Calabasas, CA · Outdoor Design-Build
Outdoor Design-Build in Calabasas
Resort living behind the gates. Pools, hardscape, outdoor kitchens, landscape, and engineered retaining walls, built to the Calabasas standard by a team based nearby in Van Nuys. Licensed and insured, CSLB #1085510.
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Resort Living Behind the Gates
In Calabasas, the Standard Is the Standard
Calabasas doesn't do average. From The Oaks to the Hidden Hills borderlands, from Calabasas Park to Mountain View Estates, this is a city of manicured streets, architectural consistency, and homeowners who expect their properties, inside and out, to be finished to a level. When a Calabasas homeowner remodels a backyard, the reference point isn't the neighbor's patio. It's the resort they stayed at last summer.
Line of Art Construction builds to that reference point. We're an outdoor design-build firm serving Calabasas from our base in nearby Van Nuys, and our work here centers on complete outdoor environments: pools and spas, expansive hardscape, outdoor kitchens and pavilions, landscape architecture, lighting, driveways, and the engineered retaining walls that Calabasas' rolling terrain frequently requires.
Completing Newer Homes
Designing for Newer Homes Is a Different Discipline
Much of Calabasas was built from the 1980s onward, and that changes the nature of our work here. In older Valley neighborhoods, we're often correcting decades of piecemeal improvements. In Calabasas, we're frequently completing properties, taking the builder-grade backyard that came with a beautiful newer home and bringing it up to the level of the house itself.
Production builders, even in luxury communities, landscape to a formula: a concrete patio band, a strip of lawn, perimeter shrubs. The home is custom-caliber; the yard is a placeholder. Because newer homes have modern utilities, accessible yards, and documented site plans, replacing that placeholder moves efficiently. We're not excavating mysteries; we're executing a vision. A typical full-scope Calabasas project includes:
Pool and Raised Spa
A new pool and raised spa with automation you control from your phone.
Porcelain and Stone Decks
A surrounding deck in large-format porcelain pavers or natural stone.
Covered Outdoor Kitchen
A covered outdoor kitchen with bar seating, plus a dining terrace for entertaining.
Lounge With a Linear Fire Feature
A sunken or elevated lounge built around a linear fire feature.
Layered Planting
Layered planting for softness and privacy, replacing the builder's lawn strip and perimeter shrubs.
Backyard remodeling in Los Angeles →Lighting Design
A lighting design that makes the whole composition glow after dark.
The goal is a backyard that functions like a five-star amenity deck, because that's how Calabasas actually uses its outdoor space.
HOA Architectural Review
We Speak HOA
Here's a practical reality of building in Calabasas that catches homeowners off guard: many of the city's best neighborhoods are governed by homeowners associations with architectural review committees. Exterior work (hardscape visible from the street, walls, structures, sometimes even significant planting changes) requires HOA approval before city permits even enter the picture. We treat HOA review as part of the job, not an obstacle.
What Committees Want to See
Our design-first process produces exactly what architectural committees want: clear plans, material specifications, and 3D renderings that show the finished result.
Submission Packages Handled
We prepare submission packages and respond to committee questions, so you're not left translating between your HOA and your contractor.
Designed Within Guidelines
We design within community guidelines from the start, so approval is a checkpoint, not a battle. In The Oaks, Calabasas Park Estates, Vista Pointe, or any governed community, that fluency saves weeks.
Retaining Walls & Fire-Wise Design
Terrain, Walls, and the Santa Monica Mountains' Edge
Calabasas sits where the Valley floor meets the Santa Monica Mountains: view lots, sloped rear yards, and pads cut into hillsides. Retaining walls are one of our core competencies, and here they serve both structure and design, with engineered systems that hold grade, finished in stone veneer or smooth stucco to match the residence, often doubling as raised planters or seat walls. Terracing a sloped Calabasas backyard routinely doubles its usable area, converting a decorative hillside into pool decks, gardens, and view terraces.
Bordering open space also means designing with wildfire awareness. We incorporate fire-wise principles naturally: generous non-combustible hardscape near structures, low-fuel and high-moisture plant palettes, clean spacing, and irrigation that keeps landscapes hydrated and healthy. In the hills of Calabasas, responsible design and beautiful design are the same design.
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Pools Worthy of the Zip Code
Pool work in Calabasas skews ambitious, and we welcome it: infinity edges on view lots, oversized baja shelves, swim-up features, integrated spas, automation, and finishes (glass tile, pebble interiors, stone coping) chosen to hold their beauty for decades.
We also remodel the community's earlier-generation pools from the '80s and '90s, whose builder-era finishes and equipment are ready for modern replacements.
A pool remodel paired with new surrounding hardscape is the single most transformative project we build in this city.
Free Consultation + Free 3D Design
The Process: See It Before You Build It
Every engagement begins with a free consultation at your home and a free 3D design. For Calabasas projects, which tend to involve multiple integrated elements and six-figure ambitions, the 3D model is where the project is truly made. You'll see your yard rendered with the actual materials, walk the design virtually, evaluate it at day and at dusk, and refine until it's right.
Then one team builds it: design, engineering, HOA submissions, City of Calabasas and Los Angeles County permitting as applicable, construction, and finish work, under a single accountable contract.
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Turnkey Resort Living
Why It's Worth It in Calabasas
Calabasas property values are sustained by exactly this kind of finish level. In a market where buyers expect turnkey resort living, a professionally designed and built outdoor environment isn't an indulgence; it's how a property meets its market.
More importantly, it's how you actually get to live: mornings by the pool, evenings around the fire, entertaining without apology, in one of the most beautiful settings in Los Angeles County.
Service Area
Serving Calabasas Communities
We design and build across Calabasas, including The Oaks, Calabasas Park, Calabasas Park Estates, Mountain View Estates, Vista Pointe, and the Hidden Hills borderlands.
Line of Art Construction
Main office, nearby in Van Nuys
6463 Mammoth Ave, Unit A
Van Nuys, CA 91401
(818) 232-1964Calabasas Outdoor Remodeling FAQ
Questions Calabasas Homeowners Ask Us
Do I need HOA approval for a backyard remodel in Calabasas?
Often, yes. Many Calabasas neighborhoods have architectural review committees, and exterior work such as street-visible hardscape, walls, structures, and sometimes significant planting changes needs HOA approval before city permits. We prepare the submission package with plans, material specs, and 3D renderings, and respond to committee questions for you.
My newer home came with a builder-grade yard. Can you upgrade it?
Yes, it's much of our Calabasas work. We replace the builder's concrete patio band, lawn strip, and perimeter shrubs with a designed environment that matches the house. Newer homes have modern utilities, accessible yards, and documented site plans, so these projects move efficiently.
Can you make a sloped Calabasas backyard usable?
Yes. Engineered retaining walls finished in stone veneer or stucco to match the home can terrace a slope into pool decks, gardens, and view terraces, routinely doubling usable area. Walls often double as raised planters or seat walls.
Do you design with wildfire risk in mind?
Yes. For properties bordering open space, we use generous non-combustible hardscape near structures, low-fuel and high-moisture plant palettes, clean spacing, and irrigation that keeps the landscape hydrated and healthy.
Can you remodel a pool from the '80s or '90s?
Yes. We replace builder-era finishes and equipment with modern ones, and pairing the pool remodel with new surrounding hardscape is the most transformative project we build in Calabasas.
Who handles permits and the consultation?
We do. Every project starts with a free consultation at your home and a free 3D design, and one team handles design, engineering, HOA submissions, City of Calabasas and Los Angeles County permitting as applicable, construction, and finish work.