Swanson Renovations — Luxury Design and Build

City · Texas

Westlake

Luxury renovations and additions for Westlake's custom estates — Vaquero, Granada, Quail Hollow, Terra Bella. The most exacting ARB environment in DFW, and the builder who submits packages that pass.

Westlake asks more of a builder. Good.

Westlake is a small town with the most serious residential architecture in the DFW corridor — custom estates on large lots, built between 1998 and 2015 by the region’s better builders, governed by architectural review boards that read every elevation. It is not a market for a builder learning on the job.

We’ve built here since 2007. We know which subdivisions demand clay tile roof matching, which ARBs want physical material samples, how to tie a new roofline into an existing Mediterranean massing so the addition looks original, and which exterior stone yards still carry the blends these homes were built with.

What we build in Westlake.

Additions — the signature Westlake scope. Primary suites, second stories over single-story wings, sunrooms, and pool houses that read as if the estate always had them. $275K-$700K depending on scope. The Westlake additions guide →

Kitchens — estate-scale kitchens with butler’s pantries and sculleries, opened carefully within serious structure. $200K-$475K.

Whole-home renovations — full interior transformations that relax the heavy early-2000s vocabulary without fighting the architecture. $800K-$2M+.

Outdoor living — covered pavilions, outdoor kitchens, and fireplaces built to the same ARB and finish standard as the main house.

The neighborhoods, specifically.

Granada — newer transitional builds with clean-lined appetite. Quail Hollow — estate lots and generous scopes. Terra Bella — architectural review with teeth, which we consider a feature. Plus Vaquero’s Westlake side, where most of our heaviest Mediterranean rework lives.

Why designers bring us their Westlake clients.

A Westlake project is where a design reputation gets made or dented. The designers who work this town refer builders on exactly one criterion: does the finished room match the drawing? Our answer is the discipline — every spec in BuilderTrend before a wall opens, no substitution without the designer’s sign-off, Chad’s Friday walk on every active site, and change orders that come in under 2% of contract instead of the industry’s 12-18%.

Start with a conversation.

Talk to Chad about your Westlake project — sixty to ninety minutes at the estate, free, no pitch. Bring your interior designer; in Westlake, she probably brought you to us.

Frequently asked questions

What makes remodeling in Westlake different?
Three things. The homes are larger and more architecturally serious — custom estates by regional builders, mostly 1998-2015, in Mediterranean, Tuscan, and Traditional vocabularies that any addition must match precisely. The ARB review is the most thorough in DFW — expect 5-8 week cycles and specific expectations on roof pitch, exterior materials, and setbacks. And the finish expectations run 10-15% above the corridor baseline. We've worked all three realities since 2007.
What does a Westlake remodel or addition cost?
As of 2026: kitchen remodels $200,000-$475,000, primary suite additions $305,000-$550,000, second-story additions $425,000-$700,000, whole-home renovations $800,000-$2M+, pool houses $300,000-$650,000. Westlake runs 10-15% above corridor baseline — driven by lot complexity, ARB thoroughness, and the estate-grade finish spec these homes deserve.
How does the Westlake ARB process work?
After design is locked with your interior designer, we draft the complete submission: elevations from all four sides, a site plan with setbacks and easements, an exterior materials board matched to your subdivision's standards, and renderings from two or three angles. Submit, expect a 5-8 week cycle, respond to revision requests, resubmit. We've been through the Vaquero, Granada, and Terra Bella processes enough times to know what earns a first-round approval.
Which Westlake neighborhoods do you work in?
Vaquero (the Westlake side), Granada, Quail Hollow, Terra Bella, and the Westlake reaches of Carillon. Each carries its own architectural expectations — Vaquero's heavy Mediterranean detail, Granada's newer transitional builds, Terra Bella's estate lots — and each ARB reads submissions differently. That local pattern-knowledge is most of what a homeowner is hiring.
Do you work behind interior designers on Westlake projects?
Almost always — Westlake projects nearly all arrive with a designer attached, and that's how we prefer it. Chad executes the designer's specification exactly, brings constructability issues to her first with options that preserve intent, and gives her firm its own BuilderTrend seat with full visibility. Designers who work Westlake refer us because their design survives our construction.

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