Multi-room cosmetic
$150,000 – $250,000
Floors, trim, doors, paint, and lighting throughout, plus a kitchen and the bathrooms, with no structural changes.
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Whole-home renovation in Crystal Lake, IL.
Doing a house one room at a time means paying mobilization five times, living in a job site for three years, and ending up with five rooms that don't talk to each other. A whole-home renovation runs it as one project: one schedule, one set of selections, one contractor accountable for all of it, and floors that actually run through.
- Typical range
- $150,000 – $750,000+
- On site
- 5–10 months
- Booking out
- 2–4 months
What's included
What your whole home project includes.
- Full-gut renovations and multi-room cosmetic overhauls
- Removing walls and installing flush beams to open the main floor
- Kitchen and every bathroom, run as part of the single schedule
- Flooring, trim, doors, and casing carried consistently through the house
- Whole-house electrical and plumbing updates, including panel replacement
- Windows, insulation, and drywall
- Staircases, railings, fireplaces, and built-ins
- Newly purchased homes renovated before you move in
Before you commit
What to plan for before you start.
- Whether you'll live in it or move out — this changes the schedule and the price
- What's actually behind the plaster: knob-and-tube, galvanized supply, no insulation
- Which walls are structural, and what opening them does to the floor above
- Whether the panel, service, and furnace can carry the finished house
- Making selections for every room before the build starts, not during it
What it costs
Whole home pricing, in the open.
Full gut, main living areas
$250,000 – $400,000
Down to the studs across the main floor: new mechanicals, opened floor plan, new kitchen and baths, insulation, drywall, and finishes.
Full-house gut renovation
$400,000 – $750,000+
Every room to the studs, new systems throughout, structural changes, windows, and often an addition folded into the same contract.
What moves the number
- Roughly $125–$250 per square foot of house, depending on how deep the gut goes
- Whether you move out — an empty house runs faster and costs less to build
- The age of the house and what the mechanicals and framing actually look like
- How many walls come out, and whether the floor above needs new support
- Window replacement, which on a whole house is its own large number
These are what whole home projects like these run around Crystal Lake and the surrounding northwest suburbs — from the remodels Tim has paid for himself and what the crews we hire quote today.They are not a quote. Yours depends on the house, the layout, and what you pick. You'll get a fixed-scope written proposal after the consultation, at no charge and with no obligation.
Timeline
How long your whole home project takes.
Build time on site
5–10 months
From signed proposal to start
2–4 months
Selections for the entire house get made before demo. That front-loading is what keeps a project this size from stalling halfway through.
How it works
From first call to final walkthrough.
- 0115 minutes
Tell us about the project
A phone call or a form. Fifteen minutes.
- 0260–90 minutes
In-home consultation
Tim walks the space with you. No charge, no pitch.
- 032–6 weeks
Design and selections
Layouts, materials, and allowances settled on paper.
- 04About a week
Written proposal
Fixed scope, line-item price, payment schedule, start date.
- 05Varies by project
Build
Dust walls up, floors covered, one person accountable.
- 061–2 weeks
Walkthrough
Punch list, final walk, and the paperwork on everything installed.
Whole-Home Renovation questions, answered.
Should we move out?
If the scope includes the kitchen and every bathroom, yes, and we'll say so plainly. An empty house lets us run trades in parallel instead of in sequence, which usually shortens the schedule enough to offset a good share of what you spend on housing.
We just bought the house and haven't moved in. Can you start now?
That's the best version of this project. An empty house with a closing date behind it is the fastest, cleanest, and cheapest whole-home renovation there is. Call us before you close if you can — what we find at the walkthrough sometimes changes what you offer.
How do you price something this big?
A fixed-scope written proposal, line by line, with named allowances for the selections you haven't made yet. Not a per-square-foot estimate and not cost-plus. You'll see where every dollar sits before you sign.
What happens when you open a wall and find something?
On a house this old, something always turns up. We carry a contingency line in the proposal and we tell you about it up front. Anything that moves the number gets a written change order with a price before the work happens — never a surprise on the final invoice.
Do we get one point of contact?
Yes. Tim runs your project. You are not routed through a call center, and you are not handed to a different project manager halfway through.
Work like this
Whole home projects we’ve finished.
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.
Interior Renovation•Libertyville, IL
Whole-Home Renovation in Libertyville, IL
A 1950 four-bedroom rebuilt inside: new kitchen with a quartz waterfall island, remodeled bathrooms, new flooring throughout, and a refreshed lower level.
Interior Renovation•Chicago, IL
Full Renovation of a 1922 Home in Portage Park, Chicago
A hard-worn 1922 Chicago home taken through a full cosmetic gut: navy and white two-tone kitchen, both bathrooms retiled, new flooring throughout, attic and basement brought back.
Whole-Home Renovation across McHenry County and nearby.
Projects worth combining into one contract.
Combining projects into one contract saves a second mobilization and a second round of dust. If something else is on the list, say so at the consultation.
Kitchen Remodeling
Full gut kitchens, layout changes, cabinetry, stone, and the structural work behind an open floor plan.
Projects from$45,000Details
Bathroom Remodeling
Gut bathroom remodels, curbless and tiled showers, primary suites, and the waterproofing nobody else shows you.
Projects from$22,000Details
Basement Finishing
Full basement build-outs: family rooms, baths, bars, gyms, and in-law suites, done dry and done to code.
Projects from$45,000Details
Free consultation
Get a free whole home consultation.
Tell us what you want to change and roughly what you're hoping to spend. Tim will call you back, and if it's a fit he'll come see the space at no charge.