After: The same yard regraded to slope away from the foundation with fresh green sod, a buried downspout line and a gravel swale

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Before: A soggy backyard with puddles and muddy grass pooling against a brick home foundation and a downspout dumping at the wall — **Soggy Yard to Dry Lawn**A yard that pooled water against the foundation was regraded to drain away, with a buried downspout line and a swale.

After: The same lot cleared to a smooth level graded building pad with a few shade trees saved and a gravel entrance — **Overgrown Lot to Building Pad**A tangle of brush and vines became a clear, level, graded pad with the best shade trees saved.

Before: A dense overgrown wooded lot of tangled brush, small trees and vines beside a road — **Overgrown Lot to Building Pad**A tangle of brush and vines became a clear, level, graded pad with the best shade trees saved.

After: The same drive rebuilt as a smooth crowned gravel driveway with a grassy ditch and a culvert with a stone headwall — **Muddy Ruts to Gravel Drive**A washed-out dirt track became a crowned gravel driveway with a ditch and a culvert.

Before: A muddy rutted dirt driveway washing out with deep ruts, puddles and a full ditch beside it — **Muddy Ruts to Gravel Drive**A washed-out dirt track became a crowned gravel driveway with a ditch and a culvert.

After: The same hillside rebuilt into two terraces with a stacked-block retaining wall, a swale and fresh grass — **Eroding Slope to Terraced Wall**A gullied hillside was rebuilt into terraces with a block retaining wall and a swale.

Before: A steep eroding hillside behind a house with gullies washed into bare red clay and a leaning fence — **Eroding Slope to Terraced Wall**A gullied hillside was rebuilt into terraces with a block retaining wall and a swale.

After: The same lot with a freshly excavated rectangular foundation hole, string lines, a gravel ramp and a yellow excavator at the edge — **Raw Lot to Foundation Dig**A weedy subdivision lot was excavated into a squared, ramped foundation hole ready for footings.

Before: A raw empty building lot in a new subdivision with uneven weedy ground and a few survey stakes — **Raw Lot to Foundation Dig**A weedy subdivision lot was excavated into a squared, ramped foundation hole ready for footings.

After: The same site as a clean level graded lot with fresh seed and straw and a gravel driveway apron — **Old House to Clean Lot**A rundown house was demolished and hauled away, leaving a clean, graded, seeded lot.

Before: A rundown abandoned small wood-frame house with a collapsed porch and overgrown weeds — **Old House to Clean Lot**A rundown house was demolished and hauled away, leaving a clean, graded, seeded lot.

After: The same farm area turned into a clear pond with calm blue water, grassy banks and an earthen dam — **Wet, Weedy Ground to Farm Pond**A reedy low area was dug into a clear pond with shaped banks and a small dam.

Before: A weedy muddy low wet area on a farm with reeds and cattails and a barn in the distance — **Wet, Weedy Ground to Farm Pond**A reedy low area was dug into a clear pond with shaped banks and a small dam.

After: The same patio replaced with a stamped decorative concrete patio in a slate ashlar pattern with a border and furniture — **Cracked Patio to Stamped Concrete**A sunken, cracked slab was removed and replaced with a stamped slate-pattern patio.

Before: An old cracked, stained and sunken concrete patio behind a brick home with weeds in the cracks — **Cracked Patio to Stamped Concrete**A sunken, cracked slab was removed and replaced with a stamped slate-pattern patio.

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