Patio covers and pergolas in Sonterra, Rogers Ranch
Sonterra's Architectural Review Committee meets the first and third Thursday and publishes its fence spec: 6-foot cedar or iron, stucco-and-iron on golf lots.
What we build in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch
Covered Patios
Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade.
Pergolas
Cedar, aluminum, louvered and bioclimatic.
Removal & Haul-Away
Decks, pergolas, sheds, fences, hot tubs, haul-away.
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 Sonterra and Rogers Ranch, San Antonio starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. Covered patio, pergola or a bigger deck in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch? You get a fixed price in writing within 3 to 5 business days.
Price my projectBuilding in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch
Stone Oak area, US 281 at Loop 1604 and Northwest Military at 1604
- ZIP and place78258, south edge of Rogers Ranch in 78248
- Sonterra is the golf-course heart of Stone Oak, the master plan Dan Parman launched in 1985 as Bexar County's first master-planned community; the Club at Sonterra has two 18-hole courses. Rogers Ranch is the 1,780-acre Rogers family tract at Loop 1604 and Northwest Military, developed after 1993 agreements with the city, with roughly 2,300 homes. Both are inside San Antonio city limits and zoned to North East ISD.
- Permit deskCity 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; an attached patio cover or pergola is permitted work; a new fence or a repair of more than a quarter of one takes a fence permit; side and rear fences are typically 6 feet, with 8 feet allowed on slopes to keep the top level or against a park, arterial or commercial line. Both pockets sit on the recharge zone, where the city's aquifer ordinance caps impervious cover at platting and the permit asks what a project adds.
- Sonterra reviewSonterra Property Owners Association, Architectural Review Committee
- The ARC meets the first and third Thursday with submittals due by noon the Tuesday before, and reviews additions, pools, decks, patios, fences, colors, materials, playscapes, outbuildings and landscaping across sixteen neighborhoods that each carry their own covenants. A deck submittal is a site plan with location and size, materials with paint or stain samples, a rear and side elevation with height, skirting and steps, a photo of the house, and a roofing sample if covered. The association also publishes a xeriscape design policy, a walls and fences maintenance policy and a pool enclosure policy.
- Sonterra fence specFence and Wall Details
- 6-foot cedar privacy: 1x6 cedar pickets, 2x4 rails, 4x4 posts no more than 12 feet apart, a 2x8 cap and 1x4 trim, on a concrete footing at least 8 by 18 inches. 6-foot wrought iron: 3/4-inch pickets 6 inches on center on 4-inch tubular posts 10 feet apart. Golf-course lots: a 2-foot stucco block wall topped with 4 feet of iron. Iron color is subject to committee approval.
- Rogers Ranch review
- There is no single Rogers Ranch association. Crosstimber, Point Bluff, Falling Brook and Salado Canyon are gated sub-associations with their own committees and covenants, alongside an east owners association and a parkway association. The first step on a Rogers Ranch quote is identifying which one governs the lot; approvals run on the statutory 30-day clock, and greenbelt and canyon lots typically carry iron rear lines.
- Gates and hours
- Sonterra runs a 24-hour patrol and a control center that adds a contractor for 48 hours or permanently through the association. Contractor hours are 7 to 6:30 April through October, 7 to 6 in March and November, 7 to 5 December through February, Saturdays 8 to 5, no Sundays or holidays; after-hours crews are escorted out. Rogers Ranch gates are managed by each sub-association.
- Ground
- Edwards Group limestone with active karst: Bear Cave and Cub Cave in Stone Oak Park are documented recharge features, and Rogers Ranch drains into the Salado Creek headwater canyons. Piers are drilled to rock, patios are graded to daylight and never toward a sinkhole, and long fence runs step down the slope.
- Lots and homes
- Sonterra's golf and estate lots were built out from the mid-1980s through the 2000s; Rogers Ranch mostly 2000 to 2010, homes of 2,200 to 3,500 square feet on lots from about a sixth to a third of an acre under heavy oak canopy. Builder-grade pergolas and covers from those years are now the usual takedown before a new covered patio.
Same six steps in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch
- Step 1: Consult
- Step 2: Design and scope
- Step 3: Materials
- Step 4: Permits and HOA
- Step 5: Build
- Step 6: Walk-through
What Sonterra and Rogers Ranch homeowners ask first
What does the Sonterra ARC need for a pergola, deck or patio cover?
A site plan showing location and size, the materials with paint or stain samples, a rear and side elevation with the height, skirting and steps, a photo of the house, and a roofing sample if the structure is covered. Submittals are due by noon Tuesday for the first- and third-Thursday meetings, and your neighborhood's own covenants apply on top. Klema Builders prepares the submittal and files the city permit once it is approved.
What fence does Sonterra allow?
The association publishes the detail. A 6-foot cedar privacy fence is 1x6 pickets on 2x4 rails and 4x4 posts no more than 12 feet apart with a 2x8 cap and 1x4 trim, footed at least 8 by 18 inches in concrete. A 6-foot wrought iron fence is 3/4-inch pickets 6 inches on center on 4-inch posts 10 feet apart. Golf-course lots get a 2-foot stucco wall with 4 feet of iron above it. Iron color goes to the committee. We build exactly to that sheet.
Which HOA do I submit to in Rogers Ranch?
It depends on the gate you drive through. Crosstimber, Point Bluff, Falling Brook and Salado Canyon each have their own committee and covenants, and the east and parkway associations sit alongside them. We identify the governing association from the plat and the management certificate before the quote, then prepare that committee's submittal; Texas law gives it 30 days to answer.
What hours can a crew work in Sonterra?
7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. April through October, 7 to 6 in March and November, 7 to 5 December through February, Saturdays 8 to 5, never on Sundays or holidays. Contractors are added at the control center for 48 hours or permanently through the association, and crews still on site after hours are escorted out. We schedule to the season's hours from the start.
Do you handle the permit and the design review in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch?
Yes. Here that means identifying the association that governs the lot, preparing its committee submittal to the published spec, then filing the city permit for anything attached, covered, over 30 inches, or wired. 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 Sonterra and Rogers Ranch?
A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Sonterra 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 does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch?
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 in Sonterra or Rogers Ranch?
It can. Both sit on the Edwards recharge zone, where the city capped impervious cover when the subdivisions were platted, and a permit application asks how much a project adds, normally just the size of the deck or slab. Most residential covers fit easily; a large new slab is checked against the lot's number first, and a pergola over an existing patio adds nothing.
How long does a project take in Sonterra and Rogers 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. Committee 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.
Built for Sonterra and Rogers Ranch lots, reviewed the first time.
Free in-home consult in Sonterra and Rogers Ranch, then a written fixed-price quote in 3 to 5 business days.