How Lodgewick ADU San Jose Was Born in San Jose
When Russ Delmar first started looking at the ADU landscape in San Jose, he kept seeing the same thing over and over: homeowners who had been let down. Not by the idea of an ADU, but by the process. A homeowner in Willow Glen had paid a deposit to a contractor who stopped answering calls. Another in Alum Rock waited months for a design that never matched what was promised. The demand was there, the city was making permits easier, but the experience was broken.
Russ saw an opening that wasn’t about building more units. It was about building trust. San Jose homeowners weren’t asking for anything complicated. They wanted a written price before the work started. They wanted a crew that showed up when it said it would. They wanted someone to answer the phone. Those are simple things, but they were surprisingly rare.
Bringing the Lodgewick ADU Builders standard to San Jose meant bringing a different kind of promise to this city. A written price before any work begins. A real arrival window. A clean job site. A guarantee in writing. That’s what this branch was built on, and that’s still how every job in San Jose starts.
Russ Delmar’s Personal Connection to the ADU Trade
Russ Delmar has spent more than a decade in residential construction, and he’ll tell you the work gets into your bones. It starts with the smell of fresh-cut framing lumber on a cool San Jose morning. The sound of a level clicking against a stud. The moment you step back and see a room take shape where there was nothing but dirt and air. Those moments never got old for him, and they still don’t.
What drew him to ADUs specifically was something quieter. A house with an ADU is a house that can hold more life. A parent who needs to be close. A kid coming back from college with student debt. A renter who needs a decent place in a city where rent keeps climbing. Russ has watched families figure out hard problems by building a small home in the backyard, and that’s not just construction to him. That’s the whole point.
He’s seen the trade from the ground up. He’s been the one carrying materials before sunrise, the one on the phone with a supplier who missed a delivery window, the one kneeling in the dirt to check a foundation line. He knows what it feels like when a job goes sideways, because he’s lived it. What gets him out of bed is the chance to do it right this time. To be the kind of builder he wished existed when he was still learning the trade.
If he weren’t building ADUs, he’d probably still be building something. Maybe furniture, maybe small cabins, maybe teaching the next generation of carpenters. But he’s here, in San Jose, because this is where the work means the most.
Meet Russ Delmar – The Person Behind Every Job
Russ Delmar is the owner and founder of Lodgewick ADU San Jose. He’s the person who sets the standard for every project in this city, from the first phone call to the final walkthrough. His background is in residential construction, with years of hands-on work framing, finishing, and managing projects across Santa Clara County. He understands how a well-built structure works, and he understands how a badly managed project falls apart. He’s spent his career working against the second one.
He’s not a franchise technician running a script. He’s a local operator who knows San Jose soil, San Jose setback rules, and San Jose homeowners. He reads the city’s ADU ordinance updates because they directly affect his customers. He walks every job site himself before quoting, because a real price needs a real look at the ground, the access, and the existing conditions.
On weekends, you might find him hiking in the East Foothills or restoring an old workbench in his garage. He likes things that are built to last, and he believes a promise should hold up as well as a well-set post. He stands behind every job personally, and the guarantee that covers the work is in writing. That’s the commitment.
Our Promise to San Jose Homeowners
Lodgewick ADU San Jose works to the Kingswell Guarantee, and that guarantee is made of four promises. First, a written price before any work starts. No open-ended estimates, no change orders that show up out of nowhere. You’ll know the price in writing before a single board is cut.
Second, a real arrival window. We tell you when we’re coming, and we show up in that window. Third, a clean job site. Construction is messy, but that doesn’t mean your yard has to look like a war zone at the end of every day. We clean up as we work, and we leave the place cleaner than we found it.
Fourth, a written guarantee. If a repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s not a slogan. It’s the standard every Kingswell company works to, and it’s the standard we hold in San Jose.
Our Credentials
Every home improvement company will tell you they’re qualified. Here’s what that actually means when you work with Lodgewick ADU San Jose:
- State-licensed. We hold the license the state of California requires for this work. That means our projects meet legal standards, and you have recourse if something goes wrong.
- Insured and bonded. We carry the insurance and bond coverage required to work on your property. If something gets damaged, you’re not left holding the bill.
- Local experience. We’ve worked in San Jose long enough to know how this city’s permitting department operates, what soils to expect under your foundation, and what setbacks apply to your lot.
- Strong local reputation. We’ve built our name by doing right by homeowners across San Jose, Fremont, Milpitas, and the surrounding cities. No flash, just steadily doing what we said we’d do.
Here’s why those credentials matter to you. A license means accountability. Insurance means your property is protected. Local experience means fewer surprises on the day of construction. And a reputation built one job at a time means you’re not gambling when you pick up the phone. You’re hiring a company that has already proven it can deliver.
Rooted in San Jose
Our service area includes San Jose, Fremont, Palo Alto, Milpitas, Union City, Los Altos, Los Gatos, and the hillside communities beyond. But our home base is this city, and that shapes how we work. We know the summer heat in East Foothills and how it affects concrete curing. We know the older lots in Alum Rock with tight access. We know the permit process at San Jose City Hall well enough to help our customers move through it without losing weeks to confusion.
We’re not a company that pretends to be from every town. We’re a local team that agreed to work to a national standard. That combination is what makes us different.
The Name Behind the Brand
People sometimes ask where the name Lodgewick comes from. A lodge is a small house on a larger property, which is exactly what an ADU is. The name carries the whole idea: a separate, complete home that sits close to the main house, built to the same standard, meant to last. That’s what we build in San Jose, one backyard at a time.
Why Homeowners Choose Us
Most of the homeowners we meet in San Jose have been let down before. A no-show. A price that changed at the door. A repair that failed a month later. We understand that hesitation, because we’ve seen the work that followed those broken promises. The Kingswell Way was built as an answer to that experience. 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 five values aren’t just words on a website. They’re the structure under every Lodgewick ADU San Jose project. When you call, a live coordinator answers and connects you with our local team. You’ll get a straight conversation about your lot, your goals, and your budget. Then you’ll get a written estimate with real numbers.
If you’re thinking about an ADU in San Jose, call (669) 266-4319 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll walk your property, talk through what’s possible, and put a price in writing before any work starts. That’s how it should work. That’s how we work.
Written by Russ Delmar, Owner at Lodgewick ADU San Jose, serving San Jose and the surrounding communities.