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A full kitchen remodel in Morton Grove typically runs $30,000 to $50,000 keeping the layout and $58,000 to $95,000 for a gut that opens the room, and takes five to eight weeks on site. Permits are issued by the Village of Morton Grove at 6101 Capulina Avenue. These are the lowest ranges we publish. Almost the whole village was built between 1950 and 1970 to a small number of plans, the wall to the dining room is usually non-structural, and the supply is copper — so very little of the budget goes into things you will never see.
Morton Grove went up almost entirely between 1950 and 1970, in brick ranches and Georgians on regular lots. We have a second base here, so this is housing we know street by street, and the kitchens repeat almost exactly from block to block.
The plan is a closed rectangular room at the back or the side, a doorway to the dining room, often a serving hatch, and a ring of dropped soffits above the wall units. Supply is copper and sound. The waste run is under a slab or in a shallow crawl. The panel is original.
Two things transform these kitchens and neither is expensive by our standards. Opening the wall to the dining room, which in this housing is almost always non-structural, and losing the soffits so cabinetry can reach the ceiling. The constraint is the drain: with the waste run in a slab, the sink does not move far, so the design is built around where it already is.
Morton Grove repeats a small number of plans, which is why these ranges are the tightest and the lowest we publish.
| Era and style | What we find on site | What the project becomes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1965 — brick ranches | A closed rectangular kitchen with a serving hatch, a ring of soffits, copper supply, a waste run under the slab and a 1950s panel. | Wall to the dining room opened, soffits lost, cabinetry to the ceiling, and the sink designed around where the drain already is. | $58k – $88k |
| 1950–1968 — Georgians and two-storey brick | A kitchen at the rear with a separate dining room, a usable basement ceiling below, and more freedom to move a drain than a ranch has. | A wide cased opening to the dining room and a sink that can genuinely relocate, which makes an island possible here. | $62k – $95k |
| 1960–1975 — split-levels | Staggered floors, a kitchen on the upper half-level, and a drain route that is more limited than the plan suggests. | Open to the family room where the wall allows, and replan around what the floor actually permits. | $56k – $86k |
| 1995–present — rebuilds and rear additions | Open plan already there, a modern panel, engineered joists with room for services, finishes that have dated. | Finish upgrade, with the island, stone and appliances driving the number. | $34k – $58k |
These are the conditions that decide the schedule and the contingency on a job in Morton Grove. We price around them rather than discovering them.
In this housing the partition between the kitchen and the dining room is nearly always non-structural, so opening the plan costs a fraction of what it does in a pre-war village. Where it does carry, a sized beam and an engineer’s letter go in with the permit.
The real constraint here. The drain is cast into the slab at a fixed fall, so the sink stays close to where it is unless you are prepared to cut and repour concrete. We design around it rather than pretending otherwise.
Sometimes empty, often carrying heating ducts. Losing them is what lets cabinetry reach the ceiling and is the single biggest visual change in these kitchens, so we open one and look before the design assumes it.
Sized for a single oven and little else. An induction hob, a double oven and a dishwasher each need dedicated circuits and headroom to add them, so we check the panel on the first visit rather than at rough-in.
The original extract almost always filters and returns the air to the room. In a single-storey brick house the run to outside is short and cheap, and there is no reason not to do it properly while the ceiling is open.
Interior work inside the footprint is a straightforward permit. On lots this size a new window or a patio door sits close to the side setback and goes through village review, worth raising before the design is settled.
Ranges, not a single number. Where a project lands depends on the scope, and we say which band we think you are in before you commit to anything.
New cabinetry, stone, backsplash, appliances, lighting and flooring on the existing services. A complete change of character without touching a wall.
The wall to the dining room removed, soffits stripped and any ducts rerouted, a service upgrade where needed, and full-height cabinetry.
Kitchen, dining room and often a rear entry taken as one, with heating, plumbing and electrical rerun across the area.
Cabinetry is the largest single line in almost every kitchen we build. This is how a full project divides up.
Based on an $68,000 project, the midpoint of what we actually build here. Structure and plumbing are both at their lowest here of anywhere we work, so cabinetry and appliances take a bigger share of the budget than the percentages suggest.
We look at the wall, at the ceiling below it where we can, and at the electrical panel. You get an honest read on what can move and what cannot.
Including a structural engineer where a wall is coming out, so the beam is sized before the price is set rather than after.
Submitted to the Village of Morton Grove at 6101 Capulina Avenue. We prepare and lodge it, and we tell you which route your project is on before you commit.
Any beam goes in, services are rerun, and everything is inspected before it is closed. A change to the price happens here, with the wall open, not at the end.
Cabinets set and scribed to walls that are rarely square, stone templated on site after the boxes are in, then appliances, backsplash and lighting.
We walk the room with you, write the list, and close it out before the final invoice.
Tell us about the property and what you want to change. We will walk the space, look at what is behind the walls, and come back with a written scope, a schedule and a price.
Keeping the layout and replacing cabinetry, stone, appliances and finishes generally runs $30,000 to $50,000. A gut that opens the room to the dining room is usually $58,000 to $95,000. These are the lowest ranges we publish, because the housing is consistent and the wall almost never carries anything.
In this housing, almost always, and cheaply. The partition is nearly always non-structural, so it is a day of demolition and making good rather than a beam and an engineer. Where it does carry we say so and price the beam properly — but it is the exception here, not the rule.
In a Georgian or a two-storey house, usually yes, because there is a basement ceiling below and a drain can run at proper fall. In a ranch on a slab it is harder: the waste is cast into the concrete, so a sink in the middle of the room means cutting and repouring. A peninsula is often the better answer and we will tell you so.
Yes. The Village of Morton Grove requires a building permit for kitchen work altering plumbing, electrical or structure. Applications go to 6101 Capulina Avenue and the work is inspected at rough-in and completion. We prepare and lodge it.
Almost always. Taking cabinetry to the ceiling is the single biggest visual change available in these kitchens and it also gains real storage. The only question is what is inside them — empty soffits come down in an afternoon, soffits with heating ducts need the ducts rerouted first.
A 1950s panel usually will not. Modern appliances need dedicated circuits and spare capacity, so we check the service on the first visit and price any upgrade up front rather than raising it at rough-in.
Five to eight weeks for a full remodel. Cabinetry lead time is the main driver, so that order goes in before demolition starts. There is less behind the walls here than in the pre-war towns, so the programme is shorter.
Yes — we have a second base here, so this is housing we know street by street. Skokie, Niles, Glenview, Park Ridge and the North Side of Chicago are all in the same daily area.
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