How Lodgewick ADU Houston Was Born in Houston
We opened our Houston branch after watching too many homeowners go through the same frustrating loop: they’d call about an ADU, get a vague estimate over the phone, then watch the price climb once the crew showed up. The project would stall, the permit would sit unprocessed, and the family that needed a place for an aging parent or a grown child would be stuck waiting months with no clear answers. Russ Delmar saw this pattern repeat across Harris County and Fort Bend County for years before he decided Houston deserved better.
The breaking point came when a homeowner in Jersey Village showed Russ a half-finished garage conversion. The previous contractor had walked off the job after collecting most of the money, leaving exposed framing and a permit that had lapsed. The homeowner wasn’t angry so much as exhausted. She asked Russ, “Is there anyone who just does what they say they’ll do?” That question stuck with him. A few months later, Lodgewick ADU Builders approved Russ to open the Houston branch, bringing the Kingswell Guarantee to this market: a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee on the work. The name fits what we build. A lodge is a small house on a larger property. That’s exactly what an ADU is, and that’s what we’ve been helping Houston homeowners plan and build since this branch opened its doors.
Russ Delmar’s Personal Connection to the ADU Trade
Russ didn’t grow up dreaming about accessory dwelling units. He grew up in a house where the garage was never for cars. It was a workshop, a storage space, a place where things got fixed instead of replaced. His first experience with what we’d now call an ADU came when his own family needed to make room for a grandparent who couldn’t live alone anymore. The solution wasn’t a nursing home. It was a converted back-house space with a small kitchen, a bathroom, and a door that opened onto the same yard where the grandkids played. Russ remembers the smell of sawdust in that little building, the way the afternoon sun hit the kitchen counter through a window that had been salvaged from a remodel down the street. It wasn’t fancy. But it worked. It gave someone dignity and independence without shipping them across town.
That experience planted something. Later, when Russ started working in residential construction, he kept noticing how many homes had unused space: a detached garage, a backyard too big to mow, a side yard that served no purpose. Meanwhile, families in Houston were trying to figure out how to care for parents, house adult kids, or generate rental income. It seemed obvious to him that the answer was often sitting right there on the lot. What he loves about ADU work specifically is the scale. You’re not building a mansion. You’re building one room, or two rooms, or a small house, and you can see the difference it makes almost immediately. A mother who can now visit her daughter every day instead of once a month. A young couple who can finally afford to live in Spring instead of commuting from an hour away. A homeowner in Sugar Land who gets a monthly rent check that covers their property taxes. Russ has spent more than a decade in residential construction, and the ADU projects are the ones that stay with him. Not because they’re the biggest jobs. Because they’re the most personal ones.
If he weren’t doing this, he’d probably still be fixing up old houses somewhere in the Houston area, probably with a radio playing and a thermos of coffee that went cold an hour ago. That’s the person we want you to know you’re working with.
Meet Russ Delmar – The Person Behind Every Job
Russ Delmar is the Owner and Founder of Lodgewick ADU Houston. His background is in residential construction and remodeling, with a focus on the kind of practical, code-compliant building that Houston’s climate demands. He’s worked on projects across the metro area, from Katy to Channelview, and he knows what it takes to get an ADU permitted, built, and finished in this region’s specific regulatory environment. Russ isn’t a franchise technician sent from another state. He’s a Houston builder who lives in this area, works in this area, and answers for the work this branch does. When he’s not on a job site, you’ll find him working on his own house, the same way he’s done since he was a young man learning how to frame a wall and hang a door.
His commitment to every customer is simple: if we put our name on it, we stand behind it. That includes the workmanship and the materials. If something fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s not a marketing line. That’s the way Russ believes construction should work, and it’s the standard every Kingswell company is expected to meet.
Our Promise to Houston Homeowners
We know what it feels like to be promised one price and charged another. That’s why every ADU project we quote in Houston comes with a written price before any work starts. You’ll see the line items. You’ll know what the materials cost and what the labor cost. If something changes mid-project, we say so in writing and we agree on it before we proceed. We don’t show up late and we don’t leave a mess. The Kingswell Way isn’t just a slogan for us. It’s a code we work by: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it, put the guarantee in writing, and come back if it fails.
The guarantee matters most to us because it’s the promise you can’t fake. Lots of companies will tell you they stand behind their work. We put it in writing so there’s no question what that means. If a repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. No fine print gymnastics. No phone tag. We fix it.
Our Credentials
When you hire Lodgewick ADU Houston, here’s what you can rely on:
- State-licensed builders. Every pro working under our name is required to hold the license their state requires. That’s a baseline we don’t bend.
- Insured and bonded. We carry insurance and bonding so that if something goes wrong on your property, you’re not left holding the cost.
- Local Houston experience. Our team works in this market every week. We know the soil, the weather, the permit offices, and the inspectors. That local knowledge translates into fewer delays and fewer surprises.
- A written guarantee. We don’t ask you to trust our word alone. The guarantee is in writing, and we honor it.
Here’s why these credentials matter to a homeowner. A license means the person doing the work has met at least the minimum standard your state requires for safety and competence. Insurance and bonding protect you from liability if a worker is injured on your property or damage occurs during construction. Local experience means we’ve already worked through the specific permitting quirks of Harris County, Fort Bend County, and the cities around Houston, so your project isn’t a learning curve for us. And a written guarantee means you’re not depending on someone’s good mood to get a defect fixed.
Rooted in Houston
We work in the neighborhoods we know. In Katy, we’ve built ADUs for multi-generational families. In Sugar Land, we’ve helped homeowners turn detached garages into rental units. In Friendswood and Deer Park, we’ve worked on backyard cottages that give grown children a place to launch. We see these streets every week. We know the houses, the lot sizes, and the way this city’s neighborhoods were laid out. Houston is our market, not a pin on a map.
Written by Russ Delmar, Owner & Founder at Lodgewick ADU Houston. Call (361) 326-2313 to schedule your free estimate.