How Lodgewick ADU Ventura Came to Serve Ventura
When Lodgewick ADU Builders decided to plant a branch in Ventura, Russ Delmar was the person they trusted to lead it. Russ had spent years working in residential construction along the Central Coast, and he kept seeing the same thing over and over: homeowners who wanted to add a granny flat or a backyard cottage would get quoted one price, then handed a change order two weeks into the job that blew their budget apart. Or the contractor would vanish after demolition, leaving a torn-up yard and no way to reach anyone. One homeowner in midtown Ventura told Russ she had paid a deposit to a crew that never pulled a permit, then spent four months fighting to get her money back while her lot sat empty. That conversation stuck with him.
So when the opportunity came to open Lodgewick ADU Ventura as an independently owned and operated branch of the Kingswell family of companies, Russ knew exactly what the local team would be built on. Written prices before any work starts. A real arrival window, kept. A clean job site every afternoon. And a written guarantee that actually means something. That is what Ventura homeowners told Russ they wanted, and that is what this branch delivers.
Russ Delmar’s Personal Connection to the ADU Trade
Russ didn’t grow up dreaming about building accessory dwelling units. He grew up watching tradespeople work with their hands and take pride in what they left behind. His first years in construction were spent on framing crews and finish work, the kind of jobs where you can stand back at the end of the day and see exactly what you made. That feeling never got old. The smell of fresh-cut lumber in the morning, the sound of a nail gun echoing off a new wall, the satisfaction of a corner that sits square and true. Those are the things that pulled him deeper into the trade.
What drew Russ to ADUs specifically was the scale of the work. A backyard home is small enough that one crew can own the whole thing, start to finish. That means the people who frame it are the same people who hang the drywall and set the windows. There is no handoff to a subcontractor you will never meet, no blaming the other guy when something goes sideways. Russ liked that accountability. He also liked what an ADU does for a family. It gives an aging parent a place to live close by without giving up independence. It gives a grown child a first home that doesn’t require leaving the neighborhood. It gives a homeowner rental income that helps pay the mortgage. Those are real changes in real people’s lives, and Russ has spent more than ten years in residential construction learning how to deliver them well.
If Russ weren’t leading Lodgewick ADU Ventura, he figures he would still be swinging a hammer somewhere, probably on a jobsite with a view of the Topatopa Mountains. He is not a desk person. He still walks every project before the crew breaks ground and after the final punch list. He wants to see the slope of the lot, the way the sun hits the planned bedroom window, the path the concrete will take from the alley to the door. Those are the details that separate a building from a home, and they are the details Russ refuses to leave to chance.
Meet Russ Delmar – The Person Behind Every Job
Russ Delmar is the Owner of Lodgewick ADU Ventura, the local branch serving Ventura, Camarillo, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Oak View, Port Hueneme, Ojai, Somis, Newbury Park, Moorpark and Simi Valley. He came up through the trades the long way, starting on framing crews and working through finish carpentry, site supervision and project management before stepping into this role. The experience taught him the difference between a contractor who talks about quality and one who actually builds it.
What separates Russ from a corporate franchise technician is simple: he lives and works in the community he serves. When you hire Lodgewick ADU Ventura, the decisions about your project are made by people who know Ventura’s building codes, its soil conditions, its permit process and its neighborhoods. Russ is known for being plain-spoken and steady, the kind of person who tells you what a project will cost before the work starts and doesn’t change the number unless the scope changes. He is personally committed to making sure every homeowner who calls this branch gets the same treatment he would want for his own family.
Our Promise to Ventura Homeowners
Every job we take on in Ventura runs on the Kingswell Guarantee, and that guarantee is built on four promises we don’t bend on. First, you get a written price before any work starts. Nothing verbal, nothing vague. Second, we show up in the window we gave you. Not a four-hour window that turns into a two-day wait. Third, we leave the place cleaner than we found it. That means sweeping, hauling, and not treating your backyard like a storage yard. Fourth, the guarantee is in writing, and if a repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge.
Those promises exist because our customers have told us what it feels like to have a contractor break them. The written price is the one Russ cares about most. A homeowner should never stand in their kitchen holding an invoice that is thousands of dollars higher than the number they agreed to, and with Lodgewick ADU Ventura, they won’t.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed: Every pro working under the Lodgewick ADU Ventura name is required to hold the license their state requires for residential construction.
- Insured and bonded: Every pro is required to carry the insurance and bonding their state mandates, so homeowners are protected if something goes wrong.
- Years of local experience: The Ventura County team has deep roots in the area, with knowledge of local permit offices, soil conditions and neighborhood character that a distant operation can’t match.
- Strong local reputation: The branch has built its name in Ventura on showing up when promised, pricing honestly and standing behind the work.
These credentials matter because you are inviting us onto your property and trusting us with a significant investment. A license means the person framing your walls has met the state’s minimum standards for competency. Insurance and bonding mean you are not left holding the bag if a mistake happens. Local experience means the crew knows that Ventura’s coastal air corrodes certain materials faster, that the permit desk at city hall has its own rhythms, and that a sloped lot in the hills above downtown needs different foundation work than a flat parcel in east Ventura. That knowledge is not something you can buy off a shelf.
Rooted in Ventura
Lodgewick ADU Ventura serves the whole Ventura County area, from Camarillo and Oxnard to Ojai, Moorpark and Simi Valley. But Ventura is home base, and the team here takes that seriously. You will find our work in the neighborhoods off Thompson Boulevard, up in the avenues, around the community college and out toward the Saticoy area. These are the streets our crew drives every day, the places our families shop and eat. When we build a backyard home in Ventura, we are building it in our own backyard, and that changes the standard we hold ourselves to.
Written by Russ Delmar, Owner at Lodgewick ADU Ventura, serving Ventura County from Ventura since 2010.