# Covered patios and pergolas in The Dominion Canonical page: https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/the-dominion The Dominion (78257) is a gated community of more than 1,700 homes on about 1,600 acres with 32 miles of private roads along IH-10 West, inside San Antonio city limits on the Edwards contributing zone. Its self-managed homeowners association's Architectural Control Committee meets the second and fourth Tuesday, and a deck or pergola package needs a surveyor-certified site plan, designer-certified quarter-scale details, samples, signed owner and builder agreements and a compliance deposit. Klema Builders prepares the package, keeps the construction rules and builds fixed-price. The Dominion (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78257. Gated community on IH-10 West at Camp Bullis Road. ## Starting price A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in The Dominion, 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 The Dominion - **ZIP and place** (78257): Inside San Antonio city limits in Council District 8, on IH-10 West at Camp Bullis Road. More than 1,700 homes on about 1,600 acres with 32 miles of private roads, around a country club that opened in 1984 on a Bill Johnston course that hosted a senior tour event for seventeen years. Northside ISD. - **Permit desk** (City of San Antonio Development Services): The city permit still applies inside the gates: per Information Bulletin 151 a deck needs one when it or its roof exceeds 300 square feet or it sits over 30 inches, an attached patio cover or pergola is permitted work, lighting is a separate electrical permit, and a new fence takes a fence permit. The HOA's rules require city codes to be met, and the ACC package is filed first. - **HOA review** (The Dominion Home Owners Association, Architectural Control Committee): The ACC meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 4:30 with packages due by noon the Wednesday before, and reviews decks, fences and walls, pergolas, landscaping, flatwork, pools, paint, solar and additions. The package is the application, the project checklist, signed owner and builder agreements, the review fee, the permit fee and a compliance deposit. The deck and pergola checklists call for a surveyor-certified 1:20 site survey showing easements, setbacks and grading, designer-certified quarter-scale details with elevations, and material and color samples. Fences and walls add a site plan with grades, drainage and trees, photos of all four sides, a paint sample, masonry, iron and gate samples, and footing and column details. - **Construction rules**: Work Monday through Friday 7 to 6:30 and Saturday 8 to 6, never on Sundays or the listed holidays. No tree removal before the ACC permit; every live oak cut sealed for oak wilt; rock cut with a wet saw or in an enclosed station; silt fence up; no parking on Dominion Drive; no equipment left on the street overnight; concrete washout only on the lot. - **Gates**: The main gate on Dominion Drive and the north gate on Aue Road are staffed around the clock; the south gate on Camp Bullis Road runs 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Residents pre-authorize contractors in the gate system, and commercial vehicles are routed to the north and south gates. Our crews are entered before the first day. - **Ground**: Edwards Aquifer contributing zone, not the recharge zone, so the recharge impervious-cover cap does not apply, though state contributing-zone rules cover large disturbances. The land is upper Glen Rose limestone in stair-step hills with rock outcrops and natural swales the HOA protects, along the Leon Creek corridor. Piers are drilled, rock is wet-cut, and drainage follows the swales. - **Lots and homes**: Estate and golf-course lots with custom homes from about 3,000 to well over 7,000 square feet in Mediterranean, Texas Tuscan and Hill Country contemporary styles, many with existing loggias and pools. Covered patios, outdoor kitchens and pergolas that match the house materials are the common projects. ## Why The Dominion is different The Dominion runs its own architectural review at a level most communities reserve for new houses: certified surveys and details for a pergola, samples in hand, a builder agreement and a compliance deposit, meetings twice a month, and construction rules that cover hours, tree cuts, rock cutting and where a truck may park. It is thorough, and it is why the community looks the way it does. Klema Builders assembles the package to the checklists, designs covered patios and pergolas to the house materials and the outcrops, keeps the construction rules, files the city permit, and writes it all into a fixed-price quote after a free in-home consult. ## Questions and answers ### What does The Dominion ACC need for a pergola or patio cover? The full package: the application and project checklist, signed owner and builder agreements, the review fee, the permit fee and a compliance deposit, plus a surveyor-certified 1:20 site survey showing easements, setbacks and grading, designer-certified quarter-scale details with elevations, and material and color samples. Packages are due by noon Wednesday for the second- and fourth-Tuesday meetings. Klema Builders assembles all of it as part of the quote. ### When can a crew work inside The Dominion? Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 to 6, never on Sundays or the community's listed holidays. Rock is cut wet or in an enclosed station, a silt fence goes up, nothing parks on Dominion Drive or stays on the street overnight, and concrete washes out on the lot. We schedule and stage to those rules from day one. ### Do I still need a city permit inside the gates? Yes. The Dominion is inside San Antonio city limits and the HOA requires city codes to be met. An attached patio cover or pergola, a deck over 30 inches or 300 square feet, any lighting circuit and any new fence are permitted by Development Services. We file the ACC package first and the city permit once the committee approves. ### Do you handle the permit and the design review in The Dominion? Yes. In The Dominion that means the ACC package with the certified survey, certified details, samples and agreements, then the city permit, plus pre-authorizing the crew at the gate. 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 Dominion? A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in The Dominion 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. ### How do you handle the live oaks and the rock? No tree is removed before the ACC permit, and every live oak cut is sealed immediately for oak wilt under the construction rules. Piers are drilled into the Glen Rose limestone and rock is wet-cut to keep dust down. Structures are placed to keep the outcrops and natural swales the HOA protects, and drainage follows the swales rather than fighting them. ### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in The Dominion? A 12x12 pergola removal in The Dominion 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 The Dominion? 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 San Antonio](https://klemabuilders.com/decks/san-antonio) - [Fencing in San Antonio](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing/san-antonio) - [Anaqua Springs Ranch](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/anaqua-springs-ranch) - [Elm Creek](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/elm-creek) - [Shavano Park](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/shavano-park) - [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