
Your favorite room, out back in Ponder
Complete backyards for Ponder homeowners, on Fort Worth Prairie ground in Denton County. Pool, kitchen, shade, stone and light, designed together and built by one family-owned team.
- 40+Years in Business
- 15,000+Projects Completed
- 1984Family-Owned Since
- 90DFW Cities Served

What should Ponder homeowners know before building a backyard?
Ponder is a small town on FM 156 and the rail line southwest of Denton surrounded by open grazing land; tree cover on individual lots is sparse, and parcels tend to be either rural acreage or recent subdivision tracts carved out of pasture.
This is Fort Worth Prairie ground — shallow soil over limestone. Excavation here usually means rock rather than shrink-swell clay, which is a cost we would rather price honestly at the design visit than discover halfway through the dig.
We file the permit with the City of Ponder and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Denton County and the wider Metroplex since 1984. We prepare the drawings an HOA typically asks for, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
What we build in Ponder, TX
Also in Ponder: windows, siding, doors and attic insulation.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Ponder
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A free design visit in Ponder
A designer comes out to the house, measures, walks the access a crew would need, and talks through what you want the space to do. You leave with a firm price. On Fort Worth Prairie ground, that is also when the grading, drainage and movement details get decided rather than improvised on site.
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Drawings, permit and HOA
We file the permit with the City of Ponder and follow it through review, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork. Where an HOA wants a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
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One crew, one schedule
The same team builds the whole job in order, so the slab, the structure, the electrical and the finish work are not three different companies working around each other.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished backyard with you, settle the punch list and leave one warranty on the work — and we are still Denton County-local if you need us later.
Ponder backyard questions
Almost always, for pools and for anything attached to the house, including patio covers, sunrooms and enclosures. Longhorn files the permit with the City of Ponder and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Other cities we build in near Ponder
Free design visits in Ponder
Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll come measure, talk options and give you a straight number — no obligation, no pressure.
Call (214) 251-4928






