DuCar Construction builds custom homes and completes renovations in Kenner and across Jefferson Parish, minutes from our Metairie office. Licensed statewide in Louisiana, residential and commercial, with a signed scope, permitted plans and a written warranty on every job.
Ground-up construction on your lot or one we help you find — plans, permits, site work and build under one signed contract.
Down to the framing and back up. Structure, systems and finishes, with the scope written before demolition starts.
New square footage tied into an existing structure — new loads through old framing, matched elevations, a roofline that reads as original.
DuCar is a FORTIFIED Contractor, certified to build to the IBHS FORTIFIED Roof™ standard.
Kenner is an incorporated city, so plans go through the City of Kenner’s Inspection and Code Enforcement Department rather than through Jefferson Parish directly — a different office from Metairie, even though both sit in the same parish. We file with the office that governs your address and build its calendar into the schedule before the contract is signed.
The elevation requirement, and the flood insurance that follows it, depend on the zone your lot sits in, and that changes across the city. We pull the flood zone and the elevation certificate before we price the foundation.
Much of Kenner was built later than the older neighborhoods of New Orleans, so projects usually face fewer historic-review questions and more conventional lot shapes. That makes additions and rebuilds more predictable to plan.
South Louisiana wind requirements govern framing, sheathing, fastening and roof assembly. Built to the FORTIFIED standard, a qualifying designation may also reduce the hurricane portion of your homeowners premium; actual savings depend on your property, zone, insurer and policy.
We also build custom homes in Metairie, in New Orleans and on the Northshore, and handle FORTIFIED™ roofing and commercial construction.
Louisiana RES 883334 and COMM 63084 — residential and commercial, statewide — plus a Mississippi residential builder license (No. 22946). We are building in Mississippi right now.
A+ with the Better Business Bureau and a 5.0-star reputation across 58 reviews.
200+ completed projects across New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner and the Northshore.
Backed by the Louisiana New Home Warranty Act — one year workmanship, two years systems, five years major structural.
The City of Kenner’s Inspection and Code Enforcement Department. Kenner is its own city, so its permits do not go through Jefferson Parish. We prepare the submittal and schedule the inspections.
Kenner’s permit office lists the 2021 International codes and the 2020 National Electrical Code. We build and inspect to the editions in force when your permit is issued.
It depends on the flood zone and base flood elevation for your lot, plus any margin the city requires above it. We pull the flood zone and the elevation certificate before we price the foundation, so the estimate matches what the permit will require.
Yes. We start with the lot: zoning, setbacks, drainage, utilities and the flood zone. If something limits what can be built, you hear it from us early, before plans are drawn.
Our office is on Papworth Avenue in Metairie, minutes away. Bring us your plans, your lot or your project goals and we will walk you through the construction path.