Wilmette Home Remodeling & Construction Contractor

A whole-house renovation in an older Wilmette home is about keeping what makes the house worth saving, like trim, stairs, and proportions, while replacing what no longer works. We coordinate new layouts, kitchens and baths, flooring, lighting, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and finish carpentry as one project.

Homes built a century ago rarely match their original drawings. Walls get moved, beams get cut, and old repairs turn up behind plaster. When a new layout calls for structural changes, we bring in the engineer and handle that work within the same project.

With almost no vacant land in Wilmette, a new custom home usually replaces an existing one. We manage the build from pre-construction through plans, scheduling, trades, materials, inspections, and close-out.

Wilmette’s permit submittal for a new house goes beyond the plans. It includes a plat of survey, floor area ratio worksheets, a building height certification, tree canopy worksheets, and a tree protection affidavit. Demolition needs its own checklist, job-site signage, and notice to nearby properties. We prepare all of it so the build starts on schedule.

An addition lets you stay near the lake, the Village Center, or your kids’ school while gaining the space you need. Rear additions, second stories, and bigger kitchens and family rooms all have to tie into the existing foundation, framing, roof, and mechanical systems, and on an older house they should look like they belong.

Wilmette caps how much house can go on a lot, so additions are checked against floor area ratio and lot coverage. If the footprint changes, a tree protection affidavit is required. We run these numbers at the first meeting, before design gets too far.

We renovate and build out retail, restaurant, and office space for Wilmette business owners and landlords, in the Village Center, at Plaza del Lago, and along Green Bay Road and Lake Avenue. Many of these buildings are older, and the work often has to fit around a set opening date or a business that stays open.

You deal with one person for the whole job, who coordinates everyone else and keeps the opening date in view.