How Much will My Outdoor Living Project Cost?

Below you will find a wide range of examples to give you some ideas with some broad strokes prices for patios, decks, and landscapes. At Valley Deck & Patio we take pride in delivering the highest amount of value to our clients. To further assist you in planning your patio project, download the Valley Deck & Patio Idea Book. It is a great way to start the process. We are here to help, get in touch with us and we can GET STARTED.

Costs to Design and Build a Patio and Landscape

It's time to remodel and update your exterior.! Creating an outdoor living space is one of the most exciting home improvement projects you can build. Patios, decks, and landscaping are also the most rewarding projects. A new backyard adds so much room for activities and gives your friends and family a private oasis to come together. New front walkways and front yard landscaping adds huge curb appeal and greets you and your guest each time. But how much is it going to cost to get exactly what you want? Maybe you are also asking yourself how much you can accomplish with a particular budget range. 

The Ultimate Outdoor Living Space for Entertaining

The outdoor living space example we are showing here is an ultimate entertaining space. As you look over this deck and patio you will see the following elements:

• 18 x 22 Screened in Deck

• Outdoor Kitchen

• 850—900 Square Feet of Paver Patio

• Wood Burning Fire Feature with optional coping

• Seat Wall

• Accent lighting for landscape and hardscape.

• Step Stones

• Landscaping with shrubs and ornamental trees.

• Post Construction Lawn Repair

• Privacy Fence to screen utilities

• Electric for screened deck and kitchen

• Gas and water for kitchen

A well designed backyard living space is an extension of the home and feels just like another room.

The concept shown above with the listed features is going to cost somewhere around $175,000 to build. The backyard at this house is truly a special place and you will have no problem convincing your friends and family to come to you and let you host.

Curb Appeal with an Elegant Entryway

Curb appeal is good for everyone. After a long day its nice to see a beautiful welcoming home. It is also nice to feel like your home is the prettiest in the neighborhood. Your guests will be greeted with a flowing and elegant entryway with rich vibrant colors and design elements. At night, the accent lighting will highlight key areas and provide additional safety. This example shows has a scope of work that includes:

• Removal of existing walkway and shrubs.

• New paver walkway

• New landscape design with colorful shrubs and ornamental tree.

• Resurface front porch and step.

• Path lights and landscape accent lights.

An updated landscape and walkway provides a huge return.

Renovating the front landscape and walkway here will cost somewhere around $20,000 to complete.

The Most Popular Project Scale for Patio, Deck and Landscape

The Valley Deck & Patio team works with projects in a very large range of price points. We might do a $20,000 project one day and the next a $220,000 in the same neighborhood.

A very typical and complete scope of work is similar to what you see to the right.

• 18 x 20 Open Deck

• 475-500 Square Feet of Paver Patio

• Wood Burning Fire Feature with optional coping

• Seat Wall with 4 accent lights

• Landscaping with shrubs and Lawn Repair

An Average Deck, Patio, and Landscape Project

You will be able to accomplish all this for around $50,000. It is easy to see why so many people build this size project. You get so much space for entertaining at a reasonable price point.

Simple Front of House Landscape and Walkway

Depending on how the driveway approaches your home there may be a simple and common design you can use. This basic design can be modified and adjusted to be bigger or smaller. Stone walls or other types of landscape walls are a common addition to the downhill side of the landscape to level out the planting beds. Accent, path lights, and up lights can also be an optional add on to the scope of work.

This example assumes:

• Removal of existing walkway and shrubs.

• New paver walkway

• New landscape design with colorful shrubs and 1 ornamental tree.

• Resurface front porch and step.

It does not cost a fortune to have a luxurious entryway and the best looking home in the neighborhood.

 This complete make over of the front of your home will be accomplished for $10,000 - $15,000. That is a lot of curb appeal generated at a modest budget.

An Above Average Project: Patio, Deck, Landscape.

We showed you a project with a scope and scale that is most common selection of the clients we work with. You can take that typical scope of work up a notch to make the space even more special.

• 18 x 22 Open Deck

• 475-500 Square Feet of Paver Patio

• Wood Burning Fire Feature with optional coping

• Seat Wall

• Accent lighting for landscape and hardscape.

• Step Stones

• Landscaping with mulch and shrubs

• Post Construction Lawn Repair

• Privacy Fence to screen utilities

Elements such as plantings and lighting add the wow factor to a backyard project.

The amazing backyard living space will have a construction budget somewhere around $65,000. Including the planting beds, steps stones, and lighting adds the finishing touches.

Enhance the Patio and Landscape

The previous example has a lot to offer. But maybe you have the space, the budget, and the need to go a little bigger. Some design tweaks will get us more space and a more luxurious feel when its done.

• 18 x 22 Open Deck

• 850—900 Square Feet of Paver Patio

• Wood Burning Fire Feature with optional coping

• Seat Wall

• Accent lighting for landscape and hardscape.

• Step Stones

• Landscaping with shrubs and ornamental trees. Lawn Repair

• Privacy Fence to screen utilities

A larger patio and more colorful plants will make a space feel more luxurious.

Adding $20,000 to the budget for the expanded space and features makes a large scale impact on the delivered project. Nearly doubling the space of the patio and including a rich landscape design has a final budget around $85,000 to build.

A Simple Space to Chill

Simple improvements can make a big impact. Where there is not a lot of space to work with it is important to design smart. The usability of any outdoor living space depends more on features and layout than size. Therefore, this patio has a creative use of space and includes the featured that maximize the way the patio can be used.

• 450—500 Square Feet Paver Patio

• Wood Burning Fire Feature

• Seat Wall

• Accent Lighting

• Step Stones

• Shrub planting

• Post Construction Lawn Repair 

A simple patio with the right design and features will add a great space for relaxing and spending time with family.

For about $20,000 -$25,000 you can build a space like this of your own.

Deck and Patio Combo

Deck and Patio combos give you the best of both worlds. You can walk straight out onto the deck and then down to the ground level patio. In some cases there are not a lot of additional items in the scope of work.

Sometimes you just want a scoop of your favorite ice cream without the sprinkles, hot fudge, whipped cream and cherry on top. Either way its delicious and you enjoy it.

For around $35,000 you can build:

• 18 x 14 Open Deck

• 300 Square Feet Paver Patio

• Post Construction Lawn Repair

2 Levels of Entertaining Space of a Deck and Patio

What Next?

Let’s Talk

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Please Remember

We hope these examples have been helpful. The information in this article is meant to be informative. But please remember, they are for sake of example and each jobsite is different. Each project budget is impacted by a variety of factors specific to your site. Materials and options selected also move the needle on the final cost. So, we can not promise a future project costing the same as any of the listed examples.

What We Do and Where We Do It

Valley Deck & Patio builds patios, decks, and landscapes in Ellicott City, Cockeysville, Severna Park, Eldersburg, Bethesda, Annapolis, Towson, Davidsonville and areas in between.