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Fast, Reliable Driveway & Pavers Across Laguna Hills

Driveway and paver work in Laguna Hills comes with a specific set of ground conditions: cut-and-fill lots from the 1970s and 80s that have spent forty-plus years settling unevenly, plus clay soil that swells in wet winters and shrinks through dry summers. That combination means a driveway or paver patio that looked flat ten years ago may now pitch toward the house or crack along the fill line. If you’re seeing that happen at your place, we can take a look and tell you exactly what’s causing it, what it’ll cost to fix, and whether the existing base is worth saving. Call us at (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate.

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Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Laguna Hills’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company

Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and he still puts his name, address, and license number on every contract. That matters when you’re hiring someone to pour concrete or lay pavers on a hillside lot where the original grading wasn’t always compacted to modern standards. We’ve worked along the Paseo de Valencia and El Toro Road corridors enough times to know what a failing retaining wall or a dropped patio actually looks like from the house foundation, not from a brochure.

Our Laguna Hills customers tend to find us through a neighbor first and check our paperwork second. We’ve built a strong local reputation by doing what we say we’ll do: written change orders before any scope change, permits pulled and inspections signed on every eligible job, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise written into the contract. If something isn’t right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call.

You won’t reach an out-of-state call center when you phone us. A live person answers, 24/7. And if you’re comparing bids, bring us any written estimate and we’ll give you a free second opinion. No charge for the trip inside the county.

Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Laguna Hills

Most of the driveways and patios we build or rebuild in Laguna Hills fall into one of four categories. Here’s how we think about each one in this specific market.

Paver Driveways

A paver driveway in Laguna Hills typically runs $7,000-$18,000 depending on square footage, paver brand, and how much base prep the existing pad needs. On hillside lots, we often recommend Belgard or Techo-Bloc pavers because they hold up well to the wet-dry clay cycle and can be lifted and re-laid if a section of the fill settles again. That’s a real advantage over a monolithic slab: you’re not tearing out the whole driveway when one corner drops.

Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work

A new concrete driveway in Laguna Hills usually lands between $4,500 and $12,000. The biggest variable is whether the old pad has cracked along the fill line and whether the subgrade needs recompaction. Stamped concrete runs higher, but it’s a popular choice on the two-story 1970s and 80s tract homes that dominate the housing stock here because it gives you the look of stone without the joint-maintenance of individual pavers. Our Driveway & Pavers team handles everything from flatwork to decorative stamping.

Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing

Asphalt paving in Laguna Hills typically costs $3,500-$9,000 for a new driveway, with resurfacing on the lower end of that range. Asphalt isn’t as common on the hillside lots as it is on flatter ground, but it works well on the level cul-de-sac streets off Moulton Parkway. The key here is drainage: if water ponds at the garage apron after a Santa Ana rain, the asphalt will start alligator-cracking within a few seasons. We correct the pitch before we pave.

Driveway Repair & Replacement

Full replacement in Laguna Hills runs $5,000-$14,000. We see plenty of driveways where the original 1970s concrete has spalled on the surface but the base is still sound, and in those cases a repair or cap can make more sense than a full tear-out. But if the slab has dropped more than an inch at the house line, or if water is running toward the foundation, replacement is usually the honest answer. We’ll tell you which one you’re actually dealing with, in writing, with line-item pricing.

Trusted Brands We Service in Laguna Hills

We stock and install materials from brands you can look up, not mystery products off the back of a van. On hardscape work we lean on Belgard and Techo-Bloc for pavers, and we regularly work with GAF on roofing tie-ins when a driveway project butts up against a garage or carport roof. We keep local stocking relationships so parts and materials get to Laguna Hills jobs faster, and if a specific paver or color is backordered, we tell you before we dig, not after.

Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Laguna Hills Homes

• Cracking along the fill line. The 1970s grading left fill slopes that were never fully compacted to today’s code, and we routinely see cracks that follow exactly where the cut meets the fill. This isn’t a cosmetic issue - it’s the ground still moving.
• Patio drop-off at the rear yard. On downslope lots along Paseo de Valencia, rear patios often settle several inches below the house foundation. Pavers can be lifted and releveled; a slab usually can’t.
• Water running toward the garage. Expansive clay soil means every wet winter shifts the ground enough to change a driveway’s pitch. If you’re seeing water at the garage door after rain, the slab has probably moved.
• Spalling and surface flaking. The original 1970s and 80s concrete in Laguna Hills was poured before modern air-entrainment standards, and we see the top layer flake off in sheets. A cap or overlay can buy time, but the underlying base has to be evaluated first.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Laguna Hills

Our crews work throughout this part of Orange County. Beyond Driveway & Pavers in Laguna Hills, we regularly serve Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, and Coto De Caza. If you’re on the border of any of those cities, you’re still inside our normal service area and the no-trip-charge policy still applies. And if your driveway project turns into something bigger, we also handle Home Additions & ADU in Laguna Hills and Kitchen Remodeling in Laguna Hills.

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