Arlington Heights, Illinois
Home Remodeling in Arlington Heights
A well-built postwar ranch on a good street is often worth more remodeled than replaced. The trick is knowing which ones.
Remodel or rebuild, decided with numbers
Arlington Heights is full of solid 1950s and 60s houses on streets people want to live on. Some of them are excellent candidates for a serious remodel: good framing, a sensible footprint, room to add at the back. Others have a floor plan so constrained by its bearing walls and stair position that every change cascades into three more, and at that point you are paying rebuild prices for a remodel outcome.
We do not have a bias about which answer you get. What we do is look at the structure, the mechanicals, the foundation and the zoning envelope, then give you both numbers. Plenty of people come to us expecting one answer and leave with the other, and that is the conversation doing its job.
Worth an honest look
We will walk the house and tell you whether it deserves the investment. Sometimes the answer is that it does not, and you are better off hearing that now.
Call (847) 380-8212What we do here
The rest of the work in Arlington Heights
Same builder, same crew, whichever of these you need.
Custom Home Building in Arlington Heights
Custom homes and teardown rebuilds in Arlington Heights. Lot coverage, FAR and village review handled before design is locked. Call (847) 380-8212.
Read the pageBasement Remodeling in Arlington Heights
Finished basements in Arlington Heights. Low ceilings, old drain tile and overhead sewer questions dealt with properly. Call Skycrest at (847) 380-8212.
Read the pageKitchen Remodeling in Arlington Heights
Kitchen remodels in Arlington Heights. Walls opened, old wiring and plumbing brought up to code, cabinetry that fits. Call (847) 380-8212.
Read the pageRemodeling & Additions
Additions on a lot that is already near its limit
Adding to a house in Arlington Heights runs straight into lot coverage, and that often pushes the answer upward rather than outward. A second storey on a ranch is a genuine option here and a bigger job than it sounds, because it means verifying the foundation and the existing framing can carry it. That verification is an engineer's job, not an opinion.
- Coverage checked before an addition footprint is agreed
- Existing foundation and framing verified before anything is added above
- Mechanicals resized for the new house, not stretched to cover it
Nearby
The closest finished work
We have not photographed a project in Arlington Heights yet, so these are the nearest ones rather than local ones.
Questions
Asked in Arlington Heights
Something not answered here? Call (847) 380-8212 and ask us directly.
Can I add a second storey to my ranch?
Often yes, if the foundation and the first-floor framing can take the load. That gets verified by an engineer before we quote, because the answer changes the price substantially. Where it does not work, a rear addition usually does.
Will my furnace and electrical service handle a bigger house?
Frequently not. A hundred-amp service and a furnace sized for 1,600 square feet will not run 2,800. We size the mechanicals for the finished house and put that in the quote, because discovering it halfway through is how budgets break.
How disruptive is a whole-house remodel?
Very, if you stay. Most people move out for the heaviest eight to twelve weeks and come back for the finish work. We will tell you honestly which phases are liveable and which are not, rather than letting you find out.
On the map
Where Arlington Heights is
Cook County. Close enough that a site visit is a drive, not a trip.
Building or remodeling in Arlington Heights
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.