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

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

The Colony is our biggest-ticket city: the typical True Star remodel here runs $47,600, driven by full outdoor-room builds in The Tribute and the lakeside streets off FM 423. Two of the four real projects in our budget-tiers guide were built here, including a $74,500 full backyard transformation.

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The The Colony market

What backyards are worth building here.

Typical remodel here
$47,600 median, the highest in our books, driven by full outdoor-room builds
Builds in The Colony
Up to $78,200; two of the four projects in our budget-tiers guide were built here
Median home value
More attainable than Collin County's premium cities, which is exactly why owners invest in the backyard
Growth outlook to 2030
Lakeside corridor keeps densifying; established streets remodel rather than move
What's selling in backyards here
Full backyard transformations and covered patio extensions
Home-value figures per mid-2026 North Texas market reporting, rounded · project figures from our completed-project records
Top communities & HOAs

Built for The Colony's best streets.

The Tribute Austin Ranch Stewart Peninsula Legend Crest

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 The Colony.

Permits, setbacks & approvals

The The Colony permit manual.

The Colony permits roofed patio structures through its Community Development/Building Inspections department, plan review plus engineering for attached covers. We run the process start to finish.

Needs a permit
Roofed patio structures, attached covers, and utility work through Community Development / Building Inspections
Under 120 sq ft
The Colony's own rule: patios and covers under 120 square feet and under 30 inches high don't need a city permit at all. Most covered outdoor rooms we build are bigger than that threshold, we tell you exactly which rules apply to your design before you pay for drawings
Submittal package
Plans plus engineering for attached structures
Process
City plan review, permit, staged inspections through final
HOA layer
The Tribute's architectural review is detailed on exterior materials and rooflines; submit before mobilizing
Setbacks
Setback lines and lake-adjacent easements shape where a cover can sit; we confirm your exact lines from the plat before design
Who handles it
True Star runs your city permit start to finish: application, engineering, and every inspection. For The Tribute's ARC, we prepare your full packet, drawings, materials, and shingle-match specs, ready to submit. Included on all structures
Ground truth

What The Colony is built on.

Dominant soils

Denton County transition ground: Eagle Ford-derived expansive clays mixed with sandier Woodbine-influenced pockets near the lake

Expansion behavior

Variable lot to lot, expansive clay zones behave like Blackland; sandy pockets drain fast but settle. The variability is the hazard

What it means for your build

We treat every Colony lot as its own soil problem: base spec holds, drainage gets designed per yard, and footings are sized to what the dirt actually is

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

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