A fixed-price addition project from our Plano-based DFW team serving The Colony homeowners, with designers, project leads, and tradespeople who finish on the day they said they would. Eleven years, one promise: your quote is your price.
A home addition in The Colony typically runs $120,000 to $400,000, depending on size, whether you build out or up, and how much foundation, roofline, and structural tie-in the project requires. Permits and plan review for additions go through the City of The Colony Building Inspections Department, with plan review tied to the Planning and Development Department and applications handled via the city’s eTRAKiT online portal. A city-specific cost driver here is the original Fox & Jacobs tract housing: many 1970s-90s homes in The Colony sit on slab foundations with modest footprints, so expanding them often means engineered foundation work, matching decades-old brick and rooflines, and upgrading electrical or HVAC capacity to serve the added space. On the higher end, lakefront and golf-course lots in The Tribute carry HOA architectural-review requirements that add design steps. Our fixed-price model locks the number before demolition so the budget does not move mid-project. For a line-item look at where the money goes, see our DFW remodel cost guide.
We handle survey, setbacks, engineering, HOA and permits before demolition. If your lot cannot take the footprint, you will hear it at the first walkthrough.
Fixed scope and a written schedule before anyone breaks ground in your yard.
Many of the original homes in The Colony are compact single-family starter and tract houses that Fox & Jacobs began building in the mid-1970s, so a large share of the city’s housing is now 30 to 50 years old — and the footprints reflect 1970s, 80s, and 90s family sizes. That is exactly why home additions are so common here: rather than leave a Denton County community that sits on Lewisville Lake (earning its “City by the Lake” nickname) and minutes from Grandscape, homeowners in neighborhoods like Eastvale, Austin Ranch, Legends, and Stewart Peninsula add square footage instead of moving. UHS Remodeling designs and builds room additions, primary-suite and second-story expansions, and bump-outs that match The Colony’s brick traditional housing stock. With DFW experience dating to 2014, 500+ five-star reviews, fixed pricing, and a 1-year workmanship warranty, we tie new space into existing homes cleanly.
We build home additions across The Colony, including Willow Bend, Legacy West, Deerfield, Hunters Glen, Russell Creek, and West The Colony Estates.
Site walk, scope (bedroom, master wing, second story), zoning + setback review, budget alignment.
Architectural drawings, structural engineer review, exterior match planning, MEP routing.
City of The Colony plan review, HOA architectural committee, energy code compliance. Average 3-5 weeks.
Foundation, framing, roof tie-in, MEP rough-in, insulation, drywall, finish-out. 12-22 weeks per scope.
Final inspection, punch list, certificate of occupancy filing, 1-year warranty active.
New slab and framing tied into the existing structure.
Matched brick and tinted mortar at the old-to-new seam.
Design and structural engineering run first, and city plan review plus the HOA architectural committee average three to five weeks before anyone breaks ground.
“An addition in The Colony is half permits, half craft. We pre-meet with the city’s plan review before drawings are stamped — that’s why our additions break ground 6 weeks after contract, not 14.”
From our Plano home addition case study — engineering, permits and the brick match. View all →
Which one is right depends on your lot line, your slab and your roof — not on a catalog.
Renderings from our design studies — the finished The Colony projects are above.
Ranges include foundation, framing, roof, systems and finishes — everything but landscaping.
All ranges include architectural drawings, engineering, materials, labor, permits, foundation, framing, MEP, finishes, and 1-year warranty. Sourced against NARI Cost vs. Value 2025 and your city building code requirements.
Single-room addition (250-450 sqft): bedroom, office, sunroom. Exterior match, standard finishes, full MEP.
Master wing or large family room (450-800 sqft): primary suite + bath, formal dining add-on, or great room expansion.
Second story or full custom (800+ sqft): structural foundation work, full second floor, matched exterior, custom millwork.
