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Home Remodeling & General Contracting in Joliet, IL

Historic limestone-era housing stock and a strong investor rehab market.

Before and after of a full kitchen remodel by Ultimate Touch Home Remodeling — dated oak cabinets, laminate counters and black appliances replaced with white shaker cabinetry, stone counters, pendant lighting and wide-plank hardwood floors

Remodeling in Joliet

What building in Joliet actually involves

Joliet has some of the best older housing stock in Will County and one of its most active investor markets, and we work on both sides of that: full gut renovations for people buying to sell or hold, and careful remodels for owners staying put.

The housing stock in Joliet

The Cathedral Area and the streets around it hold large early-1900s foursquares, Queen Annes and brick bungalows, many built when Joliet limestone was the local material of choice. Elsewhere in the city there are blocks of 1920s bungalows and postwar ranches, and newer subdivisions on the west side that are conventional in construction and now twenty to thirty years old.

What that means for your project

A century-old Joliet house typically needs the same three things: electrical brought up to current standards, a kitchen and bath that work, and structural attention to porches, masonry and roof framing. For investors, we scope full gut-outs and rebuilds against the numbers — finish level matched to what the block actually supports.

  • Cathedral Area Historic District
  • Rialto Square Theatre
  • Union Station
  • West Side

Most-requested work in Joliet

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Proof of work

The standard we build to

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  • Before and after of a full kitchen remodel by Ultimate Touch Home Remodeling — dated oak cabinets, laminate counters and black appliances replaced with white shaker cabinetry, stone counters, pendant lighting and wide-plank hardwood floors

    Full Kitchen Remodel

    A dated oak kitchen taken back to a bright, open cook space — white shaker cabinetry, stone counters, a bay window over the sink and wide-plank hardwood running through to the hearth room.

  • Before and after of a basement gut renovation — exposed studs and floor joists during demolition on the left, a finished wet bar with white cabinetry, stacked-stone backsplash, wine fridge and dark hardwood floors on the right

    Basement Gut Renovation & Wet Bar

    A basement stripped to studs and floor joists, then finished as a living space with a full wet bar — white cabinetry, stacked-stone backsplash, wine fridge, wainscot paneling and dark hardwood floors.

  • A second-floor addition framed and wrapped in house wrap above the brick first story of a Chicago-style home, with the new gable roofline in place

    Second-Floor Addition

    A full second story framed and wrapped over the brick first floor of a Chicago-style home, with the new gable roofline set and the structure dried in.

Questions from Joliet homeowners

Before you call a contractor

What areas do you serve?
We work across Chicagoland, covering much of Cook, DuPage, Will and Lake counties. That includes Naperville, Orland Park, Chicago, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Wheaton, Elmhurst, Oak Brook, Lombard, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Joliet, New Lenox, Tinley Park, Homer Glen, Mokena, Frankfort, Lemont, Schaumburg and Arlington Heights, plus the surrounding suburbs. If your town is not on the list, call and ask — the coverage area is wider than the pages we have written.
Do you offer free estimates?
Yes. Call or text (847) 975-0476, or send the estimate form on this site, and we will come out, look at the project and give you a written estimate at no cost and with no obligation.
What services do you offer?
Full home remodeling, kitchen and bathroom remodeling, basement finishing, home and second-floor additions, new construction, interior remodeling and finish carpentry, exterior work and masonry including tuckpointing, patios and decks, demolition and gut-outs, and damage restoration and rebuilds.
Do you handle a full project from demolition through finishes?
Yes — that is how we prefer to work. The same company that takes the walls down puts them back up: demolition, framing, mechanical rough-ins, drywall, cabinetry, tile, flooring and finish carpentry. You are not left coordinating six separate trades, and there is no gap between them where responsibility gets lost.
Do you work with investors, landlords and commercial clients?
Yes. Alongside homeowner remodels we take on full gut renovations and new construction for real-estate investors and flippers, work for apartment and multi-unit owners, and commercial build-outs and remodels. Investor projects are scoped around the numbers, with a finish level chosen to match what the property and the market actually call for.

Free estimates in Joliet

Tell us what you want changed and we will come out to your Joliet property, look at the work, and give you a written estimate at no cost.

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