Interior Renovation · Cary, IL
Half-Finished Rehab Completed in Cary, IL
A 1960 ranch somebody else had started and abandoned halfway. We took it over mid-rehab and finished it — kitchen, bath, hardwood, and a basement with a new shower room.
- Location
- Cary, IL
- Project
- Interior Renovation
- Duration
- Full rehab
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The project
Project overview
The family had bought this 960-square-foot ranch for their son, who started rehabbing it himself and then took a job in Atlanta with the work half done. Taking over somebody else's partial rehab is its own skill: you inherit decisions you did not make, and the first job is working out which of them are sound and which have to come back out. What was good stayed. The kitchen was completed in white cabinetry with stainless appliances, the bathroom was finished, the hardwood was brought back, and the basement was finished out properly — including a new shower room, which is the piece most half-done basements never reach. Paint throughout tied it together.
Scope of work
What the job included
- Took over and assessed a half-completed rehab
- Kitchen completed: white cabinetry, stainless appliances
- Bathroom finished
- Hardwood floors brought back
- Basement finished out, including a new shower room
- Fresh paint throughout
Step by step
How the job went
After
The kitchen, finished from where the previous work stopped. 
The basement finished out — including a new shower room. 
In the area
Interior Renovation in Cary, IL
Cary is full of 1960s ranches on good lots, and a fair number of them have a half-finished project in them somewhere — a basement that got framed and stopped, a kitchen with the cabinets in and no counters. Finishing someone else's work costs more per square foot than starting clean, because the first week is spent finding out what is actually behind it.
Why homeowners hire us
What you get on every job
Everything in writing
The proposal spells out what's included, what we're assuming, and who handles what.
We see it first
We look at the room or house before we price or schedule the job.
Permits and trades spelled out
If your project needs a permit, an engineer, or a licensed plumber or electrician, we tell you during planning and put it in writing.
Changes in writing
If the job changes, we talk through what it does to the price and schedule before doing the extra work.
Final walkthrough
We walk the finished work with you against the written plan and fix anything that's not right before we call it done.
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