What building in Oak Lawn actually involves
The village built out largely in the post-war decades, so the dominant types are brick bungalows, Georgians, and ranches from the 1940s through the 1960s. These are well-built houses on regular lots, and most of them have the same set of issues at this point in their life: original kitchens and baths, small closed-off rooms, aging mechanicals, and basements that were finished decades ago and never touched since.
How we approach Oak Lawn projects
Our work here is practical renovation with a clear return - kitchen and bath rebuilds, removing walls between kitchen and living space, dormer and attic conversions to add a bedroom, and full basement refinishing. Budgets here reward doing the structural and mechanical work properly rather than spending it all on visible finishes, and we scope accordingly.
What we are most often hired for here
- Kitchen and bathroom renovation
- Attic and dormer conversions
- Basement refinishing and egress
Recent Copper Tree work
Projects shown are drawn from across our Chicagoland service area, not exclusively from Oak Lawn.