Garages + Carports
Real Protection for the Vehicles and Equipment You Care About.
Custom detached garages, attached carports and steel structures designed around your property — and built to look like they belong on it.
Garage + Carport Overview
Between hail season, summer sun and everything a household accumulates, covered and enclosed vehicle space is one of the most practical structures you can add. The difference between a kit and a custom build is whether it works with your property — and whether it still looks right in ten years.
Structure Types
Materials + Appearance
Both approaches have their place. Steel buildings go up fast, span wide without interior posts, and suit workshops and equipment storage. A conventionally framed structure can match your home's roofline, stone, siding and trim — which matters when the building sits in plain view, or when the HOA has opinions.
Clear-span interiors, fast construction and durable finishes — strong for workshops, RV storage and equipment bays.
Framed and finished to carry the home's roof pitch, materials and details — the structure reads as part of the property, not an add-on.
Sizing + Layout
The most common regret with garages is building them too small. We plan the footprint, door sizes, ceiling height and layout around the vehicles and equipment you have — plus the ones you're likely to add.
Slab + Foundation
Central Texas soils move. A garage slab that isn't engineered for the structure, the soil and the loads it will carry — including lifts and heavy equipment — shows it within a few years. We treat the foundation as part of the design, not a line item.
Permitting + HOA
Garages and carports touch more rules than most outdoor structures — setbacks, impervious cover limits, height restrictions and HOA architectural review all vary between the City of Austin, Travis, Williamson and Hays County jurisdictions. As part of qualifying design-build projects, we determine what applies to your address and coordinate the paperwork.
The Design-Build Process
A garage touches design, engineering, concrete, framing, electrical and permitting. Our design-build process keeps all of it in one conversation. See how our process works.
We look at access, approach, drainage, setbacks and where the structure belongs on the site.
Footprint, doors, roofline and finishes designed to your vehicles, equipment and architecture.
Slab design, drawings, engineering and permitting or HOA documentation coordinated by our team.
One crew, one point of contact — from the pour through doors, power and final walkthrough.
Related Projects
Common Garage + Carport Questions
Specific answers about structures, sizing, foundations and permits. Anything else — call us at (512) 878-3892.
It depends on your lot, setbacks, access and how you'll use the space. Attached structures offer covered access to the house; detached garages suit workshops, lifts and equipment and keep noise and fumes away from the home. We evaluate both options during the first visit.
Yes. Steel buildings are a strong option for workshops, RV and equipment storage — clear-span interiors and fast construction. Where appearance or HOA rules call for it, we also build conventionally framed structures matched to your home's materials.
Yes. We study roof pitch, exterior materials, proportions and details before designing, so the finished structure looks like it was drawn with the original home.
Bigger than you think. We plan around the vehicles and equipment you own now — trucks, boats, trailers, lifts — plus likely additions, with door sizes, ceiling height and depth to match.
That depends on the structure, soil conditions and loads. Slab thickness, reinforcement and footings are engineered for the project — including lift points and heavy equipment — and utilities are roughed in before the pour.
Usually, yes. Requirements vary between the City of Austin, surrounding county jurisdictions and HOAs — including setbacks, impervious cover and height limits. As part of qualifying design-build projects, we determine what applies and coordinate the permitting process.
Yes. Where a neighborhood requires architectural review, we prepare and coordinate the drawings and information needed for submission.
Yes. Workshops, lofts, storage and flex space are common. Where allowed, structures can be designed for future living quarters — planned into the engineering from the start.
Cost depends on size, structure type, foundation requirements, finishes and utilities. We provide a detailed estimate after walking the property and understanding what the building needs to do.
Yes. We build across Greater Austin and the surrounding Hill Country communities, including Lakeway, Bee Cave, Dripping Springs, Liberty Hill, Avery Ranch, Driftwood and Horseshoe Bay.
Field-tested judgment on foundations, structure, drainage and the details that age well.
Design, engineering, permitting and construction coordinated by one team.
Owners involved in the work, building where we live since 2006.
Know what’s happening, what’s next, and who is responsible — without having to ask.
Tell us what you need to protect, store or build. We’ll help you think through placement, size and the right structure for your home.
