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Driveway and paver work in Los Altos Hills runs on a different set of rules than it does in the flatlands below. Most homes here sit on hillside parcels with long private drives, steep grades, and clay soils that move with every drought-to-deluge cycle California throws at them. When a driveway fails in this town, it’s rarely a simple repour; it’s usually tied to drainage, slope movement, or an old install that never should have been permitted on that grade in the first place. We’ve been called out to enough of these jobs to know what we’re walking into before the truck stops. If your driveway is cracking, sinking, or pooling water in Los Altos Hills, call Tom and his sons at (877) 610-1318. We’ll come look, tell you what’s actually happening under the surface, and put the numbers in writing before you spend a dime.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Los Altos Hills’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
Barrett & Sons started in 1998, and Tom Barrett still answers his own phone. You won’t get a call center or a rotating cast of subcontractors. You’ll get Tom, or one of his sons, on-site for most of the work. That matters in Los Altos Hills, where the building department wants to see engineered plans, geotech reports, and erosion-control measures before they’ll even stamp a driveway permit. We’ve pulled permits and passed inspections on slopes off Page Mill Road, along Moody Road near the old winery sites, and up toward the 94022 ridgelines where the wind comes hard off the bay. Homeowners here tend to be skeptical of contractors because they’ve already been burned once by someone who promised a clean job and left a mess on the hillside. Our standing rule is plain: every price change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. No surprises at the final walkthrough. Ever.
Ask around. Look up the license number; Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license on everything. That’s not a marketing line. It’s how we’ve kept a strong local reputation across Los Altos Hills for over 29 years running.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Los Altos Hills
We’re a full Driveway & Pavers crew, not a one-trick paving outfit. Here’s what we handle most often in Los Altos Hills, and how the local terrain changes each job.
Paver Driveways
Paver driveways are common on the flatter portions of town and on motor courts where owners want a higher-end look than poured concrete. In Los Altos Hills, the catch is almost always base prep. The native clay expands when wet and shrinks when dry, which will push pavers around within a few seasons if the base isn’t over-excavated and properly compacted. We run a deeper base than flatland jobs require, and we install edge restraints that can handle the minor slope creep common on 94022 hillsides. A paver driveway here typically runs $7,000 to $18,000 depending on the paver, the grade, and whether we’re tearing out an old asphalt drive first.
Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
Concrete is still the workhorse for long rural drives in Los Altos Hills, but it’s not just pour-and-finish. The town’s impervious-surface rules mean we often have to coordinate with permeable concrete or drainage swales so the new slab doesn’t push your lot over its coverage cap. We also saw-cut control joints to match the specific slope, because a uniformly poured slab on a 15-degree grade cracks differently than one on a flat street in Palo Alto. Concrete driveway installation in Los Altos Hills lands between $4,500 and $12,000, with tear-out and haul-off of old material on the higher end.
Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Long asphalt drives are everywhere on the lower slopes off Fremont Road and the winding approaches up toward the preserve. Asphalt’s strength is cost per square foot on a long run. Its weakness here is the same clay. We resurface and repave with proper crowning so water sheets off the edges instead of pooling at the garage apron, and we won’t lay fresh asphalt over a base that’s already failing, not unless you sign off on it in writing. Asphalt paving in Los Altos Hills runs $3,500 to $9,000. Resurfacing an existing sound base is on the lower end; full removal and repave climbs.
Driveway Repair & Replacement
This is where the Los Altos Hills hillsides bite. Settling, alligator cracking at the apron, retaining-wall failures at the drive edge, and washouts after a hard rain are typical calls we field. The fix isn’t a band-aid; it’s figuring out where the water is going, what the subgrade is doing, and only then repairing. Driveway replacement in Los Altos Hills runs $5,000 to $14,000. If a geotech report is required, that’s a line item on your written estimate, not a surprise at the end.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Los Altos Hills
We install pavers and hardscape materials we’d put on our own homes. On paver driveways and patios in Los Altos Hills, we regularly work with Belgard and Techo-Bloc, and we’ll quote Simonton, Ply Gem, and PGT when a driveway or paver project ties into window-well or entry-door replacements. The point is the same: you can look up every brand we install, and we’ll hand you the manufacturer spec sheets before you commit. Nobody’s putting mystery materials off the back of a van on a $12,000 driveway.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Los Altos Hills Homes
- Slope creep and settling at the drive edge. Expansive clay on a 10-to-20-degree grade doesn’t stay put. We see drive edges pulling away from retaining walls and slabs that have dropped two or three inches at the outside corner. The permanent fix starts with subgrade work, not a fresh topcoat.
