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Outdoor Living Spaces in Windsor, CO

Your Backyard, Finally Worth Going Outside For

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Why Windsor Homeowners Choose Christie's

Your Windsor Backyard,
Built to Actually Use

July afternoons in Windsor have a way of chasing everyone inside, no canopy, no shade, just open plains and western sun that owns your backyard from noon until nearly seven. For more than 25 years, Christie’s has helped Windsor homeowners solve exactly that problem, turning builder-grade slabs into covered, connected outdoor rooms their families actually use.

In communities like Raindance and Water Valley, that means we handle HOA architectural review before the town permit ever gets submitted, so you’re not managing two separate approval processes on your own. We rough in the gas lines and conduit during the initial build, so if you want to add an outdoor kitchen in phase two, nothing has to come apart to make it happen. Whether your home sits near Windsor Lake or deeper into one of the newer subdivisions, we design from the inside out, starting at your great room threshold and building an outdoor environment that genuinely matches the interior you’ve already invested in.

Since 1999

25+ Years

Helping Windsor homeowners turn builder-grade backyards into covered, connected outdoor spaces that match the quality of the home they've built inside.

One Team

One Connected Team

One team guides your Windsor outdoor space from the first design conversation through final walkthrough, so every detail stays connected.

Where We Work

Windsor, CO

We design outdoor living spaces for Windsor homes, built around sun exposure, HOA realities, and how your family wants to live outside.

Covered and Warranted

Built-In Protection

Your completed Windsor outdoor space is backed by our workmanship warranty, so you can enjoy it with real confidence.

What Makes Outdoor Living Spaces Different In Windsor

Built Around What
Makes Windsor Different

Summers in Windsor are bright, long, and hot, and if your backyard is an exposed concrete slab with no cover, you already know how many hours of the day you’re not spending out there. That’s what makes Windsor different from mountain-adjacent markets: you’re not designing around a view or a slope, you’re designing against the sun, and the covered structure isn’t a feature you add if the budget allows, it’s the condition that makes everything else possible. We sequence HOA architectural review before town permit submittal, rough in gas lines and conduit for the outdoor kitchen before a single board goes down, and plan the layout from your great room threshold outward so the space feels like a room, not a patio. Every material choice, composite decking, commercial-grade pavers, powder-coated structure, is picked for 20-plus years of Windsor’s UV, hail, and temperature swings, not just for how it photographs.

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Sun, Hail, Wind, All Season

Windsor’s plains location means afternoon thunderstorms, hail, and sharp wind can roll in fast with very little warning. Covered structures built for Colorado’s intensity, drainage planned from the start, and materials that hold up through real freeze-thaw winters keep your space comfortable and ready for whatever the season brings.

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Builder Slabs, Upgraded for Real Life

Windsor’s master-planned communities delivered builder-grade concrete slabs and pressure-treated decks that were never designed for shade, outdoor cooking, or evening use. Connecting a real outdoor room to one of those homes means looking carefully at the existing structure, utility access, and HOA requirements so what gets built feels intentional and genuinely part of the home.

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Flat Lots, Slabs, and Drainage

Windsor’s newer subdivisions sit on flat, open lots where drainage, HOA setbacks, and existing utility locations shape what’s possible before design even begins. We work through those conditions early so the finished space flows naturally, handles water correctly, and fits within the community standards your neighborhood expects.

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Open Plains, Sun, and Privacy

Windsor’s wide-open western exposure gives you incredible sky and light, but without a covered structure, that same exposure turns your backyard into somewhere nobody wants to be between noon and seven on a July afternoon. We plan every space around sun angles, HOA sightline requirements, and neighbor proximity so your family gets the openness of the plains without sacrificing the shade, shelter, and privacy that make the space actually usable.
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Windsor, CO Neighborhoods

