Landscaping, Concrete & Home Remodeling in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City has the oldest housing in our service area: a quarter of its homes were built before 1940 and another fifth in the 1940s and 50s. The Avenues, Capitol Hill, Yalecrest, Liberty Wells, Sugar House and the 9th & 9th area are full of bungalows, Victorians and post-war brick that have been loved for a century — and that come with plaster walls, galvanized plumbing, knob-and-tube remnants, layered floors and basements finished in the 1970s. Rose Park, Glendale and Poplar Grove on the west side are mostly mid-century ranches on flatter ground. We plan every remodel here expecting to find something behind the wall, and we tell you what it is.

Nine local historic districts plus the National Register districts mean exterior changes on many blocks go through the city’s historic-preservation review. Interior remodels, flooring, paint, basements and most yard work don’t — but fences and driveways do need a permit in Salt Lake City, and the city’s roughly 63,000 street trees are public property that only a city-permitted arborist may prune or remove. Trees inside your lot line are yours.

The east side climbs the bench; the west side sits on the old lakebed. That means sloped lots, retaining and drainage above 1300 East, and heavier clay soils west of I-15 — both of which change how we build concrete bases and plan drainage. The city sits at about 4,300 feet and averages around 60 inches of snow, so de-icer damage to driveways and walks is a constant source of concrete-replacement work.