Budgeting for Your Outdoor Living Area

Here’s a quick guide to help you budget for your new deck or outdoor living area. We’ll walk you through how to calculate your square footage, provide average pricing for various projects, and explain the materials and features you can choose from.

How to Calculate Square Footage of Your Existing or New Deck Build:

Transform Your Deck with Composite Excellence (Renovations)

We specialize in transforming treated lumber decks into beautiful, low-maintenance composite decks — complete with modern picture framing, custom railings, and expertly crafted picture framed staircases.

Our average price including materials and labor typically starts around $60 per square foot.

Smaller projects tend to be slightly more per square foot, while larger projects or those without railings will often cost less.

What’s Included in the Price

• Removal of old deck boards, railings, and staircase
• Rebuilding into a modern, picture-framed composite deck including new railings
• New custom staircase, including stair framing
• High-quality craftsmanship and finish tailored to your needs

⚠️ Final pricing may vary based on:
Deck size | Deck board selection | Fascia style | Railing type & quantity | Design complexity | Staircase width/number | Deck lighting | Deck height | Permits

New Composite Deck Builds (From Scratch)

If you’re starting fresh, our custom-built Trex composite decks generally start around $80 per square foot, including materials and labor. This entails demo of the existing build, design of the new structure, new footings, framing, decking, railings, and staircase.

Just like with deck transformations, smaller builds may cost slightly more per sq ft, while larger or simpler builds (e.g. no railing or permits required) may cost less.

If your build requires a permit, here is an example of our professional deck building plans. This can also be very helpful with HOA approvals.

Our Preferred Composite Decking Options

We primarily build with Trex® composite products due to their long warranties and proven performance. Here’s a quick comparison:

We also work with other premium brands like Azek, TimberTech, Wolf PVC Decking, MoistureShield, Deckorators, and Fiberon, but Trex allows us to offer the longest warranties and most refined build quality.

Railing Options We Recommend

Lighting

Adding Trex CREE LED low-voltage lighting packages typically adds between $2,000 and $4,000 to the total project cost. Final pricing depends on the quantity and combination of post cap, post wedge, and stair riser lights required for the size and layout of your project.

Our Commitment to Quality

If you’re familiar with us, have seen our work, or read our customer reviews, you know we take great pride in our craftsmanship and communication. Our goal is to provide top-quality service and design, and to make your building experience as stress-free as possible.

We are a dedicated team of 5 skilled craftsmen, working on one project at a time to deliver the best results.

We aim to increase your home’s value with results that last for years to come.