OUTDOOR LIVING CONTRACTOR
Outdoor Living.
Designed as One.
Kitchen. Fire. Pergola. AV. Lighting. Every element, designed as one.
TELL THOMAS ABOUT YOUR PROJECTEVERY ELEMENT, ONE DESIGN
When Nobody Designs
the Whole Space.
The outdoor kitchen is there. The pergola is there. The fire pit is there. Each element was built correctly by the trade that installed it. But the space doesn't flow — the shade falls where the posts were convenient, the fire pit sits behind the seating arrangement instead of in front of it, the kitchen faces the wrong direction for how the family actually uses the space. It looks complete and doesn't work.
This is the design problem most Naples outdoor builds share. The gas line wasn't planned before the slab was poured. The AV conduit wasn't run before the pavers were set. The pergola was positioned after the kitchen was already in, so the roof line lands where the slab allows — not where the afternoon sun actually hits. The fire pit goes where the gas line was easiest to run. The TV is mounted where the junction box ended up, not where every seat has a clean sightline.
These are not contractor failures. They are the predictable consequence of designing features sequentially instead of designing a space. Every contractor did their job correctly. No one was designing the whole thing — so each element works, but the environment doesn't. Shade where you don't sit. Fire where you can't see it from the table. Sound that covers the grill and misses the seating area.
Features don't make an environment. The sightlines, the sequencing, the integration — that's what you're actually buying. And it can only be designed once, before any of it is built.
THE FULL OUTDOOR LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Not Eleven Line Items.
One Environment.
Outdoor Kitchen + Grill Islands
Custom built-in grill stations with marine-grade 316 stainless appliances — spec'd for coastal salt air in Collier County. Multi-fuel configurations, work surfaces, and side burners integrated with the gas rough-in plan before the slab is poured. The kitchen is designed first because everything sequences around it. Outdoor kitchen builds start around $20,000.
Full Bar + Kegerator + Refrigeration
Full outdoor bar builds with kegerator, under-counter refrigeration, ice maker, sink plumbing, and storage — positioned for natural guest flow through the space without interrupting the cooking zone. The bar is a room within the environment, not an afterthought at the edge of the slab.
Pergolas + Shade Structures
Structural covered outdoor rooms — louvered roofs, wood pergolas, and steel pavilions designed around the kitchen and seating footprint. Wind-load engineered to Florida Building Code. Permitted through Collier County. Shade positioned where the afternoon sun actually hits in June, not where the posts were easy to set.
Gas Fire Pits + Outdoor Fireplaces
Built-in fire pits, fire tables, and outdoor fireplaces — gas-permitted through Collier County, LP or natural gas spec'd at the design stage. Positioned for the seating arrangement and the sightline from the dining table, not the available gas stub. Integrated with the surrounding naples hardscape and paver plan.
Outdoor Dining Rooms
Covered dining areas designed as full rooms without walls — overhead structure, defined floor plane, and a lighting plan that separates the dining atmosphere from the ambient landscape lighting. These are the spaces that actually drive how the estate is used. They define whether you entertain here or go inside.
Weatherproof TV + Screening
Commercial-grade weatherproof displays and outdoor screening areas — mounted where every seat has a clean sightline, with conduit and junction box locations determined during the structural phase, not after. The screen is placed. The pergola is designed around it. Not the reverse.
Integrated Sound Systems
Outdoor-rated speaker systems with distributed audio zones — installed into the pergola overhead or integrated into the structure during framing, not surface-mounted to finished surfaces after. Coverage zones designed for how the space is actually used: kitchen zone, seating zone, pool zone as separate audio environments.
Lighting — Task + Ambient + Accent
Three distinct lighting layers designed as one plan. Task lighting over kitchen and bar work surfaces. Ambient lighting for the dining and seating zones. Accent lighting on structure and landscape that defines the space at night. Conduit run before the pavers are set.
