AI outdoor design-to-build
Design your backyard.
Then actually build it.
BuildIn AI turns a photo and a description into a garden plan you can price, buy materials for, and construct — with your own hands or a professional's.
First supported build: composite decks. More components rolling out.
Your yard — before, and the concept after.
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BeforeAfter
BeforeAfterIllustrative sample — every number comes from the same estimator and city rules your project uses.
How it works
Describe your backyard
Upload a photo and describe what you want — a couple of minutes, not a questionnaire.
Get a garden plan
AI drafts a concept, resolved into real components with dimensions.
Build it for real
Material list, costs and step-by-step construction guidance.
Built for real yards, not mood boards
AI design, real dimensions
Not just a picture — every concept becomes components with real sizes.
16 × 12 ft
Your numbers or our estimate — always labelled which.
Components you can price
Each component arrives with its numbers attached.
Materials without the guesswork
The material plan is a shopping list, not prose.
- Quantity
- 212 sq ft of decking
- Unit cost
- $4.50 – $7.00 per sq ft
- Region
- Dallas, TX
Materials only — indicative, not a quote.
Construction, step by step
Every step ends with what done looks like.
Every footing below frost line
One of 12 steps · ≈ 4 days — safety first, criteria last.
Claims you can check
Failed runs refund themselves
Any generation that fails or is interrupted returns its credits automatically — the balance line in your workspace shows it. How credits work
Estimates, labelled as estimates
Material costs appear as ranges marked “verify at your local supplier” — never as fake-precision quotes. Try the calculator
Rules with their sources
Local requirement cards link the official pages they were built from — and say plainly when your area isn’t covered yet.
Your yard stays yours
Photos are private to your project and deletable anytime — no email, no support ticket. Privacy policy
Permit rules, city by city
Every project shows the permit rules for its city — the reading, its conditions, and the official source each one came from. Three real readings from our rules pack:
Austin, TXSample
No building permit only when all of: ≤ 200 sq ft, ≤ 30 in above grade, not attached to the house, not serving a required exit, and outside a flood hazard area. Guardrails required above 30 in.
Source: City of Austin — residential permit intake checklist
Denver, COSample
Uncovered deck 12 in or less above grade, on a non-landmark property: no permit. Over 12 in: zoning permit; 30 in or more: building permit as well.
Chicago, ILSample
New porch and deck guards must be at least 42 in high (municipal code 13-196-570) — tightened after the 2003 porch collapse.
Sample readings for Austin, Denver and Chicago. Informational only — the binding rule is your local building department’s.
Your next backyard project starts here.
Create your first project — free to design and explore.
Create your first garden