Clarescapes LLC.

The state insures Clarescapes under a single workers'-comp class, landscape construction operations, so the work leans toward building outdoor spaces rather than routine mowing or upkeep. The state lists Alec Clare as a principal since 2024, the year the business was formed, and puts the crew at one to three people. The owner works on the jobs. The company describes itself as family-owned. Its stated process starts with a site visit and a detailed estimate before any design or construction begins. That setup fits a custom backyard redesign, where the person drawing the plan is also on site when it gets built. It also fits a project split into stages: hardscape and grading one year, planting the next. For homeowners on either side of the state line, one contractor can carry a plan from a Spokane lot to a lake property near Coeur d'Alene. Clarescapes gets work through its own site and local listings rather than heavy advertising, so expect a direct conversation with the owner, not a sales team. Repair or replace is the real question with most older Spokane landscapes. Mature trees, sound retaining walls and established beds are worth working around, since they took years to grow in. Patios heaved by freeze-thaw, walls leaning from poor drainage and lawns fighting the dry summers are often cheaper to rebuild than to keep patching. Ask the designer to walk the yard and sort what stays from what goes, and to plan drainage first, because water moving the wrong way undoes new work. A phased plan lets you fix the worst problems now and save the rest for later.