Finished backyard at dusk with string lights over the patio

Our work, before and after.

Every photo and clip on this page is a FOUR40 job in the Greater Toronto Area, shot on site. No stock photography and no borrowed portfolios — where we do not yet have a finished set, the slot is left empty and labelled rather than filled with someone else's work.

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Hardscaping

Exterior work.

Narrow side yard with patchy grass and construction debris — **Side-yard walkway — pavers in decorative stone***Drag to compare*

Finished paver walkway set in white decorative stone — **Side-yard walkway — pavers in decorative stone***Drag to compare*

Backyard graded to bare earth with the patio base going down — **Slab patio and yard restoration***Whole yard*

Finished slab patio with fresh sod around it — **Slab patio and yard restoration***Whole yard*

Bare dirt run beside the house before work started — **Backyard — bare dirt to patio and sod***Same yard*

The same yard finished with patio and sod — **Backyard — bare dirt to patio and sod***Same yard*

Bare dirt backyard with a wheelbarrow — **Yard restoration — dirt to sod***Same yard*

The same backyard finished with new sod — **Yard restoration — dirt to sod***Same yard*

Front walkway with a paver border alongside the driveway — Walkway & border

Side yard before work, scaffold against the wall — Before, side yard

Interlocking driveway

Reserved. Our next driveway build goes here as a full before / base / finished set.

Decks & structures

Decks, stairs and a gazebo.

Pressure-treated framing, aluminum pickets, stair runs that land on stone — and a gazebo shown from the gravel pad it stands on.

Compacted gravel pad laid over geotextile fabric on a lakeside site — **Gazebo — gravel pad to finished structure***Drag to compare*

Cedar gazebo on the finished deck platform built over that same gravel pad — **Gazebo — gravel pad to finished structure***Drag to compare*

Pressure-treated deck with black aluminum pickets wrapped around a stone bungalow — Wrap-around deck, stone bungalow

The same deck from the other end showing the stair run down to the lawn — The same deck, far end

Deck boards run around two mature tree trunks with railing beyond — Framed around the trees

Deck stairs and railing against a dark green board-and-batten house in autumn — Stairs, landing, railing

A deck and its stair run lit after dark — Lit, after dark

Framing & footings

Reserved: footings and joist layout on the next deck build.

The base

The stage nobody photographs.

Most galleries jump from a muddy before to a finished after. The middle is where the money goes and where quotes differ.

Backyard stripped to bare soil with a compact track loader — **Excavation to compacted base***Drag to compare*

The same yard with granular base spread and compacted flat — **Excavation to compacted base***Drag to compare*

Crew member running a plate compactor across the bedding — Compaction between lifts

Compacted granular base across a driveway run — Granular A, compacted

Screeded bedding course across a backyard — Bedding, screeded

Large-format slabs being set onto the prepared base — Laying onto the base

Graded, edged, readyBase levelled and edged before anything goes on top of it.

Day one on sitePallets dropped, old surface still down. Every job starts here.

Interiors

Interior work.

Kitchen with dark brown cabinets masked off part-way through refinishing — **Kitchen refinish — cabinets, walls and trim***Drag to compare*

The same kitchen finished in white with the island and hardwood floor complete — **Kitchen refinish — cabinets, walls and trim***Drag to compare*

Feature wall taped and part-built during installation — **Fireplace wall — build to finish***Interior*

The same wall finished with a marble-look fireplace surround and mantel — **Fireplace wall — build to finish***Interior*

Room masked and sheeted before painting — Prep and masking

Second room sheeted and prepped for paint — Prep, second room

Kitchen before refinishing, wide view — Kitchen, before

Basement finish

Reserved: framing through to finished room.

Interior walkthroughEleven seconds through the kitchen, feature wall and fireplace mid-build.

A job about to startPavers stacked on pallets, yard untouched. The finished set for this one is still to come.

Yard restoration

Putting the yard back.

Hardscape work tears up access routes and edges. Turf and sod restoration is quoted with the job so you are not left with a finished patio in a demolished yard. It is site restoration, not lawn care — we do not do maintenance.

Backyard stripped to bare soil before turf installation — **Backyard rebuild — soil to artificial turf***Same yard*

The same backyard finished with artificial turf and a play structure — **Backyard rebuild — soil to artificial turf***Same yard*

Artificial turf backyard with a play structure and dog house — Turf & play space

Artificial turf backyard, wide view — Turf, wide

Play structure with slides and swings on a fresh woodchip base inside a new board fence — Play structure on a woodchip base, new fence behind

Patchy grass backyard with a shed before work — Before, patchy grass

Backyard finished with new sod — Sod, restored