LeeBoy paver + A1 crew
Hot mix from the truck, straight into the paver. The crew worked the mat, checked the grade, and kept the line clean along the concrete apron. No drama — just good paving.
If you followed the May site update, you saw the base layer go down — aggregate graded and compacted in front of Building 1. This week, the payoff arrived. Monday, July 20, A1-Asphalt paved the parking lot and approach at Diamond Garage Condos — and they made it look easy.
They were fast to get us on their schedule. Easy to work with on site. And the crew? An amazing group of guys — professional, efficient, and clearly proud of the finish. When you pull up after a day on Diamond Lake, this is what you’ll see: smooth black asphalt, a gray building with black trim, stone wainscoting on the garage-door side, and three bays waiting for boats, trailers, and the collection.
01 — Ready for blacktop
Gravel base, concrete apron, then asphalt
Before the trucks arrived Monday morning, the lot was graded stone and a clean concrete apron in front of the bays — the setup from our May site work.
This isn’t a patch job. It’s a full parking and pull-in layout built for boats on a trailer, classic cars, UTVs, and the gear that outgrew your garage at home. The base had to be right before blacktop went down — and it was.
02 — The crew arrives
Paver on site, trucks rolling
A1-Asphalt brought a LeeBoy paver, dump trucks, and a crew in safety gear — organized and moving from the first truck.
03 — Asphalt goes down
From hot mix to smooth blacktop
Watch fresh asphalt roll out and you understand why you hire pros. The lute work — that’s the long-handled tool with a flat metal blade they use to smooth hot asphalt (not a broom) — the seam at the concrete, the edge along the building. All of it matters.
On the left, a crew member works the mat with a lute — dragging that flat blade to level the surface while the mix is still hot. On the right, the finished seam where blacktop meets the concrete pad in front of the bays. That’s the pull-in you’ll use every weekend at the lake.
04 — Finished approach
Building 1, from the lot
By the end of the day, the outside finally matched the building — matte gray siding, black trim, stone wainscoting on the garage-door side, three 14×14 bays, and a lot you can actually use.
Frame the shot from the lot and the building reads the way it was designed: gray metal siding, black trim, and real stone wainscoting where the three garage doors face you. Look past the blacktop and another story shows up — a massive hickory on the Diamond Garage Condos common element, the shared ground every owner owns a piece of. The limbs are thick and heavy, the canopy wide enough to shade half the lot. This is not a tree someone planted last year.
Hickories grow slowly — a big one like this can take a century or two to reach this size. That puts it on the ground when Cass County was still pioneer farmland, decades before Diamond Lake became the lake-house destination it is today. Hay wagons, cornfields, lean winters, easy summers — and now garage condos for boats, classics, trailers, workshops, and everything that outgrew the garage at home. We kept the tree on purpose: shade, character, and a little history in the DGC members’ common area.
05 — After dark
Blacktop under the lights
Evening on Kamp Kozy — wet asphalt catching the building lights. The first impression when you pull in at night is different now.
The lot reads finished — day or night.
Thank you, A1-Asphalt
We wanted to say it plainly: A1-Asphalt was a pleasure to work with. They got us on the schedule quickly, showed up with the right equipment, and left a lot we’re proud of. To the crew on the ground — thank you for the professional work.
A1-Asphalt · 616-877-4400
06 — At a glance
Site + building, together
Building 1 is nearly complete inside and out. Two units remain.
Done
Asphalt down
3
Garage bays
$400K
To buy
2
Units left
Inside, finishes are moving toward completion. Outside, the lot and approach are done. If you toured when it was still gravel — come back. The building and the blacktop finally read as one finished place.
Pull up on blacktop.
Two units left in Building 1. Tours by appointment — see the finished approach in person.
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