a remodel:
Retaining Walls · Paver Patios · Drainage · Fencing · Irrigation · Sod · Landscape Installation