Parish Outdoor Builders started in 2017 as a fence company. It grew into the crew South Louisiana calls when the whole yard needs building, not just one piece of it.
4.9★★★★★4.9 out of 5 · 96 customer reviews All Reviews Verified by Trustindex
Founded 2017
Started as Parish Fence and Gates, now building whole backyards.
One Crew
One project manager from the walkthrough to the final cleanup.
3D Rendering With Every Contract
See your finished yard rendered before anyone digs.
Licensed & Insured
Fully covered in Louisiana. LSLBC #063699.
Meet the owner
Dante Harris, Chief Backyard Officer.
Dante spent years building fences, and fences are honest work — but a fence is one detail repeated down a property line. A backyard is a hundred details that all have to land together: how the slab drains, where the grill sits, which way the cover throws shade at four in the afternoon. He moved into outdoor living because that is where the attention to detail actually has somewhere to go.
He is also not selling something he does not use. Dante spends about ninety percent of his free time on his own back patio. That is where the crawfish get boiled, where the crabs and turkey necks go in the pot, and where a good pastalaya gets cooked while everybody stands around the burner telling him how to do it. LSU football on in the background most Saturdays, the Saints on Sunday, win or lose.
He played ball himself at Parkview Baptist, where LSU and a handful of other programs came calling. He went straight into the workforce instead, and in 2017 he started Parish Fence and Gates out of Prairieville with a truck and a phone number. Fences turned into gates. Gates turned into concrete. Concrete turned into the pavilion, the kitchen, the fire feature and the landscaping around it — because customers kept asking who else they had to hire, and the honest answer should have been nobody. That is how Parish Outdoor Builders got its name.
He also serves as a reserve police officer with the Gonzales Police Department. He sponsors local youth athletic teams every year, and has put tens of thousands of dollars back into this community through school supply giveaways, Thanksgiving dinners and Easter egg hunts for the kids. Same reason he runs the company the way he does: he would rather be the guy who shows up than the guy who explains why he didn't.
I have been doing this since 2017, and I will tell you the same thing I tell every customer sitting at their kitchen table: on a job with this many moving parts, something will eventually go sideways. A delivery runs late. A pour does not finish the way we wanted. Somebody measures twice and still gets it wrong.
What I will not do is disappear when it happens. If something is not right, you call your project manager and it gets handled. If it is bigger than that, I come look at it myself. I have driven out to jobsites on a Saturday over a detail the homeowner had not even complained about yet, because I did not want to hand somebody a backyard I would not accept at my own house.
So here is the promise. We are going to make mistakes. We are not going to stop until you are completely happy. That is the whole deal, and it is why the review beside this one is on our About page instead of buried.
— Dante Harris, Chief Backyard Officer
★★★★★
Originally this was probably going to be a 4 star review because we had a little hiccup during the project. But after seeing how much they actually care about making things right, I had to change it to 5 stars. As soon as we called our project manager Rodney, he had it taken care of the next day. Then Donte, the owner, came by himself to make sure we had been completely taken care of without us ever reaching out to him. That went a long way with my husband and honestly is the main reason we will 100% be recommending Parish Outdoor Builders to our church and anyone else!!
Karen & Mike DupreLeft on the Parish Outdoor Builders website
What we stand for
Four things we will not budge on.
✓One crew, one schedule. You are not the general contractor of your own backyard. Structure, surface, kitchen and landscaping all come from us.
✓You see it before we build it. Every signed contract gets a 3D rendering and walkthrough video of your actual yard.
✓We handle the paperwork. Permits, HOA approval, 811 locates, engineering and inspections are our calls to make, not yours.
✓We clean up every day. We are guests in your yard and we act like it.
Every signed contract includes a 3D rendering and walkthrough video of your actual yard. Your fence, your roof line, your trees, with the new build dropped right in. No stock images and no other customer's backyard.
It is the clearest way we know to make sure what we hand back is what you pictured. We do not break ground until you approve the rendering.
Book My Free WalkthroughIncluded with every signed contract — and nothing is ordered until you approve it
3D Rendering With Every ContractRock Cove, Geismar. Rendering to finished build.
Neighbors, in their words
Hear it from our clients.
4.9★★★★★4.9 out of 5 · 96 customer reviews All Reviews Verified by Trustindex
★★★★★5 out of 5
Originally this was probably going to be a 4 star review because we had a little hiccup during the project. But after seeing how much they actually care about making things right, I had to change it to 5 stars. As soon as we called our project manager Rodney, he had it taken care of the next day. Then Donte, the owner, came by himself to make sure we had been completely taken care of without us ever reaching out to him. That went a long way with my husband and honestly is the main reason we will 100% be recommending Parish Outdoor Builders to our church and anyone else!!
Karen & Mike Dupre Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
Could not be happier with the patio cover they built for us. We use the space almost every night now. The concrete work came out really nice too. Our dog even chased Rodney around the yard for a minute 😂
Sarah Broussard Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
We had them extend our driveway and pour a new pad for our outdoor kitchen. Rodney kept everything moving and answered my questions when I called. Job came out great
Really good experience from beginning to end. We did a covered patio with a large concrete slab and it turned out better than I pictured. Rodney was easy to get ahold of and stayed on top of everything
Tyler Richard Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
Dante came by a couple times while they were building ours and wanted to see how everything was coming along. He actually noticed something we wanted changed before we even said anything. That was nice to see from the owner
Jason Thibodeaux Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
We added a pergola and extended our existing patio. Dante was involved during the project and checked in with us about what we wanted. The crew did a really good job and cleaned everything up when they left
Patio looks awesome. Rodney handled the project for us and made it pretty simple. He even brought us a bottle of bourbon to celebrate when the backyard was finished which was a pretty cool touch
Chris LeBlanc Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
Kelsey was super helpful getting everything scheduled. We love the new patio and cover!
