Your favorite room, out back in Dallas
Complete backyards for Dallas homeowners, on Blackland Prairie ground in Dallas County. Pool, kitchen, shade, stone and light, designed together and built by one family-owned team.
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Building in Dallas
What should Dallas homeowners know before building a backyard?
From the older lots around Lakewood and Preston Hollow to the newer builds further north, Dallas yards usually come with mature trees and tight side access — both of which decide how a pool gets dug and where the equipment ends up living.
This is Blackland Prairie ground — deep, dark clay that swells in a wet spring and shrinks hard by August. It is the reason we engineer the pool shell for movement and set control joints in the flatwork on purpose rather than wherever the pour ends.
In Dallas the job is reviewed by the Development Services — Building Inspection, and we file and follow the permit through that office ourselves. Dallas publishes a combined fence and swimming-pool barrier checklist for residential projects, and permits are filed through the city’s online portal.
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Building in Dallas
Dallas backyard questions
The Development Services — Building Inspection reviews residential projects in Dallas. Pools and structures attached to the house, such as patio covers, sunrooms and enclosures, almost always need a permit. Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. Dallas publishes a combined fence and swimming-pool barrier checklist for residential projects, and permits are filed through the city’s online portal.
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Free design visits in Dallas
Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll come measure, talk options and give you a straight number — no obligation, no pressure.
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