Additions live or die on setbacks, easements and lot coverage — and every DFW city writes those rules differently. We have permitted additions across The Colony and the neighboring cities, which means we can tell you in one visit whether the footprint you want is legal on your lot.
We deliver home addition across the northern DFW suburbs. See our home addition in Frisco, Allen, and McKinney.
Daniel B. on a DFW job site.
Your construction lead, Daniel B., runs your addition from framing to final inspection.
Sourced from NARI Cost vs. Value 2025, Texas Real Estate Commission, International Code Council, and 11 years of fielding the same calls in The Colony. Looking for ballpark numbers? Try our cost calculator.
Yes. Additions are permitted through the City of The Colony Building Inspections Department, with plan review tied to the Planning and Development Department, and submittals are made via the city’s eTRAKiT online portal. The Colony is entirely in Denton County, so it is a city permit, not a county one. If your home is in The Tribute or another HOA neighborhood, you may also need architectural-committee approval before the city signs off.
Much of The Colony’s housing is original Fox & Jacobs tract and starter homes built from the mid-1970s through the 1990s, with compact footprints sized for that era. Rather than leave a community on Lewisville Lake near Grandscape, owners in areas like Eastvale and Austin Ranch add a primary suite, expand the kitchen, or build a second story. UHS Remodeling matches the new structure to the home’s existing brick and roofline so the addition does not look bolted on.
Most home additions in The Colony fall between $120,000 and $400,000, driven by square footage, whether you go out or up, and how much foundation and structural tie-in is needed. Higher-end lakefront or golf-course additions in The Tribute can exceed that range. UHS Remodeling gives a fixed price up front so the budget is set before work begins.
Single-room additions take 10-18 weeks including permitting. Multi-room wing additions run 6-11 months including design and permitting. Second-story additions and estate-scale projects take 10-16 months.
Yes, second-story additions are permitted in most The Colony residential zones, subject to maximum building height, setback, and lot coverage requirements. Not every original foundation is adequate for a second-story load – we run a structural feasibility check early in design.
Yes. Garage conversions are one of the most cost-effective The Colony additions because the foundation, walls, and roof already exist. We convert garages into home offices, playrooms, gyms, and in-law suites. The conversion requires a permit, new flooring, and HVAC/electrical tie-in.
We source matching or visually identical exterior materials – brick from the same manufacturer or salvaged brick yards, stone matched to the existing, siding and roofing matched. Matching materials may add 3-6 weeks to procurement but ensures the addition does not look bolted-on.
Yes. The The Colony Building Inspection Department requires permits for any addition. Some The Colony neighborhoods also have HOA architectural review requirements. UHS handles both submissions.
Usually, yes – especially for rear additions and garage conversions that do not break into the existing home until the final tie-in phase. For second-story additions, most homeowners relocate for 4-10 weeks during structural phases.
Yes. Every addition we build is engineered by a licensed Texas structural engineer. We handle the full foundation scope and all structural framing including steel beams, load transfers, and second-story floor systems.
Yes. A well-designed The Colony addition typically returns 70-90% of project cost on resale. Master suite expansions and kitchen/great room extensions return close to 100%. An addition also lets a family stay in the neighborhood rather than selling and moving.
Call UHS Remodeling at (469) 850-7087 or fill out the contact form. Free in-home consultation, feasibility assessment, preliminary ROM within 7-10 business days.
North Texas sits on highly expansive clay soil that swells during wet months and shrinks during summer droughts, which can shift foundations by several inches over seasonal cycles. That is why every room addition we build in The Colony and Frisco starts with a foundation plan designed by a licensed structural engineer for the specific soil conditions of the lot. Typical solutions include steel-reinforced slab foundations and concrete piers that reach below the active soil zone, so the new addition moves with the original home instead of pulling away from it. Skipping this step is the most common cause of cracked brick, sticking doors, and separated rooflines in DFW additions.
Tell us what you need more of and we’ll walk the lot, check the setbacks, and give you an honest budget range before you commit to anything.
