Design-Build Contractors & Firms Near Chicago

Best of Houzz 2014–2024 | Working in Chicago, IL, Scottsdale, AZ Dallas, TX and San Diego areas. 123 Remodeling is an award-winning design-build firm, working with clients from the earliest stages of design through construction. In business for over 16 years, we specialize in high-end kitchen, bathroom and home remodeling — striving to provide clients the peace of mind they deserve throughout every project. Our goal has always remained the same — to transform your home into your dream home. Our team of award-winning interior designers, architects and remodelers work with you every step of the way to make sure your project is delivered on time & to your satisfaction. We handle projects of all size and scope, from master bath & powder rooms to whole home remodeling. We are licensed, bonded and insured with over $2 million in insurance coverage so you know you are in the right hands working with us. See our projects and testimonials to learn more about how we have earned the reputation as one of the most trusted renovation companies on Houzz!

Designers • Builders • Remodelers 4Ever Remodeling is a premier, full-service design-build contractor specializing in custom Home Additions, Kitchen Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling, Basement Finishing, and Whole Home Remodeling throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. As a multi-year Best of Houzz award winner with over 100+ five-star reviews, 4Ever Remodeling turns outdated spaces into high-functioning, custom-designed homes. We combine interior design expertise, detailed architectural planning, and skilled craftsmanship under one roof—giving homeowners a smooth, well-managed remodeling experience. Our Core Remodeling Services: • Home Additions: Make your home match your family’s growing needs with custom second-story additions, bump-outs, and seamless room expansions. • Kitchen Remodeling: Functional, beautiful spaces built for your lifestyle, featuring custom layouts, open-concept conversions, and cabinetry design. • Bathroom Remodeling: Luxury spa-like primary suite upgrades, custom showers, guest bath renovations, and high-end finish installations. • Basement Finishing: Maximizing your space into a comfortable, usable lower-level living area, home theater, wet bar, or guest suite. • Whole Home Remodeling: Complete interior redos, layout reconfigurations, and full-scale renovations guided from start to finish. Why Chicago Homeowners Choose 4Ever Remodeling: • Complete Design-Build Process: Direct, end-to-end coordination from the initial design consultation to the final walkthrough. • Transparent Communication: Live updates, scheduling, product tracking, and invoicing. • Proven Quality & Reputation: Backed by industry certifications, state licensing, and years of top-rated service across Chicagoland. Service Areas: Proudly serving the City of Chicago as well as the Northern, Northwestern, and Western Suburbs. Ready to elevate your home? Contact 4Ever Remodeling today to schedule your design consultation.

New Explode Construction is a boutique design-build firm specializing in custom homes, luxury residential construction, and transformative renovations throughout Lake Forest, the North Shore, and the greater Chicago area. We partner with homeowners who value quality to create thoughtfully designed spaces that reflect their lifestyle, vision, and long-term goals. From ground-up custom homes to comprehensive whole-home transformations, our team delivers an elevated construction experience rooted in craftsmanship, transparency, and personalized service. Recognized as one of the North Shore's premier custom home builders, New Explode Construction has spent more than 19 years creating exceptional homes and transforming the way clients live. Our strong network of trusted subcontractors, suppliers, and industry specialists allows us to consistently deliver projects on time and within budget, while our attention to detail and professionalism are the reason our projects routinely pass inspection the first time, a distinction few construction companies can claim. Listening to our clients is the starting point of every project. Our team of professional planners, designers, and construction experts guides clients from initial concept through completion, maintaining open, honest communication at every stage and ensuring every detail is executed with care and every expectation is exceeded. Only then do we consider our work complete.

A. Perry Homes are the architects, builders, and remodelers of choice for families who believe making their dream home should be a fun and engaging process that focuses on their family traditions and lifestyle needs. Our clients desire a long-term relationship with an award-winning firm that can handle all the details for a truly custom experience that begins with a thoughtful assessment of their needs and ends with a lifetime care for their home.

