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

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

North Dallas is renovation country: established lots, mature trees, and backyards overdue for the room they deserve. We bring masterplan-grade design-build inside the city line, drainage corrected first, then the outdoor room, with City of Dallas paperwork handled as part of the job.

4.9★from 50+ Google reviews
500+outdoor projects completed
100+projects completed annually
2-Yearwritten workmanship warranty
The Dallas 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
Varies widely by neighborhood; our work concentrates in North Dallas
Growth outlook to 2030
North Dallas remodel demand tracks the strength of its established neighborhoods
What's selling in backyards here
Backyard renovations on established lots, drainage corrected first, then the outdoor room
Home-value figures per mid-2026 North Texas market reporting, rounded · project figures from our completed-project records
Top communities & HOAs

Built for Dallas's best streets.

Preston Hollow Bent Tree Lake Highlands Midway Hollow

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 Dallas.

Permits, setbacks & approvals

The Dallas permit manual.

City of Dallas requires permits for covered structures through Development Services, a more involved process than suburban cities, with plan review timelines to plan around. We handle submittal and tracking.

Needs a permit
Covered structures and utility work through Dallas Development Services, a deeper process than the suburbs
Submittal package
Plans and structural sheets; conservation districts add exterior review in some neighborhoods
Process
Plan review timelines run longer than suburban cities; build them into the schedule honestly
HOA layer
Ranges from none to strict conservation-district review; we confirm your street before design
Setbacks
Setbacks vary by zoning district and conservation-district rules; we confirm your street's lines before design
Who handles it
True Star, including the patience for Dallas's longer review timelines. Permit application, structural sheets, and any conservation-district submittal, handled without a single call from you. Included on all structures
Source: City of Dallas Development ServicesLast field-verified July 19, 2026
Ground truth

What Dallas is built on.

Dominant soils

Varies by neighborhood: Austin Chalk along the White Rock escarpment, Eagle Ford clays west of it, Trinity terrace alluvium near the river corridors

Expansion behavior

North Dallas clays are expansive; chalk-adjacent lots are more stable but shallow to rock

What it means for your build

Neighborhood matters more than city here. We confirm what your street sits on before the design is priced

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 Dallas.

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