Where the Best Evenings Happen.
Outdoor Living, Elevated.
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping designs and builds outdoor living spaces across Cornelius — outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, fire pits, pergolas, and covered patios built to the material standard of the town's luxury gated waterfront communities.
No Shortcuts. No Compromises.
Cornelius has nearly tripled in population since 2000 and is anchored by upscale, gated waterfront communities like The Peninsula, where HOA architectural review governs almost every exterior addition — including an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, or covered structure. Lots here also tend to sit closer together than in more sprawling Lake Norman towns, which makes finish quality and privacy screening as important as the layout itself. Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping has over 20 years of experience building to that standard.
A great outdoor living space changes how you use your home. An outdoor kitchen, a fireplace that pulls people in on a cool evening, a covered patio that makes the yard usable in any weather — these are the features that get used every week for decades. Hunter's approaches every outdoor living project as one integrated design, so the kitchen, fireplace, hardscape, and structure all work together rather than looking added-on.
We serve Cornelius, Concord, and the surrounding Mecklenburg County communities across the greater Charlotte region. Every estimate is free. Every project is personally led by Hunter on-site.
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What We Build
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping builds a full range of outdoor living spaces in Cornelius NC — every feature personally designed and installed by Hunter, integrated into one cohesive space rather than assembled from disconnected parts.
Hunter's designs and builds custom outdoor kitchens throughout Cornelius, including gated communities like The Peninsula where material selection and finish quality are held to the same standard as the surrounding luxury homes — and HOA documentation is prepared before installation begins.
Outdoor kitchens are built on solid masonry or steel-frame construction with weatherproof surfaces, proper utility runs for gas and water, and finishes that match your home and hardscape — not a prefab box dropped onto the patio.
Bars & serving areas extend the kitchen into a true entertaining space, with seating ledges and counter space designed around how you actually host.
Nothing anchors an outdoor living space like fire. Hunter's builds custom outdoor fireplaces and fire pits across Cornelius, sited with privacy screening in mind on the town's closer-set lots and cleared through HOA architectural review in gated communities.
Outdoor fireplaces are built as true masonry structures — a architectural focal point with proper firebox construction, flue, and stone or brick finish that ties into your patio and home.
Fire pits range from built-in gas to wood-burning stone pits with surrounding seating walls — designed as part of the space, not dropped in afterward. Every build follows safe clearances and Cabarrus County requirements.
Shade and shelter are what make an outdoor living space usable all season. Hunter's builds pergolas, pavilions, and covered patio structures across Cornelius — a category that almost always requires HOA sign-off in gated communities like The Peninsula, which Hunter's handles as a standard part of the process.
Pergolas add structure, partial shade, and a sense of enclosure — built from cedar, hardwood, or low-maintenance materials and anchored to last through Cabarrus County weather.
Pavilions & covered patios provide full weather protection, letting you keep an outdoor kitchen or seating area in use even in rain or peak heat.
Every outdoor living space sits on a patio, and Hunter's builds the whole room as one design in Cornelius — matched to the material and finish standard of the town's upscale housing stock, with garden walls and screening planned in on closer-set lots.
Building the patio and the living features as one project is what separates a true outdoor room from a collection of add-ons. Hunter's handles the full build — base, hardscape, masonry, utilities, and structure — as a single accountable installation.
What Goes Into the Space
A complete outdoor living space in Cornelius NC pulls several features into one cohesive room. Hunter's designs each one as part of a single plan, matched to the material standard of the town's gated waterfront communities.
Built-in grill, counters, storage, and bar seating — the anchor of most outdoor living spaces, engineered for weather and built into the design.
A masonry fireplace or custom fire pit — the focal point that extends your evenings and your season and pulls the whole space together.
Pergola, pavilion, or covered patio — defining the room, providing relief from the NC sun, and making the space usable in any weather.
Stone or paver patio sized for the full space — the foundation every other feature is built on, set on a proper compacted base.
Built-in seating walls and benches that define the space, add capacity for hosting, and tie the fire feature and patio together.
Landscape lighting, gas, water, and power runs designed in from the start — so the space works after dark and every feature has what it needs.
Investment
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping believes in transparent pricing. The ranges below reflect typical installed costs for outdoor living features in the Cornelius NC and Mecklenburg County market as of 2026.
Most outdoor living projects combine several features, and building them together is more cost-effective than adding them one at a time. We provide detailed, itemized estimates after a free property consultation.
Request a Free EstimateRanges reflect installed costs in the Cornelius NC market as of 2026. Size, materials, utilities, and design complexity significantly affect final pricing. Call (704) 707-5421 for a free on-site estimate.
How We Work
Every outdoor living project in Cornelius NC follows the same deliberate process — because the spaces that get used for decades are the ones designed as a whole, with HOA documentation prepared correctly the first time in gated communities.
Hunter visits your property, learns how you want to use the space and how you entertain, and evaluates grade, drainage, and utility access — so the design fits both the site and your life.
Hunter designs the full space — kitchen, fire feature, structure, patio, and seating as one composition — and walks you through materials and finishes so you can see the whole room before the build begins.
Hunter leads the full build on-site — patio base, masonry, utilities, structure, and finishes — handling every trade so the kitchen, fire feature, and shade all come together as one seamless space.
Hunter personally walks the finished space with you — reviewing every feature, how the utilities and fire elements operate, and care instructions. We don't leave until you're completely satisfied.
Our Work
About Hunter's Outdoor Living
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping is a luxury outdoor living builder based in Concord, NC — founded and personally led by Hunter with over 20 years of experience across Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties. Every outdoor living project is led by Hunter on-site, from the first design conversation through final walkthrough.
In over two decades of building outdoor spaces across the Lake Norman region, Hunter has learned that Cornelius clients expect a material and finish standard that matches their gated waterfront community — and a builder who can clear HOA review without slowing the project down. Hunter's was built as the alternative to add-on-by-add-on contracting — one accountable builder who designs the full room and delivers a space still in heavy use 25 years later.
Local Insights
Cornelius homeowners in gated communities like The Peninsula typically start with the HOA guidelines in hand, looking for a builder who can match the material standard and clear architectural review without back-and-forth.
The most common question is whether a builder can deliver luxury-grade finishes on a closer-set lot while still handling privacy screening and HOA documentation correctly.
Cornelius clients choose Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping for finish quality that matches their gated community and a builder who handles HOA review as part of the process — with Hunter personally overseeing every project start to finish.
Questions
Answered directly by a builder with over 20 years creating outdoor living spaces in Mecklenburg County.
Outdoor Living Near You
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping builds outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, fire pits, pergolas, and complete outdoor living spaces throughout Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, and surrounding areas of North Carolina.
Don't see your town listed? Call us anyway — we serve the extended region beyond these areas too.
Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping is based in Concord, NC and serves the greater Charlotte region — including Cornelius and the Lake Norman area. Every outdoor living project is personally led by Hunter on-site.
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We respond personally to every inquiry — no call centers, no automated systems. When you reach out to Hunter's Lawn & Landscaping about your outdoor living project in Cornelius NC, you hear back from us directly within 1 business day.