Wide composite steps connecting a furnished deck to a landscaped patio

Service area · Roswell, GA

Roswell Deck Builder &Outdoor Living Experts

Pools, decks, outdoor kitchens, and retaining walls for Roswell's wooded lots, designed by licensed landscape architects who know the city's permit and floodplain rules.

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Planned level by level

Every level of your Roswell yard, planned together

Sugar Hill Outdoors is an outdoor living contractor Roswell GA homeowners call when a hillside yard needs a plan. Rolling ground between GA-400 and the Chattahoochee sends runoff toward Big Creek, Willeo Creek, and Vickery Creek. A licensed landscape architect studies your slope and drainage, and you see every level in 3D.

Stone steps and retaining walls connecting different levels of a backyard

Roswell's most requested

A Roswell backyard made for friends and family

Pools, decks, and outdoor kitchens for Roswell backyards get drawn in 3D together, level by level, under the oaks and pines.

Swimming pool and raised spa beside a wood deck and stone patio

Pools with a wooded backdrop

Your custom pool sits among mature oaks and pines. Your pool builder draws the barrier and self-latching gates to Roswell's checklist.

Custom pools
Covered deck with composite flooring and white railings

Decks with a room underneath

A deck off the main floor with a finished, dry room below, complete with ceiling, lights, and fans. Your deck builder pulls Roswell's deck permit.

Decks & under-deck systems
Outdoor grill and stone countertop overlooking a fire pit and garden seating

Outdoor kitchens off the deck

A Belgard grill island in stacked stone has a counter where friends pull up stools.

Outdoor kitchens
Stone retaining walls and broad steps around a shaded backyard patio

Terraces held by stone walls

A retaining wall turns a slope into flat space for a patio or lawn. A licensed design professional certifies it for Roswell's wall permit.

Retaining walls
Brick outdoor kitchen and pizza oven with stone paving and flowering garden beds

Picture it finished

Your Roswell backyard, every level in use

Picture stairs from your deck down to a stone terrace, where a grill island with bar seating waits. Below it, a custom pool sits in a clearing among the trees.

Friends from Martin's Landing come by for dinner and stay for a swim. If it rains, everyone moves to the dry room under the deck and keeps going.

Every level earns its keep

  • A deck with a dry room beneath it.
  • A grill island where friends sit with the cook.
  • A pool tucked among the trees you kept.
  • Stone walls that hold each level in place.

Around Roswell

Roswell neighborhoods and the planning each requires

Each part of Roswell has its own review steps and terrain.

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Historic District near Canton Street

Walls, fences, steps, and paving inside the district need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission. We prepare drawings that suit the district's character.

Horseshoe Bend

Around 1,200 homes, built from 1974 on, sit on large wooded lots west of Highway 140 and north of the Chattahoochee. River-side lots get a floodplain check before design.

Martin's Landing

Colonials, split-levels, and ranches from the 1970s and 1980s line hilly roads shaded by pines and oaks. Many of the original decks here are due for a rebuild.

Willow Springs

About 700 homes surround the Country Club of Roswell between Haynes Bridge and Old Alabama Roads. The golf course winds past creeks and rolling hills, so drainage leads the plan.

Along Roswell's creeks

Big Creek, Willeo Creek, and Vickery Creek cut through Roswell neighborhoods and create flood-prone corridors. Work near them starts with a City Engineering check.

Rebuilt ranch homes

Buyers are replacing 1960s through 1980s ranch homes with larger custom houses on the same lots. The new house usually needs a yard designed to go with it.

Floodplain and trees

Building near Roswell's creeks and old trees

About 10 percent of Roswell sits in or near the 100-year floodplain, and the city asks you to check with Engineering or Building before altering property there. Roswell's tree rules also protect specimen trees by trunk size. We confirm both before your deck footings or walls are placed.

Why Sugar Hill Outdoors

What you get with a Roswell project

Your outdoor living contractor has worked across North Georgia since 1997.

Licensed landscape architect design

Every plan comes from one of our two licensed landscape architects, a title protected in Georgia. You own the finished drawings.

One contract for every trade

Decking, masonry, electrical, and landscape sit under our residential and light commercial license, coordinated by one team.

Belgard certified first

We became Atlanta's first Belgard Master Craftsman by documenting a record of finished hardscape projects.

Draws that follow the work

Payments line up with completed phases, so you see each stage finished before the next draw.

Outdoor kitchen and curved stone terrace surrounded by a green lawn

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What a family noticed on site

“He and his team were always on time, courteous, super efficient, and always left the home spotless each day when they finished working.”
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Roswell building and permit questions

Roswell homeowners often start with these.

Yes, Roswell requires a permit for a new deck or a replacement. The application includes a site plan showing existing and proposed structures, plus framing, decking, and railing details. As your Roswell deck contractor, we prepare the package and schedule inspections.

Georgia's pool barrier code applies: at least 48 inches tall, with self-closing, self-latching gates and openings small enough to stop a 4-inch sphere. The water's edge sits at least 20 inches from the barrier. Your pool contractor submits the barrier with your pool permit for city review.

Often. Roswell's Unified Development Code protects specimen trees by trunk diameter, with thresholds that vary by species. Removing most protected trees takes a permit. Your deck contractor keeps footings and walls clear of the trees worth saving.

The City of Roswell Community Development Department, with offices at 38 Hill Street. Its Building Division reviews deck, pool, and retaining wall permits against published checklists. As your Roswell pool contractor, we handle that filing on every project.

Usually, yes. Inside the district, walls, fences, steps, and paving count as features that need a Certificate of Appropriateness. Applicants meet with city staff for an orientation first. We prepare drawings that suit the district and walk you through the steps.

Often, after a City Engineering check. About 10 percent of Roswell sits in or near the 100-year floodplain, and the city restricts building inside it. We review floodplain maps for your lot before design.

Ask who designs the pool and who manages the trades. Here, licensed landscape architects draw it in 3D under one contract for every trade. We've built about 60 pools since 2010, with payments tied to finished milestones.

Expect $32 to $48 per square foot for pressure-treated decking and railings. Composite boards with pressure-treated railings land at $48 to $60 per square foot. Size and railing style set your final price.

Helpful Roswell resources

City of Roswell Building DivisionCity of Roswell Floodplain ManagementRoswell Historic Preservation Commission

Map out your Roswell hillside with us

Book a design consultation and walk the slope with a licensed landscape architect. You'll see the design in 3D, and we'll adjust it until every level works the way you want.

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