Our Story
Built in New Orleans, for New Orleans
Sutherland Construction grew out of a simple conviction: that residential renovation in Greater New Orleans requires a different kind of contractor. The city's homes — its shotgun doubles and Creole cottages, its raised bungalows and postwar ranches — carry a century or more of accumulated decisions, and each one asks to be read carefully before it's touched. We've built our practice around that patience.
We started with kitchens and baths, then expanded to whole-home renovations as clients trusted us with more of their houses. The through-line has always been the same: understand the structure before you change it, specify materials that hold up in a Gulf Coast climate, and give clients a clear picture of the project before the first board comes up. We don't optimize for the fastest finish. We optimize for the one that holds.
New Orleans asks a lot of a building — heat, humidity, flood risk, the weight of a century of decisions layered into the walls. But it also handed us a housing stock with real bones: longleaf pine hiding under a hundred years of paint, cypress framing that shrugs off moisture, rooms with proportions drawn before air conditioning that still move air beautifully. We've built our practice around protecting what's already right and rebuilding only what isn't. That's the difference between renovating a New Orleans home and replacing one.
What We Stand For
The way we work
Craft over speed
A project that finishes a week early but fails within two years isn't a win. We build on a schedule that reflects the actual work, and we don't compress preparation to meet a deadline.
Honest timelines
The schedule in your contract is the schedule we intend to keep. When something changes — and in older homes, something always can — we tell you immediately, explain why, and give you a revised picture before we proceed.
Built for the climate
Gulf Coast humidity, UV intensity, hurricane-force wind, and flood risk are the conditions we specify for — not an afterthought. Every material recommendation we make is filtered through what holds up here.
A relationship, not a transaction
Most of our work comes from repeat clients and referrals. That only happens if we're the kind of contractor you can call years after we finish — for a warranty question, a follow-on project, or just advice on something new.
Our Standards
Qualified · Compliant · Warrantied
License & Insurance
Licensed and insured in Louisiana. We carry general liability and workers' compensation on every project. Certificates available on request.
Permits & Code
We pull every permit a project requires and coordinate inspections start to finish. The close-out paperwork is yours to keep — proof, on paper, that the work was done right.
Workmanship Standard
Our work carries a written workmanship warranty. If something we built or installed fails, we come back and make it right — no argument, no runaround.