Outdoor Living Spaces Across
All of Windsor, CO

Windsor afternoons in July will run you indoors, fast, if your backyard has nothing but an exposed slab and open sky between you and the western sun. That’s the reality for a lot of families in Raindance, Water Valley, Windshire Park, and the other planned communities that make up most of Windsor’s newer housing stock. What you’ve got outside right now wasn’t designed for how you actually want to live out there. The good news is that the same lot that bakes you out in summer has the space and the bones to become something genuinely great, a covered outdoor room with a kitchen, a fire feature for cool April and October evenings, and lighting that keeps the night going long after dinner. Whether your home is in an HOA neighborhood that requires architectural review before a single permit gets filed, or you’re closer to Windsor’s historic in-town core, we handle the full process, design, approvals, and build, so you don’t have to chase it yourself. This is your backyard finally working the way your family deserves.

Raindance

Where Golf Course Living Grows Into Your Own Backyard

Raindance was built around a lifestyle, the golf course, the craftsman streetscapes, the sense that everything here was thought through, and your backyard deserves that same intention. Without a covered structure, though, Windsor’s afternoon sun turns even the nicest lot into somewhere you avoid from noon to dinnertime. A shaded outdoor room with an evening lighting plan, a fire feature for the shoulder seasons, and a kitchen zone that actually connects to what’s happening inside the house is what finally makes your Raindance backyard as livable as everything else you chose about this neighborhood.

Greenspire

Built for the Lake Life You Moved Here For

Living in Greenspire means you’re steps from Windsor Lake, and that setting deserves an outdoor space that actually lets you enjoy it, not a bare builder slab you retreat inside from by two in the afternoon. With no canopy and full western sun exposure, a covered structure isn’t a nice-to-have here; it’s what makes the backyard usable through the best months of the year. We design around that reality first, a covered living area, an outdoor kitchen, evening lighting, then coordinate every HOA submittal and town permit so you’re not managing that process yourself. Your home was built with care and intention, and your backyard should feel exactly the same way.

Highland Meadows

Finally, a Backyard That Earns Its Place

Highland Meadows has the kind of mature landscaping and golf course quiet that makes you want to actually be in the backyard, if the backyard gives you a reason to stay. Most homes here came with a builder slab that handles neither the afternoon sun nor an evening with friends, and that gap gets more visible every summer. A covered structure anchored to the home, a built-in kitchen zone, and a fire feature sized for the shoulder seasons can turn what’s currently an afterthought into the room your family ends up in most. We handle HOA architectural review before anything is permitted, so the process moves without landing back on your plate.

High Pointe

Your Backyard Finally Gets to Keep Up

High Pointe homes sit at Windsor’s highest elevation, and that means the mountain views are real, but so is the afternoon sun bearing down on an unshaded backyard from May through September. We design covered outdoor living spaces for homes here that are ready to finally match how the family inside them actually lives, whether that’s a louvered-roof structure that makes the back patio usable again, a built-in kitchen that connects to the great room, or a fire feature that pulls everyone outside once the evening cools. The lots are spacious, the homes are well-established, and the HOA process is something we handle from the start. Your backyard should feel as finished as everything else you’ve put into this house.

Water Valley

Your Backyard, Built for the Life You're Actually Living

Water Valley homes back up to lakes and walking paths, and that setting already invites you outside, the problem is that most of these backyards still hand you an exposed concrete slab and full afternoon sun with nowhere to escape it. A covered living structure changes that entirely. Add an outdoor kitchen, a fire feature sized for real gathering, and lighting that keeps the evening going long after dinner, and suddenly the backyard is pulling its weight the same way your updated interior does. That’s the kind of space Water Valley families are ready for.

Our Windsor Outdoor Living Spaces Process

Your Backyard Back,
Starting This Season

Getting your Windsor backyard right should feel exciting, not like a second job. Our connected design-build team guides every step, from first conversation through final walkthrough, keeping you informed and making sure every decision reflects how your family actually wants to live outside.
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Initial Consultation

We start by understanding what’s pulling you outside more, and what’s been keeping you in. We want to know how you picture an ideal evening in your yard, what your current space is missing, and what you’d love to do out there. We also talk through your timeline, phasing priorities, and investment range so you leave with an honest picture of what comes next.

