Rooftopia, LLC

We recently completed a significant residential rooftop project with Rooftopia and are extremely pleased with the result. We have lived in our home since 2008 and had not had any work done on the rooftop outside of staining the former wood deck. The space was very hard to use due to the lack of seating and shade. We engaged Rooftopia to help us realize our very raw vision. Rooftopia helped us define our true wants and needs, from creating a layout to picking finishes and also adding some unique touches the entire process was smooth and professional. Jenn and her design team came through and helped us make decisions that we were struggling with. The hands-on approach of bringing materials to our home helped greatly. After the design was complete, we got to meet the “Rootopians” (Jenn and Marcin’s build/install team). They were absolutely the best! They worked tirelessly in uneven spring weather and summer heat. Polite to a fault, they even put up with our over-protective pug and his relentless barking. We highly recommend Rooftopia.

We loved everything about working with Rooftopia! They are talented, responsive and professional. They took our ideas and came up with an amazing design for our garage rooftop deck, taking care of all of the details. The craftsmanship with the unique pergola and ironwork is fabulous. Everyone we worked with on the team was great. We had frequent communication and updates on the status of the project. Our neighbors commented on how great the team was and how beautiful our new deck is. They designed and built an oasis that is our new favorite space!

Best contractor experience I've ever had, hands down. Jenn and the team are extremely responsive, knowledgeable, and fantastic at what they do - which is make the dream you have for your outdoor space a reality. We came to them with a large empty roofdeck and rough idea of what we wanted to do with it. Over the course of several virtual and in person meetings with their design team we created a beautiful space. They were very accommodating of our ideas and made helpful and creative recommendations along the way. Once the blueprints were drawn the build-out began. All of the workers were courteous, knowledgeable, and made sure everything was installed to perfection. Any issues or concerns we had were immediately addressed by Jenn and the team. In the end we ended up with an outdoor space that we will enjoy for years to come. We can't thank them enough. This review would be incomplete without a note that demonstrates Rooftopia's humanity - which unfortunately seems to be a rare trait in the contractor world. Our original design was set to start work in the spring of 2020. My industry was one of the hardest hit and most immediately impacted by the pandemic. Due to my sudden financial uncertainty, we had to press pause on the project we were just about to start. Rather than being upset or annoyed, Jenn and the team expressed sincere concern and gave us the time we needed to get back on our feet. That genuine and personal response is something I think about every time I spend time on our now beautifully completed roofdeck.

The Rooftopia team did an amazing job from design all the way through installation. The team really paid attention to our goals and presented us with an amazing design. They kept us up to date throughout the project and the end result is fantastic and just what we were hoping for!

We worked with the Rooftopia team for an extended period of time building out a large rooftop deck install. Marcin and Jenn were both a pleasure to work with throughout the project. We found the proposal and design process to be well run, efficient and focused as we had a number of decisions to make. The entire team were open to ideas along the way, as well as patient with our revisions. The detail and design that went into the custom wood and ironwork pieces turned out beautiful. The final results were beyond our expectation, we could not be more happy with the fully built out kitchen, overall aesthetic and of course plantings.

Rooftopia completed a very challenging balcony deck for me. They successfully communicated with the HOA engineer and my architect in order to get the HOA and city permit approval. Something that looked impossible before. Their talent doesn't stop with maneuvering challenging political roads, but they are also incredibly creative thinkers and problem solvers! The city required the existing balcony parapet wall to be raised in order to meet current code, and the HOA required that no penetrations be made to the existing structure. Rooftopia's metal working crew is top talent! They were able to engineer a metal railing that didn't require securing to the existing parapet wall and it looks absolutely stunning. The pedestal system and pavers they recommended are both incredibly practical and beautiful. It is rare to see so many different talented people in such a small company, but Rooftopia is the one place that gets really close to being a true utopia.

I can't rave enough about Rooftopia and the work that they've done to my front and backyard as well as my rooftop. All I had on the roof was Trex when we bought our house, and the Rooftopia team helped design (read: essentially designed the entire project for me). On the roof they built a custom made pergola, planters, a kitchen island and more! They showed up timely, worked in the heat of the summer (I felt terrible), was respectful of my house and my neighbors. I even got a comment in my neighborhood FB group about how polite and friendly they were! For my front yard, all I had was grass. They designed a beautiful landscape, with edible berries and made it look so much more colorful and cleaner. They were extremely responsive, upfront with all costs and overall fantastic to work with. I completely trusted their decisions and materials and loved their designs. I essentially give them free reign of all my planters now. I wish I could attach more pictures - these ones are from a 4th of July party I had, which they were working overtime to try to be done in time! They truly did fantastic work, I couldn't recommend them enough and I love supporting a minority-owned business. I look forward to having them back to help with more projects!

We looked at several different companies to build a roof deck on our home in Wicker Park. It was obvious early on that Jenn and her crew at Rooftopia were a different breed of builders. From day 1 there was open communication and a collaboration on the project. We felt comfortable every step of the way as we were always updated and consulted throughout the endeavor in a manner in which we knew so much care went into their work. The crew was so respectful of our home at all times. The finished project is amazing and the space is everything we had hoped for and more. The summer of 2019 has been phenomenal thanks to the new roof deck. The caring and dedication to their craft is obvious and the reason we would recommend Rooftopia for a project over any of the other options available in Chicago.

We really had a great experience working with Jenn and her team. The design process was informative and smooth for us and the team is a pleasure to work with. Communication was excellent once the project started, she was transparent about costs, stuck to schedule as best able given the weather, and things turned out beautiful. An all around pleasure to work with.

We have hired Rooftopia for two significant projects at different homes, and have been extremely pleased with their work. Jenn and her team are deeply knowledgeable and creative, highly detail-oriented, excellent communicators, ethical, professional, and very pleasant to work with. Rooftopia also stands by their work. No major construction project is without hiccups, and Jenn and Marcin are honest, responsive, and quick to address any issue that arises. They also are just genuinely nice people who care about getting it right for their clients and take obvious pride in their work. Both of our projects exceeded our expectations -- after several summers of enjoyment, the rooftop garden at our previous home was a major selling point, and guests in our current home are wowed by the gorgeous custom railings Rooftopia designed for our back porch reconstruction. We are looking forward to hiring Rooftopia to complete the next phase of our rooftop renovation next spring, and wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone who is looking to create a beautiful and unique outdoor space!

Jenn and her team are top notch, responsive, creative, incredibly flexible and a joy to work with. Everything is custom and tailored to you, they aren't afraid to experiment, take inspiration or adapt their big scale builds to smaller scale or paced out projects. All of her team members were awesome, professional and respectful of our space. They finished the project on time, on budget and delivered high quality and unique final pergola construction. We get so much more use out of our deck now with the new pergola. Our favorite part about our pergola was how they took inspiration from our love of Portuguese and Morrocan tiles and created custom metal screens to our pergola. We recommend them without hesitation for any of your urban landscaping projects.

We had a wonderful experience working with Rooftopia. There staff was easy to work with and they were able to turn our vision into reality. They listened to what we were looking for and the final project was better than we could imagined.