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Home Remodel Cost in Wheaton, IL: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Wheaton, IL? The usual remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) job filed with Wheaton, IL is $44,063, from 240 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $25,250 and $76,821. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$44,063usual filed value
$25,250–$76,821middle half of firms' usual jobs
240priced permits (85% of 283)
142firms on file
132days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Wheaton, IL?

The usual remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) job filed with Wheaton, IL is $44,063, from 240 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $25,250 and $76,821. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) permit here usually takes 132 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 240 priced permits across 125 firms, pooled into one. Half of Wheaton, IL remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) permits were filed between $23,800 and $77,400.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$15,6001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$23,8001 in 4 filed below
50th$44,000the middle permit
75th$77,4001 in 4 filed above
90th$114,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: DuPage County 2025 assessments (three times the assessed value, which Illinois sets at a third of market value outside Cook County).

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $434,124$26,9404153
Middle third$434,124–$644,912$37,71642105
Upper third$659,856 and up$73,85042108

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Synergy Builders Inc2812$76,821$51,275–$104,06991.1%
Matrix Home Solutions106$44,836$37,532–$49,747—
Absolute Const Inc135$22,188$17,973–$26,9877 of 8
Bradford & Kent Builders144$91,100$81,990–$130,11098.0%
De Groot Construction Co103$73,850$65,437–$103,550—
Hogan Design & Construction53———
Wetmore Construction33———
Normandy Construction Co., Inc52———
Reliable Home Improvement32———
Lincoln Hancock Restoration LLC22———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $76,821; the 119 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $37,205.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $659,856 and up) usually file $73,850, against $26,940 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) permits is filed under $15,600 and 1 in 10 over $114,000, 7 times as much.
  • 84.8% of the 283 permits carry a value; the 43 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 240 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Wheaton, IL, 1 in 10 remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) filed values sit under $15,600, the middle half between $23,800 and $77,400, and 1 in 10 over $114,000.

  • $148,000Above $114,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Wheaton, IL.
  • $44,063Right at the usual $44,063: in the middle of the file.
  • $10,900Below $15,600: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Wheaton, IL

Wheaton, IL files the fewest remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) permits in June (72 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (182). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Wheaton, IL →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Wheaton permits on homes (the city's permit application and inspection exports). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Wheaton, IL →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) job in Wheaton, IL?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Wheaton, IL remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) firms usually file between $25,250 and $76,821 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.0 times apart and both be normal for Wheaton, IL. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) jobs in Wheaton, IL?Half of permits were filed between $23,800 and $77,400; 8 in 10 between $15,600 and $114,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Wheaton, IL?The usual remodel (kitchen, bath, basement) job is filed at $44,063; the middle half of firms usually file between $25,250 and $76,821. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $76,821, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $44,063?$44,063 is the construction value contractors wrote on Wheaton, IL permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $73,850, the lower third $26,940. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Wheaton permits on homes (the city's permit application and inspection exports), read October 2026. How the records work in Wheaton, IL →

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