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Kitchen and bathroom remodeling in Jefferson Park.
Jefferson Park sits at the far Northwest Side around the Blue Line, Metra and bus transit center on Milwaukee Avenue, in a stretch of the city built mostly of brick bungalows, two-flats and postwar houses. We remodel their kitchens and bathrooms as complete projects, planned from measurements at your home.
Serving Jefferson Park, Chicago, ZIP 60630, 60646. Every Chicago ZIP code is inside our service area.
Kitchens in Jefferson Park
Compact kitchens in solid brick houses.
Houses in Jefferson Park and neighboring Gladstone Park are often bungalows and small brick houses from the 1920s through the postwar years, with kitchens sized for a different era. The room usually has one usable wall for cabinets, a window over the sink and a back door, so the plan has to earn every inch: drawer banks instead of doors, a tall pantry where a closet was, and lighting that makes a small room feel wider.
Many families also weigh enlarging the kitchen into an enclosed rear porch or opening the wall to the dining room. Both are structural questions we look at during the in-home consultation, and both are priced as separate lines so you can decide with the numbers in front of you.
Local context
Planning a remodel in Jefferson Park.
City permits
The Department of Buildings’ Express Permit Program covers building repairs and a limited range of small improvement projects through an online platform, with guided worktypes that include electrical work, plumbing work, nonstructural interior alteration and mechanical work. A kitchen or bathroom remodel that alters plumbing or opens a wall goes through the standard permit process instead. We file whichever applies and schedule inspections before the walls close. Chicago also requires wiring in conduit, which applies to every new kitchen circuit.
Chicago Express Permit ProgramLandmarks
The alphabetical list of Chicago Landmark districts shows none inside Jefferson Park, and the community’s National Register entry is the park itself at 4822 N. Long Avenue. For a designated Chicago Landmark or a building in a landmark district, the Historic Preservation Division reviews permit applications so the work does not affect the significant historical or architectural features named in the designation ordinance. The City says those features are typically the exterior elevations visible from the street, and that no additional permits are required for landmark buildings. A kitchen or bathroom remodel inside the walls is therefore usually outside that review; a new window, vent or rear opening on a designated building may not be, and we confirm it for the address before drawing it.
Chicago Landmarks listBungalow resources
The Chicago Bungalow Association, created in 2000, cites 80,000 one and one-half story bungalows in the city and offers free membership, seminars, a contractor directory and how-to resources on adapting a bungalow, including space expansion. Its energy programs offer free home energy services to income-qualified households in ComEd territory. It is a useful first stop before a bungalow kitchen is redesigned.
Chicago Bungalow AssociationMunicipal requirements change and depend on the property. We confirm what applies to your address during planning rather than assuming from the neighborhood.
What we do here
The kind of Jefferson Park projects we take on.
Every project uses the same design and build team. These pages explain the scope in more depth.
- Small kitchen remodelingOne-wall and galley kitchens planned to the inch.
- Design and layoutKeep the footprint or enlarge it into the porch.
- Electrical and lightingNew circuits in conduit and a lighting plan for a small room.
- Chicago kitchen ideas by home typeBungalows and postwar houses, with recent projects.
Recent work
Recent work near Jefferson Park.
Recent projects completed by the contractors on our team, each labeled with its own location and its contractor.
- 2 photosStreeterville Navy Island Condo Kitchenby MariusSee the project
- 2 photosChicago Vintage Kitchen with Mint Rangeby TomSee the project
Bathrooms in Jefferson Park
Bathroom remodeling in Jefferson Park.
A Jefferson Park bathroom is usually the original one: five feet by seven or eight, a tub under a window, tile that has been patched more than once and a floor that is no longer level. A complete remodel rebuilds it from the studs, keeps the fixtures near the stack, waterproofs a new tub or walk-in shower properly, and fits the vanity, medicine cabinet and exhaust fan the room never had. Many owners add a heated tile floor while the floor is open.
Where a second bathroom is planned in a finished basement or attic, we check the drain and vent routes and the headroom at the consultation before drawing it. Permits and inspections for the plumbing and electrical work are filed with the rest of the project.
Investment
Budget considerations in Jefferson Park.
Small kitchens keep cabinet and countertop quantities down, but a 1920s or postwar house usually needs plumbing and electrical updating once the walls open, and Chicago’s conduit rule adds labor to every circuit. Enlarging into a porch or opening the dining room wall adds engineering and a standard permit.
We do not publish a price per square foot. The Investment page explains the three planning ranges and what moves a kitchen between them, and your priced proposal follows the in-home visit.
Questions
Questions from Jefferson Park homeowners.
Is Jefferson Park inside your service area?
Yes. Every Chicago ZIP code is inside the service area, including 60630 and 60646. The inquiry form confirms it from your project address.
Can a small Jefferson Park kitchen get an island?
Sometimes a narrow one, and often a peninsula is the better answer. An island needs clearance on every side, and many bungalow kitchens do not have it. We draw both options with the walkway widths so you can see which fits.
Who files the City permit?
We do. Lakefront prepares the drawings, files the permit through the City’s process and schedules the rough inspections before the walls are closed.
Do you remodel bathrooms in Jefferson Park as well?
Yes. Complete bathroom remodels in bungalows and postwar houses follow the same process as our kitchens, including leveling the floor and waterproofing before tile.
Let’s plan your kitchen or bathroom.
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