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Planning & Budgeting

Our team takes a close look at how your Windsor property actually works, afternoon sun angles, western exposure, HOA setbacks, drainage, and how your great room or kitchen connects to the yard behind it. From there, we explore layout ideas, covered structure options, and a realistic budget shaped around the outdoor environment you’re ready to build.

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Design & Development

Once the direction feels right, we build out the full plan together. Your covered structure, outdoor kitchen zone, fire feature placement, evening lighting, and material selections are developed around your home and the way your family gathers. You’ll see the complete design before a single permit gets filed, so every choice feels grounded and clear.

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Permitting & Preparation

We take care of Windsor HOA architectural review, Town of Windsor permit filings, trade scheduling, and material coordination, so that sequencing burden never lands on you. Our team also plans ahead for utility rough-in, site access, and phased construction, keeping your property protected and your project moving without avoidable delays.

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Construction

This is when the covered patio, outdoor kitchen, and fire feature you’ve been picturing start becoming real. Our team manages every phase of construction and stays in close communication with you the whole way through. You’ll always know what’s underway, what comes next, and exactly how your Windsor outdoor space is taking shape.

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Final Walk-Through

Before we call it done, we walk through the finished space with you together and examine every detail up close. We answer your questions, address anything that needs a second look, and make sure everything feels genuinely ready for the shaded summer afternoons, lit evening gatherings, and unhurried weekends you’ve been looking forward to.

Our Windsor Outdoor Living Spaces Process

Your Backyard Back,
Starting This Season

Getting your Windsor backyard right should feel exciting, not like a second job. Our connected design-build team guides every step, from first conversation through final walkthrough, keeping you informed and making sure every decision reflects how your family actually wants to live outside.

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Initial Consultation

We start by understanding what’s pulling you outside more, and what’s been keeping you in. We want to know how you picture an ideal evening in your yard, what your current space is missing, and what you’d love to do out there. We also talk through your timeline, phasing priorities, and investment range so you leave with an honest picture of what comes next.

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Planning & Budgeting

Our team takes a close look at how your Windsor property actually works, afternoon sun angles, western exposure, HOA setbacks, drainage, and how your great room or kitchen connects to the yard behind it. From there, we explore layout ideas, covered structure options, and a realistic budget shaped around the outdoor environment you’re ready to build.

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Design & Development

Once the direction feels right, we build out the full plan together. Your covered structure, outdoor kitchen zone, fire feature placement, evening lighting, and material selections are developed around your home and the way your family gathers. You’ll see the complete design before a single permit gets filed, so every choice feels grounded and clear.

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Permitting & Preparation

We take care of Windsor HOA architectural review, Town of Windsor permit filings, trade scheduling, and material coordination, so that sequencing burden never lands on you. Our team also plans ahead for utility rough-in, site access, and phased construction, keeping your property protected and your project moving without avoidable delays.

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Construction

This is when the covered patio, outdoor kitchen, and fire feature you’ve been picturing start becoming real. Our team manages every phase of construction and stays in close communication with you the whole way through. You’ll always know what’s underway, what comes next, and exactly how your Windsor outdoor space is taking shape.

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Final Walk-Through

Before we call it done, we walk through the finished space with you together and examine every detail up close. We answer your questions, address anything that needs a second look, and make sure everything feels genuinely ready for the shaded summer afternoons, lit evening gatherings, and unhurried weekends you’ve been looking forward to.
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What Windsor Homeowners Actually Want From Their Outdoor Living Space

Outdoor Spaces Designed for
the Way Windsor Families Live

Windsor homeowners want outdoor spaces that finally match what’s been done on the inside, the updated kitchen, the finished great room, the home that already feels right once you’re in it. They want somewhere to be in the evening when the sun drops, a covered spot for weekend dinners with friends, and a place that actually gets used from May through October instead of sitting empty through the heat. They also need that space to hold up through hail, hard winters, and 300-plus days of intense Colorado sun without becoming a project. The best outdoor living spaces here solve for the sun first, covered structure, thoughtful shade, the right materials, and build the kitchen, fire feature, and evening lighting around that foundation. Every detail should support the way your family lives in Windsor, not just the way people live somewhere with more natural shade.

