Best Courtyard Design in Phoenix AZ

Amazing landscaping and masonry company!

Keystone has done a ton of work for us over the past year, and we've been thrilled with the results every time! The owners Daniel and Robert are so pleasant to work with--they're great listeners and they always ensure that things turn out the way we want them. They've given us advice about alternate materials or approaches that might work better than what we had planned, and any time we've gone with their recommendations, it has turned out great. They've helped us problem-solve several tricky aspects of our yard design. We've hired them for so many different things that I couldn't select all the categories. Here are some of the projects they've done for us:

- Masonry and block work, including retaining walls with stucco
- Beautiful stone veneer on our spa facing and travertine tile on the raised bond beam wall of our pool
- They did our pool coping in natural flagstone
- They helped us with some drainage problems where our yard was flooding anytime we had heavy rains
- A parking pad behind our RV gate with concrete pavers
- Custom gas fire pit with stone veneer facing and flagstone surface to match our pool
- CMU corner wall with the same stone materials in our outdoor kitchen area
- And they laid gorgeous silver travertine pavers, connecting our patios seamlessly to our pool decking, with an almost invisible channel drain between

We are about to begin some landscaping/irrigation with them, and then have them install artificial turf for us.

The crews show up when they say they will, and they work hard until the project is completed. And their pricing is competitive. We're so happy we found this company!-

Juan and his guys are fantastic. They are working on the second project I am having them do. These guys are the best gate guys in town!

It was a pleasure to work with Rick at Five Star Landscaping.  We have a hillside area that is eroding.  Rick listened to what my concerns and wishes were for this area.  He made it happen, despite having easier options.  Unlike other landscaping companies. Rick, the owner, was on the job the whole time.  Not only is he knowledgeable about plants and planting, but irrigation, as well.  His prices are reasonable.

We completely ripped out and remodeled our backyard this year and we hired Phil and Shearon Design Collective to help us design everything. Not only did he do a perfect 3D model of what we designed originally, but he also gave feedback and improved on our original design significantly, then redesigned the 3D model. We're so glad we hired him.

Some things that he helped us decide to change were:
- [ ] Overall layout of the pool
- [ ] Height and thickness of the wall
- [ ] Shape and radius of the rounded pillars
- [ ] Placement of the scuppers/water feature
- [ ] Layout of the pavers around the pool (he literally hand drew the pattern)
- [ ] Placement of our pool fence
- [ ] Placement of our cafe light polls and where the lights would fall
- [ ] Placement of the gas line for our removable fire table
- [ ] Layout of our front landscaping

Check out some of the screenshots of the 3D Model he created. If you're doing a backyard remodel, do yourself a favor and hire Phil and his team!

I purchased my home November 2021 and Sonoran newly remodeled/resurfaced the pool before I purchased it. Within a month of owning the home a pool leak was discovered coming from the pool light, and skimmer throat seal. I contacted Sonoran Water Custom Pools and Spa and was told because I am a new owner that the warranty is not transferrable. I thought to myself okay that's weird that they don't stand behind their service. So I went ahead and spent over $1000 to drain the pool and fix the leaks. Additionally it was recommended that I fix the foundation bellow my pool pump because the pump was placed over unstable ground.
Now 5 months later another water leak is discovered. This time the tile is found to be cracked leading to the pool steps. Why is the pool that is newly resurfaced already having cracks in the tile and pebble tec? Both my leak detection professional and pool maintenance person were surprised that this is happening so soon after the pool was resurfaced. The only logical answer as to why is that the pool company didn't fix all the problems under and around the pool before it was resurfaced.
I have reached out the Sonoran about these problems and haven't received a call back. If they are a reputable pool company they should care about the quality of their work and stand behind their services. I am afraid what other leaks and cracks this pool will have in the future because in less than 6 months I have had 3 sources of leaks. I do not recommend anyone uses this company until they start taking responsability for the services they provide.