Decks & Outdoor Living
in Leesburg.

Real Elite Contracting builds decks and outdoor living for Leesburg homeowners — composite builds, railing and lighting, and the next step when you want a roof or screen. We work the Town and western Leesburg first because that is the practical truck path from Martinsburg. A Leesburg mailing address is not the same as Town of Leesburg limits: Lansdowne and River Creek often carry a Leesburg address and sit in unincorporated Loudoun. We check the parcel before we file. We install Trex, TimberTech, and AZEK when the job calls for them; we do not advertise a manufacturer Pro or Platinum badge we do not hold.

Inside Town limits the order is fixed. The Town of Leesburg issues the zoning permit first through eTRAKiT — decks, balconies, and exterior stairs need Town zoning (typically without engineering review). Loudoun County issues the building permit after that; the county will not release a building permit until the Town zoning permit is approved. Typical Deck Detail still applies to the county building set when the design qualifies: single-level, attached, residential, joist overhangs of 2 feet or less, and no roof, screen, hot tub, gazebo, or detached structure. Published county fees inside an incorporated town are $100 for Typical under 1,000 sq ft (building permit only) and $230 for full plans under 1,000 sq ft (building plus plan review). Outside Town limits those same county paths are $265 and $395 because they include county zoning. Town zoning has its own fee — we put the current Town amount in the written estimate instead of guessing it here. County inspections still apply: footing before concrete, framing before decking, final. Framing and final may combine when framing is at least 42 inches above grade.

If the parcel is in the H-1 Old and Historic District, every exterior construction project — including a new deck — needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. Some COAs are staff-approved; others go to the Board of Architectural Review. A National Register listing is honorary and is not the same as the Town H-1 overlay. Gateway District rules are lighter on single-family detached houses. Any HOA review is a separate track from Town zoning and the county building permit. We submit what applies in parallel so the layers do not stack.

What you get is the paperwork product: we tell you whether you are in Town or unincorporated county, which county path the design is on (Typical vs full plans), and whether a COA is in play. We prepare the Town eTRAKiT zoning set (plat to engineer's scale, owner consent) and the county LandMARC building set. We install to the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and the approved Typical Detail or stamped plans, and document each inspection.