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Sta-Built Construction replaced a grass lawn at a Kent, WA home with artificial turf, a four-cup putting green set behind a block grade wall, and a circular paver patio with a fire pit, finished in March 2026. The design sheet lays out 5,563 sq ft of Real Feel turf in the backyard, a 1,084 sq ft putting green, a 994 sq ft chipping area and a 407 sq ft turf lawn by the garage. Crew photos run from the January 6 site visit to the flags going in on March 25.
Project Details
- Location: Kent, WA
- Service: Artificial turf, putting green and grade wall, with a fire pit patio
- Existing surface: Grass lawn
- Turf: SB Real Feel, 5,563 sq ft (461 linear ft of turf) in the backyard, 994 sq ft chipping area, 407 sq ft lawn area, per the design sheet
- Putting green: SB Birdie Putt, 1,084 sq ft, 4 cups and pins, SB Fringe edge, per the design sheet
- Wall: Capped block grade wall curving along the front of the green
- Patio and walkway: DuraFusion Origins 12 with a Charcoal border, circular patio with a seat wall and fire pit, per the design sheet
- Base: Geotextile fabric and delivered gravel over the stripped yard
- Built: February 12 to March 25, 2026 (crew photos)
- Project investment range: $93,600 to $147,200
- Warranty: 17-Year Craftsmanship Warranty on turf and walls; 27-Year on pavers; none on the fire pit
Before and after
The problem
The lot is long and fenced on all sides, with the house near the middle, an asphalt drive along one side, and open lawn front and back. In the January and early February photos the backyard is uneven grass with tire ruts, the strip along the driveway is worn to mud in places, and a trailer, lumber and brush piles sit along the back fence. The front yard was a small lawn inside a curved block border.
The solution
The design sheet replaces nearly all of the grass. The backyard becomes one large Real Feel turf area wrapped around a paver walkway and a circular fire pit patio. At the far end of the lot, a putting green with four cups sits on a raised pad held by a grade wall, with a Real Feel chipping area below it. A smaller turf lawn replaces the grass by the garage, and the open ground around the green is surfaced in 5/8 inch crushed rock.
The materials
The job’s records hold no itemized material list, so the details here come from the design sheet and the photos. The lawn areas are SB Real Feel turf. The green is SB Birdie Putt with SB Fringe around its edge, and the photos show numbered red flags on yellow pins in white cups. The walkway and circular patio are DuraFusion Origins 12 with a Charcoal border, and the fire pit and the seat wall around the patio are gray block with dark caps. The photos also show smooth river rock beds along the walkway and low path lights beside it. The design sheet does not name the wall block.
How it was built
The front lawn was stripped to soil on February 12. By February 16 the backyard grass was gone, geotextile fabric was rolled out along the fence line, and a dump truck was dropping gravel onto it. The crew spread and graded that base through February 20, with a plate compactor on the front yard base on February 17.
Pavers arrived on February 23 and the circular patio was laid over the next two days. The seat wall and fire pit were up by February 26. The river rock beds and the walkway were in by March 5, the day the turf rolls were delivered, and the grade wall for the green pad was standing by that day.
The backyard turf and the lawn by the garage were finished by March 10. On March 11 the outline of the green was painted on the base, and the chipping-area turf was down by March 16. The green itself was finished on March 25, with all four flags set.
The putting green and grade wall
The green does not sit flat on the yard. The block wall curves along its front and the putting surface is level with the wall’s cap, so the green sits on a raised pad with the chipping turf several courses below. At one end the wall steps down into the slope. That makes it a grade wall holding fill, which is how the design sheet labels it, not a freestanding seat wall.
The finished result
The rutted lawn and the muddy strip along the driveway are now even turf. A paver walkway leads from the house side to the fire pit patio, and the far end of the lot has a walled putting green with four numbered flags and a chipping area in front of it.
What a project like this costs
Project investment range: $93,600 to $147,200. This range reflects the scope of this completed project and is not a current quote.
Size drove most of this price: about 7,000 sq ft of Real Feel turf on the design sheet plus a 1,084 sq ft putting green, all over a stripped yard with fabric and a delivered gravel base. The grade wall, the circular patio with its seat wall and fire pit, the paver walkway, the river rock beds and the crushed rock area each added material and labor on top of the turf.
See more on our putting green page, our artificial turf page and our Kent service area. Related projects: a backyard putting green in Portland and a paver patio and putting turf in Redmond.
Related questions
What does artificial turf with a putting green cost in Kent, WA?
This project, with about 7,000 sq ft of turf, a 1,084 sq ft green, a grade wall and a fire pit patio, came in between $93,600 and $147,200. The range reflects this completed project and is not a current quote.
What turf was used for the lawn and the green?
Per the design sheet, SB Real Feel turf for the lawn areas and the chipping area, and SB Birdie Putt for the green, edged with SB Fringe.
Why is there a wall around the putting green?
The green sits on a raised pad. The block grade wall holds the fill along the green’s front edge, so the putting surface is level with the wall’s cap and the chipping area sits below it.
How long did the project take?
About six weeks of work in the crew photos, from stripping the front lawn on February 12 to the finished green on March 25, 2026.
Planning something similar?
If you are thinking about turf with a putting green, Sta-Built can walk the yard and lay out where the green, the lawn and any walls should go. Schedule a free design consultation.
This project documentation was prepared by Sta-Built Construction from the project records and photos from our crew, November 2026. Technical review by Ben Metsker, Manager.