New construction yards arrive finished on paper: sod, five shrubs, a ring of mulch. Two years later the sod is thin and water stands against the slab. We fix what construction skipped, starting with the soil.
A landscaper Riverview homeowners bring in afterward is mostly correcting what the builder's sod-and-mulch package left behind.
For the standing water between houses and against slabs that compacted, fill-graded lots are prone to.
Done after decompaction and soil correction, not before, so the new lawn actually has somewhere to root.
To replace the five-shrub builder package with something that actually suits the house.
Phased over time if the budget works better that way, without repeating soil problems along the way.
Patios and extended walkways, built on a properly prepared base over fill soil.
Core aeration, compost topdressing, bed amendment and grade correction where water sits, the fix builders skip.
Understanding the sequence explains the symptoms your yard is showing two years after closing.
It's scraped during site prep and frequently doesn't come back. What remains is fill, and fill grows very little without amendment.
Machinery drives over the lot repeatedly. Compacted soil sheds water instead of absorbing it, and roots can't penetrate it. Grass stays shallow and burns out in the first dry May.
It looks perfect at closing. Beds get five one-gallon shrubs to meet the requirement, they were never a design.
New Riverview subdivisions build tight. Zero lot line and near-zero lot line homes are common, and the space between houses often carries a drainage easement.
That strip is not yours to block. Filling it, hedging through it or regrading it pushes water onto a neighbor, and can put you on the wrong side of the county and your HOA at the same time. We check the plat before touching a side yard.
Retention ponds behind many of these lots carry their own easements and slope conditions. Plant into a pond bank without checking and you get erosion plus a violation letter.
HOA & CDD: most Riverview subdivisions are deed-restricted with an architectural review requirement, and many sit inside a Community Development District too. Changes to the front of a home typically need approval, and new sod usually gets a temporary watering establishment window, we'll tell you how long it runs.
Work with usShallow roots in compacted fill. Fix the soil and the next lawn behaves completely differently.
Usually no. That's often a drainage easement. We check the plat and find a solution that moves water without creating a dispute.
Doing the soil correction early is cheaper than replacing dead material twice. The decorative work can be phased.
No. Contact us and we can set a date for an estimate.
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