Highland, Utah
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New construction landscaping for Highland homes, taking a bare lot to a finished yard with grading, walls, sprinklers and lawn planned around city rules and any HOA dates.
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New-Construction Landscaping in Highland
Building a new home in Highland usually means a big lot. Many are an acre or close to it, and the city's zoning keeps it that way across most of town, with higher-density housing pointed at areas like Highland Town Center. When the builder leaves, you get a house sitting in rough grade, packed dirt and construction leftovers. That is a lot of ground to turn into a yard.
The city's own permit form makes a point worth knowing: lot buyers are responsible for soil and subsurface conditions, including groundwater and bad soils. On the bench that can mean gravelly sand on one side of the lot and silt on the other. Near the mountain edge, sensitive land rules may already have shaped where the house sits, and Code 8-105 caps graded slopes at 3 to 1.
We take it from rough grade to finished yard. Grading and drainage come first, then any walls through city approval, then sprinkler lines, topsoil, hardscape, lawn and planting. If you have an HOA, it may set its own finish dates and design rules. We confirm deadlines with the city and your HOA so the yard gets done in time, with the front built first if that is what a date covers.
Highland is the big-lot town on the bench above Lehi and American Fork, where many lots are an acre or close to it, courts and horse areas share the yard, deer browse the gardens and every retaining wall goes through the city first.
Know your Highland ground
The Highland challenges
Construction traffic packs the ground hard, and the dirt left on top is often whatever came out of the basement. Sod laid on that roots shallow and burns in July. We loosen the ground and bring in screened topsoil before lawn or beds go in.
Plenty of new lots need a wall somewhere, at a window well, along a property line or at a driveway cut. In Highland each one needs city approval, and 4 feet and up needs an engineered plan. We find out early, so walls do not hold up the rest of the yard.
Landscaping a whole large lot in one go is a big bill on top of a new house. We plan the full yard, then build the parts that matter first, often the front, the grading and the sprinkler main, and leave stubs for later phases.
Fresh plantings on a new lot are an easy meal. Highland's newsletter has called deer damage a real problem in town. We pick plants deer tend to pass over and protect new trees until they are big enough to take some browsing.
The J&H approach
If you can, call us before closing. We look at the rough grade, the drainage and where walls will be needed, and we line up approvals and permits so work can start soon after you move in.
We finish grading to send water away from the house, install drain lines and build any walls. Then sprinkler mains, conduit for lights and gas lines go in before hardscape covers their path, so nothing gets trenched twice.
We spread screened topsoil, lay sod or turf where you want it and plant beds on drip. Plants are picked for your zone, the deer and a metered water bill. We walk the yard with you when it is done.
What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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