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Where we build pergolas and pavilions
South Charlotte, Union County in North Carolina, and York and Lancaster County in South Carolina. Our home base is in Waxhaw, NC 28173, and each of the 22 towns and neighborhoods on this page is within about 24 minutes of it.
Custom pergolas: Quoted after we see photos free written quote, no visit needed to quote
Prefer a form? Get a free written quote from your photos and rough sizes.
Find your town
Each town page says what people there usually build and why, what the lot tends to ask for, and who to ask about approvals. Drive times are from our base. On permits and approvals, your town, your county and your HOA have the final word.
Union County, NC
Start with your town or village office. Each one has its own form, and it tells you where a building permit comes from.
- Marvin, NC next door to our base Large lots and pools. Freestanding pergolas, pavilions and the village site plan.
- Waxhaw, NC our home base Builder patios in full sun, and whether the slab can hold the posts.
- Weddington, NC about 7 min Wooded acre lots. The town gives the zoning permit, the county the building permit.
- Stallings, NC about 8 min Smaller patios and lots. A pergola sized to fit, and the town line question.
- Indian Trail, NC about 12 min Family back yards and wood pergolas, with the honest facts about new lumber.
Also served here, without a page of their own: Monroe (about 18 min), Wingate (about 24 min).
Mecklenburg County, NC
Building permits go through Mecklenburg County. Zoning goes through the City of Charlotte or your town.
- Matthews, NC about 10 min Older brick homes and newer ones. Attach to the house, or stand on posts beside it.
- Ballantyne, NC about 10 min Planned neighborhoods, where the drawing for the HOA comes first.
- Providence, NC about 16 min How much shade a pergola really gives, and how to plan for more.
- SouthPark, NC about 20 min Aluminum frames for newer homes, courtyards and pool terraces.
- Myers Park, NC about 23 min Older homes under big trees. Footings placed with care near roots.
Also served here, without a page of their own: South Charlotte (about 13 min), Pineville (about 17 min), Steele Creek (about 20 min), Mint Hill (about 22 min).
York County, SC
First find out if your lot is inside Fort Mill, Tega Cay or Rock Hill, or in unincorporated York County. The office is different.
- Fort Mill, SC about 10 min New homes with bare patios. Attached pergolas, and the town or county question.
- Tega Cay, SC about 15 min A hilly lake peninsula. Level frames on sloped yards.
- Lake Wylie, SC about 20 min Lake lots. Keep the view with a pergola, or take cover under a pavilion.
- Rock Hill, SC about 24 min Pergola repair first, and a rebuild when it is the better deal.
Also served here, without a page of their own: York (about 24 min).
Lancaster County, SC
Indian Land is in unincorporated Lancaster County, so the county is the office to ask.
- Indian Land, SC about 12 min Newer homes set close together. Slat privacy walls and low upkeep aluminum.
What changes from one town to the next
The office
Each town has its own office and form. In Mecklenburg County, building permits go through the county. In South Carolina the first question is whether your lot is inside a town or in the unincorporated county.
The HOA
Many HOAs in Union, Mecklenburg, York and Lancaster County must approve an outdoor structure before work starts. It can take a few weeks. We give you a drawing with the sizes and materials to send in.
The lot
Slopes at the lake, tree roots in older yards, small builder patios in new subdivisions. Each one changes where the posts can stand, and each town page explains its own.
The general rules are in two guides: do you need a permit for a pergola and HOA approval for a pergola.
What stays the same in every town
- You send photos of the space from two corners, the ground surface up close, and the house wall and door if the pergola will attach. Add the rough width and depth. No visit is needed to quote.
- We send a drawing and a free written quote. If your HOA must approve the structure, the drawing has the sizes and materials its form asks for.
- You say yes, and we confirm the exact sizes on site as part of the job, before anything is ordered. Then we build.
Every pergola, pavilion, privacy wall and repair is quoted after we see photos. If your project needs a visit before we can price it, we'll tell you up front, before anyone drives out. See what moves the price on the cost page.
If your project needs a building or zoning permit, the written quote says so, and who files it is agreed in writing before any work starts. The build date goes in the written quote.
North Carolina projects of $40,000 or more are contracted through our licensed general contractor partner. South Carolina projects over $5,000 are contracted through our licensed partner too.
Not on the list? Ask us
Send your photos with your zip code and we tell you if we come to you. The start is the same in every town: photos of the space, its rough size, and a free written quote back.