Asphalt Paving in Quartz Hill, CA

Asphalt paving in Quartz Hill looks different from the work inside Palmdale or Lancaster because Quartz Hill is neither. It is an unincorporated community of about 11,447 people on 3.76 square miles, governed by Los Angeles County. As recently as the 1970s the area was largely agricultural, growing almonds and alfalfa and raising turkeys. As orchards declined and water rights shifted to Los Angeles, residents moved into jobs at the aerospace plants, and farm parcels became homes. The town still holds an Almond Blossom Festival.

Lots with history

Many Quartz Hill homes sit on parcels that were once part of farms, and their driveways show it: long dirt or gravel drives, old asphalt laid directly on native soil, and patches added over decades. A driveway like that rarely needs just a seal coat. It usually needs the base rebuilt and the surface shaped so storm water runs off to the side instead of down the middle.

Owners who stay

About 67.8 percent of Quartz Hill's occupied homes are owner-occupied, according to the 2020 census, out of 4,120 housing units. Owners planning to stay tend to ask about doing the job once, properly, rather than patching every few years. For them we quote a full section: removal, base repair, 2 to 3 inches of compacted asphalt for cars, or more for trucks and trailers.

County roads, county permits

Because Quartz Hill is unincorporated, the street in front of your home is a Los Angeles County road. County Public Works requires a permit for any work in its right-of-way, and its Road Construction permit covers driveway approaches, curbs and sidewalks. Applications go through the county's EPIC-LA portal, and the county says most simple road permits are processed within two weeks. If your job touches the approach, we plan that time into the schedule.

What we pave in Quartz Hill

• Gravel-to-asphalt conversions on larger parcels
• Driveway replacements on older homes
• RV and trailer pads beside the house
• Small business and church lots along the main roads
• Sealcoating and crack filling for drives that are still sound

Between two cities

Quartz Hill shares its name with neighboring districts of Palmdale and Lancaster, so the boundary is easy to miss. An address on one side of a street may be in the City of Lancaster, the other in unincorporated Quartz Hill. That matters only when the work reaches the street, and when it does, we check the parcel to see whether the county or a city issues the permit. For work that stays on your property, the process is the same either way: measure, quote, build the base, pave.

What a long rural drive costs

A 12-foot-wide drive running 150 feet back from the road is 1,800 square feet before any turnaround. At HomeGuide's $5 to $12 per square foot range, that is roughly $9,000 to $21,600 for standard asphalt. Reusing sound existing rock as base can bring it down; replacing soft ground pushes it up. We measure and price your drive on site.

Climate

Quartz Hill sits at about 2,497 feet, a little lower than central Palmdale, with hot, dry summers that average above 90 degrees. Plan sealing for spring or fall mornings. Call (661) 466-4552 or

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