Spotted-gum hardwood decks, charcoal-steel pergolas, covered alfresco zones — engineered for Sydney weather, built to last decades, designed to feel like part of the home.
Reviews from recent projects — names withheld in this concept build.
Black Stag built our full alfresco — spotted-gum deck, charcoal-steel pergola, integrated lighting, the lot. Three years on it's the best room in the house. The build quality is genuinely premium.
We'd had two builders try to design our covered outdoor area without much luck. Luke walked the site, sketched something on the spot, came back with a fixed-price quote. Built it on time, looks incredible.
A good deck and pergola is the difference between a backyard you walk past and an outdoor room you live in nine months of the year. Black Stag Projects has been building both across the Hills District and northern Sydney for 18+ years. Every build is on-tools work by Luke and the team — fixed-price scope, no sub-contracted-out grief.
We design and build complete outdoor areas: a hardwood deck with a steel pergola overhead, integrated lighting, a glass balustrade overlooking the gum trees. Or just the deck. Or just the pergola over an existing concrete pad. Brief is yours, build is ours.
Every deck and pergola is engineered for Australian Standards (AS 1684, AS 4100) with full BAL compliance where bushfire-zone certification is required (a lot of the Hills District falls in BAL-12.5 to BAL-29). We handle DA approval where needed — most pergolas under the exempt-development threshold don't need one.
Decks get a 25-year structural guarantee on the timber sub-frame and Master Builders 6-year warranty across the build. We're not interested in cheap, we're interested in something that still looks great in 2040.
A selection from current and recent projects.
Every Black Stag build is specced to suit the home. These are the most-asked-for options — but the brief is yours.
Our default decking timber — Class 1 durability, beautiful grain, weathers to a stunning silver-grey or stays warm-brown with annual oil.
Lighter Australian hardwood, BAL-29 rated, popular for clean modern decks. Excellent screw retention.
Powder-coated structural steel, charcoal or black satin finish. Slim profile, decades of life, low maintenance.
Spotted-gum or blackbutt structural posts and beams. Warm, premium, blends with native landscaping.
The four-stage process every Black Stag project follows. No surprises, fixed-price scope, you know what's happening at every stage.
Site visit, take measurements, talk through how you want to use the space. Free, no obligation, no pitch.
Detailed plans, engineering specs, BAL assessment if needed, fixed-price quote. You sign off before any timber is ordered.
Luke runs the build, our in-house crew on site. Sub-frame, decking, pergola structure, lighting, gas plumbing if there's a fireplace. Daily clean-up, weekly updates.
Walk-through, oil application, defects list, warranty paperwork. 25-year structural guarantee on the sub-frame.
Free site visit, fixed-price quote, no obligation. Luke usually replies same-day.