Four Corners homes, old family places and new streets alike
Four Corners grew from 2,954 people in 2000 to 12,103 in 2020. It began as a community of extended families around an old crossroads, and by 2011 new houses were going up west of State Highway 6, so there are two very different conversations about roofs and remodels here. We are glad to have either one.
Working in Four Corners
The original Four Corners community grew up around a four-way intersection where Boss Gaston, Old Richmond and Richmond Gaines roads meet, and it began as a place of extended families living near one another. By 2011 it was suburbanizing fast, with new houses going up west of State Highway 6, and the census-designated place roughly quadrupled in twenty years. It sits near the northeastern border of Fort Bend County, with Mission Bend directly to the north and Meadows Place, Pecan Grove, Sugar Land and Stafford close around it. The family places near the old crossroads and the newer houses west of the highway call for very different work.
Older family properties and new subdivision houses need different things. An older house may carry a roof patched by relatives over the years, decking that has taken on water at a valley, and an attic with too little ventilation for a Gulf Coast summer. On a newer house the roof is younger, but the install deserves a look, especially the flashing at walls and the nailing at the edges where summer wind gets underneath. When a family has lived in one house for a generation, the house usually has a story, and we would rather hear it than guess. Either way, the answer comes with photos, and if nothing needs doing, that is the answer.
Four Corners is unincorporated and inside Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, which neither puts it inside Houston nor makes Houston’s building permits apply. With no city government here, the rules that can touch a job are county ones on floodplain, septic, driveways and culverts, plus state rules, and which of those matter depends on the lot. We check what applies to the address before work starts. The county also runs the Four Corners Recreation Center, with its community center, soccer and softball field and half-mile walking track, and the community is in Fort Bend ISD. McKaskle Road is the other local road worth knowing besides State Highway 6 and the three that gave the place its name.
The jobs that come up here
A community that began with extended families is a natural place for multigenerational remodels. Veteran ADA remodeling covers the step-free entries, wider doors and curbless showers that let a parent or grandparent stay in the house, and bathroom remodeling handles a bathroom that has to change shape to fit a wheelchair. Kitchen renovation can be part of the same plan when a counter section needs to come down to a seated height. If the house needs another room rather than a rebuilt one, we talk through what an addition involves before anyone draws it. Bedroom remodeling fits here too, when a downstairs room needs to become a bedroom with an accessible closet and a door wide enough for a walker.
For roofs, the split is by age. Roof replacement and asphalt shingle replacement cover the older houses near the original crossroads, where a full tear-off down to the decking is often due. Newer houses west of State Highway 6 tend to call after a storm, and hail damage roof replacement or wind damage roof replacement is the right job only when the damage is really there. We show you the hits, or show you there are none. Gutters come up on both kinds of house: an undersized run on an old one, or one pitched wrong on a new one, sends water to the slab, and on clay that is how cracks start.
- Bathroom remodeling A remodel changes the bathroom’s layout: the corner garden tub comes out for a walk-in shower, the toilet moves to its own room, a wall shifts to borrow space from a closet.
- Bedroom remodeling Bedrooms look simple until you change one.
- Hail damage roof replacement Hail damage on a shingle is a bruise in the mat, soft when you press it, usually with the granules knocked off in a rough circle.
Plenty of roofs we look at need a repair or nothing at all. If that is yours, you will hear it from us first.
Four Corners is in Houston’s ETJ. Does Houston issue my permit?
No. Sitting in the extraterritorial jurisdiction does not put Four Corners inside Houston’s city limits, so there is no city roof permit to pull. County floodplain or driveway rules and state rules can still apply to some jobs, and we check them for your address up front.
Can you remodel a Four Corners house so three generations can live in it?
Yes, and we start by asking who will use each room. A first-floor bedroom with an accessible bath, a step-free entry and wider halls are the usual pieces. We write them as separate items so you can phase the work. Grab bar blocking can go into the walls now even if nobody needs the bars yet, which makes the next step easier.
My family has patched our Four Corners roof for years. Is it time to stop?
Maybe. If the patches are holding and the decking underneath is sound, a few more years is possible. If we find soft decking or more patch than shingle, we show you the photos and tell you it is time.
Is a newer house west of State Highway 6 in Four Corners worth inspecting after hail?
If the hail was big enough to dent gutters or vents, yes, because newer shingles can still bruise. If the inspection finds nothing, you have photos showing a clean roof, which is worth having too.
How long does a roof replacement take on a Four Corners house?
Most single-family re-roofs take one or two days once material is on site, longer if decking needs replacing, and weather can push it. You get the expected days in writing, and we call if a storm changes the plan. Tear-off days are loud, so we tell the houses next door before we start.
Close by
We also work in Mission Bend, Meadows Place, Pecan Grove, Sugar Land, Stafford. The whole list is on the Fort Bend County page.
We are based in Cypress and work across twelve counties around Houston. Leland Cannon retired from the Army as a First Sergeant; Geoff Schardien served in the Air Force. The scope you get is in writing, and the person who wrote it answers the phone.