Cover, Sun Defense, Comfort

More Hours Spent Outside Together

Windsor's intense western afternoon sun and wide-open plains exposure can make an uncovered backyard genuinely unusable for hours every summer day. A covered structure, louvered pergola, solid-roof patio, or four-seasons room, changes that completely, giving your family a shaded, comfortable place to gather through the longest and brightest months of the year.

Interior Flow, Outdoor Access

A Backyard That Matches Inside

You want a backyard that feels like a natural continuation of the kitchen and great room you've already invested in, not a separate space that requires a decision to visit. Layouts planned from the interior threshold outward, with consistent materials and clear sightlines, make the transition feel intentional rather than accidental.

Gathering, Hosting, Outdoor Entertaining

Space For Everyone To Settle

For many Windsor families, the goal is having a backyard where people can actually spread out and stay awhile. Outdoor kitchens, built-in seating, defined dining areas, and flexible gathering zones make it easy to host, celebrate, and share an evening without anyone feeling squeezed or left out.

Privacy, Screening, Open Sky

Room To Unwind Together Outside

Windsor's newer HOA neighborhoods sit close together, and that proximity can make a backyard feel more exposed than private. Thoughtful screening, through planted buffers, pergola side panels, or lattice systems, gives you a calm, enclosed space for morning coffee or a quiet evening without sacrificing the wide-open sky above.

Long-Term Performance, Low Maintenance

Usable Through Every Colorado Season

You want a space that holds up through Windsor's hail season, hard freezes, and relentless summer sun without turning into a maintenance problem every spring. Composite decking, frost-depth footings, commercial-grade pavers, and structures built to last give you an outdoor environment that stays solid and beautiful through everything this climate delivers.

What To Consider When Planning A Windsor Outdoor Living Space

Get Your Backyard Back
Before Another Summer Slips By

July afternoons in Windsor have a way of emptying out your backyard by noon, and if there’s no covered structure out there, that’s just the reality you’ve been living with. Planning a Windsor outdoor space means being honest about the sun first, then building everything else, the kitchen zone, the fire feature, the evening lighting, around a covered structure that makes the yard genuinely usable again. Your HOA’s architectural review adds time to the front end, so sequencing that before the town permit matters more than most homeowners expect. Getting those details mapped out early is what turns a good idea into a space your family is actually in every evening.

When during the day do you actually want to be outside, and what's stopping you right now?

This is the most honest question you can ask before any project starts. In Windsor, the answer for a lot of families is that they want to be outside from late afternoon into the evening, but the western sun makes that impossible without shade from May through September. Naming that specific gap, not just ‘we want a nicer backyard’, shapes every decision that follows, from whether a louvered pergola is enough or whether a fully covered structure makes more sense for how your family actually lives.
If you’ve already invested in your kitchen or great room, take a minute to stand at the sliding glass door and look out. Does the backyard feel like it belongs to the same home? For a lot of Windsor homeowners, the answer is no, the interior has been updated and the builder slab hasn’t changed in fifteen years. The outdoor space you plan now doesn’t have to just be functional; it can pick up the same materials, the same sight lines, and the same sense of finish that your interior already has.
There’s no wrong answer here. Plenty of Windsor families build the covered structure first, the piece that gets the backyard usable again, and come back for the outdoor kitchen or fire feature when the timing feels right. The question worth asking yourself early is what you’d regret not having roughed in during the first phase. Gas lines and electrical conduit placed before the slab is finished cost very little to add upfront and can save significant work and disruption if you decide to add an outdoor kitchen two years from now.
In communities like Raindance or Water Valley, the architectural committee review happens before the town permit can even be submitted, and that sequence adds real weeks to the front end of your project. It’s worth knowing this before you fall in love with a design, because some material choices, roof styles, or structure heights may require committee approval and possibly revision. A design-build team that owns this process for you, submitting the right drawings, following up with the committee, then moving straight into permitting, makes the experience feel very different than being handed a checklist and told to figure it out.

