The strip between the back door and the alley garage is where the family gets privacy outside, and a cover makes it usable most months. Serving University Park and all of Dallas County.
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University Park has been fully built out for decades, and its deep, alley-loaded lots leave a back yard between the house and the garage that is often the only private outdoor space. A well-built cover turns that yard into shade you can use most of the year.
Here the cover shares the strip behind the house with the alley garage, so every foot counts. We work out how much room the coverage limit leaves before you settle on a design, then size the roof and eaves to fit inside it. We also mark where the garage door, gate and trash path sit, so posts never block the trip you make every day. The application then goes in complete and stays out of the rejected pile.
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An attached roof spanning the gap from the back door toward the garage.
A shed roof that keeps the eaves tight in a narrow yard.
A separate shaded spot placed where the city’s setbacks allow.
Ceiling fans and lights over the seating, switched from inside.
If you are torn between two sizes or roof styles, a 3D rendering settles it faster than a sketch. We can draw your cover in place and adjust it with you until it looks right.
It is available on request for University Park projects, so just ask.
Ask about a 3D rendering
Streets around Snider Plaza, SMU and Preston Center fall under city review rather than HOAs, so the city’s plan review is the approval that matters. We match the roof pitch, shingle or metal finish and trim color to the house and size the cover to fit the rear-yard coverage the city allows.
Source: City of University Park Code Enforcement City of University Park Building Permits City of University Park Residential Plan Submittal Checklist
Every cover needs a permit, and the application has to clear a completeness meeting before plan review even begins. Estrada brings a full, accurate plan set so it is accepted on the first pass.
Give us your choices early: roof style, fan and light spots, and any outlets you want. A packet missing one of those can be turned away at intake. We assemble the survey, the distances and the coverage numbers, and we walk through the full set with you before it goes in.
Small choices like fan models are easy. Changes to size, height or post locations are different, because the city expects the finished cover to match what it approved. Those changes go back through review, so we settle the layout with you before anything is submitted.
Often more than in a big one. When the back yard is your one private spot outdoors, shade over even part of it makes it usable through the summer. We size the roof to leave open lawn or planting beside it, so the yard does not feel crowded.
We walk your University Park yard, give you a straight price, and show you how the cover is built and tied in.