Home project estimates and local pros in Lakeway.
Plan a Lakeway home project: city permits, flat-top fence and dark-sky rules, HOA review, LCRA docks and septic, with real-time estimates and local pros.
Direct answer
Can Completa help with a home project in Lakeway?
Yes, where matching is available. Completa takes home-project requests from Lakeway addresses, most of which use ZIP 78734 or 78738. Describe the job in the app, get a real-time estimate for supported work, and match with local pros who check the scope and confirm the price before work starts, then keep the accepted project in one place. Lakeway's own Building & Development Services issues permits, and many subdivisions add an architectural review first.
Travis County
78734 · 78738
2 published ZIP guides
Published request coverage
Choose the ZIP guide for the Lakeway project address.
The city hub helps people search by the name they know. The reviewed ZIP guide remains the local planning owner and does not turn a postal label into a permit jurisdiction or a ZIP-based price.
Published ZIP guide
78734
ZIP 78734 does not identify one permit office. A Lakeway property and an unincorporated Travis County property can follow different review paths, and wastewater or lakeside conditions may add separate requirements. Resolve the address before the scope is treated as complete.
OPEN GUIDEPublished ZIP guide
78738
A 78738 mailing address can point to different local review systems, so the project record should name the actual authority rather than list several possibilities. Bee Cave, Lakeway, and unincorporated Travis County each publish their own development information.
OPEN GUIDELocal planning context
What to verify around Lakeway.
Lakeway asks for a permit on more than structural work: decks, pools, boat docks, fences, siding, driveways, re-roofs that change the material, and every HVAC unit replacement, even like for like. A water heater swap usually needs no city permit, though the utility district may want one. Applications go through the city's Civic Self Service portal and must show the project went to the subdivision's Architectural Control Board where one exists. Lakeway banned new spiked and open-picket fences in 2019, so every new fence needs a continuous flat top, and its 2023 dark-sky rules call for shielded outdoor lights under 3,000 K. Septic plans within 2,000 feet of Lake Travis go to LCRA.
How your project works
From your idea to an agreed plan.
Describe the work, review an estimate, and choose a local pro where matching is available. Your contractor checks the project before you both agree to the work and price.
01 · Describe
Tell us what you need.
Describe what to include, the condition of the area, materials, and access. Take photos only where it is safe. Mark unknowns instead of guessing. Your request still needs a contractor’s review.
02 · Estimate
See an estimate or get a closer look.
The estimate shows what work and assumptions it covers. Hidden conditions, diagnosis, structural or regulated work, safety concerns, uncertain access, or missing measurements require an on-site review before price confirmation.
03 · Choose a pro
Find the right fit for your project.
You decide whether to proceed. Your chosen pro reviews the work and can confirm, clarify, revise, or decline the proposed scope and price before you agree.
04 · Agree and begin
Keep the agreed plan in one place.
The initial estimate is not automatically the accepted job. Keep the agreed stages, approved changes, messages, payments, and completion photos together in Completa.
When an on-site review is needed
Some details need a visit.
A professional checks conditions that photos or measurements cannot safely confirm. The review helps define the work; it does not guarantee acceptance or a particular price. Unknown work must be reviewed before it is priced.
No submitted estimate becomes accepted work until a professional reviews the project and both sides agree to the scope, price, and terms.
Build a contractor-ready request
Make the unknowns visible before anyone commits.
These city-specific steps organize the address, scope, access, approvals, and field conditions that a professional needs to review. They do not replace an inspection or an authority's decision.
01
Clear the HOA first
Get the subdivision's architectural approval, or proof you submitted, before the city permit. In Rough Hollow, the HOA must approve every modification before work starts.
02
Design fences and lights to code
New fences need a continuous flat top, wood fences visible from a golf course aren't allowed on adjoining lots, and outdoor fixtures must be shielded and under 3,000 K, dimmed or off from midnight.
03
Plan around oaks, deer and slopes
Schedule oak pruning outside February 1 to June 30, choose deer-resistant plants, and flag slopes of 2:1 or steeper, which must be stabilized by city-approved means.
Reviewed public sources
Use the official source for the exact question.
Completa cites the municipal, county, utility, housing, and ZIP-geography sources behind this guide. Source links are planning references, not endorsements or availability claims.
Questions people ask
Clear answers for Lakeway projects.
- Does replacing an A/C unit in Lakeway need a permit?
- Yes. Lakeway requires a permit for HVAC unit replacement, including like-for-like swaps and all-new ductwork. Replacing a single component usually doesn't need one.
- Can I put up a spiked iron fence?
- Not a new one. Since 2019 Lakeway allows only fences with a continuous flat top, metal or wood, because spikes injure deer that jump them. Yard fences up to 6 feet can be approved administratively.
- Who permits a boat dock or septic system on Lake Travis?
- Lakeway requires a city permit for a boat dock, and LCRA sets the safety standards: residential docks of 1,500 square feet or less need no LCRA permit but must meet them. Septic systems within 2,000 feet of Lake Travis are regulated by LCRA.
- Which ZIP codes are in Lakeway?
- Most of the city is in 78734, much of the rest in 78738, and a sliver in 78669. Those ZIPs also include addresses outside Lakeway, so the exact address decides which rules apply.
Start in Lakeway
Put the address, measurements, safe photos, and desired result into one request.
Current options depend on the exact project, timing, address, and professional capacity shown in Completa.