How Lodgewick ADU Los Angeles Was Born in Los Angeles
Russ Delmar spent years watching Los Angeles homeowners get the same bad deal. A contractor would show up late, or not at all. The price quoted over the phone would balloon once work started. The crew would leave sawdust in the kitchen and a dumpster blocking the driveway for weeks. And when something failed six months later, nobody answered the phone.
He knew the ADU opportunity in Los Angeles was enormous. The state had cleared the path for backyard homes, and cities like Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Culver City were rewriting local codes to make permits faster. But the contractors rushing into the ADU boom were treating these projects like quick flips. Homeowners were getting overcharged for mediocre work, and the whole experience felt transactional. Russ brought the Lodgewick ADU Builders model to Los Angeles because this city deserved the same standard the brand was already known for: a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee that actually means something. Our Los Angeles branch was built to serve homeowners from West Los Angeles to Manhattan Beach who want an ADU done right the first time.
Russ Delmar’s Personal Connection to the ADU Trade
Russ didn’t grow up dreaming about construction. He grew up in a family where you fixed things yourself, because calling someone out meant gambling on whether they’d show up. That lesson stuck. When he first walked onto a framing job years ago, the smell of fresh-cut lumber and the rhythm of a crew working in sync felt right. But what stuck with him more was the look on a homeowner’s face when they realized they’d paid too much for work that wasn’t holding up.
In the years since he first picked up a tool belt, Russ has worked on every part of residential construction, but ADUs are where he found his real purpose. An accessory dwelling unit changes how a family lives. It’s the extra room for aging parents in View Park-Windsor Hills. It’s the rental income that makes a mortgage manageable in Palms. It’s the home office a family in Hancock Park never thought they could afford. Russ has seen how a well-built ADU shifts the math for a household, and that’s what gets him out of bed. Well, that and a cup of coffee strong enough to stand a spoon in.
The reason he stuck with ADU work instead of drifting into bigger commercial projects is simple: he likes looking a homeowner in the eye on the last day of the job and knowing the work was done right. If he weren’t building ADUs, he’d probably be restoring old houses, because he can’t walk past a sagging porch without wanting to jack it up and fix the footing. But ADUs are where the need is, and Los Angeles is where the future of housing is being built one backyard at a time.
Meet Russ Delmar – The Person Behind Every Job
Russ Delmar is the Owner & Founder of Lodgewick ADU Los Angeles. He has spent more than a decade in residential construction, working his way through framing, finish carpentry, and project management before leading ADU builds full-time. He’s state-licensed and insured, and he’s the person who makes sure every project in our Los Angeles service area meets the standard the Lodgewick name stands for.
What separates Russ from a corporate franchise technician is that he treats every ADU like it’s being built on his own lot. He’s the kind of person who sweeps the driveway before the client asks, who explains what a shear wall is without making you feel foolish for asking, and who writes the price down on paper because that’s how he’d want it done. He’s a reader, a Dodgers fan, and a firm believer that a handshake matters. His personal commitment is this: if a client calls with a problem, he answers. If the work fails inside the guarantee period, he comes back and makes it right. No arguments, no fine print.
Our Promise to Los Angeles Homeowners
Lodgewick ADU Builders runs on a code called The Kingswell Way, and it’s not a poster on the wall. It’s five rules every job has to follow. 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. Come back if it fails.
Those rules matter in Los Angeles, where homeowners have been let down so often that skepticism is the default. We don’t ask you to trust us blindly. We ask you to watch us work. The written estimate comes before anything else. The arrival window is real. The job site gets cleaned every day, not just on the last day. And the guarantee is on paper, with our name on it. If something goes wrong inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it. That’s the whole promise.
Our Credentials
Every pro working under our name in Los Angeles is required to hold the license and insurance their state requires. We’re insured and bonded, and we’ve built a strong local reputation by doing the work right the first time.
- State-licensed – required for every pro who works under our name
- Insured & bonded – protection for your property and our crew
- Written guarantee – The Kingswell Guarantee covers the work, in writing
- Local roots – serving Los Angeles neighborhoods from Koreatown to Lawndale
A license means the person in your backyard has proven their competence to the state. Insurance means an accident on your property won’t become your financial headache. And a written guarantee means the company has skin in the game after you’ve written the final check. When someone is building a structure on your property, those three things are the bare minimum you should expect. We meet them, and we expect you to hold us to them.
Rooted in Los Angeles
We work in the neighborhoods where our clients live. From the leafy streets of Hancock Park to the beach-adjacent blocks of Venice and Manhattan Beach, from the hills of View Park-Windsor Hills to the condos and bungalows of Palms and Century City, we know how Los Angeles lots differ. Sloped yards in Santa Monica need different engineering than flat lots in Lawndale. Older homes in Koreatown come with surprises in the walls. We know what to look for before we ever pour a footing, and that local knowledge saves our clients time and money.
Written by Russ Delmar, Owner at Lodgewick ADU Los Angeles. A lodge is a small house on a larger property, which is exactly what an ADU is. Room to grow, right on your lot.