DuCar Construction builds custom homes and completes renovations in Madisonville and across St. Tammany Parish. Licensed statewide in Louisiana, residential and commercial, with a signed scope, permitted plans and a written warranty on every job.
Ground-up construction, including elevated and pier-supported builds on low-lying and waterfront lots.
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, matched in elevation and roofline so it reads as original.
DuCar is a FORTIFIED Contractor, certified to build to the IBHS FORTIFIED Roof™ standard.
Madisonville sits on the Tchefuncte, and a good part of the area carries a flood-elevation requirement that shapes the house before anything else does. Elevated construction changes the foundation, the stair and porch design, the utilities and the drive. We pull the elevation certificate first and design to it, not around it.
Inside the town limits, Madisonville permits and inspects; outside them, St. Tammany Parish does. Different submittal, different plan review, different inspectors. We build that calendar into the schedule before the contract is signed.
Fill, pad, pilings where they are called for, drainage and the approach to the house are engineering decisions, not line items to guess at. We price site work separately and in writing so it is visible from the start.
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 in Mandeville, Covington, Slidell, Metairie and New Orleans.
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 Greater New Orleans and the Northshore.
Backed by the Louisiana New Home Warranty Act — one year workmanship, two years systems, five years major structural.
Inside town limits, the Town of Madisonville permits and inspects; outside them, St. Tammany Parish Permits and Inspections does. We confirm which applies from your address before plans are drawn.
Yes, with an elevated or pier-supported foundation where the lot calls for it. Work at the water’s edge, such as a pier or a bulkhead, can need approvals beyond the building permit, and we identify them before the design is final.
It changes the foundation, the stairs and porch, the utilities and the driveway approach. We pull the elevation certificate first and design to it.
Yes. We match additions in elevation and roofline so the house reads as one.
Bring us your plans, your lot or your project goals and we will walk you through the construction path.