Remodeling, Construction & Restoration in St. Charles, IL

St. Charles grew along both banks of the Fox River, and the housing stock still reads that way. Within a few blocks of downtown there are Victorian-era and early-1900s homes with plaster walls, hand-framed structure and additions stacked on over more than a century. Push out toward the edges of town and you are into mid-century ranches, 1970s splits and 2000s subdivisions. JGN Remodeling works on all of it, and the approach changes with the house.

An older St. Charles house rarely gives you a square room or a predictable wall. Opening a kitchen into a dining room can mean a new header, a post that has to land somewhere sensible, and floor framing that was never meant to carry a stone counter. That is the part of remodeling we are set up for: structural framing and reconstruction, not only cabinets and tile. We look at what is behind the plaster before we price the finish.

Northern Illinois weather is the other half of the job here. Freeze and thaw cycles work at masonry and flatwork, ice dams back water up under shingles, and summer storms put branches through roofs and siding. JGN is a direct contractor for national restoration companies, so the rebuild after fire, water or storm damage is routine work for us — framing, drywall, roofing, siding and the finish carpentry that puts a room back together.