- Water pooling at the garage apron. Many older Los Altos Hills homes were graded before modern drainage standards. When the apron sits lower than the surrounding grade, every rain sends runoff into your garage. We re-slope and add channel drains where the town’s grading rules allow.
- Erosion along the drive run. Steep drives with no swale or berm will wash out within a few seasons of a bad storm cycle. Los Altos Hills’s drought-to-deluge pattern makes this worse; the ground bakes hard in dry years, then can’t absorb a heavy rain when it finally comes.
- Coverage-cap conflicts on new work. Los Altos Hills enforces strict lot-coverage and impervious-surface caps tied to parcel size. We’ve seen owners add a motor court or expanded patio, then find out the building department won’t issue the permit until they remove or shrink existing paving. We audit your current hardscape against the town’s standards before design, so you don’t pay for a redesign later.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Los Altos Hills, CA
Here’s the straight answer on what this work costs in 94022, so you can compare our numbers before you ever pick up the phone:
| Service | Typical Los Altos Hills Range |
|---|---|
| Paver Driveway Installation | $7,000-$18,000 |
| Concrete Driveway Installation | $4,500-$12,000 |
| Asphalt Driveway Paving | $3,500-$9,000 |
| Driveway Replacement | $5,000-$14,000 |
| Driveway Sealing | $250-$700 |
| Paver Patio Installation | $3,500-$11,000 |
What moves the number in Los Altos Hills: grade and access, whether we’re tearing out old concrete, whether the town requires a geotech report or drainage plan, and how much excavation the slope demands. The estimate you get is a written, line-item quote. If anything changes mid-job, it changes on paper first. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate. We’re also happy to give a free second opinion on any written estimate you already have in hand, and if you’re inside the county, there’s no trip charge for the first look.
We Also Serve Cities Near Los Altos Hills
Our crews cover Driveway & Pavers in Los Altos Hills and the surrounding Bay Area communities, including Los Altos, Mountain View, Stanford, and Palo Alto. If your driveway is failing on a slope in any of those towns, the same crew that works the 94022 hills can come look. We also handle Home Additions & ADU in Los Altos Hills and Kitchen Remodeling in Los Altos Hills for clients who have hardscape and structural work hitting the same permit cycle.
Serving Los Altos Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Los Altos Hills area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Driveway & Pavers in Los Altos Hills
We schedule Los Altos Hills estimates on a rolling basis each week, and because our crews work the Bay Area hills regularly, we can typically get someone out to look within a few business days of your call. The answer to “how fast” is always an honest one: we’ll give you a specific window, not an empty promise. Call (877) 610-1318 for the soonest available slot. The estimate is free.
Yes. We work the full 94022 footprint, from the Moody Road corridor and the ridgelines off Page Mill to the lower slopes near Fremont Road and the town’s eastern edge toward Los Altos. If your driveway is on a hillside, on a private lane, or behind a gate at the top of a switchback, we’ve seen it before. The terrain doesn’t scare us off; it’s just the job.
A paver driveway in Los Altos Hills typically runs $7,000 to $18,000, and the hillside work here tends to land on the higher side compared to flatland installs in Mountain View or Palo Alto. That’s not markup; it’s excavation, base prep for expansive clay, drainage, and sometimes a geotech report the flatland jobs never need. The price you’re quoted is the price you pay, with any change arriving in writing before it touches the job.
On every eligible job, yes. Los Altos Hills has some of the strictest grading and coverage rules in the Bay Area, and we won’t skirt them. The permit inspector works for you, not for me; we’d rather have him sign off than leave you holding an unpermitted driveway when you go to sell. If a job falls under the town’s permit trigger, it’s permitted, inspected, and closed out properly.
Every completed job carries our written 90-Day Done Right Promise. If something’s not right, one call brings Tom back to make it right, no runaround. Beyond that, manufacturer warranties on pavers and materials apply per the spec sheets we hand you at the start. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through the scope of your project and get a written, line-item estimate, free.
Get a Driveway You Don’t Have to Think About Again
If you live in Los Altos Hills and your driveway is cracking, settling, pooling water, or simply looking tired against a seven-figure hillside home, call Barrett & Sons at (877) 610-1318. Ask for Tom. We’ll come look, tell you what’s going on underneath the surface, and put a written number in your hand. If you already have an estimate from someone else, bring it; the second opinion is free. And if we take the job, you’ll know exactly what it costs before the first truck rolls. That’s how we’ve done it since 1998, and it’s why our name keeps getting passed between neighbors in Los Altos Hills.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Los Altos Hills and the surrounding Bay Area since 1998.