University Park Landscaping & Outdoor Living Company

Most design-build projects in University Park land between $30,000-$180,000, depending on how much hardscape and outdoor living you include. A focused upgrade like a patio or a lighting system costs less; a larger project that covers the whole property costs more.

• Paver Patios starts around $5,000
• Landscape Lighting starts around $2,000
• Drainage Solutions starts around $2,000

Pricing here reflects what University Park homeowners expect and what North Texas soil demands underneath. Cheaper bids usually save money on the base, the drainage, or the reinforcement you cannot see, which is exactly where a project fails two years later. After your design you get a fixed-scope proposal, so the number you agree to is the number you pay.

University Park's smaller, high-value lots reward thoughtful space planning and detail, every square foot is designed to count.

University Park sits in Dallas County, and like most of Dallas-Fort Worth it is built on heavy clay. That soil swells when it takes on water and shrinks when it dries, which is why patios shift, walls lean, and water ends up against foundations when the groundwork is rushed. Every project we build here starts with grade and drainage before anything decorative goes in.

We design and build across University Park, including Volk Estates, Caruth Hills, McFarlin, and Fondren. We work throughout 75205, 75225. Our crews work near SMU, Snider Plaza, Williams Park, so we know the area rather than just the address.

We also serve nearby Highland Park, Preston Hollow, Bluffview, Dallas.

Yes. University Park is its own city, and its Community Development Department permits outdoor work before it starts. The City requires permits for new irrigation, electrical and plumbing work, fences, accessory structures, and driveways and sidewalks. Any fence, wall, screen or retaining wall needs a permit before it is built. A retaining wall over three feet tall also needs a detailed drawing signed and sealed by a professional engineer, and the City inspects walls and fences once they are finished. We prepare the plans and work with the City and the registered licensed trades on the project to get the permit filed and the inspections requested, so you are not the one chasing paperwork.

Getting this wrong is expensive. Building without a permit can mean removing finished work, which is the most costly way to save time.

The work that comes up most often here is landscape design, paver patios, landscape lighting. That reflects how University Park properties are built and what ultra high-income, classic homeowners here tend to invest in.

Because we are a design-build firm, one team handles the design, the hardscape, the planting, the drainage, and the lighting. You get one point of contact and one company accountable for the whole property, in University Park, TX and across the metroplex.