Handyman in Argyle, for big lots and newer houses
Acreage, horses, septic, and a town that wants a permit for every shed and pergola. Send the list and you'll get one price within 24 hours.
Argyle is a different kind of handyman job from the rest of our map. The services are the ones we offer everywhere, but a two-acre lot with horses on it changes how a playset or a gazebo goes in.
What's different about Argyle?
The lots, first of all. Zoning runs from 10,000-square-foot lots up to 5-acre tracts, and horses are allowed on the larger ones. Nearly every home is a detached house, almost all owner-occupied. It's young too: the median house was built in 2002, and about one in six went up in 2020 or later. New houses tend to need things put up rather than fixed: TVs, shelves, playsets, a gym in the garage.
Does a shed or pergola need a permit?
Yes, whatever the size. Argyle took the usual small-shed exemption out of its building code, and the town's list of projects that need a permit includes accessory structures, arbors and pergolas. Setbacks are the same as the house's, with one exception: a portable building of 120 square feet or less, with a ridge no higher than 8.5 feet, can sit 4 feet from the side and rear lines. Unpainted galvanized siding isn't allowed anywhere.
Am I actually in Argyle?
Worth checking. The Harvest HOA says the community sits in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Northlake and Argyle, not inside the town limits, and Canyon Falls spreads across Flower Mound, Northlake and Argyle. An Argyle mailing address doesn't settle which permit office you deal with. Waterbrook, Lakes of Argyle and Country Lakes are inside the town. All of them are on our map, along with Lewisville, Keller and Frisco.
Before you book
Send the list with photos. For anything going outside, a wide shot of the spot helps, and on acreage, where we should park.
Call (469) 577-1791Small ones do: under 120 square feet and under 8.5 feet at the ridge. Bigger than that, in the SF-1, SF-20 and SF-10 districts, a building has to match the house's exterior, which rules out most metal kits.
No. Argyle regulates on-site sewage systems more strictly than the state minimum, and even routine maintenance must be done by a registered provider. What we can do is keep a shed or a playset well clear of the drain field.
Yes, every time. An open acre catches more wind than a fenced suburban yard, and a trampoline that isn't staked down will find the nearest fence.
We do, and in Waterbrook, Lakes of Argyle and Country Lakes. For outdoor projects in any of them, check the HOA's rules before you order anything.