Quote Originally Posted by Wulf202 View Post
Would it be possible to use stone veneer over an interlocking brick? Without large amounts of drainage stone walls dont fare well here.

According to your hoa timber is not a local naturally occurring resource?
I would look into this. Using a stone veneer over interlocking bricks will be your best option.

This is what I got to do one summer in our backyard...

Started out with this slope, which just looked like crap...
How it started by ARNEWB, on Flickr

Then started digging...
Pile the dirt up by ARNEWB, on Flickr

Then came the 18,000lbs of concrete retaining wall blocks...
First layer and yard carnage by ARNEWB, on Flickr

Not quite finished, but stands just over 4.5' in the corner...
Wall mostly assembled by ARNEWB, on Flickr

I still need to get a picture of it all finished and the yard leveled, but the rest of the house projects continue...