Cleveland Custom Decks plans and builds decks and porches throughout Cleveland, OH and Greater Cleveland. There is no fee for the estimate, someone actually visits the property rather than pricing it over the phone, and you leave that visit with a written scope and a number you can rely on.
What happens once you reach out
1. A quick call to understand the project
We want to hear what you are picturing, how the house and yard are laid out, and whether there is a structure there already. If anything you describe sounds like a safety concern, we will flag it immediately and ask that people stay away from it until it has been properly looked at.
2. Measuring the actual site
This covers the house itself, the height of each relevant door sill, how much the yard slopes, and the route a crew and a delivery would need to use to reach the back of the property. We also locate the gas meter, outdoor spigot and dryer vent. If a deck is already standing, we inspect underneath it, since that is where the real condition of a deck actually shows. This visit usually happens within a handful of days of your call.
3. Real pricing options in writing
Expect two or three layouts, each at a different price, naming the material brand and line, framing specification, hardware, railing style, stair count, dates and total cost. Any architectural review or association paperwork your address requires is already factored in. All of this is free, and none of it obligates you to anything.
4. Permit, then build
We prepare the framing drawings and file them with the authority that governs your address, then begin once approval arrives. On a bluff top Rocky River lot that can mean a separate Ohio Department of Natural Resources coastal erosion area permit reviewed alongside the city's own building permit, because construction near the Lake Erie shoreline is regulated apart from a standard building review. Allow one to three weeks for the permit, and in Shaker Heights expect a further cycle for Architectural Board of Review sign off.
How to reach us
Phone:(216) 000-0000
Email:info@clevelandcustomdecks.com
There is no physical showroom, since we work as a mobile business across Cleveland and Greater Cleveland rather than from a fixed location. That actually helps when it comes to picking materials: sample boards come along to your site visit, and a composite colour looks noticeably different sitting on your own lawn in real daylight than it ever does under a showroom's lighting.
Areas we cover
- Cleveland, OH
- Shaker Heights, OH 20 minutes southeast of downtown Cleveland
- Lakewood, OH 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland
- Rocky River, OH 20 minutes west of downtown Cleveland
- Avon Lake, OH 35 minutes west of downtown Cleveland
- Beachwood, OH 25 minutes southeast of downtown Cleveland
Timing your call for the schedule
Everyone seems to call during the same handful of weeks each spring, so that is when the schedule fills fastest. Reaching out in late summer or autumn instead is usually your quickest path onto the calendar: the ground is still easy to work, material is readily available, and the deck is finished well before winter rather than sitting on a waitlist behind the spring rush.
If your address needs design review or an architectural board sign off, start that conversation in winter. That committee's own calendar, not ours, ends up setting your actual start date.
Why homeowners pick Cleveland Custom Decks
Footings below the frost line
Cuyahoga County ground freezes and thaws through a long lake effect winter. Every post we set lands on a poured footing below the local frost depth, which is what keeps a deck level through a decade of heave and thaw.
Permits and inspections handled
We work out which department your address answers to, pull the permit, meet the inspector and hand you the signed card. An unpermitted deck becomes your problem the day you sell the house.
Written scope before we start
Materials, framing spec, hardware, timeline and price in writing before anybody swings a hammer. No verbal change orders.