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.
- 40+Years in Business
- 15,000+Projects Completed
- 1984Family-Owned Since
- 90DFW Cities Served
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.
The backyard in Dallas
What we build in Dallas, TX
Also in Dallas: windows, siding, doors and attic insulation.
How it runs
How a Backyard Project Runs in Dallas
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A free design visit in Dallas
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 Blackland 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 Development Services — Building Inspection at the City of Dallas and follow it through review. 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 Dallas County-local if you need us later.
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.
Nearby
Other cities we build in near Dallas
Free design visit
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.
Call (214) 251-4928