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Heard From Windsor Families
Who Got Their Evenings Back

Every review here comes from a Windsor family who trusted us with their backyard and the hours they spend in it. You’ll find honesty about the process, the communication, and the finished space that made it all worth it.
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Areas We Service Across Windsor, CO

Serving the Backyards and Neighborhoods
Windsor Is Happy to Call Home

Windsor spreads across open plains from established in-town neighborhoods near the historic core all the way out to resort-style communities like RainDance and Water Valley, where newer homes are ready for backyards that finally match what’s been built inside. Christie’s designs and builds outdoor living spaces throughout Windsor, learning each property’s sun exposure, HOA requirements, and interior connection points before a single plan goes to the drawing board. Wherever your home sits in town, your backyard should be a place your family actually wants to be, shaded, comfortable, and completely yours.

  • RainDance, Water Valley, Windshire Park, Boardwalk Park, Highland Meadows, Fossil Ridge, Westwood Village, Country Farms, Chimney Park, Silver Leaf, Woodridge, Poudre Heights
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Other Areas We Service

Weld County

Greeley, CO
Erie, CO
Fort Lupton, CO
Firestone, CO
Frederick, CO

Boulder County

Boulder, CO
Lafayette, CO
Longmont, CO
Louisville, CO

Adams County

Brighton, CO
Commerce City, CO
Northglenn, CO
Thornton, CO

Jefferson County

Arvada, CO
Westminster, CO

Broomfield County

Broomfield, CO

Larimer County

Loveland, CO

Windsor Outdoor Living Space Frequently Asked Questions

What Windsor Homeowners Want to Know
Before Building an Outdoor Living Space

If you’ve spent a summer watching your Windsor backyard sit empty from noon until nearly sunset, you already know the problem isn’t your taste, it’s that the builder left you with an exposed slab and no shade. These questions are written specifically for Windsor homeowners navigating HOA review, sun exposure, and the decision to turn a plain concrete patio into a covered outdoor room that actually connects to the home you’ve built inside.

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Why does a covered structure feel like a necessity in Windsor rather than an upgrade?

