You've been living with compromises long enough. The kitchen layout that never worked. Bathrooms stuck in the wrong decade. A basement gathering dust. Flooring that should have been replaced years ago. Whole home remodeling Chicago lets you fix everything at once, creating a completely transformed home that finally works for how you actually live.
Wood Contracting specializes in home remodeling Chicago, from Lincoln Park greystones to South Loop condos. We handle complete renovations that coordinate multiple spaces, manage complex timelines across trades, navigate Chicago building codes and permits, and deliver the quality you expect when investing this significantly in your home.
Timeline: 8-16 weeks for most projects
Investment Range: $50,000-$200,000+ depending on scope and finishes
Service Area: Chicago neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs
Specialties: Complete home renovation Chicago, multi-room remodels, kitchen and bathroom renovations, basement finishing, flooring and lighting updates, layout changes
What's Included: Comprehensive design and planning, all permits and inspections, complete renovation execution across all spaces, project management coordinating all trades, quality finishes throughout
Warranty: 1-year workmanship guarantee
Completed Projects: 500+ renovations across Chicago
Living with a house that doesn't work creates daily frustration. The kitchen layout forces awkward workflow. Bathrooms are cramped or outdated. The basement sits unfinished. Flooring from three different decades. Lighting that's inadequate in every room. Whole home remodeling Chicago addresses everything systematically instead of piecemeal projects that never quite come together.
The Wood Contracting team specializes in comprehensive home renovation Chicago. We create unified design plans across all spaces, coordinate construction sequencing to minimize disruption, manage multiple trades efficiently, ensure consistent quality throughout your home, and transform houses that feel cobbled together into cohesive homes that finally work.
Transform your entire home in one coordinated project instead of living through years of ongoing construction and never quite getting the house you want.
Lincoln Park greystones, Bucktown vintage homes, and Old Town buildings have beautiful bones but systems and layouts from another era. Original plumbing and electrical that's decades past replacement. Layouts designed for different lifestyles. Beautiful millwork and details worth preserving mixed with desperate need for modern functionality. Home remodeling Chicago for historic properties requires balancing preservation with comprehensive updates.
What we do differently: Updating all mechanical systems to current code while hiding modern requirements. Preserving original millwork, hardwood, and architectural details. Reconfiguring layouts for contemporary living while respecting the home's character. Installing modern kitchens and bathrooms that feel appropriate to the era. Working with plaster walls and uneven floors common in older construction.
We transform vintage Chicago homes into comfortable, modern residences that honor their history while functioning perfectly for how families live today.
Downtown Chicago condos built 15-20 years ago feel tired throughout. Builder-grade everything in kitchen and baths. Generic flooring. Inadequate lighting. Layouts that waste space. Paint colors from 2005. Whole unit renovation makes sense when every room needs attention and you want a cohesive, modern result rather than a patchwork of updates over years.
Wood Contracting's home remodeling Chicago team excels at complete condo transformations. We handle all building and HOA approvals before work begins, coordinate elevator reservations and deliveries, work within strict noise and hour restrictions, design space-maximizing solutions for compact footprints, ensure soundproofing between units, and manage the unique challenges of high-rise construction logistics.
Our whole home condo renovations create sophisticated, cohesive units that feel completely custom rather than builder-grade. From River North to South Loop, we transform dated condos into spaces you're proud to call home and that command premium prices in Chicago's competitive market.
Many Chicago homes have choppy layouts with small, closed-off rooms that don't match how families actually live. Kitchens isolated from dining and living areas. Formal dining rooms rarely used. Compartmentalized spaces when you want openness and connection. Whole home remodeling is the opportunity to fundamentally reimagine your home's flow and how spaces relate.
We transform closed floor plans into open, connected homes by removing non-structural walls strategically, installing beams for structural support where needed, creating sightlines that connect spaces, designing cohesive flow from room to room, and maintaining appropriate separation where privacy matters.
What makes this work: Understanding which walls can be removed and structural requirements. Knowing Chicago building codes for open concept conversions. Experience with permit requirements for structural changes. Skill in creating open plans that still feel defined rather than one giant room. Design sense that makes the result feel intentional, not like walls were just removed.
This Logan Square home had a third-floor outdoor patio that seemed like a luxury when the homeowners bought the place, but reality set in quickly. Chicago weather meant the space sat unused eight months of the year. Snow piled up in winter. Spring and fall were too cold. Even summer had maybe 60 truly comfortable days. The patio represented nearly 250 square feet of potential living space going completely to waste while the third-floor unit felt cramped with no home office, inadequate storage, and a layout that didn't work for how the family actually lived. The challenge was converting outdoor space to conditioned interior square footage in an older building with structural considerations, weatherproofing requirements, and the reality that this needed to feel like original interior space, not an obvious add-on.
We designed a complete patio conversion that transformed unused outdoor space into a bright, functional home office and storage room. Structural engineering confirmed the existing patio structure could support interior buildout with proper reinforcement. We fully enclosed the space with energy-efficient windows that maximize natural light while providing insulation, installed proper weatherproofing and moisture barriers critical for converted exterior spaces, extended HVAC from the main unit to ensure year-round comfort, and added electrical with dedicated circuits and ample outlets for office equipment. The new space features luxury vinyl flooring and finishes that match the existing third-floor space so the conversion feels seamless rather than tacked on. All work was coordinated with the homeowner and completed in compliance with Chicago building codes for converting exterior to interior space.
