# Pergolas and patio covers in Kinder Ranch Canonical page: https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/kinder-ranch Kinder Ranch (78260) is a master-planned community of about 1,360 homes north of Borgfeld Drive along Kinder Parkway, in San Antonio's ETJ outside any annexation agreement, on the Edwards contributing zone draining to Cibolo Creek, built from 2010 to today by Sitterle, Perry, Ashton Woods and Toll Brothers; no city or county building permit applies to a deck, pergola, patio cover or fence, and the SA Kinder Ranch Property Owners Association, managed by RealManage, reviews the design. Klema Builders prepares the submission and builds fixed-price. Kinder Ranch (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78260. Master-planned community along Kinder Parkway north of Borgfeld Drive, in the San Antonio ETJ. ## Starting price A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Kinder Ranch, San Antonio starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. ## What we build here - [Pergolas](https://klemabuilders.com/pergolas): Cedar, aluminum, louvered and bioclimatic. - [Covered Patios](https://klemabuilders.com/covered-patios): Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade. - [Fencing](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing): Cedar privacy, horizontal board, and wrought iron. - [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks. ## Building in Kinder Ranch - **ZIP and place** (78260): North of East Borgfeld Drive and west of US 281, along Kinder Parkway with Bulverde Road on the east side, in the Kinder Northeast, Kinder West and Kinder Ranch plats that carry the Prospect Creek and Sunday Creek section names. About 1,360 homes built from 2010 to 2024 with a median year of 2019 and building still under way, including Toll Brothers' gated section opened in 2023. Comal ISD, with Kinder Ranch Elementary, Pieper Ranch Middle and Pieper High all on Kinder Parkway. - **Permit desk** (None: ETJ without a city agreement): Outside San Antonio city limits in the ETJ and, unlike Canyon Springs, outside any agreement that applies the city's codes, so Development Services issues no residential building, deck, patio or fence permit here; the city's permit records for Kinder Ranch streets show only irrigation backflow and tree affidavits. Bexar County has no residential building permit either. A county floodplain development permit applies only if the work sits in a mapped floodplain, read for the lot. - **HOA review** (SA Kinder Ranch Property Owners Association): The association, registered in 2007 and managed by RealManage, takes architectural and landscape requests through its property manager, with Prospect Creek and Kinder West/Sunday Creek as sub-associations. The committee's name, guidelines, fence stain rules and turnaround are not published, so they are read from the declaration recorded for the lot. Because no city inspects, the association's written approval is the project's paper trail and is kept with the contract. - **Ground**: Edwards Aquifer contributing zone on every street, draining to Cibolo Creek, over upper Glen Rose limestone with thin stony soil, so pergola and cover posts are rock-drilled. Slab type per lot is not published and is checked before a ledger is bolted to the house. - **Lots and homes**: Median lot about a fifth of an acre, most between 0.15 and 0.30 acre, with new stone-and-stucco homes of roughly 2,250 to 3,600 square feet on 60- to 90-foot lots. The yards are flat and compact and came with a builder fence, which puts cedar pergolas, patio covers and fence upgrades ahead of raised decks. ## Why Kinder Ranch is different Kinder Ranch is the newest of the far North Side pockets, built from 2010 on in San Antonio's ETJ with no city building permit at all, which makes the Property Owners Association's approval both the only gate and the only record. The yards are flat, compact and already fenced, on the Edwards contributing zone over Glen Rose limestone, so the work here is cedar pergolas, patio covers and fence upgrades more than raised decks. Klema Builders reads the declaration for the lot, prepares the RealManage submission, rock-drills the posts, keeps the association's written approval with the contract, and quotes fixed-price after a free in-home consult. ## Questions and answers ### Do I need a permit for a pergola or patio cover in Kinder Ranch? No city permit. Kinder Ranch is in San Antonio's ETJ without the agreement that pulls the city's codes into Canyon Springs, and the city's permit records show no deck, patio or fence permits here; Bexar County has no residential building permit. The Kinder Ranch Property Owners Association's approval is the gate, and Klema Builders prepares that submission, checks the floodplain map for the lot and keeps the approval letter with the contract. ### What does the Kinder Ranch HOA review? Architectural and landscape changes, through the RealManage property manager, with Prospect Creek and Sunday Creek handled by their sub-associations. The guidelines are not posted, so Klema Builders reads the declaration for your lot, designs to it, and files the submission with the site plan, materials, stain color and any lighting. ### How much does a deck, pergola or covered patio cost in Kinder Ranch? A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Kinder Ranch 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. ### Can I replace the builder fence with a taller cedar privacy fence? Usually, subject to the association's fence rules on height, style and stain, which are read for your section. There is no city fence permit here. Klema Builders core-drills the posts into the limestone, matches the cap rail and stain the association allows, and submits the design before the crew arrives. ### Do you handle the permit and the design review in Kinder Ranch? Yes. In Kinder Ranch that means the Property Owners Association submission under the declaration for your lot; there is no city permit, and the county's floodplain permit applies only in a mapped floodplain. 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 long does a project take in Kinder Ranch? 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. Association review typically takes 2 to 4 weeks, and there is no city permit to wait on. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract. ### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Kinder Ranch? A 12x12 pergola removal in Kinder Ranch 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. ## Nearby pages - [Decks in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/decks/stone-oak) - [Fencing in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing/stone-oak) - [Canyon Springs](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/canyon-springs) - [The Forest at Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/forest-at-stone-oak) - [Champions Ridge](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/champions-ridge) - [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