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5 Star Home Improvements. Your home. Improved.

Fences, roofs, concrete, patios and remodeling for homeowners in Cedar Hill, DeSoto and across Dallas–Fort Worth.

New cedar fence with a built-in gate and black hardware in a leafy backyard
Cedar fence and gate, built by 5 Star.
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What needs improvement?

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More we can improve

Dormer with arched window on a roof with new red-brown shingles under blue skyRoof

Leaks, missing shingles, storm damage, flashing pulling loose.

The work in motion

Real jobs, photographed as they went up.

Pool-side patio

  1. Wood forms staked out for a new patio slab beside a backyard pool1 · Forms set
  2. The same pool-side patio slab freshly poured inside its wood forms2 · Slab poured

Covered patio

  1. New wood posts and beams framing a patio cover off the back of a house1 · Posts & beams
  2. Looking up through new patio cover rafters toward the roofline2 · Rafters set

Water-damage rebuild

  1. Same room with flood-cut walls and exposed ceiling, fireplace on the left1 · Water damage
  2. Interior opened to the studs and ceiling joists during water-damage repair2 · Opened to the studs

On the job

New cedar privacy fence running along a concrete driveway beside a brick home
Cedar privacy fence along the driveway
New wood landing with railings at the front door of a house with a yellow door
Side view of the new wood landing, steps and handrail at the front entry

New front landing, steps and handrail.

Fence lines, start to finish.
Wood forms staked along a trench for a new footing beside a building
Braced wood forms with rebar for a long footing next to a rebar mat

Footing forms, braced and reinforced before the pour.

Behind the build

Inside the walls, before the drywall goes up. Framing, ceilings, plumbing and wiring.

A long run of new wall studs with blue electrical boxes mounted
New walls framed, boxes set
New white bathtub set in place against open wall studs during a bathroom remodel
New tub set, walls still open
New wall framing with a shower valve box and red and blue water lines roughed in
Shower valve roughed in
Closer view of the same ceiling opening with new joists and cable runs
Ceiling joists and wiring
Cedar board-on-board fence closing off the side yard of a brick house
Board-on-board cedar, side yard
Long new concrete walkway along a stained wood fence, forms still in place
Freshly poured concrete slab in a backyard in front of a wood fence
Wide view of the patio rebar grid with new landscaping and fence behind

Walkways, slabs and patios. Formed, reinforced and poured.

Before → Improved

Here’s how a job gets from one to the other.

  1. 1

    Tell us

    What needs improvement, in your own words.

  2. 2

    Show us

    Send photos or a short video from your phone.

  3. 3

    We look it over

    We reach out by call, text or email, whichever you picked.

  4. 4

    We get to work

    Forms, framing, materials and cleanup.

  5. Improved

    Your home, the way it should be.

Local work. Real reputation.

His workmanship is 2nd to none.
Chris White, Google review

Chris found 5 Star from a fence sign in DeSoto. Robert came out the day after he called, the fence went up the next week, and it was finished in four days.

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Google rating
5.0
From 2 customer reviews on Google.

The man behind 5 Star

Robert Lowe Sr. runs 5 Star Home Improvements, also known as Better Fences and Gates. The company builds fences and gates, roofs, concrete, patios and coverings, and takes on siding, painting and remodeling for homeowners around Cedar Hill, DeSoto and the Dallas–Fort Worth area.

Robert Lowe Sr.

Owner, 5 Star Home Improvements

Whatever needs improvement, 5 Star is ready to look at it.