Avon has grown fast, and it has grown upscale. New subdivisions off Detroit Road and Nagel Road keep filling with larger homes on open, graded lots, the kind of blank-slate backyards that reward a real plan. TAB Property Enhancement builds throughout Avon and Avon Lake with an eight-time Best of Houzz record, 2019 through 2026, and an approach suited to these newer properties: paver patios sized for entertaining, outdoor kitchens, covered porches, and composite decks that connect the house to the yard.
Paver patios, walkways, and driveways in Avon
Most Avon lots are newer construction on graded fill, which makes the base the part of the job that decides everything. We lay Unilock and Techo-Bloc pavers over a base compacted and graded for Northeast Ohio’s freeze-thaw swings, so patios stay flat and the joints stay tight instead of heaving by the third spring. Paver patio installation, landscape paver walkways, and paver driveways all run through the same base spec; the only thing that changes is the load the surface has to carry.
TAB is a Unilock Authorized Contractor and won the 2024 Unilock Best Outdoor Living Award, so the paver colors, textures, and border details are chosen from the full line rather than from whatever is on the yard. On an open Avon lot the borders and the elevation changes are what keep a large patio from reading as a slab, and those get designed rather than improvised.
Deck builders in Avon and Avon Lake, Ohio
We install decks exclusively in AZEK and TimberTech capped-polymer composite, matched to the home’s exterior and trim. On newer Avon builds the deck usually has to solve a specific problem: a walkout grade that leaves the back door a full storey above the yard, or a rear elevation with nothing to anchor it. Multi-level layouts and integrated stairs handle the first; framing the deck into the architecture handles the second. TAB is a TimberTech Platinum Elite Contractor, and closer to the lake, where wind and salt air are harder on materials, capped polymer is the line that holds up.
Porch builders, pergolas, and covered outdoor rooms
Shade is the limiting factor on an open Avon lot, and a covered structure is usually what turns a patio into a room people actually sit in. We build covered and screened porches tied into the existing roofline, along with powder-coated aluminum and cedar pergolas, fixed or louvered, where the yard has the room. Porch installation on a newer home is largely a question of matching the trim, the column proportions, and the soffit detail so the structure reads as part of the house. For evenings when the lake breeze picks up, a screened porch is the version that gets used most.
We start every Avon project with a design consultation and a full 3D rendering. You approve the layout, the paver colors, and the materials before a shovel moves. Our own crews handle the build from start to finish, including permits and any engineering the city requires. On newer lots, drainage and grading are usually the make-or-break details, and keeping that work in-house is how we control it.
After the hardscape is set, the finishing layer is what gets used most: low-voltage lighting along paths and steps, built-in seating, and a covered area for the evenings. Avon families invest in homes they plan to stay in. The backyard should last as long as the house.
