Try have a look here: github.com/bosnadev/database

You can extend grammar class and add whatever you need, then inject it in AppServiceProvider instead of Illuminati.

You probably also would need to update global queries on Model.

I've done it for MySQL new POINT column and it was a pain due to 0 documentation.

Laravel is good for general use cases and bootstrapping businesses, but is very bad when it comes to custom architecture logic.