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Full services directory How it worksFor prosAbout Get matched Call (866) 582-8523It usually starts with a patio that has started to move apart. The hard part is not the work — it is that every hardscaping company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.
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Hardscaping covers the non-living parts of a yard: paver and stone patios, walkways, driveways, retaining walls, steps, fire pits, outdoor kitchens and the drainage that keeps all of it from moving. Patios typically run $6 to $30 per square foot installed depending on material, and retaining walls run about $15 to $45 per square foot for most residential jobs, per Fixr's 2026 cost data. The single biggest driver of whether the work lasts is the excavation and compacted base underneath, which you cannot see once the job is done.
Hardscaping is priced per square foot for flatwork and per square foot of wall face for retaining walls. Per Fixr's 2026 data, patios run $6 to $30 per square foot installed with $10 to $20 most common, retaining walls run $10 to $75 per square foot with $15 to $45 typical, paver driveways run about $8 to $25 per square foot with labor, fire pit installation averages $850 nationally within a $300 to $1,400 range, and outdoor kitchens average $16,000 within a $6,000 to $30,000 range.
Everything we publish on hardscaping, grouped the way homeowners actually search — not the way a company would organise it.
Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We check the hardscaping companies we match you with, and we publish the date we checked so you can hold us to it.
We look up the licence with the issuing state or local authority and record the date we checked it.
General liability and, where it applies, workers’ compensation — confirmed with the carrier, not taken on trust.
We read the recent negatives as well as the average, and we look at how the pro answered them.
A licence that lapses drops the pro out of matching. Every record carries the date it was last verified.
Ranges, with the source and the date underneath. Anyone quoting you a single national number is guessing, and you should know enough to notice.
No verified hardscaping price ranges published yet.
We don’t publish a cost until we can show the data behind it. If you need a
number today, the quote form gives you real prices from local companies.
Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.
| HomeMatchup | Typical lead site | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many companies call you | A short, named shortlist you agreed to | Often 4–5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the lead | None — the work is on you |
| Licence & insurance | Checked against the issuing authority, with a date on the record | Usually self-reported by the contractor | Your own permits and liability |
| What it costs you | Free — pros pay us, and only for a real match | Free, but your number is resold | Materials plus your time |
| Price guidance before you talk | Published ranges with the data behind them | Rarely shown before you hand over details | You research it yourself |
| If it goes wrong | You have a named, verified company and a record of the checks | Hard to trace which site sold the lead | No recourse |
Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.
We’d rather show you nothing than show you someone else’s reviews.
Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first hardscaping review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.
The questions homeowners ask us most about hardscaping.
The materials you'll actually be choosing between.
Hardscaping looks finished the day it is laid. Base depth and drainage decide whether it still looks that way in three winters. Getting matched takes about a minute, costs nothing, and you can walk away from every quote you receive.