Our backyard was basically just grass before this. Now we have a concrete patio, pergola and a place to put our furniture. Dante stopped by the property during the build and made sure we were happy with how things were going. Very happy with it
Matthew Boudreaux Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
We had a gazebo installed and also added onto our concrete patio. Rodney was our project manager and kept us updated when things changed. Everything turned out really nice
Courtney Comeaux Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
Love the new patio cover!!! Looks great and was finished quicker than I expected. They also gave us one of the Parish care packages with tshirts, Yeti cups and some other goodies which was a nice surprise
Dante was really involved with our project. He came out to look at the work himself and called me after to make sure we were good with everything. The driveway extension and patio came out great. Would definitely recommend Parish Outdoor Builders
Daniel Bergeron Verified · Parish Outdoor Builders website
★★★★★5 out of 5
We wanted somewhere to hang out outside and this was exactly what we needed. New slab, covered patio and a little pergola area. Looks great and the whole backyard feels different now
They helped us choose the right privacy fence for our backyard and we couldn’t be happier. Great craftsmanship and excellent customer service!
Javana Clark Verified · March 2026 · Google
★★★★★5 out of 5
This company exceeded our expectations from start to finish. Communication was clear, pricing was fair, and the installation was completed quickly and professionally. Our yard looks completely transformed. We will definitely use them again!
Daisjuan Scott Verified · March 2026 · Google
★★★★★5 out of 5
If we could give more than 5 stars we would! A1 service! Went above and beyond to do exactly what we asked!
Bernice Jones Verified · March 2026 · Google
96 verified reviews from South Louisiana homeowners. We print 33 of them in full on our reviews page — the rest, including our fence work, are on our Google profile. Read them → · See them on Google →
Optional, and it comes off the job
The biggest hiccup on jobsites? A lack of design planning.
As much as we would like to, neither we nor any other contractor you choose can read your mind. That is why we take the design process so seriously. We will not build a single thing until you have seen an immersive 3D design rendering of your exact backyard and approved it.
Whether you choose us or another contractor, we think this is a necessity — which is why we offer our design service as a standalone package. Not sure which contractor you want to use? Take advantage of this package first, and if you do choose us, the price is applied to your project.
The design package
Your backyard, before it is built
$1,800 credited to your build
A 3D design mockup showing the build in your backyard
An immersive 3D walkthrough video — move through the space as if it is already completed
Your fence, your treeline, your trees. No stock images
See the bigger picture, so you can decide whether you truly like that ceiling finish or that tile you had in mind
The full $1,800 comes off the price of your project should you decide to sign with us.
Choose another contractor? You will know they are fully prepared to build exactly what you want. We hand them 2D construction plans, material takeoffs and the 3D renderings — leaving you without a misunderstanding.
Quality is remembered long after the number is forgotten. Everybody in this parish knows somebody who saved a few thousand dollars up front and paid for it twice. Here is what you are actually taking on when the bid is low because the contractor is not licensed, not insured, and not planning to be around.
The risk of hiring an unlicensed, fly‑by‑night contractor
Fines and stop‑work orders. The city or parish can red‑tag an unpermitted structure mid‑build. The work stops, the fines are yours, and in some cases what is already up has to come back down at your expense.
An injury in your yard becomes your problem. If a crew is working without workers’ compensation and somebody gets hurt on your property, you can end up the one being claimed against — and your homeowner’s policy is what they come looking for.
No real recourse when the work is bad. An unlicensed contractor answers to no licensing board. Your only path is civil court, and an LLC that dissolves on Friday has nothing left to collect on Monday. We take our 5‑star rating seriously and we would rather fix a job than lose one.
A lien on your house for money you already paid. If he does not pay his lumber yard or his subs, they can file a lien against your property — even when you paid him in full.
A denied insurance claim after the first storm. Carriers ask whether a structure was permitted and engineered. A cover attached to your house that was never engineered for Louisiana wind load is the one they will look at hardest.
Trouble at resale. Unpermitted work shows up in the inspection. It gets discounted, renegotiated, or it kills the deal outright, years after you thought the job was finished.
A warranty is only worth the company behind it. A written warranty from a business that is gone in eighteen months is a piece of paper.
An abandoned job and a deposit you cannot chase. Half a slab, an open trench, and a phone number that stops working is a common enough story around here that you have probably heard it.
Strangers in your yard nobody vetted. Day labor hired that morning, no background, no accountability, working ten feet from your back door.
How we are set up so none of that is your problem
State licensed. Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, LSLBC #063699. Verifiable before you sign.
Over $2,500,000 in coverage. General liability and workers’ compensation. The certificate of insurance is attached to every proposal automatically — you do not have to ask for it.
We pull the permits. Parish permitting, setback and floodplain review, engineering on the covered structure, 811 locates and inspections are handled by your project manager and priced into the job.
A written workmanship warranty. Three years on structures, lifetime on fences, from a company that has been at the same shop on Airline Highway since 2017.
One project manager, start to finish. Same person from the walkthrough to the last sweep. Not a salesman who hands you off.
Our reviews are printed in full. Good and bad, word for word, with the bad one left in. Go read them.
