Northeast Meridian
Northeast Meridian was farmland before it was neighborhoods, and a real share of its properties still carry water rights tied to the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation District's canal and lateral system.
10 years building in Meridian
70+ outdoor kitchens completed
RCE-69511 Idaho registration
Reviewed by Janine Burrows Outdoor Kitchen Designer and Erica Jensen Office Manager, Outdoor Kitchen & Patio
Water gets delivered by ditch here rather than through the pressurized pipe network a newer subdivision would have. If a lateral or a drain easement runs along or through your property, Idaho law restricts what can be built on it.
The Area

This part of the city grew gradually rather than in planned phases, so the patios reflect whatever was standard when each individual home was built. A slab poured decades ago may be thinner, or shaped and oriented differently, than one poured more recently just down the street.
So there is no typical Northeast Meridian patio to design against. Every build here starts from an actual measurement of your slab.
Services
Every service we offer, on a page written for this part of the city.
We come out and tell you what you are allowed to build before anything is drawn. On site, at no cost.
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Decades of established landscaping mean mature root systems are a real excavation consideration here in a way they simply are not on a newly graded lot.
That usually shapes where the run goes more than anything else. It is easier to place the kitchen clear of a root plate than to fight one, and we would rather find it on the first visit than halfway through digging.
Common Questions
Usually yes, but not on the easement itself. We establish where the easement actually runs before anything is drawn, because Idaho law restricts building on it.
Often it will, and it is worth checking properly rather than assuming. We look at the depth and look for cracking before committing either way.
No. We come out, measure, and tell you what your property allows. There is no charge and no obligation.
We come out, measure the space, and tell you what your lot allows before anything is drawn. One visit, and a quote that names what it covers.
Get a Free Site MeasureFour things and we can call you back with something useful. No obligation.
Four things and we can call you back with something useful. No obligation.