# Covered patios and pergolas in Greystone Country Estates

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Greystone Country Estates (78258) is a gated community of about 125 estate homes off Blanco Road north of Loop 1604, inside San Antonio city limits on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, zoned to North East ISD. Its property owners association, registered in 1999, runs an Architectural Control Committee and a 24-hour gatehouse where every visitor is called in by the owner. Klema Builders prepares the ACC form, files the city permit and builds fixed-price.

Greystone Country Estates (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78258. Gated estate lots off Blanco Road north of Loop 1604, west side of Stone Oak.

## Starting price

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Greystone Country Estates, 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.
- [Pergolas](https://klemabuilders.com/pergolas): Cedar, aluminum, louvered and bioclimatic.
- [Landscaping](https://klemabuilders.com/landscaping): Sod, xeriscape, edging, lighting and hardscape.
- [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks.

## Building in Greystone Country Estates

- **ZIP and place** (78258): Off Blanco Road north of Loop 1604 on the west side of Stone Oak, inside San Antonio city limits and North East ISD. About 125 estate homes behind a gatehouse staffed around the clock; the property owners association dates from 1999 and 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 it sits over 30 inches, and the city's application table adds any deck attached to the house or serving an exit door. A patio or porch 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, at 6 feet on side and rear lines.
- **HOA review** (Greystone Country Estates Property Owners Association, Architectural Control Committee): The association publishes an Architectural Control Committee application, and covenant approval comes before the city permit for a patio cover, pergola, deck, fence or landscape change. The covenant text sits behind the resident login and is read for the lot before the design is drawn.
- **Gate**: A 24-hour gatehouse; visitors and contractors are admitted only when the owner calls them in. Our crew list is given to you before the first day so the gate has it.
- **Ground**: Edwards Aquifer recharge zone: Edwards Group limestone with karst features over the Glen Rose, on the Balcones fault trend. The city's aquifer ordinance counts patios and sheds as impervious cover and set the cap when the estate lots were platted; a large new slab is checked against the lot's number. Piers are drilled to rock and patios drain to daylight, never toward a sink.
- **Lots and homes**: Estate lots under live oak canopy with custom homes from the late 1990s and 2000s, most with an existing loggia or slab patio that a larger covered patio, outdoor kitchen or pergola extends. Deer are part of the setting, so plantings come from the deer-resistant palette.

## Why Greystone Country Estates is different

Greystone is one of the smallest and most private of the Stone Oak pockets, a little over a hundred estate homes behind a staffed gate off Blanco Road, and it runs the way small gated communities do: the committee reads the covenants, the gate admits only who the owner names, and the city permit still applies because the lots are inside San Antonio.

Klema Builders prepares the ACC application, arranges the gate, designs covered patios and pergolas to the house and the oaks, files the city permit, and writes it into a fixed-price quote after a free in-home consult.

## Questions and answers

### Do I need ACC approval and a city permit in Greystone Country Estates?

Both. The property owners association's Architectural Control Committee reviews exterior changes under the covenants, and Greystone is inside San Antonio city limits, so an attached cover or pergola, 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 ACC application first and files the permit once it is approved.

### How does a contractor get through the gate?

You call us in. The gatehouse is staffed around the clock and admits visitors and contractors only when the owner has called them in, so we give you the crew list and schedule before the first day and keep to it.

### Does the recharge zone limit a patio in Greystone?

It can. The city's aquifer ordinance counts patios and sheds as impervious cover and set the cap when the lots were platted, and a permit application asks what a project adds. On estate lots the number is rarely tight, and a pergola over an existing patio or an elevated deck adds nothing. We check the lot before a large slab is drawn.

### Do you handle the permit and the design review in Greystone Country Estates?

Yes. In Greystone Country Estates that means the ACC application to the property owners association first, then the city permit for anything attached, covered, over 30 inches, or wired, plus the crew list for the gatehouse. 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 Greystone Country Estates?

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Greystone 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 landscaping works on a Greystone estate lot?

Deer-resistant beds under the oaks: salvia, Texas sage, rosemary, agave, yucca, native grasses and tough shrubs in rock and mulch with steel edging, low-voltage lighting along the drive and steps, and sod kept to the areas you use. The plan goes to the ACC with the rest of the project.

### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Greystone Country Estates?

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.

### How long does a project take in Greystone Country Estates?

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. ACC 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)
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- [The Forest at Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/forest-at-stone-oak)
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## 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.
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