Backyard Renovation in Brooklyn
Most Brooklyn backyards are twenty by thirty feet, shaded, poorly drained, and used for storing things nobody wants. Done properly it's the biggest room in the house for four months of the year.
Free quotes · No trip fee · Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm
What we take on
- A yard that's currently weeds, cracked concrete and a dead tree
- Decking, patios, pavers and bluestone
- Fencing and privacy screening from the neighbors
- Raised beds, planters and low-maintenance planting
- Outdoor lighting and power
- Water that pools by the back door every time it rains
- Getting a yard usable before summer
Drainage first, everything else second
Brooklyn row-house yards sit lower than the street, are boxed in on three sides, and often drain toward the house rather than away from it. Build a beautiful patio on top of that problem and you've built a beautiful patio with a puddle on it.
So we start with where the water goes: grading away from the foundation, a dry well or French drain where there's nowhere for it to go, and permeable surfaces where they make sense. It's the least visible money you'll spend out there and the reason the work is still good in five years.
Access is the constraint nobody plans for
In a row house, everything for that yard comes through your house or over a fence. Every paver, every bag of gravel, every deck board, and all the debris on the way back out.
That's a real cost and it's why quotes vary so much. If you have side access or a shared alley, say so — it can change the price materially. If you don't, we'll protect the route through the house and plan deliveries around it, which is most of what a good backyard crew is actually doing.
Shade is a design constraint, not a problem
A yard boxed in by three-story buildings gets a few hours of direct sun at best. Fighting that with a lawn is a losing battle — grass will be patchy and muddy inside two seasons.
Shade-tolerant planting, hardscape, and lighting that makes the space work after dark will get you a yard you actually use. In a space this size, evening use is most of the value.
Check before you build
Rear-yard work in New York has rules: how much of the yard can be covered, how close to the lot line you can build, fence heights, and — in a landmarked district like Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope or Fort Greene — what you're allowed to do where it's visible from the street.
Decks above a certain height and anything structural need permits. We'll flag what your project touches so you can check it properly before anything gets built, because a yard is not a place you want to be asked to take something down.
Quoted flat, before we start
We quote the whole job before a tool comes out, and that number is the number you pay. If we open something up and find a problem nobody could have known about, you hear about it the same day — with options and a price — before we do anything about it.
Want a ballpark before you call? The backyard renovation guide has real Brooklyn ranges and what moves them.
While we’re there
Hauling & Heavy Lifting
Old appliances and furniture out, boxes up to storage, dump runs, and the heavy thing you cannot get down four flights alone.
Gut Renovation
Apartments and houses taken back to the studs and rebuilt. We've done eight — two single-family homes and six Brooklyn studios.
Doors, Locks & Windows
Doors that stick or won't latch, locks re-keyed, deadbolts added, drafty windows sealed and screens repaired.
Where we work
All of Brooklyn — every neighborhood, Greenpoint to Coney Island.
- Bay Ridge
- Park Slope
- Bensonhurst
- Sheepshead Bay
- Midwood
- Flatbush
- Marine Park
- Dyker Heights
- Canarsie
- Brooklyn Heights
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Crown Heights
- Brownsville
- East New York
- Bushwick
- Williamsburg
Let’s get it done.
Call, text, or send a photo. We’ll tell you what it costs and when we can be there — usually within 90 minutes.
(929) 500-4434