Completed outdoor living project by True Star Outdoor Solutions
Backyard Remodels · Allen, Texas

Allen outdoor living,
engineered around North Texas soil, drainage and weather.

Allen's Twin Creeks and StarCreek streets are exactly what our covered outdoor rooms were designed for: established, HOA-kept neighborhoods on classic Blackland clay. It's the same soil story as McKinney and east Frisco, and the same engineered answer, drilled footings, shingle-matched roofs, and rooms that read original to the house.

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500+outdoor projects completed
100+projects completed annually
2-Yearwritten workmanship warranty
The Allen market

What backyards are worth building here.

Typical True Star remodel
$20,091 median across our completed projects; most run $11,700 to $32,400
Median home value
About $524,000 as of mid-2026 market reporting; steady, established market
Growth outlook to 2030
Largely built out and stable; remodel demand holds as housing stock matures
What's selling in backyards here
Covered patios and outdoor rooms, the signature build for Allen's established lots
Home-value figures per mid-2026 North Texas market reporting, rounded · project figures from our completed-project records
Top communities & HOAs

Built for Allen's best streets.

Twin Creeks StarCreek Montgomery Farm Waterford Trails

We like working with HOAs. Architectural review exists to protect your neighborhood's value, and we prepare your drawings, materials list, and engineering to your association's standard so your packet is ready to pass the first time you submit it. If your community isn't listed, we serve all of Allen.

Permits, setbacks & approvals

The Allen permit manual.

Allen permits covered structures through Community Development's Building & Permitting division. Code adoption is on the July 28, 2026 council agenda, requirements may tighten; ask us for current status before you design.

Needs a permit
Covered structures and utilities through Community Development, Building and Permitting
Submittal package
Plans plus engineering; requirements may tighten after the July 28, 2026 code-adoption vote, we re-verify after
Process
City review, permit, staged inspections
HOA layer
Twin Creeks and StarCreek ARCs review before work
Setbacks
Setback lines per your zoning district, with possible changes after the 2026 code adoption; we verify current lines before design
Who handles it
True Star runs your city permit entirely, with the code-vote watch included. For Twin Creeks or StarCreek ARC, we prepare your full packet so it's ready to submit alongside the city process. Included on all structures
Source: City of Allen Building and PermittingLast field-verified July 19, 2026
Ground truth

What Allen is built on.

Dominant soils

Blackland Prairie: Houston Black and related clays across nearly all of Allen

Expansion behavior

Classic vertisol, plasticity index commonly 40 to 60, very high shrink-swell

What it means for your build

Identical soil story to McKinney and east Frisco, and the same engineered answer

Per USDA NRCS soil survey data · Houston Black official series description · full engineering detail in our clay & drainage guide
One team, start to finish
Design, permits, and build,
handled for Allen.

Real line-itemized numbers, milestone payments, and a written 2-year workmanship warranty. Millions of dollars in completed outdoor projects across North DFW since 2020.

City permit fully handled, HOA packet prepared for you, on every structure