Covered patios and decks in Cibolo Canyons
Cibolo Canyons sits outside city limits with no building permit desk, so the HOA Architectural Review Committee and your lot's impervious-cover allowance govern every patio.
What we build in Cibolo Canyons
Covered Patios
Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade.
Custom Decks
Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks.
Landscaping
Sod, xeriscape, edging, lighting and hardscape.
Fencing
Cedar privacy, horizontal board, and wrought iron.
Starting price
16x30 basic wood deck with handrails
from$4,000
- 16 ft by 30 ft (480 sq ft)
- Basic wood, handrails
- Labor and materials
A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Cibolo Canyons, San Antonio starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. Covered patio, pergola or a bigger deck in Cibolo Canyons? You get a fixed price in writing within 3 to 5 business days.
Price my projectBuilding in Cibolo Canyons
Gated community around TPC San Antonio, north of Loop 1604 off Bulverde Road
- ZIP and place78261
- Unincorporated Bexar County inside San Antonio's extraterritorial jurisdiction, north of Loop 1604 between Bulverde Road and Cibolo Creek. About 2,100 acres around the two TPC San Antonio courses and the 1,002-room JW Marriott resort, both opened January 2010; the Oaks Course has hosted the Valero Texas Open since 2010. A special improvement district created by the Legislature in 2001 levies taxes for the resort infrastructure but issues no permits. Zoned to North East ISD.
- Permit deskNone
- Bexar County has no legal authority to regulate single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas, and the city does not permit in the ETJ, so there is no deck, pergola, patio cover or fence permit to pull. The controls are the HOA's Architectural Review Committee, the state's Edwards Aquifer rules and the lot's impervious-cover allowance. Licensed electricians and state rules still apply to lighting circuits.
- HOA reviewArchitectural Review Committee
- The Cibolo Canyons Resort Community Homeowners Association's ARC packet asks, for a fence: the purpose, a survey or site plan with distances to the lines, post and rail material and color, post and top-rail heights, and before photos. For a deck or patio: an Impervious Coverage Affidavit where needed, materials and colors, a site plan and photos. Sheds match the house color; plastic and metal sheds are barred. Outdoor lighting is dark-sky: 2700K maximum, no rays across a lot line, five fixtures at most. The 55-plus sections have their own sub-associations.
- Approved stainsARC list, 2022
- Fences and decks are finished from the committee's list: Behr Clear Natural, Natural and Cedar Natural; Wood Defender Desert Sand and Sedona; Sherwin-Williams Cedar Bark, Spice Chest and Banyan Brown; an E&G tan iron oxide. Other brands need a stained cedar sample. Trex is allowed where the color complements the house.
- Impervious cover
- Every lot carries a limited impervious-cover allowance passed from developer to builder to owner, which the HOA tracks for county and TCEQ compliance. A new slab patio or shed increases it and needs an Impervious Coverage Affidavit; allowance can be bought or sold only within the same site, and the state can fine an exceedance. We read the lot's remaining allowance before the patio is sized, and a pervious paver or an elevated deck is the answer when the slab budget is gone.
- Ground
- Edwards Aquifer recharge zone on canyon-rim limestone with mature oaks, next to an 882-acre golden-cheeked warbler conservation easement. Piers are drilled into rock, patios drain to daylight and never toward a karst feature, and the state's aquifer rules for owner-built single-family work are met on every job.
- Lots and homes
- Lots run from about an eighth to four-tenths of an acre, homes 2,500 to 4,500 square feet built from the late 2000s through the 2020s in Hill Country and Tuscan styles, on slab, with staffed gates at peak hours. Golf-course and greenbelt lots carry their own view-fence expectations, read from the guidelines before the quote.
Same six steps in Cibolo Canyons
- Step 1: Consult
- Step 2: Design and scope
- Step 3: Materials
- Step 4: Permits and HOA
- Step 5: Build
- Step 6: Walk-through
What Cibolo Canyons homeowners ask first
Do I need a permit for a patio cover or deck in Cibolo Canyons?
There is no city or county permit: Cibolo Canyons is unincorporated Bexar County in San Antonio's ETJ, and the county has no authority over single-family construction. The approval is the HOA Architectural Review Committee packet, with an Impervious Coverage Affidavit for any slab patio, and state Edwards Aquifer rules on the ground. Klema Builders prepares the packet, the affidavit and the drawings as part of the quote.
What is the impervious-cover allowance and why does it decide my patio?
Each lot has a fixed square footage of impervious cover set when the community was permitted under the state's Edwards Aquifer rules, tracked by the HOA for TCEQ. Roof, drive, walks and any slab patio count against it. If the remaining allowance is smaller than the patio you want, the answer is an elevated deck or pervious pavers that do not count the same way. We pull the lot's number before the design is sized.
What stain can I use on a fence or deck in Cibolo Canyons?
One from the committee's approved list: Behr Clear Natural, Natural or Cedar Natural; Wood Defender Desert Sand or Sedona; Sherwin-Williams Cedar Bark, Spice Chest or Banyan Brown; or the approved tan iron oxide. Anything else goes to the ARC on a stained cedar sample. Composite decking such as Trex is allowed in a color that complements the house.
What does the ARC packet need for a fence?
The purpose of the fence, a survey or site plan with distances to the property lines, the post and rail material and color, the post and top-rail heights, and photos of the existing condition. Greenbelt and golf-course lots typically carry view-fence rules in the guidelines, which we confirm for your section before the design is drawn.
Do you handle the permit and the design review in Cibolo Canyons?
Yes. In Cibolo Canyons that means the ARC packet with the site plan, materials and colors, the Impervious Coverage Affidavit for a slab patio, and a dark-sky lighting plan of no more than five fixtures at 2700K. We prepare the drawings, the site plan and the material list, file the application, and handle the back-and-forth; the permit and the review are line items in the quote. Every project starts with a free in-home consult and a fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days, and we build across San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin.
How much does a deck, pergola or covered patio cost in Cibolo Canyons?
A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Cibolo Canyons starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. Covered patios, pergolas, composite and multi-level decks are quoted fixed-price, line by line, after a free in-home consult. The written quote arrives within 3 to 5 business days.
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What outdoor lighting is allowed?
Dark-sky fixtures at 2700K or warmer, no light crossing a lot line, and a maximum of five outdoor fixtures per the ARC packet. Low-voltage path and step lights under a cover meet that easily; we draw the lighting on the site plan so it is approved with the structure.
What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Cibolo Canyons?
A 12x12 pergola removal in Cibolo Canyons starts at $3,750, haul-away and yard grading included. Decks, patio covers, fences, sheds, hot tubs and playsets are taken down in 1 to 3 business days, hauled off and the ground graded or raked. Concrete footings and any siding or stucco repair at the ledger are handled separately. Already tore it down yourself? We haul off the pile.
How long does a project take in Cibolo Canyons?
A cedar pergola is built in 1 to 2 weeks on site once materials and approvals are in hand. A composite or cedar deck takes 3 to 6 weeks from signed contract to walk-through once the permit clears, and a multi-level or pool deck 6 to 10 weeks. There is no city permit wait; ARC review typically adds 2 to 4 weeks before the build starts. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract.
Built for Cibolo Canyons lots, reviewed the first time.
Free in-home consult in Cibolo Canyons, then a written fixed-price quote in 3 to 5 business days.