OnDeck – Outdoor Space Builder | Custom Outdoor Living & Home Renovation OnDeck – Outdoor Space Builder is a family-owned, design-build company specializing in custom outdoor living spaces and home renovations throughout Chicagoland and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. With 37+ years of experience, we bring design, permitting, construction, and project management together under one roof to take projects from the initial concept through completion. We design and build custom decks, composite and wood decks, porches, pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, screen rooms, sunrooms, season rooms, outdoor kitchens, and other custom outdoor structures. We work with a wide range of premium decking, railing, structural, and outdoor-living materials to create spaces that fit each home's architecture, lifestyle, and budget. Our team provides a complete design-build experience, including professional design and material guidance, construction planning, permitting assistance, structural construction, and dedicated project management. From a deck replacement or new pergola to a complete backyard transformation, we coordinate the entire process to make the project seamless from concept to completion. We proudly serve homeowners throughout Chicagoland, including the North Shore, Northwest and Western Suburbs and Chicago, as well as Lake Zurich, Lake Geneva, and surrounding communities in Illinois and Wisconsin. Select outdoor structure installations are also available nationwide. At OnDeck, we create outdoor spaces that are beautiful, functional, durable, and designed around the way you live.

We understand that our customers are our greatest assets, which is why it is our goal to provide the best customer service in the industry. Excellent customer service, combined with the highest quality work, has kept us in business for decades, and we plan to continue to exceed our customers’ expectations.

Lugbill Designs is a residential interior design and remodeling firm serving the Chicago & North Shore area. We specialize in full-service design-build, including luxury whole home remodels. That said, we're flexible, and able to cater our service level to your needs. Lugbill Designs is dedicated to creating beautiful homes that are functional and represent our client’s lifestyles and personal tastes. Our end goal is to transform a home into a space that is visually stimulating and luxurious while staying livable and comfortable. We accomplish this by using our trained eye to combine unexpected patterns, materials, textures, and interesting color palettes to create a truly unique end product.

12/12 Architects is Cinda K. Lester and Henri M. LamBeau, a family of architects with an Illinois studio, designing exquisite Legacy Homes™ nationwide. We create custom estates shaped by water, wilderness, and sky, defined by timeless architecture, artisan detail, and enduring elegance. We design both legacy-level renovations and entirely new one-of-a-kind homes, translating real life (the mudroom chaos, holiday gatherings, and teen hangouts) into spaces that feel effortless, personal, and built to last. Every project is one-on-one, fully bespoke, and never templated. With nearly 25 years of experience, our work spans waterfronts, wooded properties, mountains, and desert landscapes across the United States. From our Illinois studio and our lake in Wisconsin, to our family outposts in the desert southwest, each project begins with a deep understanding of place and the families who will live there. We are licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin and work nationwide. Where local architectural licensure is required, we secure reciprocity through our NCARB certification to support a seamless process. In general, our projects fall into the following categories: * New custom homes starting at $1,500,000 * Additions starting at $500,000 * Interior renovations starting at $400,000 * Exterior improvements starting at $200,000 We also accept select smaller projects, including curb appeal studies, historic restoration, aging-in-place, and “Not So Big” homes, based on fit and availability. The process begins with The Story Session™, our signature on-site experience where we walk the land, study views, light, and approach, and translate your lifestyle into a clear vision for what your home can become. This step brings clarity, confidence, and momentum before design fully begins. Our full-service design fees are determined following an initial consultation and The Story Session™, and are outlined in a written Letter of Agreement. For families building on meaningful land or reimagining an existing home, we create homes that are not only beautiful but deeply personal and designed to endure for generations.

Meyer Design is a leading residential home design firm serving the Chicagoland area since 2004. Specializing in custom home design, home additions, renovations, and architectural planning, Meyer Design creates personalized homes that reflect each client's lifestyle, vision, and budget. Every project is tailored through a collaborative design process, ensuring functional layouts, timeless aesthetics, and buildable solutions. With a strong background in residential construction, the team brings practical expertise to every design, helping homeowners avoid costly issues while creating homes that are beautiful, efficient, and structurally sound. Meyer Design stays at the forefront of sustainable design by incorporating green building practices, energy-efficient construction methods, and environmentally conscious materials whenever possible. Whether designing a new custom home, transforming an existing residence, or planning a major remodel, Meyer Design provides thoughtful architectural design, detailed construction documentation, and personalized service from concept through completion. Homeowners throughout the Chicago metropolitan area trust Meyer Design for creative residential architecture, custom home plans, remodeling design, and energy-efficient home solutions that are built to last.

