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Whole-Home Renovation Contractors in Chicago's Western Suburbs

A whole-home renovation should read as one idea, not a stack of separate projects. Luxe Development is a design-build home renovation firm based in Lemont. One accountable team designs and builds your entire home under one contract, with a fixed, itemized budget you approve before construction begins.

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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

One Vision

Home Renovation Built Around One Vision

Most houses aren't renovated. They're patched. A kitchen in one year by one contractor. A bath three years later by another. Flooring that changes at every doorway, trim that never quite matches, and a home that works but doesn't hold together.

A whole-home renovation resets the house to a single architectural idea. Every room, material, and sightline gets decided together, so the finished home reads as one piece instead of a timeline of projects.

Home renovation tying kitchen, dining, and living spaces into one design, western suburbs of Chicago
One palette, one plan: the kitchen, dining, and living spaces designed together before a wall is opened.
What's Included

One Design Language, Every Room

A whole-home renovation resets the house to a single architectural idea. Here is what one vision, decided together, actually includes.

  • One design language, room to room

    The same interior design team sets the palette, millwork profiles, lighting, and materials for the entire house before anything is demolished. The result is a home where the kitchen, baths, and living spaces feel like they were always meant to share the same walls.

  • Structure decided before finishes

    The structural engineer on the project studies the whole house first: load paths, framing, mechanicals, and what the building can carry. The hard questions get answered on paper, where they're inexpensive, not mid-build.

  • Planned around how you actually live

    Before we draw anything, we walk your space with you. How you cook, host, work, and move through the house shapes the plan. The renovation serves your life, not a catalog layout.

  • Kitchen remodeling

    The anchor of the plan, opened to dining and living space so the main floor flows as one room.

  • Bathroom remodeling

    Every bath in the house, so the primary suite and the hall bath finally speak the same design language.

  • Home additions

    When the footprint itself is the limit: a second story, a primary wing, or an expanded rear elevation.

  • Basement remodeling

    Bringing the lowest level into the same standard as the floors above.

  • Kitchen, bath, and addition work in one plan

    Whole-home scope is built from the rooms that carry daily life, planned as a single design instead of separate bids. Most of our whole-house projects combine these rooms into one coordinated build.

Because interior design is coordinated by the same team, each of these decisions gets made against one master plan. Nothing is designed in isolation.

Curation

Finishes Selected Against One Palette

Materials, finishes, and fixtures are chosen room by room against one master palette, so the kitchen, baths, and living spaces feel like they were always meant to share the same walls.

Natural stone and material samples selected for a whole-home renovation
Stone and surfaces
Brass fixtures and hardware detail curated across the whole house
Brass and hardware
Custom mudroom built-ins with a painted bench, black coat hooks and natural-wood cubby shelving from a whole-home renovation
Millwork and cabinetry
Floating oak staircase joinery in a finished whole-home renovation
Oak and joinery
One Accountable Team

One Contract vs. Trade-by-Trade Chaos

There are two ways to renovate an entire house. Only one of them lets you sleep.

The trade-by-trade route
  • You become the general contractor: quotes from a kitchen company, a bath crew, a flooring installer, and an electrician
  • Schedules collide, and no one owns the seams where one trade ends and the next begins
  • Every surprise becomes a change order. The budget creeps with no one accountable for the total
The Luxe way
  • Architect, engineer, and builder coordinated as one accountable team. One accountable name for the entire home
  • A fixed, itemized budget before construction: the number you approve is the number you build
  • One accountable team stays on your build from the first walk-through to final handover
Logistics

Live In or Move Out? An Honest Answer

Most contractors dodge this question until after the contract is signed. We answer it at the first walk-through, because the wrong answer costs you months of misery.

Finished interior space kept livable during a phased whole-home renovation where a family can stay in the house
01 / Staying

When staying can work

If the scope can be phased, staying is realistic. We sequence the work so you keep one working bathroom and a temporary kitchen, seal the construction zone behind dust barriers, and hold predictable work hours. Phasing adds time, and we'll show you exactly how much before you decide.

Full-gut whole-home renovation where temporary housing is the honest recommendation
02 / Moving Out

When we'll tell you to move out

If the plan opens your only kitchen and every bathroom at once, or requires extended water and power shutoffs, living in the house isn't hard. It's miserable. For full-gut scopes we'll recommend temporary housing and build the timeline tight so you're home sooner. You'll hear that before you sign, not after.

Either way, protection is non-negotiable: sealed zones, floor protection, daily broom-clean, and a schedule you approved in writing.

Completed whole-home renovation at dusk, Lemont, IL design-build contractor
The Luxe Standard

Walk your space with us.

