Paul's Landscape Services
Paul's Landscape Services
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Landscape Renovation in Menifee, CA

Paul Cortenbach has been a licensed landscape contractor since 2004. He takes a tired yard, plans the whole thing on paper, and builds it from start to finish.

  • Licensed landscape contractor since 2004
  • The whole yard planned before digging
  • Turf, plants, sprinklers and drainage
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Licensed & InsuredCA Lic. 840163
Contractor Since2004
One ContractorStart To Finish
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Your complete landscape contractor

One Contractor. One Plan. One Beautiful Finished Yard.

Most yard projects go sideways for one reason. Too many people are involved. One guy does the grass, someone else does the sprinklers, someone else shows up for the plants, and nobody owns the finished result.

Paul does the whole job. He holds California contractor license 840163, issued 06/07/2004, C-27 Landscaping. Bonded, with active workers comp. Look him up at cslb.ca.gov. One contractor, one plan, one yard that actually gets finished.

We Lay the Whole Yard Out Before Anything Gets Dug

Planning decides whether you like the yard in five years. Before a shovel goes in, we walk the property with you and put it on paper: where the water goes, what stays, what comes out, and what the finished yard looks like.

What we settle up front:

  • Where water runs during a real storm, and where it needs to end up
  • How much of the yard is grass or turf, and how much is planted
  • Which plants suit the sun and shade you actually have
  • How sprinklers and drip lines get zoned so nothing is over or under watered

Then we build in the right order: grading and drainage first, irrigation next, turf, sod and planting last. That order is why the finished yard sits flat and drains, and it is the reason to use one contractor for the whole yard.

From Turf to Total Transformation, We Do It All

We handle the entire project. A renovation can be the front yard only, the back yard only, or the whole property. The same crew and license cover every part.

  • Artificial turf and natural sod
  • Sprinkler systems and drip irrigation
  • Drainage for spots that hold water
  • Plantings, flower beds and trees
  • Full tear out and haul away of what is coming out

Residential and commercial both. Free estimates.

Ready to see the whole yard planned out?

Free estimates for homes and commercial properties across Menifee and the Inland Valley, call (951) 566-6908.

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The State Rules That Decide What Your New Yard Can Be

California's MWELO rule covers a new landscape of 500 square feet or more, and a redo of 2,500 square feet or more that needs a permit. Most full renovations fall inside it.

When it applies:

  • Real grass cannot be more than 25 percent of the landscape area at a home
  • 75 percent of the landscape has to be climate adapted plants
  • No grass on a slope steeper than one foot of drop for every four feet across
  • A minimum three inch layer of mulch on all bare soil in planting areas

Knowing that at the start beats finding out later, so you do not rip out a lawn and pay twice. We size the grass area and the planted area correctly the first time.

One Contract, and You Keep the Rebate Money

Eastern Municipal Water District pays $5 per square foot to take out live grass and replace it with drought tolerant planting. Artificial turf earns none of it, the program says synthetic turf is not an approved conversion option.

We can put turf where you want turf and live drought planting where the rebate pays, in the same contract, so you keep the money. Rules to watch: at least 250 square feet removed, at least three plants per 100 square feet, the surface has to let air and water through, and your funds have to be reserved before work starts. It is first come, first served and subject to funding.

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Straight answers to landscaping questions

What does a landscape renovation actually include?

Everything from the tear out to the last plant. That covers grading, drainage, sprinklers or drip, artificial turf or natural sod, planting beds, trees and mulch. You deal with one licensed contractor for all of it instead of chasing four trades.

Do you plan the yard before you start?

Always. We walk the property with you and lay the whole yard out before anything is dug, including where the water goes and how big each area needs to be. Building in the wrong order is what causes soggy corners and dead patches later.

Does the state limit how much lawn I can have?

If the job falls under MWELO, yes. That rule covers a new landscape of 500 square feet or more and a redo of 2,500 square feet or more where a permit is needed. In that case real grass is capped at 25 percent of the landscape area at a home, and 75 percent has to be climate adapted plants.

Can I get a rebate for redoing my yard?

You can get one for removing live grass and planting drought tolerant plants in its place. In EMWD territory that pays $5 per square foot, with a 250 square foot minimum and at least three plants per 100 square feet. You have to reserve the funds before work starts, and it is first come, first served, so nobody can guarantee it.

Do you handle back yards, front yards or both?

Both, and commercial properties too. A renovation can be one area or the entire property. The plan is built around what you want to spend your attention on and what the ground actually needs.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. California contractor license 840163, issued 06/07/2004, classification C-27 Landscaping. Bonded through Western Surety at $25,000 with active workers comp. Look it up at cslb.ca.gov before you hire anybody, including us.

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Other landscaping work we handle

Shrub Planting

Plants and beds chosen for a climate that gets almost no rain from June through September.

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Artificial Turf Installation

Green all year with no watering, installed to Menifee's code by a licensed contractor.

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Sod Installation

Real grass, graded and prepped properly, in the warm season varieties that handle our summers.

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Also serving Canyon Lake and Temecula from our base in Menifee, along the 15 and 215 freeways.

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