Orleans Parish

Duplex and multifamily builder in New Orleans.

New-construction duplexes built to today's code, inside the parish where most of the housing stock was built before anybody worried about wind ratings or elevation.

What building in Orleans Parish actually involves

New Orleans is not one market. It is a few hundred blocks that behave differently from each other, and the block decides more than the neighborhood name does.

Permits go through the City of New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits — not the parish, not the state. Timelines move. We handle the filing and the inspections as part of the build.

Flood zone is determined lot by lot. Two properties on the same street can sit in different zones, and the zone drives two numbers that matter for the rest of your ownership: how high the building has to be elevated, and what you pay for flood insurance every year. We pull the determination before you commit to a lot, not after.

Some areas add a historic review layer. Inside a local historic district, exterior design goes in front of the HDLC before you build. It is workable — it is just time, and it has to be planned for instead of discovered.

Why new beats the old double here

The classic New Orleans house hack is buying a sixty or eighty-year-old double. It is what is for sale, so it is what people buy. Then the building teaches them what eighty years costs.

• Insurance. In this city it is not a rounding error. Modern wind-rated construction to current code can mean meaningfully lower premiums than aging stock.
• Elevation. A new building is designed and built to the required elevation from the first drawing. An old one was built to whatever the rule was decades ago.
• Systems. New roof, new HVAC, new plumbing, new electrical — instead of finding out which one goes first.
• Warranty. An eighty-year-old double does not come with one.

What we build

Two-level duplexes, roughly 2,400 square feet, 3 bed / 2 bath per side — six bedrooms and four bathrooms under one roof, on one loan. Five signature models. Turn-key, including plans, permits, survey and the builder package.

Do not have a lot? We find and secure buildable lots. You bring the lot or we help you find one — and with your down payment and pre-approval, the lot may be financed into your loan, subject to lender approval.

How people pay for it

• FHA — 3.5% down. The 2026 FHA limit for a two-unit property in Louisiana is $693,050. A turn-key build plus a lot lands well under that.
• VA — $0 down. For veterans. No monthly mortgage insurance, and since 2025 land, construction and mortgage can close one time.
• House hacking. Live in one side, rent the other, and see what actually comes out of your pocket each month.

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