Historic home remodeling in La Grange, IL by Luxe Development
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Kitchen, Bath & Home Remodeling in La Grange, IL

The heart of La Grange was built before 1930, and it shows in the best possible way. It also shows in the 10-by-12 kitchen. Luxe Development delivers home remodeling for La Grange's vintage houses that modernizes everything and erases nothing, with architect, engineer, and builder working as one accountable team.

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One Accountable Team

Architect, engineer & builder, one team

Fixed, Itemized Budgets

Priced in full before we break ground

The Same Hands

On every project, framing to finish

Lemont, Illinois

Design-build for the western suburbs

Remodeling in La Grange

Remodeling La Grange's Historic Homes

La Grange's core is a National Register historic district of more than a thousand buildings, nearly all raised between the 1870s and 1930. People buy here for exactly this architecture, and for the walk-to-train, walk-to-downtown life around it.

An Architecture Worth Keeping

Queen Annes and Victorians, Prairie School houses, foursquares, bungalows, and Craftsman homes line the blocks between the La Grange Road and Stone Avenue Metra stations. The district even holds three Frank Lloyd Wright designs. This is the housing stock that draws people to the village, and it is the reason a remodel here has to respect the house it starts with.

Living With What 1895 Called a Kitchen

Then they live with what 1895 considered a kitchen. Closed off, sized for staff, and a hallway away from where the family actually gathers. Upstairs, four bedrooms often share a single full bath. The systems behind the plaster are frequently just as old.

The La Grange Brief

This is the La Grange brief, and it's genuinely different from the rest of our footprint: modernize completely, but make the new work look like it was always there. That takes an architect who can draw period-correct proportions, an engineer who understands old framing, and craftsmen who can match hundred-year-old millwork. Luxe coordinates all three on one team, project after project.

Where we work in La Grange

  • Historic District
  • La Grange Road Metra
  • Stone Avenue Metra
  • Queen Anne & Victorian blocks
  • Prairie School houses
  • Foursquares & bungalows
  • Craftsman homes
  • National Register historic district of more than a thousand buildings
  • Nearly all raised between the 1870s and 1930
  • The district holds three Frank Lloyd Wright designs
  • Vintage lots are tight, so additions have to go up or back
  • About 25 minutes from our Lemont base
What We Remodel

Kitchens, baths and whole homes in La Grange

Every La Grange project is drawn, engineered, and priced by one accountable team, then built to look like it was always part of the house.

Kitchen remodeling in a historic La Grange, IL home with period-matched cabinetry
01 / Kitchens

Kitchen Remodeling in La Grange

Opening a vintage La Grange kitchen means structural design inside old framing, then cabinetry with period-true profiles. We take the closed 10-by-12 room the family avoids and draw it back into the heart of the house, without making it look like it landed from a subdivision.

Because the architect and engineer are on the same team, taking down a wall in a foursquare or Queen Anne is a design decision, not a change order. The same carpenters build casings and cabinet faces from the home's own vocabulary, so the finished room reads as if it was always there.

Luxe kitchens start at $30,000, and most La Grange kitchens run toward the fuller end of our $30,000 to $90,000 range. See how we work on our kitchen remodeling contractors page.

Bathroom remodeling in a vintage La Grange, IL home with a walk-in shower and heated floors
02 / Bathrooms

Bathroom Remodeling in La Grange

Upstairs in most vintage La Grange homes, four bedrooms share a single full bath, and the fixtures behind the plaster are as old as the house. That is the room every owner wants back on modern terms.

We carve primary suites out of existing bedroom space and bring era-original baths to modern function, with slab or large-format surrounds, curbless walk-in showers, and heated floors. Design, engineering, and build stay on one team, so waterproofing and ventilation in a century-old wall get planned, not patched.

Most Luxe bathrooms land in the mid five figures. Start with our bathroom remodeling page to see what's included.

Whole-home renovation of a vintage La Grange, IL home by Luxe Development
03 / Additions & Whole-Home

Additions & Whole-Home Renovation in La Grange

Vintage La Grange lots are tight, so a home addition has to go up or back. We mass and roof rear and second-story additions, $100,000 to $200,000, to defer to the original house and its streetscape rather than compete with it.

When the whole house needs to come into this century, a whole-home renovation is the systems-up renewal of a foursquare or Victorian, keeping the shell and soul while rebuilding everything inside it. One team carries the project from site study through white-glove handover.

The Luxe Position

Modern Function, Original Character

A generic contractor gives a Queen Anne a kitchen that could be in any subdivision. A preservation purist leaves you cooking in 1910. The Luxe position is both-and: full modern function, detailed so the house still reads as itself.

Casings, crowns, and cabinet faces are drawn from the home's own vocabulary. New structure is engineered quietly into old walls. The fixed, itemized budget is set before construction, so a 130-year-old house doesn't get to write change orders.

