DuCar Construction is headquartered on Papworth Avenue in Metairie. Custom homes, whole-home renovations and additions across Jefferson Parish — permitted, elevated and warrantied to what the parish actually requires.
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.
Residential work in unincorporated Metairie is permitted and inspected by Jefferson Parish, not by the City of New Orleans. Different submittal, different plan review, different inspectors. We build the permitting calendar into the schedule before the contract is signed.
The flood-elevation requirement that applies to your property is set locally, and it varies block to block across the parish. We pull the elevation certificate and build to what your jurisdiction actually requires — not to an assumption.
Metairie is flat and largely slab-on-grade. Where water goes after a hard rain is decided by the pad, the grading and the site work — long before anyone picks a countertop. Getting that wrong is expensive and permanent.
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 New Orleans, 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.
Metairie is unincorporated, so residential permits and inspections run through Jefferson Parish’s Building Permits Department (formerly Inspection and Code Enforcement), not a city office. We prepare the submittal, answer the plan reviewer and schedule the inspections.
In unincorporated Jefferson Parish, replacing 50 percent or more of the roof covering on a one- or two-family home requires a re-roofing permit. When we replace a roof, pulling that permit is part of the job.
It depends on the flood zone and base flood elevation for your lot, plus any margin the parish 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. Bring us your plans, your lot or your project goals and we will walk you through the construction path.