The completed patio conversion added nearly 250 square feet of highly functional, climate-controlled living space to this Logan Square home. The homeowner now has an expanded space with abundant natural light, and the whole unit functions dramatically better with room to grow. Instead of an outdoor space used 60 days a year, the family gained an interior room they use 365 days a year. This whole home remodeling Chicago project demonstrates how creative space conversion can add serious square footage and value to Chicago multi-family buildings without the complexity and cost of ground-up additions.
Whole home remodeling Chicago transforms your entire house from top to bottom, updating everything from kitchens and bathrooms to flooring, lighting, and layouts. Our comprehensive renovation process manages complex projects involving multiple trades, keeping everything coordinated and on schedule.
We begin your whole home remodeling Chicago project by walking through every room and space in your home, discussing your vision for each area and how spaces connect, identifying structural or system upgrades needed, reviewing your timeline and whether you'll stay during construction, and establishing overall project scope and investment for your complete home renovation.
Our whole home renovation team creates detailed plans covering every space being remodeled, shows how rooms flow and connect throughout your home, specifies all materials and finishes for consistency, coordinates mechanical, electrical, and plumbing upgrades, and develops a construction sequence that makes sense for whole home remodeling Chicago projects.
Whole home remodeling requires comprehensive permits and planning. We handle all permit applications for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work, create a phased construction schedule, coordinate material deliveries and storage, plan for living arrangements if you're staying in the home, and ensure your Chicago home renovation proceeds smoothly from start to finish.
Our team approaches whole home renovation systematically by removing finishes and fixtures according to the project plan, updating electrical panels and wiring throughout, replacing or upgrading plumbing systems, addressing HVAC for whole home comfort, and ensuring infrastructure updates set the foundation for your transformed Chicago home.
During whole home remodeling Chicago, we execute renovations in a coordinated sequence, complete kitchen and bathroom installations, install new flooring throughout, update all lighting and electrical, add custom cabinetry and built-ins, and maintain quality and attention to detail in every single room of your renovated home.
We complete your whole home renovation Chicago with final paint throughout, hardware and fixture installation, thorough cleaning of every space, punch list completion, and an exciting final walkthrough where you experience your completely transformed home and begin this new chapter of living in a space that finally works perfectly for you.
Whole home remodeling involves coordinating multiple trades across weeks or months. Electricians, plumbers, HVAC, tile installers, painters, flooring specialists, and more must work in proper sequence. One delay cascades through everything.
We manage the entire project timeline, coordinate all subcontractors and deliveries, ensure work happens in logical sequence, solve problems before they cause delays, and keep you informed without overwhelming you with construction minutiae.
The difference between a whole home renovation and random room updates is cohesion. Flooring that flows logically. Consistent trim and door styles. Coordinated color palettes. Lighting that creates unified ambiance. Hardware and fixture finishes that relate.
We help you make selections that create visual flow throughout your home rather than rooms that feel disconnected or styles that clash when you walk from space to space.
Whole home remodeling is the time to address systems you can't see but desperately need: outdated electrical panels and wiring, old plumbing that should be replaced, inadequate HVAC capacity, poor insulation, and structural issues.
Critical updates we handle: Electrical panel upgrades and rewiring throughout. Replacing old plumbing before it fails. HVAC system sizing and efficiency improvements. Insulation upgrades for comfort and energy savings. Structural repairs or reinforcement. Foundation or moisture issues. These aren't sexy but they're essential for homes that work properly.
We've completed whole home renovations in Lincoln Park 100-year-old greystones, South Loop modern condos, Wicker Park vintage two-flats, Bucktown single-families. Every building era and type presents different challenges for comprehensive renovation.
You're not getting a contractor learning whole home remodeling on your project. You're getting a team with extensive experience managing complex, multi-space Chicago renovations from start to finish.
Every home remodeling Chicago project is unique, and your investment reflects the size of your home, the scope of work, and the finishes you select. Renovating multiple spaces provides economies of scale compared to tackling rooms individually over time. Final pricing depends on structural changes, systems updates, and finish quality throughout.
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Wood Contracting provides professional whole home renovation services throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Our team specializes in condo, townhome, and single-family kitchen and bathroom remodels across Chicago and the surrounding area. Contact us today to discuss your whole homerenovation.
Chicago Neighborhoods We Serve:
Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Logan Square, Lincoln Square, Roscoe Village, North Center, Old Town, Gold Coast, River North, West Loop, South Loop, Streeterville, Ukrainian Village, Andersonville, Ravenswood, West Town, Pilsen, and Bridgeport.
North Shore & Northern Suburbs:
Evanston, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Northbrook, Glenview, Skokie, Highland Park, Deerfield, and Lincolnwood.
Western Suburbs:
Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, La Grange, Hinsdale, Western Springs, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Naperville, and Downers Grove.
Southern Suburbs:
Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Tinley Park, and Palos Heights.
