#1 Chicago General Contracting Contractor: Pegasus Construction
in Forest Glen, Chicago, Illinois



Choosing the right contractor for your home remodel can feel overwhelming. At Pegasus Construction, we’re dedicated to helping you navigate the process smoothly and remodel your home to match your unique needs.
We’ve all heard the horror stories—contractors who abandon projects, inflate costs, or fail to deliver on quality. You can avoid these issues by knowing the key questions to ask and understanding what to look for from the start.
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A successful home remodel starts with a clear plan. With hundreds of satisfied Forest Glen, Chicago customers, our proven 6-Step Design-Build Process ensures a smooth and stress-free remodeling experience.
1 in 3 remodels exceed their budget—but yours doesn’t have to. At Pegasus Construction, we’ve created a budgeting system to eliminate surprise costs, with our projects averaging just a 5% variance from the initial budget to the final price.
Feel confident knowing your home remodel is managed by experts. Each project is assigned a dedicated team, led by an experienced master carpenter, ensuring timely completion. While other companies face delays of weeks or months, our projects average less than a 2-day difference from the original schedule.
Forest Glen is one of Chicago’s most wooded, affluent neighborhoods on the Far Northwest Side, full of large custom homes, Tudors, Georgians, ranches, and mid-century moderns on deep lots. Their kitchens range from dated originals to high-end spaces, and tailoring the remodel to each home is what we do here.
At Pegasus Construction, our mission is to help Forest Glen, Chicago homeowners transform their current kitchen into their dream kitchen. However, not every kitchen remodeling project is the right match for our team. Here’s how to determine if Pegasus Construction is the right fit for your kitchen remodel.
Schedule an advisory call with a Design Consultant
Invite us to your home for an initial evaluation
Align on a budget and meet to discuss the design
Hear that this client had to say!
“…I felt truly heard and valued during our conversation. I came to your company with questions about our projects, and Greg provided thoughtful, flexible scenarios and options to help us achieve our goals. He genuinely seemed to care about me and my family as real people.”
Forest Glen is full of larger Tudors, Georgians, ranches, and mid-century custom homes, so the kitchens vary, but many were built closed off from the living space. The most common project is opening the kitchen up and rebuilding it as a bright, high-end space that fits the home.
Yes — kitchen remodels that touch plumbing, electrical, or structure need a permit from the Chicago Department of Buildings at 121 N. LaSalle Street. Chicago’s review runs slower than the suburbs, and we handle the application and inspections.
Usually yes. Many Forest Glen homes have a wall between the kitchen and living areas that can come down with the right beam. We confirm what’s load-bearing and engineer the support before anything is opened up.
Yes. We design the kitchen to fit the architecture — cabinetry, trim, and proportions that suit a Tudor, Georgian, or mid-century home rather than a generic remodel.
Most Forest Glen kitchen remodels run from roughly $55,000 to $120,000 or more, reflecting the larger kitchens and premium finishes common here. We give you a fixed, itemized number before any work starts.
Older Forest Glen homes can have dated wiring, original plumbing, or undersized service. When we open the kitchen we show you what’s there and tell you straight what’s worth updating while the walls are open.
Plan on about 8 to 12 weeks of construction for a full kitchen, plus design and Chicago permitting. Larger custom kitchens can run longer, and we give you a real schedule up front.
Yes — in Forest Glen’s market the kitchen is one of the first things buyers judge. A well-built kitchen that fits the home both helps it sell and makes daily life better while you’re there.
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