Home Remodeling & Construction in Levelland, TX

Levelland was surveyed as Hockley City, renamed in 1922 for its flat terrain, and has been the Hockley County seat since the county organized. The oil boom of the 1950s brought a refinery, a gas plant, and oilfield machine shops, and South Plains College opened its Levelland campus in 1958. The town grew from 1,663 residents in 1930 to 8,264 in 1950 and 13,809 in 1980, and the 2020 Census counted 12,652.

Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put roughly 41 percent of Levelland's houses in the 1970s and 1980s, another 27 percent in the 1950s and 1960s, and only about 11 percent since 2000. A house from the 1970s or 1980s is now roughly 40 to 55 years old, which is when original kitchens, hall baths, windows, HVAC equipment, and electrical panels tend to wear out on the same schedule. Tackling them in one planned remodel usually costs less than chasing them one at a time.

Levelland sits on open, level cropland, and Hockley County's soils run from clay loam to sandy loam, with the sandier ground toward the west and south of the county. That shapes two kinds of wear. On the weather side, the town gets the same South Plains pattern as Lubbock: hail concentrated in April through June, 60 to 100 mph wind events in spring, blowing dust, and intense summer sun that ages shingles, paint, and caulk early.

On the ground side, slabs move for the same reason they do in Lubbock, clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. On sandier lots the movement tends to be milder, but a plumbing leak under the slab or roof water pooling against the foundation can still cause settlement at any age. Diagonal drywall cracks at door corners and doors that stop latching are the signs to get a free foundation inspection.

Levelland's 2025 water quality report describes a blended system: treated surface water from the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, delivered through the City of Lubbock, plus water from the city's own groundwater wells. Water across the South Plains typically tests hard, and a blended supply can shift with the mix, so test your tap before sizing a softener or reverse osmosis system.

Inside city limits, residential permits go through the City of Levelland's building department, part of the Code Enforcement Department, which inspects construction for compliance with the building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes. In December 2025 the city adopted the 2021 International Residential, Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, and Energy Conservation codes and the 2020 National Electrical Code, so permitted work is inspected to those editions. The residential permit application is a fillable form submitted to the building department, and it is worth confirming what your project needs before work starts.

We serve Levelland from Lubbock, about a 40-minute drive west on SH-114. On a job that far out, the schedule matters as much as the price, so ask any contractor, including us, how site visits, material deliveries, and city inspections will be grouped so the project does not stall waiting on a single trip. The work that fits Levelland's housing: