Pavers, patios, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, and full yard renovations across Mesa and the East Valley — designed and installed by a licensed Arizona general contractor, ROC# 311384.
Amberstone Hardscaping Design is an owner-operated East Valley contractor working out of San Tan Valley. We handle complete overhauls and smaller additions on Mesa homes — taking yards that started as mixed flagstone, broken concrete, or bare dirt and turning them into outdoor spaces you actually want to spend the evening in. Edward Steve Bencomo walks every consultation personally, sources the materials, runs the install, and stands behind the work. Licensed, bonded, and insured.
Full hardscape and landscape renovation. Pick a service to see specs, materials, and project examples — or get a single bid that covers the whole yard.
Driveways, walkways, courtyards. Hand-set pavers over engineered base, joint-sanded and sealed for Mesa's heat and monsoon cycles.
Learn more →Travertine, flagstone, paver, or stamped-concrete patios laid out to work with how your family actually uses the backyard.
Learn more →Block, stone-veneer, and seat walls engineered for grade changes, planters, and pool surrounds. Drainage built in, not bolted on.
Learn more →Pet-rated and pool-rated turf over compacted base with proper drainage — no more dead patches every July.
Learn more →Built-in grills, side burners, refrigeration, counter runs, and bar seating — framed, gas-plumbed, and finished on-site.
Learn more →Gas fire pits, built-in fireplaces, and decorative bowls — sized to your patio and tied into existing gas runs where possible.
Learn more →Fountains, pondless waterfalls, and scuppers. Pump access designed so service doesn't mean tearing the feature apart.
Learn more →Low-voltage path, uplight, and step lighting. Transformer sized for future additions, every fixture serviceable from the surface.
Learn more →Stamped, stained, and broom-finished concrete pours. Control joints placed to keep cracks where they belong.
Learn more →Themes that show up in reviews across Houzz (4.6★, 69 reviews) and Yelp (4.5★, 17 reviews). Named Best of Houzz 2019.
East Valley reviewers — including Abe P., Jim B., and Cyn D. on Houzz — call out Edward by first name. He walks the site, talks through material options, and stays involved through the install rather than handing the job to a sales rep.
Repeat note across reviews: itemized bids that line up against what other paver companies quoted. Customers describe getting walked through the numbers, the material choices behind them, and the trade-offs — not a single lump sum.
The most common review theme: yards that started as a patchwork of old flagstone, cracked concrete, and dirt, finished as a unified hardscape. Photos in the portfolio show the same arc — Mesa homes pulled back to a single, coherent outdoor space.
It depends on the scope. Flat-on-grade pavers and patios usually don't require a City of Mesa building permit. Retaining walls over four feet (measured bottom-of-footing to top-of-wall), gas runs for outdoor kitchens or fire features, low-voltage transformers tied into a new circuit, and any structural work tend to. As a licensed Arizona general contractor (ROC# 311384), we pull anything that needs pulling and coordinate inspections with Mesa Development Services so the project doesn't stall.
A lot of Mesa subdivisions — particularly the newer ones east of Higley and around Eastmark — require architectural review for anything visible from the street, including paver driveways, courtyard walls, and front-yard turf. We'll give you the plan set, material specs, and color samples your HOA needs for submittal so you're not chasing paperwork after the bid is signed.
October through May is the sweet spot — daytime highs are workable for crews, the base compacts cleanly, and joint sand sets without monsoon disruption. We install year-round, but July and August projects need to plan around afternoon storms. If your project is monsoon-season, we'll sequence the work so the base and pavers are locked in before the first big rain hits.
The base prep matters more than the paver. Mesa soils swing between hard-packed clay and decomposed granite depending on which side of town you're on, and both move differently when they get wet. We over-excavate, compact in lifts, set positive grade away from the house, and tie surface drainage into existing scuppers or new dry-wells where the yard has nowhere to send the water. That's the part of the job nobody photographs — and it's the part that decides whether the install holds.
For most residential hardscape, City of Mesa code is what governs. Maricopa County comes into play if your property is in an unincorporated pocket or if the project touches a flood zone, a wash, or county-maintained drainage easement. We check before quoting — if county review is required, we tell you up front so it's reflected in the timeline.
From signed bid to finished install, a mid-sized backyard — say, a paver patio, a seat wall, and a fire feature — usually runs three to five weeks of on-site work, plus material lead times. Full front-and-back overhauls with outdoor kitchens and water features run six to ten weeks. We'll give you a dated schedule with each phase before work starts.
Mesa is one of eight cities we cover. Pick your area for local notes on permits, soils, and recent projects.
Home base. New-build subdivisions, larger lots, and full ground-up landscape design.
View area →Acreage properties, equestrian setbacks, and long driveway pavers.
View area →Established neighborhoods, HOA submittals, pool-deck renovations.
View area →Travertine patios, courtyard walls, and outdoor kitchen builds.
View area →Older lots, mature trees, and tight access. Crews used to working around all of it.
View area →Higher-end finishes, natural-stone work, and architectural review submittals.
View area →Hillside drainage, retaining-wall engineering, and view-deck pavers.
View area →On-site consultations are $99 and credited back when you book the work. We'll walk the property, talk through what you want, and come back with an itemized bid.