The Woodlands & Greater Houston
Construction Services in Houston, TX
This is the full range of what we build, in one place. Drakon Builders is a Houston general contractor handling residential and commercial work from custom homes and remodels to ground-up commercial buildings and tenant improvements, and clients come to this page to see the whole scope before they call.
Residential and commercial work run differently, and we treat them that way. On the residential side, the priority is your home, your budget, and living in the space during and after the build, so we plan around occupancy, finishes, and the neighborhoods and permitting we work in every day. On the commercial side, the priority is a hard opening date and code compliance, so we manage landlords, inspectors, and trade schedules to hit it. What stays the same across both is the structure of how we run a job: a detailed estimate, a realistic schedule, coordinated trades, and one accountable point of contact.
Houston is not one jurisdiction, and that matters more than most people expect. A project inside the city limits goes through the City of Houston permitting process and city inspectors. A project in unincorporated Harris County, or in Montgomery or Fort Bend County, goes through the county and often a municipal utility district as well. Floodplain rules, drainage requirements, and even which inspector shows up change when you cross a line on the map. Knowing which set of rules applies to your address is one of the first things we settle.
Whether you have full architectural plans or just a problem to solve, start with a conversation. We will walk the scope honestly, tell you what it takes, and give you a clear estimate before you commit to anything.
Residential Construction Services
- Residential New Construction
- Residential Kitchen Remodels
- Residential Bathroom Remodels
- Residential Home Additions
Commercial Construction Services
- Commercial Ground Up Construction
- Commercial Lease Space Buildouts & Tenant Improvements
- Site Improvements
- Demolition Services
- Framing Services
- Drywall Services
How Residential Jobs Run
A residential project starts with the house as it is and the family that lives in it. That means a site visit to answer the questions a drawing cannot: where the existing plumbing and electrical actually run, whether a wall is carrying load, and how the family will use the house while the work is underway. We produce a line-item estimate that separates labor, materials, allowances, and permits, so you can see where the money goes before anything is signed.
Once work begins, a residential job is managed around people living in or next to the house. Dust barriers, protected floors, a clean path through the home, and a predictable daily schedule are part of the scope, not courtesies. A project manager walks the site with you at each milestone. On the Gulf Coast we also sequence exterior work around the weather, closing the house in before the wet trades start and never leaving a roof open when a storm line is forecast.
How Commercial Jobs Run
Commercial work is driven by a date. A restaurant has a lease that starts paying rent, a clinic has a licensing inspection scheduled, a retailer has a season to hit. We build the schedule backward from that date and identify the long-lead items that can break it: switchgear, rooftop units, storefront glazing, specialty equipment, and fire-sprinkler and fire-alarm design that must be reviewed before the trades can rough in. Those are ordered and submitted first.
Commercial projects also carry review layers that residential work does not. Plans go through building, fire, and often health department review. Accessibility compliance under the Texas Architectural Barriers Act requires registration and inspection on projects above the state's cost threshold, and we build that into the timeline. One superintendent runs the site daily and keeps the owner, the landlord, and the inspectors working from the same schedule.
Permitting and Inspections Across the Houston Area
Inside the City of Houston, most projects beyond cosmetic work require a permit through the city's permitting center, and the work is inspected by city building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical inspectors at each stage. The city's floodplain ordinance is stricter than the federal minimum, which affects finished floor elevations for additions and new construction in mapped flood areas.
Outside the city, the rules shift. Unincorporated Harris County issues its own permits and enforces its own floodplain and drainage standards, and many sites sit inside a municipal utility district with separate tap fees and connection reviews. Montgomery County, home to The Woodlands and Lake Conroe, handles development permits through the county with added review by community covenant bodies. Which of these applies determines the timeline, the drawings that get submitted, and who signs off at the end.
Why One Accountable General Contractor Matters
Construction problems live at the seams between trades. The framer builds to the plan, the plumber cuts a joist to run a drain, the drywall crew covers it, and no one owns the sagging floor a year later. A general contractor running the full scope owns every seam. We sequence the trades so each one has what it needs from the last, we walk the rough-in before it is covered, and we hold the inspections that belong at each stage. When something is wrong, it is our problem to fix, not a debate between three companies.
Running the full scope also protects the budget. Change orders multiply when separate contractors discover each other's assumptions in the field. With one estimate covering the whole scope, the interfaces are priced once and the schedule reflects the real dependencies between trades. Our 26 years of general contracting experience are spent coordinating exactly those handoffs, and that is how a job stays on the calendar and on the number you approved.
Why Choose Drakon Builders?
- Proven industry experience with decades of hands-on construction
- End-to-end construction solutions under one trusted partner
- Superior craftsmanship standards: structural integrity, premium materials, meticulous detail
Straight answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you handle both residential and commercial projects, or should I hire a specialist for each?
We run both, and we run them differently. Residential work is managed around occupancy and finishes. Commercial work is managed around an opening date, code review, and landlord requirements. The same estimating and inspection discipline applies to both, with one point of contact either way.
Who pulls the permits and schedules the inspections?
We do. That includes identifying the correct jurisdiction for your address, preparing the submittal, responding to plan review comments, and scheduling each inspection so the trades are not waiting on a sign-off. If a project is in a municipal utility district or a floodplain, we handle those reviews as part of the same process.
Can you take a project from site work through finishes, or only the building?
We take the full scope. Clearing, grading, drainage, utilities, foundation, structure, mechanical trades, finishes, and closeout can all run under one contract with one schedule. On larger commercial sites, we coordinate the civil engineer's drainage and detention design with the building so the two are not built in isolation.
Do you work in unincorporated Harris County and the surrounding counties?
Yes. Our work covers the City of Houston, unincorporated Harris County, Montgomery County including The Woodlands and the Lake Conroe area, and Fort Bend County. Each has its own permitting and inspection framework, and we work in all of them.
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