01 / Kitchens and baths
Kitchen and bath remodels
Kitchens that open to a family room, primary suites and guest baths. In a long floor plan, drain slope and hot-water travel to the far bathroom go into the layout early.
Kitchen guide Bathroom guideService area · Garden Ridge, Texas
Garden Ridge remodels, additions and covered patios
Sandstone Construction & Remodeling remodels kitchens and bathrooms, builds additions and adds covered patios to Garden Ridge homes. Garden Ridge is an incorporated city with a Building Inspections office of its own, so projects here follow Garden Ridge codes and zoning rather than New Braunfels rules.
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02 / More space
Home additions
A bedroom wing, guest suite or wider living room. On a generous lot the real limits tend to be setbacks and impervious cover, not open ground.
Home additions guide03 / Shade
Covered patios
Patio covers and porches for July afternoons, with the roof tied cleanly into the house and storm water carried away from the slab.
Decks and patios guidePermits and review
Garden Ridge handles its own permits
Garden Ridge lies in Comal County, but building permits inside its city limits come from the City of Garden Ridge Building Inspections office at 9400 Municipal Parkway, Garden Ridge, TX 78266. The Building Inspector reviews plans and applications for building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and fuel gas work. The city cites the International Residential Code, the International Plumbing Code for plumbing, and its own ordinances, including the Zoning Ordinance.
For work that needs a permit, the application goes to the city before construction begins. Plumbing and wiring changes are itemized in the first estimate, and current forms and requirements are confirmed with the city for each job. For a home inside New Braunfels city limits, see our New Braunfels remodel permits guide.
Lots and zoning
Big lots still have limits
The city’s Zoning Ordinance (No. 13-102024, as posted on the city website in October 2026) sets the figures that decide where an addition or patio can go. Before drawing anything, we confirm your lot’s district on the zoning map and add up the existing roof, driveway and flatwork to see how much impervious cover remains. With a pool and a long drive, that number can be smaller than expected.
- Residential Estate (RE) lots are generally three-quarters of an acre or larger, with setbacks of 45 feet in front, 15 feet at interior sides and rear, and 25 feet on a corner side.
- Impervious cover is capped at 35 percent of the lot in RE and the Agriculture and Agricultural Homestead (AG) district, and 50 percent in Residential Neighborhood (RN). Septic can change the allowance.
- The main house must have at least 2,000 square feet of habitable space in RE and AG, and 1,000 in RN.
- Height is limited to 35 feet in all three residential districts.
Outdoor rooms
Covered patios: attached or freestanding
The ordinance treats a patio, deck or pool attached to the house as part of the main structure, so an attached patio cover must respect the home’s setbacks, and its slab and roof count toward impervious cover.
A freestanding pavilion is an accessory structure: behind the front of the house, out of setbacks and easements, and no taller than the home. Lots under three-quarters of an acre may have up to two accessory structures totaling at most 1,000 square feet; lots of three-quarters of an acre or more, up to three totaling 3,000. They may cover at most 30 percent of the rear or side yard, and a pavilion needs a planted screen unless a 6-foot fence, a wall or existing vegetation screens it from neighboring lots and streets.
Any accessory structure must be built to resemble the house in materials, design and color. Outside the AG district, one of 300 square feet or more must also meet the main house’s exterior material requirements.
Inside the house
Remodeling a larger home
Opening a kitchen to the family room may mean removing a wall, and then the beam and posts are sized before demolition. Owners of bigger homes often group rooms, such as every bathroom at once, to keep the disruption to one stretch; our whole-home remodeling guide explains the sequencing.
Useful to have when you call
- Subdivision name, lot and block, or street address
- A survey or plat showing lines and easements
- HOA or architectural committee guidelines
- Whether the house is on septic or city sewer
Common questions
Garden Ridge project questions
Who issues building permits for a Garden Ridge address?
The City of Garden Ridge, through its Building Inspections office at 9400 Municipal Parkway. New Braunfels permit rules don’t apply inside Garden Ridge city limits. Any permit for the job is issued to the contractor of record.
Can we build a detached guest house instead of an addition?
Possibly. The zoning ordinance allows one accessory dwelling per lot in the RE and AG districts, with conditions, but not in RN. It must meet the main home’s setbacks, its living area can’t exceed half that of the main house, and the owner or an authorized lessee must live in the main house.
Will I need a tree removal permit for an addition?
Generally not under the city’s ordinance: its tree preservation section, which includes the Tree Removal Permit, exempts single-family residential properties, citing state law. Mature trees near the work still deserve care, so access routes and material storage are planned to keep heavy equipment off their roots.
Sandstone Construction & Remodeling
306 River Bend Dr, New Braunfels, TX 78130
Call (830) 400-4369 to talk through your Garden Ridge project. Office hours 8 AM–11 PM daily.
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