- What does outdoor living work cost around Knoxville?
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This site's service pages put a professionally built paver patio at
roughly $15,000 to $25,000 for a professionally built paver patio. That figure comes from a read of local contractor pricing rather than a published index, which is why it carries no publisher, so it is worth
checking against indexes that do name themselves.
Lawn Love (updated 2025-12-27) publishes a national average of $3,350 for a 280 square foot patio, a typical range of $2,275 to $6,950, and $8 to $24 per square foot.
Homewyse (May 2026) publishes $20.03 to $25.95 per square foot to install a brick paver patio, before general contractor overhead of 13 to 22 percent, permits, inspection fees and sales tax.
Those two do not agree. Lawn Love starts at $8 per square foot where Homewyse starts at $20.03, and neither is a Knoxville figure. They also measure different things from the local range, a rate per square foot against a whole finished project, so the useful move is to compare a bid on its rate and its scope rather than on its bottom line alone.
- So what should I budget?
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Not a single number, and no honest page can give you one. Size, grading, site access,
material and whether anything is roofed or plumbed move a hardscape bid more than
geography does. The
paver patio cost page and the
outdoor kitchen cost page
break the ranges down by scope, and only a contractor walking your yard can price the job itself.
- How fast will someone get back to me?
- Your request goes to a licensed local outdoor living contractor, usually within about an hour during the day. That contractor then contacts you to walk the yard and price the work on their own schedule.
- What work is covered?
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Paver patios, outdoor kitchens, fire pits and fireplaces, pergolas and pavilions,
retaining walls, walkways and garden walls, driveways, and full outdoor living design.
See every service.