Electrical + Fan Rough-In
All electrical circuits, conduit paths, and junction box locations determined during the structural phase and run before hardscape is finished. Ceiling fans, outlet locations, and appliance circuits are part of the permit set — not field decisions made around finished surfaces. Retrofitting electrical through completed hardscape damages the paver base and the joints.
Structural Outdoor Rooms
Enclosed and semi-enclosed outdoor structures — screened rooms, outdoor living rooms with solid rooflines, and covered terraces designed as architectural extensions of the main residence. Engineered for Florida Building Code wind loads. Coordinated with the naples pool builder scope when pool adjacency is part of the design.
Design Coordination
Thomas manages the sequencing across every trade — kitchen, structure, gas, electrical, AV, lighting, and hardscape — under one contract. The material story is designed as a composition: the veneer on the kitchen, the coping on the pool, the paver field. These surfaces either read together or fight each other. One contract means one person deciding.
Synthetic Turf & Putting Greens
Precision-cut synthetic turf panels, putting greens with fringe turf and chipping areas — designed into the hardscape layout from day one, not installed around finished pavers. Base prep and drainage engineered for SWFL conditions.
Landscape Lighting & Irrigation
Every outdoor entertainment environment includes an architectural lighting plan — designed in coordination with the hardscape, kitchen, and planting from the first session. Irrigation is integrated simultaneously.
→ See how it all connects: The Build Process
BUILT FOR SWFL
What This Climate Requires.
Built Into Every Project.
Marine-Grade 316 Stainless — Not 304
Every appliance in a coastal SWFL outdoor kitchen is specified in marine-grade 316 stainless steel — not the 304 alloy common in standard outdoor kitchen builds. Salt air in Naples and along the barrier islands corrodes 304 hardware within two to three seasons. Grill frames, burner grates, refrigeration hardware, and sink bowls are all specified in 316. The difference is the nickel content — and it's visible within 18 months in properties near the Gulf or bay. We specify it on every project regardless of proximity to water. The Gulf is close enough.
Gas Permitting Through Collier County — LP vs. Natural Gas at Design Stage
Every gas rough-in for outdoor appliances in Collier County requires a licensed general contractor permit. We are licensed GCs. We pull the permit, run the line, and commission all appliances — no separate gas contractor, no coordination gap. The LP vs. natural gas decision is made at the design stage, not after the kitchen island is built. Switching fuel source after the appliances are in is a full appliance replacement and a new permit. The decision is permanent. We make it early.
Wind Load Engineering for Pergola + Shade — Structural, Not Decorative
Pergolas and covered structures in SWFL are wind-load engineered to the Florida Building Code — not the aluminum kit-build structures sold by home improvement retailers. Every structural outdoor room we build is permitted, engineered, and inspected. This matters in Grey Oaks, Port Royal, and every HOA community with design review: the submission package includes structural drawings, not just elevations. It also matters when the structure needs to survive a hurricane — engineered connections vs. decorative ones fail very differently.
THE INTEGRATION ADVANTAGE
When the Environment Is Designed
as One, It Works as One.
The sightline from the kitchen to the fire pit was determined in the first design session — not discovered after both were built. The shade falls where you sit in the afternoon because the pergola was positioned for June sun angles, not framed where the posts were convenient. The sound follows you from the bar to the dining table to the pool deck because the zones were drawn before the conduit was run.
This is what a single outdoor living contractor produces that a collection of separate trades cannot. Each trade optimizes for their own scope. Nobody optimizes for the space. The kitchen contractor installs the kitchen. The AV contractor installs the speakers. The electrician runs what's easiest to pull. None of them were in the room when the design was drawn — because for most estate builds, there was no room where the design was drawn.
The environment you're building in Naples deserves to be designed as a single system. One vision. One contract. One person accountable for the whole thing from the first site walk to the final inspection.
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Tell Thomas About
Your Project.
Thomas personally reviews every inquiry. Tell him about the property, the scope you're envisioning, and the communities you're in — Grey Oaks, Mediterra, Port Royal, or anywhere else in Southwest Florida.