*Authorized Dura Supreme Cabinetry Dealer* *Authorized Pella Certified Contractor* WHY COMMON SENSE REMODELING? Because we think remodeling should be a positive experience! Our Common Sense Process turns any renovation goal into a predictable, carefully planned step-by-step process that avoids setbacks and budget overruns so prevalent in typical remodeling experiences. Our Common Sense approach to the complexities of remodeling has been refined over 35 years to assist clients in effectively designing their projects within the parameters of realistic predefined expectations; ultimately delivering a superior project experience. As we manage the multi-faceted details of your project from start to finish, we save our clients the frustration of having to coordinate qualified professionals from every corner of our industry. With project planning and design, up-front budgeting, product education and selection, quality construction, efficient management, and final wrap up - all under ONE SINGLE SOURCE OF RESPONSIBILITY; you’ve set the stage from the very beginning to experience the smoothest remodeling project possible. Contact us for a private consultation, and to see why Common Sense Remodeling simply makes sense; Common Sense! Advance Design Studio is an authorized Dura Supreme cabinetry dealer, as well as represents other quality cabinet lines and products for every part of your renovation!

A-1 PAM is an affordable Greater Chicago Area based home remodeling company responding to our client needs quickly and competitively. We pride ourselves in working hard to make sure that your home remodeling project is a success providing quality craftsmanship, working around your schedule and completing the project on time and also within your budget. With every remodeling project the focus is on your satisfaction! We work for you. This means that we do everything we can to assure your full satisfaction: every home remodeling job is done in a professional manner, on time, the materials are always of the kind and quality you specified, and the craftsmanship is superb. We assure the best workmanship by constantly training our staff and by hiring professionals with solid knowledge, skills and experience. This is the secret of the best and most reliable home remodeling company.

Since 1987, Drury Design has been at the forefront of luxury home remodeling, bringing an artistic touch to Chicagoland homes. Drury Design's talented staff of professional designers assist individual homeowners with their plan, and create ideal spaces in a broad range of budgets with a client-focused design™ approach, expert installation, and project management services. Located in suburban Glen Ellyn, 25 miles west of Chicago, Drury Design serves Chicago area clients with custom kitchen, bathroom and other design and remodeling projects. The 8,500 sq. ft. design studio features full-size room vignettes featuring a multitude of on-trend design styles and materials for inspiration and reference. Drury Design’s artistic home design projects grace thousands of Chicago-area homes and have earned the acclaim of both clients, design peers and the press. Drury Design has been honored with over 80 kitchen and bath design honors since 1998. Contact us to schedule a no-obligation design consultation in your home to discuss your upcoming kitchen, bath or other room projects. Large or small, remodel or new home - we'd love to hear about your project goals.

Wendling Designs is a full service architectural firm located in Darien, Illinois which offers a wide array of high quality architectural services. As Owner and Principal Architect with over 25 years experience, Debra Wendling has worked closely with clients on many different types of projects including the following: Residential Additions, Interior and Exterior Remodeling, Custom Houses and Passive Solar Design. We take pride in assisting our clients with absolute professionalism. We combine customer service with creative and environmentally friendly design.

DJK Custom Homes leads the Illinois Chicago suburban region in constructing energy-efficient, sustainable homes that are not only beautiful but also provide comfort and health for your family. We offer complete flexibility in our plans, allowing for every personal touch to be designed in to meet your specific needs. Our passion for building homes drives us to share this enthusiasm with you and your family throughout the creation and building of your dream home in Plainfield, Naperville, Downers Grove, Oswego, and beyond. Visit our model and build your new home, your way, with DJK. As Chicagoland's premier ENERGY STAR custom home builder and remodeler, DJK Homes has been constructing and remodeling quality custom homes since 1988, earning a well-known reputation for our attention to even the finest details. At DJK Homes, we strive to stay ahead of current building practices by constructing Outperforming Homes. We are committed to building homes that require less energy to heat and cool, are better for the environment, and promote healthy living. DJK Homes is dedicated to building 100% of our homes beyond ENERGY STAR guidelines. An ideal energy-efficient home minimizes living costs while providing the most comfortable living environment. DJK homes range from the $800s to the millions. As a fully custom home builder, we involve you in every step of the building process, from the initial design to the completion of your new home. Our mission is to ensure that you get the most out of your new home experience. We are so confident in our homes that we offer a Standard 10-Year Structural Warranty on every home we build! DJK Homes is a remodeler and builder of custom homes throughout the Chicago, Illinois suburbs, including Naperville, Plainfield, Oswego, Hinsdale, Elmhurst, Downers Grove, Lincolnshire, Lisle, Woodridge, Yorkville, and surrounding suburbs. Visit DJK's fully furnished, award-winning model homes, open 7 days a week at the following locations: - Downtown Naperville Model Home: 532 S Webster St. Naperville, IL 60540 - Heritage Place Model Home: 613 E Franklin Ave. Naperville, IL 60540 - Stewart Ridge Model Home: 26013 Stewart Ridge Dr Plainfield, IL 60585 - www.DJKHomes.com