Garden Oaks · Planning guide
Use this checklist to prepare site notes, compare scopes and check the requirements for your address.
Deed restrictions are recorded by section and are not interchangeable; find yours on the deed-restrictions page. The Garden Oaks Civic Club is voluntary and states it has no deed-enforcement authority. GOMO describes its scope as sections 1, 2, 3 and 5; Section 4 has its own recorded restrictions. GOMO's posted plan page carries a review-suspension notice, so confirm the current review process directly before relying on older instructions.
Note how you want to use the space, the access route to the back, slopes and low spots, visible utilities, and where the canopy and big trees are. Stay on your own property. Soil compaction, grade changes and cut roots are the main construction risks to trees, so bring in an arborist early if a large tree is near the work.
Repair or replace a deck? Shade or a dry cover? A paved surface, or a fix for water? Answering these first keeps quotes comparable.
Wide shots of the area, close-ups of anything failing, and photos after rain. Write down your questions for the site visit.
City permit review and recorded deed restrictions are separate. Use the City's current guidance for your address and scope; neither review settles the other.
Ask for line items: demolition, footings or base, structure, surface, drainage, electrical, cleanup. Lump sums hide differences.
Settle in writing what the project does with water, and who maintains drains, gutters and joints afterwards.
Local details here come from the linked neighborhood, City and Texas A&M pages as they read on October 9, 2026. Organizations and processes change, so check current versions; this is not legal advice. The neighborhood street-drainage page reports Phase II completed in November 2023 — street work does not resolve drainage on an individual lot.