Windsor sits on the Northern Colorado plains with more than 300 sunny days a year and very little natural tree canopy or topographic shade to break the afternoon western sun. From May through September, an uncovered backyard in most Windsor neighborhoods is genuinely hostile between noon and early evening, the heat and glare make it unusable regardless of how nice the furniture is. A covered structure, whether that’s a motorized louvered pergola or a solid-roof covered patio, is the baseline that makes the rest of the outdoor space functional. We think of it as solving the sun problem first, then building the kitchen, fire feature, and lighting plan around a structure that actually lets your family be outside.
Yes, and the sequencing matters. Most HOA architectural committees in Windsor’s master-planned communities, Raindance, Water Valley, Windshire Park, and similar neighborhoods, require their review and approval before you can submit to the Town of Windsor for a building permit. That review process typically adds two to six weeks to the front end of a project, and it requires things like structural drawings and a site plan that show the proposed structure fits within the community’s design standards. We handle that coordination entirely, preparing and submitting the HOA package, responding to committee questions, and moving straight into town permitting once approval comes through. You shouldn’t have to manage that back-and-forth yourself.
Absolutely, and we’d strongly encourage it. Phasing a project, covered structure now, outdoor kitchen added in a year or two, is a completely reasonable approach, and we plan for it from the start. If the gas line and conduit for lighting and electrical aren’t roughed in during the initial build, the second phase requires tearing into finished work to add them later, which costs more and is harder on the space you’ve just built. During design, we map out where the kitchen zone will live, size the gas supply appropriately, and run conduit to those locations before anything is closed in. That way the second phase is an addition, not a demolition.
For a covered patio or pergola with an outdoor kitchen and fire feature, plan on roughly three to five months from your first design conversation to the final walkthrough. A 4-seasons room that conditions interior space and triggers Colorado energy code review, insulation, fenestration, potentially HVAC, sits closer to five or six months, partly because it’s permitted as a full addition and partly because HOA review adds time to the front end. We walk you through the realistic timeline during the design phase so you’re not surprised, and we own the permit and HOA coordination so that process doesn’t slow things down unnecessarily.
In Windsor’s climate, yes, and most homeowners who’ve had a pressure-treated deck for ten or fifteen years already know why. Wood decks in this environment show predictable wear: surface checking, splintering, soft spots at ledger and post connections from moisture cycling, and fading that makes a ten-year-old deck look much older. Composite decking doesn’t do any of that. It holds its color, it doesn’t splinter, it won’t rot at the connections, and the warranty terms on premium composite products are measured in decades rather than years. At the investment level Windsor homeowners are making in these outdoor spaces, composite is the right long-term call, you’re not replacing boards in year eight.
The practical difference comes down to how much weather protection you want and how you use the space. A motorized louvered pergola lets you adjust the amount of shade and airflow, open the louvers on a nice fall afternoon, close them when the afternoon sun hits or if it starts to rain. It’s a flexible structure that handles Windsor’s sunny conditions well and keeps the outdoor feel even when it’s covered. A solid-roof covered patio gives you full rain and UV protection year-round, which makes the space feel more like a room and pairs naturally with ceiling fans, structure-mounted lighting, and speakers. For families who want to use the space heavily through shoulder seasons, the solid roof tends to win. We’ll talk through how your family actually uses the backyard and what direction makes sense for your specific home.
The outdoor kitchens that hold up well, and that homeowners actually use, are designed with the same layout logic as an interior kitchen: dedicated zones for prep, cooking, serving, and refrigeration, with appliances sized for the way you actually cook and entertain. In Windsor, where neighbors are close and sightlines matter, we also think about where the grill faces and how smoke moves relative to seating. Built-in grills with dedicated gas supply, refrigeration, a side burner or two, and bar seating on at least one side are the baseline at this tier. Counter materials, concrete, stone cladding, stainless, are chosen to match the structure and hold up to Windsor’s UV exposure and freeze-thaw cycling without deteriorating. Utility rough-in during the initial build is what makes the second phase of a phased outdoor kitchen practical rather than painful.
Windsor shoulder seasons, April and May, September and October, are the evenings most families remember best. The afternoons cool off fast, and a fire feature is what keeps everyone outside past dark rather than drifting indoors when the temperature drops. We size and position fire features to anchor a seating zone, not to sit decoratively in a corner, the geometry of the seating around it matters as much as the feature itself. Gas fire pits and outdoor fireplaces both work well in this climate; gas is easier to manage on a spontaneous Tuesday evening when you just want to sit outside after dinner. When the covered structure, the lighting, and the fire feature are all working together, you genuinely get your backyard back for the months Windsor actually gives you.

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Your Backyard Shouldn't Belong
To the Afternoon Sun

In Windsor, the backyard you have and the backyard you actually want are often two very different things, a builder slab baking in the western sun is nobody’s idea of a gathering place. Whether you’re ready to cover it, kitchen it out, and light it up for evenings, or just want to start the conversation about what’s possible, we handle everything from HOA submittal through town permit to final walkthrough. Tell us what you want your family to feel out there, and we’ll help you build it right.
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From The Blog

Your Backyard,
Finally Built for Windsor Summers

Our blog gets specific about what Windsor homeowners actually run into, from navigating HOA architectural review before the town permit to deciding whether a motorized louvered pergola or a solid-roof covered patio makes more sense when your backyard faces that relentless western afternoon sun with no shade in sight.