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Investment

What Remodeling Costs in La Grange

In La Grange, a Luxe kitchen remodel runs $30,000 to $90,000, usually in the upper half because of structural work and period-matched cabinetry. Bathrooms typically land in the mid five figures. Additions run $100,000 to $200,000, and whole-home renovations are scoped to the house.

From $30kKitchens: upper half of the
$30,000 to $90,000 range
Mid five figuresBathrooms: primary suites,
engineered under one roof
$100k to $200kAdditions: rear and
second-story, massed to defer
ScopedWhole-home: systems-up
renewal, to the house

Every project gets a fixed, itemized budget before construction begins, so the number you approve is the number you build.

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Before & After

A Representative La Grange Project

The same room, before and after: how a closed vintage kitchen is opened and rebuilt with period-matched millwork.

Before
Vintage La Grange, IL kitchen before: closed layout and dated cabinetry

Period-Matched Kitchen RemodelLa Grange

After
Vintage home renovation in La Grange, IL blending original character with a modern kitchen

Period-Matched Kitchen RemodelLa Grange

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The Luxe Development team assessing original millwork during a La Grange home remodeling consultation
One Accountable Team

One Team, From First Walk to Handover

Our team walks every prospective La Grange project in person, about 25 minutes from our Lemont headquarters. You'll talk directly with the team accountable for the outcome, not a salesperson.

Then the same team that draws your plans, and matches your home's original millwork, is the team that builds them.

  • One accountable team: architect, engineer, and builder, under one roof
  • A fixed, itemized budget approved before any work begins
  • Direct line to the team building your home, first walk-through to handover
  • Licensed and insured, English and Polish spoken

Read how the four phases work on our process page.

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Reviews

Trusted across the western suburbs

5.0 ★★★★★18 reviews on Google Read our reviews
MMarissa ZoladzLocal Guide · 2 months ago
★★★★★

Tom of Luxe Development, made our home renovation dreams come true! Honestly, if we could, we would give him a 10 star review! Tom and his crew were extremely professional, courteous of our home, paid attention to all the little details and were great with communicating. There were always workers at our house to get the job done as quickly as possible as well. We highly recommend Tom and we are grateful our home was in such great care.

JJeffrey Lee4 years ago
★★★★★

From start to finish our master bathroom remodel was a very positive process. Tom Naglak and his team were totally professional, efficient, and amazingly responsive. They're design conscious and fun to work with. When they say they're gonna do something by a certain date, you can count on being done. Workmanship is top notch. Can't recommend them enough.

QQ Money5 years ago
★★★★★

We hired Luxe Development to do our kitchen remodel. They were consummate professionals throughout to entire process! We received a very detailed estimate, knowledgeable advice was given whenever we had design questions, work was top quality, and everything was done in a timely, respectful manner! They went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect, and we can tell they take great pride in their work! We would highly recommend Luxe Development!
The Reynolds Family

Service Area

Nearby Towns We Serve

We serve La Grange from Lemont, alongside its neighbors across Cook and DuPage counties.

Western Springs Hinsdale Clarendon Hills Burr Ridge

Looking for another town? See everywhere we work.

FAQ

La Grange Remodeling FAQs

Do you serve La Grange, IL?

Yes. La Grange is part of Luxe Development's 17-town service area, about 25 minutes from our Lemont base. We work throughout the village, including the historic district blocks around the La Grange Road and Stone Avenue Metra stations.

Can you remodel a historic La Grange home without losing its character?

Yes. That balance is the core of how we approach La Grange. The architect on the project designs new kitchens, baths, and additions in the home's original vocabulary, and the same carpenters match existing millwork profiles rather than covering them with stock trim. The result is a fully modern home that still reads as the house you bought.

Can you add a second story or rear addition to my bungalow or foursquare?

Usually, yes. Vintage La Grange lots are tight, so additions have to go up or back, and both demand careful structural and design work. The engineer evaluates the original framing and foundation, and the architect masses the addition so it defers to the original house. Typical additions run $100k to $200k.

Do you handle permits and reviews for older La Grange homes?

Yes. We manage village permitting and any required reviews as part of every project. Older homes can surface framing and system surprises once walls open, which is why we set a fixed, itemized budget and scope contingencies honestly before construction begins.

How much does it cost to remodel a kitchen in a vintage La Grange home?

Luxe kitchens run $30k to $90k, and vintage-home kitchens usually sit in the upper half of that range because of structural work and period-matched cabinetry. Our kitchen remodel cost guide breaks down every factor.

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  1. A conversation. We learn your goals, your home's age and layout, and your timeline.
  2. Walk your space with us. We measure, study the structure, and listen.
  3. A fixed, itemized budget. You see every line before any construction begins.

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