About
An Aurora Contractor for Outdoor Work That Has to Last
Lux Landscaping Construction builds patios, walkways, driveways, walls, yards and tree work for homeowners across Aurora and the western suburbs.
We are based in Aurora, IL and work outward from it, across the Fox Valley and the DuPage, Kendall, Will and Kane county suburbs. The work splits into five trades — landscaping, hardscaping, concrete, artificial turf and tree services — and most projects use more than one of them, which is the reason to have them under one estimate rather than three.
What links them is the part nobody photographs. Northern Illinois gives outdoor construction a hard time: heavy clay that holds water, a freeze-thaw cycle that lifts anything sitting on poorly drained ground, and five months a year of snow, plows and de-icing chemicals. Surfaces fail here because of what was done below them, not because of the material on top.
So the sequence is always the same. Walk the site, work out where the water goes, build the base properly, then lay the thing people actually see.
How we work
Four things we hold to
Build from the base up
A patio is a drainage and compaction problem with a surface on top. We would rather spend an extra day in the excavation than come back in three winters to reset a settled corner, and the estimate says which depth and which aggregate we are using.
Look at the ground before quoting
Nothing useful about a yard is visible in a photograph. Slope, standing water, root plates, where a machine can turn, how far the material has to be barrowed — all of it is decided standing on the site, which is why the walkthrough comes before the number.
Write it down
The scope, the materials and the price go in writing before anything is ordered. If the ground turns up something nobody could see from the surface, that gets priced and agreed before it is built, not added at the end.
Say no when it is a no
Some jobs belong with a structural engineer, a plumber, the utility or the village forestry department rather than with us. Being told that early is worth more than being sold something.
The process
From first call to final walkthrough
Request
Call, or send the estimate form with the address and a sentence about what you have in mind. Photos of the area help, though they are not required.
On-site walkthrough
We come out and look at the actual ground: where water goes, how steep the grade is, what the soil is doing, and where a truck and a machine can reach. Most of what makes a job go well or badly is decided here.
Written estimate
You get the scope and the price in writing, with the materials named, before anything is ordered or dug. If something changes on site, it gets priced before it is built.
Build and final walkthrough
We lay out, excavate, build and clean up, then walk the finished work with you and go through how to look after it through its first winter.
Straight answers
What this site does not claim
Plenty of contractor websites carry badges and numbers that nothing backs up. This one does not, and that is deliberate.
You will not find a founding year, a project count, a star rating, a review total or a licensed-and-insured badge anywhere on this site. Those things get published here when there is a document or a real customer behind them, and not before.
What that means practically: ask us. Ask for a current certificate of insurance before any work begins, ask which parts of the job we carry out ourselves and which go to a trade partner, and ask what registration your municipality requires of a contractor working on your property. Aurora, for example, runs its own contractor registration. Those are fair questions to put to anyone quoting on your house, and we would rather you asked them.
It is also worth knowing the ground rules. Under the Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act, covered home repair and remodeling contracts over $1,000 must be in writing, and the contractor must give the customer the state's “Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights” pamphlet. That is general information rather than legal advice, but it is the standard any estimate you accept should meet.
Business details
Who you are dealing with
- Registered name
- Lux Landscaping Construction LLC
- Trading as
- Lux Landscaping Construction
- Based in
- Aurora, IL
- Phone
- (773) 329-3645
- Work we take on
- Fences, Hardscaping, Concrete, Outdoor Kitchens, Porches & Decks, Landscaping & Lawn Care, Snow Removal, Artificial Turf, Tree Services
We are a service-area business: the crew travels to you, and there is no public yard or showroom to visit.
(773) 329-3645Where we work
Aurora and about 30 miles out
Aurora and communities within about 30 miles
Get a free, written estimate
Tell us what you have in mind and we will walk the site with you, then put the scope and the price in writing before anything starts.