# Covered patios in The Forest at Stone Oak Canonical page: https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/forest-at-stone-oak The Forest at Stone Oak (78260) is a gated pocket of wooded lots up to 1.4 acres on the north edge of Stone Oak, built between 1997 and 2003, inside San Antonio city limits on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone and zoned to North East ISD. Its homeowners association signs off before the city permit, and the first-generation decks and covers on these lots are now twenty-plus years old. Klema Builders prepares the submittal, files the permit and builds fixed-price. The Forest at Stone Oak (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78260. Gated wooded lots on the north edge of Stone Oak. ## Starting price A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in The Forest at Stone Oak, San Antonio starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. ## What we build here - [Covered Patios](https://klemabuilders.com/covered-patios): Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade. - [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks. - [Removal & Haul-Away](https://klemabuilders.com/removal): Decks, pergolas, sheds, fences, hot tubs, haul-away. - [Landscaping](https://klemabuilders.com/landscaping): Sod, xeriscape, edging, lighting and hardscape. ## Building in The Forest at Stone Oak - **ZIP and place** (78260): Gated wooded lots on the north edge of Stone Oak, inside San Antonio city limits and North East ISD, with homes built from 1997 to 2003 on lots that run to about 1.4 acres. The homeowners association is professionally managed. - **Permit desk** (City of San Antonio Development Services): Per Information Bulletin 151 a deck needs a permit when it or its roof exceeds 300 square feet or sits over 30 inches, or when attached to the house; a patio cover needs one when over 300 square feet or attached; lighting is a separate electrical permit; a new fence, or repair of more than a quarter of one, takes a fence permit. Under Information Bulletin 106 no demolition permit is needed to take down a deck, fence, shade structure or shed under 300 square feet. - **HOA review** (Forest at Stone Oak Homeowners Association): The association's committee approves exterior changes before the city permit is filed. Its guidelines are read for the lot before the design is drawn, and the submittal carries the site plan, materials, colors and elevations that Stone Oak committees expect. - **Ground**: Edwards Aquifer recharge zone on Edwards Group limestone with karst features, under dense live oak and juniper canopy on rolling lots. The city's aquifer ordinance counts patios as impervious cover and set the cap at platting, rarely tight on lots this size. Piers are drilled to rock and patios drain to daylight. - **Lots and homes**: Acre-scale wooded lots with custom homes of the late 1990s and early 2000s, many with the original builder patio cover, cedar deck or arbor now past twenty years. The usual project starts with a takedown and ends with a covered patio sized to the lot. - **Deer and shade**: Heavy canopy and a resident deer herd shape the landscaping: deer-resistant plantings in rock and mulch beds, shade-tolerant groundcover under the oaks, sod only where the sun reaches, and any oak pruning painted immediately for oak wilt. ## Why The Forest at Stone Oak is different The Forest is the wooded, large-lot edge of Stone Oak, built in one burst between 1997 and 2003, which means most of its backyards are reaching the same moment at once: the builder cover and the cedar deck are done, and the lot is big enough to do the next one properly. The recharge zone under it and the oak canopy over it decide how. Klema Builders takes down the old structure, prepares the HOA submittal, files the city permit, drills piers to rock between the roots, and writes it into a fixed-price quote after a free in-home consult. ## Questions and answers ### Do I need HOA approval and a city permit in The Forest at Stone Oak? Both. The homeowners association's committee approves exterior changes first, and because the lots are inside San Antonio city limits, an attached cover, a deck over 30 inches or 300 square feet or attached to the house, lighting circuits and any new fence are permitted by Development Services. Klema Builders prepares the submittal, then files the permit once the committee signs. ### The original deck and arbor are twenty-five years old. Can you replace them? Yes, and that is the common Forest project. The old deck, arbor or cover comes down in 1 to 3 business days with no city demolition permit needed for structures under 300 square feet, hauled off and the yard graded or raked, while the HOA submittal for the new covered patio or deck runs at the same time. Concrete footings and any siding repair at the ledger are handled separately. ### How do you build a deck on a wooded acre lot? On drilled piers into the limestone, stepped with the grade, with posts placed between the oak roots rather than through them and any pruning painted immediately for oak wilt. On lots this size the design question is the view and the shade, not the property line, and it is settled at the consult standing where you will stand. ### Do you handle the permit and the design review in The Forest at Stone Oak? Yes. In The Forest at Stone Oak that means the homeowners association submittal first, then the city permit for anything attached, covered, over 30 inches, or wired, plus gate access for the crew. 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 The Forest at Stone Oak? A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Stone Oak 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. ### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in The Forest at Stone Oak? A 12x12 pergola removal in Stone Oak 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. ### Does the recharge zone limit a patio here? It can, though rarely on acre lots. The city's aquifer ordinance counts patios and sheds as impervious cover and set the cap when the lots were platted; a permit asks what a project adds. A pergola over an existing patio or an elevated deck adds nothing. We check the lot before a large slab is drawn. ### How long does a project take in The Forest at Stone Oak? 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. HOA review typically adds 2 to 4 weeks and city permit review 1 to 3 weeks before the build starts. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract. ## Nearby pages - [Decks in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/decks/stone-oak) - [Fencing in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing/stone-oak) - [Champions Ridge](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/champions-ridge) - [Greystone Country Estates](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/greystone-country-estates) - [Cibolo Canyons](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/cibolo-canyons) - [San Antonio](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio) ## Contact - Phone: (210) 974-1420 (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM) - Email: hello@klemabuilders.com - Based in: San Antonio, TX - Service area: San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin - Free in-home consult, fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days. - Get a quote: https://klemabuilders.com/get-quote