Core Outdoors, Inc.

We hired Core to do our screened Lanai that included an out door kitchen and firepit in the Ponte Vedra area. I started working with Paul while still living in CA. Their designs are very innovative. They spend the time to give you and beautiful and unique enviornment. The quality of thier workmanship is impeccable. We are very pleased with our project and the people at Core.

We worked with Core design in 2014 for a full design and build out of our backyard. We put in an outdoor kitchen, pool, spa, lounge area, and fire pit. Working with Paul on the project was wonderful and we are still friends with him today! We've actually kept In touch with quite a few of the subcontractors who worked on our project. We recently completed an addition to our home as well that Paul was also able to assist with. Our backyard has exceeded our expectations and we truly love entertaining whenever we can!

We hired CORE to re-do our entire outdoor patio, complete with an outdoor fireplace and an enchanting, terraced pave-stone entertainment area. The work was thorough and completed in a timely fashion. It was a pleasure to work with CORE.

Paul and his team with CORE did a fantastic job on our outdoor gas fire pit and screen patio. We brought him our design idea and he made it happen. The final product turned out better than we could have imagined. Would highly recommend Paul for custom and/or design/build projects.

Core design came out to my house, showed me the plan and design for my yard and made it look beautiful. It's always easy to get in contact with Paul, and they were easy and fast to work with. I get so many compliments on their work!

Core Outdoor Design (previously Five Star) helped my wife and I design an improved, more functional and immensely more attractive courtyard for our 10 yr old French Country style home. We weren't exactly sure what we wanted but my wife had cut out and collected a variety of pictures from magazines over the last few years. We met with Paul Davison on a couple of occasions and then deliberated for about four months trying to narrow our ideas into an implementable plan. Paul and his CAD designer Tony made a couple more visits to our home and had a few CAD designs that helped us picture how our project would conceptually look. From initial discussion with Core to commencement of demolition/construction was about six months but much of that was attributable to our indecision and uncertainty over what we wanted. Paul and Tony offered ideas and consultation without being pushy and were quite patient with us throughout the decision making process. Our project was a bit more challenging than initially thought due to some footers on the existing house not being exactly as drawn on the plans. This required some additional engineering drawings and more time devoted to the demolition of our existing courtyard. Paul and his team tackled these challenges without sacrificing the integrity of the initial design. The courtyard project grew to involve an outdoor living addition to our 10 year old home and we were concerned that it would look disjointed and incongruent with the existing design elements. We have a tile roof that had undoubtedly faded under the harsh Florida sun and a stone façade on the front of the house that had been manufactured discontinued. Paul and his team worked hard to find roof tile and stone façade that almost exactly matched the existing. Many, many people have commented that it looks as if it were built with the house. One of the key elements of the courtyard is a fountain that was found by Paul that perfectly enhances the ambiance of the courtyard. The interesting thing is that it is the exact same fountain that my wife had picked out of a magazine 4-5 years earlier and she had not shared with Paul. It is just an example of how Paul can tune into his client's tastes and style. In many ways Paul is more of an artist than a technical, engineering type. All this is not to say that there were not hiccups along the way. With a project this size you are not likely to have everything go smoothly. The issues and challenges were always met with professionalism and Paul and Core accepted responsibility for addressing every situation in a timely manner. There was never a "That's not my job" type of response. It was always a " We'll find a way to get it done" approach. In most instances these issues were handled with no additional cost to me. Post construction we found a couple of things that needed to be addressed and even though Core had been fully paid and the project was "complete", Paul was just as responsive as if we were prospective clients. He remains responsive to this day some 20 months post completion. I would not classify Core as a design/build company for the extremely frugal client. I probably could have gotten the project done for less but I don't think I got ripped off or over charged either. I am not a particularly hands-on type customer and I think I got some peace of mind during the construction and Paul and Core have stood behind their product since then. I guess the best recommendation I can give is that I would do business with them again.

Keith came out and was prompt at every appointment. He delivered what we discussed and I couldn't be happier. I'd hire him over again and will consult him on any new jobs I want to get into.

I used Core for a backyard renovation that included a large paver patio, pergola, fire pit, basketball court, large stepping stones, lighting, fencing and landscaping. I wanted a one-stop project management professional to handle this renovation for me. I did not have the time or local knowledge to find individual contractors to do all the work I wanted. I met with Core, and it was clear they could do this for me and do it exceedingly well. They handled all the design and construction. They worked closely with me on a few design options, providing great ideas and drawings to help me visualize the end result. They were very helpful about how well the design features would work and how much they would cost. They were patient while I determined what would work best for me. Their construction subcontractors were all excellent. They were friendly, efficient, showed up on time, and kept the work area clean. Most importantly, they did quality work. They took real pride in their work. We had one change during construction which they handled fairly and professionally. I've seen many projects linger for a wide variety of reasons. Once we determined the design, Core went to work. They did not waste my time or my money. I MIGHT have been able to complete this project for less money as my own project manager, but I don't think I would have such a quality result, and I definitely don't think it would have gone so smoothly. It was well worth it to me to have this professionally managed. It is over a year later, and I am still thrilled with my backyard.

Core Outdoor Design designed and installed an extensive re-working of the outdoor space at our single family home, including: replacing front walk and driveway with pavers, building a new side walk with pavers, building a multi-level patio and fire pit with outdoor kitchen, built in cypress benches, and columns with natural facing stone, and installing extensive landscaping. The finished product is beautiful and receives rave reviews from our neighbors and friends. Core Outdoor Design visited our site several times in the course of drafting and revising a computer-based design for the project, recommended all the varieties of stone used in the project, and provided several skilled and experienced stone masons, pergola installers, and landscape designers in the course of the project. We are extremely pleased with the unique and stunning design and the highly functional addition to our home.

Designed and built a pavered patio with short walls and an aluminum, columned and covered, pergola. Installed electric to the pergola and a fan with light. Modified the sprinkler system. The result was BEAUTIFUL and better than I could've designed without 5 Star Design and their representative Keith Barry. I have received many complements and requests for 5 Star Design's phone number and highly recommend them to everyone. The price was competitive and the representative was creative, knowledgeable, honest and easy to work with.

My husband and I hired the 5-Star team for inspiration. We weren't sure whether we were going to keep our home of 20 years, or move, and we needed a new vision for our backyard. Our daughter - the second of our two children - was a Senior in high school and we were facing an empty nest. We grudgingly realized that it was time to trade the trampoline for an updated look, so, we hired the team to help. With them, we felt like Cinderella. They listened to what we wanted and designed a magical backyard. As it turned out, we ended up moving closer to my spouse's work, so we were unable to adopt the team's plan, but we will bequeath it to the new owners with the hope that they will. I highly recommend this team for anyone seeking a highly professional, yet compassionate, group who will take the time to listen, then design, with their best interests in mind.

We had been in our home for 15+ years, with a gorgeous view of the intracoastal. We did not utilize our backyard space, though, like we knew we could. We had no idea what we wanted the area to look like, or what we could do with what we thought was a small, very tired space. Paul Davison with 5 Star met with us twice at our home. From those meetings, Paul presented to us a plan that we immediately fell in love with. Paul was amazing to work with, and he was incredibly professional. Our backyard space feels and looks at least 5 times larger than its previous size; we spend much of our free time outside but we are also able to enjoy its beauty from inside. We loved working with Paul and will forever be grateful to him for creating such an amazing space for our home!