Townhouse Remodeling
Multi-level residential renovation
Complete Townhouse Renovation
Chicago townhouses offer vertical living in prime neighborhoods—but their narrow footprints and multiple levels create design challenges. Stacked rooms can feel disconnected, interior spaces often lack natural light, and circulation between floors may be awkward. Townhouse remodeling optimizes this vertical space through strategic floor plan changes: opening kitchens to rear living areas, installing skylights or light wells, relocating staircases for better flow, and creating logical zones for living, sleeping, and working across three or four levels.
Multi-level renovations require coordinated planning that typical room-by-room updates lack. Mechanical systems run vertically through chase walls; electrical panels serve all floors from one location; plumbing stacks must align between bathrooms. We plan these systems holistically so improvements on one level don't create problems on another. Structural modifications—like removing bearing walls to open floor plans—get engineered properly from the start, with temporary shoring and permanent steel designed together.
Your renovated townhouse will flow naturally between levels with improved circulation and sight lines. We create kitchen and living spaces that work for modern entertaining, primary suites with proper closet and bathroom space, and flexible rooms that adapt as your needs change. The finished home maximizes every square foot of your vertical footprint while maintaining the connected neighborhood location that made you choose a townhouse in the first place.
Your Project
Team
Darren Flynn
“Darren Flynn is the Managing Principal and founding member of Chicago Roof Deck & Garden, started in 2009. He has over 20 years of experience in residential, commercial and retail construction and shares the overall strategic and operating responsibility.”
Mike Ryan
“Mike brings over two decades of expertise in designing and constructing luxury residential properties throughout Chicago. As a University of Colorado at Boulder graduate originally from Minnesota, he demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and thoughtful approach to the design process. His strengths include navigating the complexities of securing building permits and managing client expectations from project start through completion.”
Kevin Wojtas
“Kevin is a skilled Production Coordinator with extensive experience in the architecture and planning industry. He demonstrates competency across AutoCAD, landscaping, InDesign, public speaking, and sustainable design. He also serves as a media and communications specialist and holds a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.”