Bring your ideas and your doubts. You'll leave with a straight read on scope, sequence, and whether your house can carry the vision.

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Investment

What a Whole House Remodel Costs

A whole house remodel is priced by the rooms that carry the work, then quoted as one fixed, itemized budget before construction begins. Your combination of rooms, structure, and finish level sets the total. You'll see every line item before you commit, and the number you approve is the number you build.

Reference points from our own project bands

Kitchens
$30k to $90k

Starting at $30,000.

  • The anchor of the plan
Bathrooms
Mid five figures

Typically mid five figures.

  • Every bath, one language
Home additions
$100k to $200k

When the footprint is the limit.

  • Second story or primary wing

One fixed number. Your rooms combine into a single itemized budget, approved before the build.

Kitchen remodel cost guide Bathroom remodel cost guide Request a Consultation

For detailed breakdowns and what drives them, read the cost guides above. A consultation is a walk-through and a conversation, not a commitment.

Our Process

The Luxe Method, Applied to the Whole House

Our design-build process runs the same four phases on every project. On a whole-home renovation, it's the difference between coherence and chaos.

01

Step OneVision & Architecture

Discovery, site study, and full-house architectural and structural design. The entire home is resolved on paper first.

02

Step TwoBespoke Curation

Materials, finishes, and fixtures selected room by room against one palette, then priced into a fixed, itemized budget.

03

Step ThreeMaster Construction

Structural execution by the same hands, with on-site aesthetic supervision. One crew standard across every room, every floor.

04

Step FourWhite-Glove Handover

Your home finished, walked, and documented, delivered as drawn.

Before & After

From Patched Rooms to One Piece

A whole-home renovation resets a house that works but doesn't hold together into a finished home that reads as one idea, room to room.

Before Dated kitchen before a whole-home renovation in Chicago's western suburbs
The starting pointA home that works, not one that holds together
After Kitchen tied to dining and living space after a whole-home renovation
One design languageKitchen opened to dining and living
After Renovated dining and living space reading as one architectural idea after a whole-home renovation
One idea, room to roomDesigned together before a wall opened
Service Area

Home Remodeling Near Me: Towns We Serve

Searching for home remodeling near me from the western suburbs? You're in our service area. Luxe Development is headquartered in Lemont and serves 17 towns across DuPage, Cook, and Will counties. Our team is on site through every build, so we keep our service area tight enough to actually be on your job site.

17Towns
3Counties
1Accountable team
Lemont - HQHomer GlenOrland ParkPalos ParkLockportHinsdaleOak BrookBurr RidgeNapervilleWestern SpringsDowners GroveClarendon Hills

Serving Chicago's western suburbs from Lemont. See all 17 towns and services we cover.

FAQ

Whole-Home Renovation FAQs

Straight answers to the questions homeowners ask us most.

Can we live in our home during a whole-home renovation?

Sometimes. Phased projects can keep one working bathroom and a temporary kitchen available while we seal off the construction zone. Full-gut scopes that open the kitchen and every bath at once are a different story, and we'll tell you to plan temporary housing before you sign, not after.

How long does a whole house renovation take?

Most whole-home renovations run several months to a year, depending on structural scope and material lead times. You'll approve a realistic construction schedule before work begins. Because design, engineering, and construction sit on one team, your project never waits on an outside architect or gets lost between trades.

How much does it cost to renovate an entire house?

It depends on which rooms carry the work. As reference points, our kitchen remodels run $30,000 to $90,000, bathrooms typically land in the mid five figures, and additions run $100,000 to $200,000. Your whole-home scope is quoted as one fixed, itemized budget before construction begins, so the total never drifts on you.

Do I need to hire an architect before calling you?

No. Luxe Development is a design-build firm, so the architect, structural engineer, and builder are coordinated under one accountable team. Plans, engineering, permits, and construction all sit under a single contract. That's also what protects your budget: the people who design your home are the same people accountable for building it as drawn.

I searched "home remodeling near me." Do you actually work in my town?

Yes, if you're in Chicago's western suburbs. We're based in Lemont and serve 17 towns, including Hinsdale, Oak Brook, Burr Ridge, Naperville, Western Springs, and Downers Grove. Our team is on site through every build, so we keep our service area tight enough to actually be on your job site.

Should we renovate the whole house or build new?

If the structure is sound and you love the street, a whole-home renovation usually gets you further. You keep the location, the lot, and the character while the interior is rebuilt around your life. When a house can't carry the vision, we'll say so honestly. We also handle custom home building, so we have no reason to force either answer.

Reviews

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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

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A conversation, not a sales pitch. The number you approve is the number you build.

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