For
Vacation Property Owners
DFW weekenders and out-of-town owners on Cedar Creek, Lake Palestine, and Richland-Chambers — your dock needs a contractor who actually shows up Monday-Thursday and reports back.
- Since 2012
- Owner-operated, same crew
- 100+
- Waterfront projects built
- Licensed & insured
- Covered on every job
- Henderson County
- + adjacent East Texas
If this sounds like you
Your lake house is 55 miles southeast of Dallas (or another 100 miles down to Lake Palestine), and you visit on weekends. Cedar Creek is the defining DFW weekender market — created in 1964 to supply Tarrant County water and now home to thousands of second homes, with median lakefront listings at $369K and the top end running well past $2M. You can't drive over Tuesday afternoon to check on the crew. You need a contractor who sends Friday photos, hits the milestone he promised, and treats your property like you were standing next to him.
What we deliver
Built for vacation property owners
Weekly Progress Photos
Time-stamped photos every Friday afternoon so you know exactly where the project stands before your Saturday-morning drive down.
Direct Owner Contact
You text the owner directly — not a project coordinator with a script. Same-day response during business hours.
Finished-by-Memorial-Day Timelines
We hit your summer visit-window deadlines so the dock is ready when the family arrives and the boat hits the water on the first weekend.
Boat Dock Build / Rebuild
New construction or full replacement scheduled around your weekend visits and DFW return-trip windows.
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Outdoor Kitchens
Lakeside cooking and entertaining spaces ready before your first Memorial Day cookout.
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Boat Lifts
Lift installation timed for spring so your boat is on the water day one of season, not waiting in the storage lot.
Explore Boat LiftsFree instant estimate
See what your project could cost — in under a minute
Typical projects run $22k–$52k. Get a tailored range for your site in seconds.
No phone call required to see your number — answer a few quick questions and the estimator does the rest.
Outcomes you care about
Dig into the results
How we deliver each result, what drives the cost, and what to expect — broken down on its own page.
Owner-operated since 2012. The person who quotes your job is the person supervising the crew on the water.
Why vacation property owners work with us
Liking
Owner-operated. You hire a person whose name is on the truck, not a logo and a dispatcher.
Reciprocity
Pre-trip site walks at no charge — punch list ready and quote signed before your next weekend down.
Field notes
Reading for vacation property owners
- How Much Does a Boat Dock Cost in East Texas?Real-world dock pricing for Cedar Creek Lake, Lake Athens, Lake Palestine, and Richland-Chambers — what drives the number up or down.
- Extending Your Dock Into Deeper WaterSometimes the water moved. Here's when extending makes sense and when you should rebuild instead.
- Dock Material Lifespan in East Texas: PT Pine vs. Composite vs. AluminumThree decking and framing materials, three honest lifespan ranges — and what East Texas sun and wet-dry cycles actually do to each.
- Winterizing Your East Texas Boat DockA short checklist for the three weeks of real cold East Texas actually gets — what to disconnect, what to lift, what to leave alone.
- Lake Levels & Drought: How Cedar Creek, Athens, and Palestine DifferWhy the same drought year does very different things to three East Texas reservoirs — and why that changes how we build on each.
- Reading a Lake Bottom Map Before You Build a DockBathymetric maps and sonar scans are public, free, and often more useful than the builder you're talking to. Here's how to read one.
- Texas Boat Dock Lighting Codes & USCG RequirementsWhat the Coast Guard actually requires, what your lake authority adds on top, and the wiring standards that keep your dock insurance-ready.
- Boat Lift Sizing Guide by Boat TypeBass boats, pontoons, ski/wake boats, cruisers — what lift capacity you actually need, and the common over- and under-sizing mistakes.
Vacation Property Owners in your area
Henderson County and the adjacent East Texas lakes we build on.
Other customers we help
Not quite a fit? See how we approach each kind of waterfront owner.
Ready to get a real quote?
Tell us about your shoreline. We'll walk the site, talk through options, and get you a real number — no obligation.