Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Custom Home Builders in Clarendon Hills
A village of about a square and a half, mostly built out, with lots narrow enough that the neighbour's driveway becomes part of the construction plan.
Small lots make logistics a design problem
Clarendon Hills is compact and almost entirely built out, so a new home here nearly always replaces an older one on a lot that was platted when houses were smaller. That means working inside tight side yards, often with mature trees on both property lines and a street that cannot absorb much parking. Where the crane sits, where the dumpster goes and how the concrete truck reaches the pour are real questions, not details.
We plan all of that before we start, because the alternative is discovering it in week two with a foundation crew standing around. It also matters to the people either side of you, and a build that does not antagonise the neighbours tends to go through the village more smoothly as well.
Tight lot?
We will look at access before anything else. On a Clarendon Hills parcel that single factor can move the site-work number more than the house design does.
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The rest of the work in Clarendon Hills
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Home Remodeling in Clarendon Hills
Custom homes, remodels, kitchens, baths and basements in Clarendon Hills, with a finished project in the village. Call (847) 380-8212.
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Whole-house remodels and additions in Clarendon Hills. Structural work engineered, additions tied in properly. Call Skycrest at (847) 380-8212.
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Older suburban houses hide things. We find them before demolition rather than after, so an addition lands square against the existing roofline and the new work does not announce itself as new.
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Maximising a narrow lot without overwhelming it
There is a version of a new house on a fifty-foot lot that fills every inch of the envelope and looks it. There is another version that uses the same square footage and still reads comfortably, usually by breaking the mass, setting part of it back and being careful about the roof. The second one is harder to draw and it is the one people are still happy with later.
- Site access, staging and deliveries planned before the schedule is set
- Coverage and setbacks confirmed against the parcel at the outset
- Neighbouring trees and property lines surveyed, not estimated
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Questions
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Is there room to build on a fifty-foot lot?
Yes, and the setbacks will shape the house more than your preferences will. Side yards on narrow lots are the binding constraint in most of the village. We run the envelope first so the design starts from what is possible.
What about the trees on the property line?
They need a survey and a protection plan, and where they belong to a neighbour that is a conversation to have early rather than after a root is cut. We fence protection zones properly, which occasionally means working in less space than we would like.
How do you keep the neighbours on side?
Tell them what is happening before it happens, keep the street clean, and stick to reasonable hours. It sounds small. On a street this tight it is the difference between a build nobody minds and one that generates complaints at the village.
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Where Clarendon Hills is
DuPage County. Close enough that a site visit is a drive, not a trip.
Building or remodeling in Clarendon Hills
Tell us the address and what you are thinking about. You will get a straight answer on whether it works, what it costs and how long it takes, including when the answer is no.