Landscaping Services in Tanglewood, Houston

For most exterior work, yes. THA states that any work outside the home requires its approval, and names fencing, driveways, pools, additions and new construction specifically. Simple projects need a one-page approval letter and a site plan showing the location. Pools, additions and new homes need a full plan set, a scaled site plan, architectural drawings, a materials and colours description, a tree survey and disposition plan, and a topographical survey before demolition. We handle the submittal.

THA advises that approval can take up to ten days, and longer if the submittal is incomplete. On variances the association is direct: they will generally not be granted. That is why we draw the design to comply from the start rather than submitting something optimistic and negotiating. A builders deposit agreement is required for all pools and for any project over $25,000.

An arborist or forester — THA requires the tree survey and disposition plan to be prepared by one. We arrange it as part of the project. It is worth understanding why it exists: Tanglewood lots are large, the replacement houses are very large, and the buildable footprint now often runs close to live oaks that have been there since the 1950s. The survey is how the association protects the streetscape those trees create.

In the sunnier parts, yes. Across most of the interior of a mature Tanglewood lot, no — the canopy is too closed for St. Augustine to hold, and reseeding produces the same result each time. The realistic design uses shade-tolerant planting and expanded beds where the shade is deep, artificial turf where you need usable open ground, and natural sod only where the light genuinely supports it.

Tanglewood has no natural bayou or creek running through it. Drainage is piped storm sewer heading north to Buffalo Bayou, so what residents experience in heavy rain is a capacity problem in the street system rather than a bayou overtopping its banks. On a lot that sits low relative to the street, the design answer is on-site: grading, area drains and where the water is held before the system can take it.

We work on private lots throughout all twenty-three sections. The esplanade itself is not homeowner ground — THA maintains the common areas, entrances, medians and cul-de-sacs, and the live oaks along Tanglewood Boulevard were planted by the Tanglewood Garden Club. What we do on a lot facing it is design so the private planting reads as continuous with that streetscape rather than competing with it.