Paver patio and outdoor living space

Service area · Alpharetta, GA

Alpharetta Pool Builder &Outdoor Living Contractor

Pools, decks, outdoor kitchens, and retaining walls for Alpharetta's HOA subdivisions, planned by licensed landscape architects and shown to you in 3D first.

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Design comes first

Plan the whole Alpharetta yard before building

Sugar Hill Outdoors is an outdoor living contractor Alpharetta GA homeowners bring in when an established backyard needs a fresh plan. Many lots here were built out from the 1980s through the 2000s on sloped red clay. Your licensed landscape architect reads the slope and the runoff, then walks you through the finished yard in 3D.

Pergola-covered outdoor living space

What Alpharetta families build

An Alpharetta backyard built for hosting

Your licensed landscape architect plans pools, decks, and outdoor kitchens for Alpharetta backyards as one design.

Custom pool and raised spa beside an outdoor kitchen, pergola, and fireside seating

Pools with a spa step

You get a custom pool with a spa, designed in 3D before anything is built. Your pool builder files the pool and deck permits together.

Custom pools
Finished composite deck with broad steps, lounge seating, and lush planting

Decks ready for Windward review

A composite or pressure-treated deck off the main floor, with railings from wood to cable rail. In Windward, your deck contractor preps architectural review drawings.

Decks & under-deck systems
Outdoor kitchen with a timber pergola, pizza oven, stainless grill, and dining table

Outdoor kitchens by the door

A Belgard grill island in stacked stone sits steps from the back door, with room for a Big Green Egg or Blackstone.

Outdoor kitchens
Curved segmental block retaining wall beside a paved area

Walls that add yard space

A wall that turns a sloped backyard into level space for a patio or pool. Over 4 feet, we file Alpharetta's engineered plans.

Retaining walls
Finished backyard with a swimming pool, raised spa, deck, stone patio, lawn, and putting green

Picture it finished

The Alpharetta yard where everyone ends up

Picture the deck off your kitchen stepping down to a custom pool and spa, with a stone grill island on the patio beside it. Tall trees frame the back of the lot.

Neighbors from around Windward drift over on a Saturday afternoon and stay past dark. The kids swim while someone works the grill, and most Saturdays end at your house.

One yard, every reason to stay

  • A pool and spa lit for late swims.
  • A deck that steps right down to the water.
  • A grill island close enough to watch the kids.
  • Drawings your HOA approved before the build began.

Around Alpharetta

Where you live in Alpharetta shapes the design

Each part of Alpharetta has its own review process and lot shape, and some have creeks to plan around.

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Windward

Forty-four neighborhoods ring Lake Windward, mostly built from the mid-1980s into the 2000s. Exterior and landscaping changes go through Windward's architectural review, so we prepare the drawings.

Off Kimball Bridge Road

Glen Abbey sits off Kimball Bridge between North Point and Old Milton Parkways, with swim and tennis amenities. Its established yards suit a fresh patio, pool, or kitchen layout.

Big Creek Greenway area

The greenway follows Big Creek past a large wetland between Haynes Bridge and Mansell Roads. Perennial streams here can carry a 150-foot buffer and impervious setback, so we map yours first.

Downtown near Canton Street

Older homes near Milton Avenue and Canton Street, some from the 1800s and 1920s, sit on smaller lots. Your plan works around tight access and established trees.

Why Sugar Hill Outdoors

One Alpharetta project, one accountable team

Sugar Hill Outdoors has designed and built outdoor living spaces across North Georgia since 1997.

Landscape architects draw your plans

Two licensed landscape architects, a protected title in Georgia, draw your plans. The permit-ready drawings are yours to keep.

All trades, one Alpharetta contract

Pool, masonry, electrical, and carpentry all fall under our residential and light commercial license, managed by a single team.

First in Atlanta for Belgard

Sugar Hill Outdoors earned Atlanta's first Belgard Master Craftsman title through a documented record of completed hardscape work.

Payments follow progress

Each payment comes due as a construction phase wraps up, so your money always matches finished work.

Pool, patio, and fire pit

Google reviews

What a repeat client noticed

“They have now done two projects for me and we could not be happier. The work was done timely as projected and the costs were clear with no surprise billing.”
Kenneth KressGoogle review

Alpharetta permit and project questions

Alpharetta homeowners usually bring these to the first design meeting.

Yes, once a wall passes 4 feet or carries a load from another structure, such as a driveway. The city requires engineered plans and a site plan showing grades within 10 feet of the wall. Walls over 4 feet also need a City Engineering permit card.

At least 48 inches, measured on the outside, for any pool deeper than 24 inches. Openings must stay under 4 inches, or 2 inches next to loose ground like mulch or gravel. Your pool contractor draws the fence into the plan from the start.

Ours does. Windward runs a formal architectural review for exterior work, including landscaping changes. As your Alpharetta deck contractor, we prepare scaled drawings and a 3D view for the submittal.

Usually. Alpharetta regulates tree removal through a city arborist, and specimen trees need a certified arborist's report. Dead, dying, or hazardous trees on residential lots are exempt, with photos recommended. Your Alpharetta deck builder plans around the trees worth keeping.

It covers the pool, adjacent on-grade paving, and an attached spa. Elevated decks, steps, and other structures in your pool plan need a separate city building permit. As your Alpharetta pool contractor, we prepare both sets of drawings together so the reviews line up.

Licensed landscape architects who design the pool in 3D, and one contract that covers every trade. We've built about 60 pools since 2010, and your payments follow construction milestones.

Often, with careful placement. Perennial streams in Alpharetta can carry a buffer and impervious setback as wide as 150 feet. We locate the creek line and any flood zone on your survey before your patio or pool is drawn.

Our kitchen projects range from about $5,000 to $100,000. Appliances, island size, and finish move the price most. We set your exact figure at the design consultation.

Helpful Alpharetta resources

City of Alpharetta Planning and ZoningAlpharetta Swimming Pool Permitting and Inspections

Get your Alpharetta backyard designed first

Book a design consultation with an outdoor living contractor who plans before building. We'll study your lot first. Then you'll see the design in 3D, and we'll rework it with you as often as you like before the first shovel goes in.

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