About Skycrest
One builder, on your side of the table
Skycrest Homes is a team of builders, project managers and trade partners, founded and led by Dan Beniek. We review your lot, read your plans, price the work and answer the phone. Sixteen years of that across the north, northwest and western suburbs of Chicago.
Building a house is the largest check most people ever write, and it is handed to someone they met twice. That is the part nobody says out loud.
So the question worth asking is not whether a builder can frame a wall. It is whether the person pricing your house understands money, understands the ground it sits on, and will still be the one you talk to in month seven.
Who you deal with
Every project has a dedicated Skycrest project manager, and Dan visits the homes often. There is no account manager between you and the person who makes the decisions.
Call (847) 380-8212The builder
A CPA who decided to build houses
Dan Beniek founded Skycrest Homes to build in the Chicago suburbs to a standard he could not find anywhere else. He is also a prior licensed CPA and a licensed Illinois real estate agent, which is an unusual combination on a job site and a useful one.
The accountant reads your budget before the first trade quotes it. The agent reads the lot before you buy it. The builder is the same person, so nothing gets lost in the handover, because there is no handover.
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Why Skycrest
Four things that do not change
Every job runs on the same four commitments, whether it is a ground-up house or a single bathroom.
Sixteen years of it
Sixteen years of custom building and remodeling in these suburbs. We have seen what the clay under Barrington does to a foundation and what a 1970s addition hides behind its drywall.
The same crews
Carpenters, tile setters and finishers who have worked with us for years and take the quality of it personally. The crew that starts your job is the crew that finishes it.
A schedule you can read
Every task, every pending decision, who owns it and when it is due. Shared daily, so you always know what is happening at your house and what we need from you next.
Finished means finished
Every home goes through a comprehensive quality review before closing. Read what our clients say about the last month of the job, because that is the month that tells you everything.
Where we build
Suburbs we know by name, not by postcode
Barrington, South Barrington, Barrington Hills, Palatine, Long Grove, Libertyville, Naperville, Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Park Ridge and St. Charles. We have built and remodeled across all of them.
- We know which village halls move quickly and which do not
- We know what the ground does on each side of the county line
- We can tell you what a lot is worth before you make an offer on it
Our aim is not to satisfy a client. It is to hand over a house they are still pleased with in ten years.
Dan Beniek, Skycrest Homes
Start with a conversation, not a contract
One call is usually enough to tell you whether your idea works, roughly what it costs and how long it takes.