Patios in Durham, New Hampshire.

We would rather explain the number than defend it. In Durham, the swing factors are access, excavation depth over marine clay and glacial till, drainage, and protection of what is already growing on the property — the stone itself is rarely the deciding line.

You get an itemized scope after we walk the property — what is included, what is not, and where the money actually goes. No allowances that quietly become change orders halfway through.

Durham sits in Strafford County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of NH Seacoast — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.

Full-color bluestone, thermal or natural cleft, granite, irregular flagstone — each carries a different mood. We help you choose the stone and pattern that belong to the colonial antiques and well-kept university-town houses of Durham, then dry-lay and adjust on site so the cuts at the edges and around features look intentional, not left over.

Fire features, seat walls, steps, and lighting are designed in from the start, so the finished space reads as one outdoor room rather than a patio with add-ons — whether it sits in Durham Village, Oyster River, and Durham Point or anywhere in town.

Durham drains into the Great Bay estuary, which is among the most closely protected water in New Hampshire — runoff and buffers are genuinely scrutinized here.

We routinely build patios straight from a landscape architect’s plan, often alongside Jonathan Keep Landscape Design, and give you a real schedule up front — then keep it.

A large share of our New Hampshire work is executing drawings for landscape architects — reading elevations, holding the specified batter and joint, and flagging a conflict before it becomes a change order. Much of it in ongoing collaboration with Jonathan Keep Landscape Design.