How much does a patio cover, garage & accessory structure job cost in San Diego? The usual patio cover, garage & accessory structure job filed with San Diego is $18,925, from 237 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $12,210 and $20,160. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual patio cover, garage & accessory structure job filed with San Diego is $18,925, from 237 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $12,210 and $20,160. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A patio cover, garage & accessory structure permit here usually takes 183 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 237 priced permits across 164 firms, pooled into one. Half of San Diego patio cover, garage & accessory structure permits were filed between $10,700 and $36,300.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $7,700 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $10,700 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $18,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $36,300 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $73,300 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: San Diego County assessed values (Prop 13, below market).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $753,700 | $16,896 | 52 | 63 |
| Middle third | $753,700–$1,495,000 | $17,550 | 52 | 93 |
| Upper third | $1,496,462 and up | $27,501 | 53 | 72 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Patio | 20 | 7 | $10,251 | $8,096–$15,120 | 90.4% |
| Need for Build Inc | 8 | 4 | $20,405 | $13,635–$30,401 | 5 of 5 |
| Home Expressions | 5 | 3 | $15,015 | $14,700–$15,890 | — |
| Western Pavers Inc dba Western Outdoor | 6 | 2 | $10,770 | $9,105–$13,470 | — |
| 1PLUS Studio | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Gottsik Construction | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dave Fraser | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Elegant Landscape Inc | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rivers Landscape Construction Inc | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Bob Jaynes | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In San Diego, 1 in 10 patio cover, garage & accessory structure filed values sit under $7,700, the middle half between $10,700 and $36,300, and 1 in 10 over $73,300.
San Diego files the fewest patio cover, garage & accessory structure permits in September (54 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (153). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in San Diego →
Source: City of San Diego Development Services approvals. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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