A Park Ridge general contractor for families who would rather expand than move
Bofran Builders is a Park Ridge general contractor for homeowners who have outgrown their house but not their street. From our shop at 3922 N Ashland Ave in Chicago, about 11 miles from Park Ridge, we design and build second-story additions, rear additions, whole-home remodels, and kitchens, with our own crews handling the structural framing. Licensed, insured, and building since 1999.
Additions first, then everything behind them
Most of the calls we get from Park Ridge are about space: one more bedroom, a second bath, a kitchen that is not walled off from the rest of the house. These are the four services that answer them.
Home additions
Second-story additions, rear additions, and sunrooms, taken from foundation evaluation through the final coat of paint. If you are still budgeting, our home addition cost calculator gives you a realistic starting range in about a minute.
Explore home additionsWhole-home remodeling
Gut renovations and whole-home updates that rework a 1940s floor plan for the way your family actually lives: opened sight lines, a usable second floor, and mechanical systems brought up to current code, all under one contract.
Explore whole-home remodelingKitchen remodeling
Kitchens are the most common remodel we run in the northwest suburbs. We open walls where the structure allows it, rework the layout, and hold the finish selections to the character of the house instead of fighting it.
Explore kitchen remodelingStructural framing
Our own framing crew, not a rotating subcontractor, handles the structural work behind every addition and remodel we build. It is the same crew that frames entire houses for us, which is exactly what a second-story addition demands.
Explore our framing workPlanning a home addition in Park Ridge
Park Ridge has one of the most consistent housing stocks in the northwest suburbs: brick Georgians and Colonials from the 1920s through the 1950s, postwar Cape Cods, and long ranches on mature, tree-lined lots. They were built solidly, and they were built small by today's standards. Three bedrooms up a narrow stair, one full bath, and a kitchen closed off from the rest of the first floor.
That is why so many conversations with Park Ridge homeowners start the same way: the family loves the block, the schools, and the walk to Uptown, and nobody wants to trade a house they like for a mortgage they do not. A home addition in Park Ridge is often the math that works. A second-story addition can double the bedroom count of a ranch without touching the yard, and a rear addition can open the kitchen into a real family space with the mudroom the original plan never had.
Additions on houses this age are structural projects first. Before we price a second story, we evaluate the existing foundation and first-floor framing to confirm what the house can carry and what needs reinforcement, and new load paths get engineered rather than assumed. Because our framing crew is in-house, the structural phase, the part that decides whether the addition feels original to the house, is done by people on our payroll with Frank checking the work.
Matching matters here, too. A brick Georgian with a mismatched second story reads as an addition from down the street. We plan brick veneer, siding profiles, rooflines, and window proportions so the finished addition looks like the house was always meant to be that size.
The City of Park Ridge reviews addition and structural remodeling plans before work starts, and zoning rules on setbacks, lot coverage, and height shape what can be built on your lot. We handle that process as part of the job: permit drawings, the submission itself, and every inspection through final sign-off, so you are not the one chasing paperwork at city hall.
Recent Bofran work
Why hire a Park Ridge general contractor with an in-house framing crew
The structural trade is on our payroll
Additions live or die on framing. Ours is done by Bofran employees who frame entire houses, not by whichever subcontractor was available that month, so the schedule and the quality of the structural phase stay under our control.
The owner stays on your job
Frank has run Bofran since 1999 and stays directly involved from the first site visit through the final walkthrough. When you call with a question, you are not routed through an account manager.
One contract, permits included
Design coordination, City of Park Ridge permitting, structural work, and finishes run under a single agreement with a single schedule, so nothing falls into the gap between trades.
A 5-year structural warranty
We warranty the structural work on our projects for five years, in writing. Read the full terms on our warranty page before you sign anything, with us or anyone else.
Park Ridge project FAQs
Yes. Permit drawings, the submission to the City of Park Ridge, and inspection scheduling are part of our scope on every addition and structural remodel. Plan review times vary with the city's workload, so we build the permit stage into your project schedule up front rather than treating it as a surprise.
Usually, yes. Before we price anything we evaluate the existing foundation and first-floor structure to confirm they can carry a second story, or what reinforcement they need. Our framing crew is in-house, which matters on second-story work because the structural phase sets the quality and the schedule for everything that follows.
It depends on size, scope, and finish level, so we do not quote from a formula. Our home addition cost calculator gives you a realistic starting range in about a minute, and a free on-site consultation turns that into a written estimate specific to your house and lot.
Park Ridge is part of our regular service area. Bofran Builders has been building on Chicago's North Side and in the surrounding suburbs since 1999, and our shop on Ashland Avenue is about 11 miles from Park Ridge, close enough that the crew running your job is never far away.
Frank, the owner, stays directly involved in every project, and the framing crew on your job works for Bofran, not for a chain of subcontractors. You get one contract, one point of contact, and a 5-year structural warranty on the work when it is done.
Talk through your Park Ridge project
Tell us what you are hoping to build and we will walk you through feasibility, a realistic budget range, and the City of Park Ridge permit path before you commit to anything. Estimates are free and written, not ballparked over the phone.
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