#1 Chicago General Contracting Contractor: Pegasus Construction
in River West, 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.
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A successful home remodel starts with a clear plan. With hundreds of satisfied River West, 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.
River West is a former industrial pocket between the river and the Kennedy, now a mix of converted warehouse and timber lofts, new-construction condos and townhomes, and a few remaining brick three-flats and cottages. Its kitchens range from open loft kitchens to dated condo kitchens. We modernize River West kitchens to suit each space, and we pull permits from the Chicago Department of Buildings.
At Pegasus Construction, our mission is to help River West, 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.”
Yes. In River West, any kitchen project with structural changes, new electrical, or moved plumbing needs a Chicago Department of Buildings permit. We pull and manage the city permits, which take longer than suburban towns, so we plan for it.
Most River West kitchen remodels run from about $35,000 for a mid-range update to $110,000 for a full open-concept renovation. We give you a fixed, line-item budget after design.
In River West’s loft conversions and three-flats, where structure is often timber, concrete, or masonry, the kitchen wall is usually load-bearing and carries the floors above. We confirm framing at a small inspection point and engineer a beam before removing it.
In River West’s loft conversions we sometimes find original industrial wiring and plumbing routed through exposed structure. We flag anything during demo and fold the upgrade into the plan rather than springing a change order.
Usually yes. River West loft kitchens often have room for a large island; we plan around the building’s structure and any association rules. We model it first.
Most River West kitchen remodels take about five to eight weeks plus Chicago permit time. We give you a schedule and handle the city process up front.
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