Great Lakes Home Additions

Home addition under construction — open-concept wood framing with the crew on site — representative of the home addition projects GS Construction builds in Great Lakes, IL

Home Additions Experts

Expert Home Additions Services

GS Construction & Remodeling specializes in professional Home Additions. As a father-son team, we bring decades of combined experience to every project.

From initial design consultation to final walkthrough, we handle every aspect of your Home Additions project with care. Our hands-on approach means you'll always have Gregory or Patryk on-site, ensuring quality at every step.

  • Specialized Home Additions expertise
  • On-site supervision for every project
  • Transparent pricing with no surprises
  • Quality craftsmanship guaranteed
Gregory and Patryk - GS Construction
Gregory and Patryk - GS Construction
"Your Home Additions project deserves the best—we deliver it."

Home additions in Great Lakes, IL

Great Lakes is not a typical suburb: the entire community is Naval Station Great Lakes — a federal installation with its own ZIP code (60088) inside North Chicago's city limits — home of the Navy's only boot camp at Recruit Training Command and the largest military installation in Illinois, sitting in Shields Township between North Chicago and Lake Bluff. Housing on base is privatized — Great Lakes Family Housing, managed by Hunt Military Communities, maintains more than 1,460 duplexes, triplexes, and single-family homes across six neighborhoods, including Forrestal Village beside the newly rebuilt Forrestal Elementary School (North Chicago District 187). Even the water is Navy-run, drawn from Lake Michigan and treated at the base's own plant rather than by a village utility. So when Great Lakes families plan a remodel, it is usually for an owner-occupied house just outside the gates, and that is where GS Construction comes in: kitchen and bathroom renovations, basement finishing, additions, and whole-home updates for Navy households and base civilian staff putting down roots near the Great Lakes Metra stop on the UP-N line.

Neighborhoods & landmarks near our Great Lakes home additions

Naval Station Great Lakes, Recruit Training Command, Ross Field parade ground, Building 1 clocktower, National Museum of the American Sailor, Great Lakes Metra station (UP-N), Forrestal Elementary School, Forrestal Village, Sheridan Road

Great Lakes permits & building codes for home additions

Great Lakes is a federal installation (within North Chicago's city limits), so no municipal permit office operates on the base: construction on the installation itself, including its privatized family housing, is governed by the Navy and its housing partner rather than a local permit office. Remodels on nearby owner-occupied homes fall under the City of North Chicago or the Village of Lake Bluff, and any unincorporated Lake County parcel is permitted through the county's Planning, Building & Development department in Libertyville, which handles plan review, permits, and inspections. GS Construction manages the entire permit process — confirming the right jurisdiction, preparing the application, and coordinating inspections through final sign-off.

Home Additions Coverage Around Great Lakes

We provide home additions in Great Lakes and nearby communities to keep schedules, crews, and permitting coordination efficient.

Planning Home Additions in Great Lakes

Most Great Lakes projects start with scope alignment: what to renovate now, what to phase later, and which finishes deliver the highest daily impact. We build plans around your home layout, timeline, and budget priorities.

Execution and permitting in Great Lakes

We handle sequencing, trade coordination, and code-compliance requirements for Home Additions projects in Great Lakes. Permit context: Great Lakes is a federal installation (within North Chicago's city limits), so no municipal permit office operates on th....

Nearby service coverage from Great Lakes

In addition to Great Lakes, we regularly complete Home Additions projects in nearby communities including Lake Bluff, Green Oaks, Lake Forest. This helps keep crews, vendors, and scheduling logistics efficient across the area.

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What homeowners near Great Lakes say

“GS Construction & Remodeling is the best of the best. We've hired them to work on 5 different properties (4 were extensive remodels) and continue to be thrilled with their work and have referred them to friends and family. I constantly brin...”
Lisa R — Vernon Hills, IL
“I don't even know where to begin, Patryk & Greg are just amazing! We hired them to remodel approximately 4000 sqft of a 1985 house which included an unfinished basement. The whole experience could not have been better. It took about 7 month...”
Pauline & Scott Z — Long Grove, IL
“They did an outstanding job on our complete bathroom renovation! Our bathroom was an icebox due to poor insulation from the original build. They made excellent design recommendations to resolve the poor insulation and also installed heated...”
kalorama — Buffalo Grove, IL

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Budgeting first? See real 2026 price ranges in our home additions cost guide — and what your Great Lakes permit will add in our permit guide.

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5 Stars

Patryk, Greg and their team were great to work with. They did our kids bathroom several years ago and we were so pleased with their work we used them again for our primary bathroom. They showed up when they were supposed to, answered calls/emails very timely, had an amazing work ethic and pride in their work. Patryk suggested adding a window that looks better than I could have imagined. They were accommodating to several tweaks to the project and absolutely wonderful. I LOVE my new bathroom. We wouldn't hesitate to use GS Construction again.

Lisa O
Lisa O
Palatine, IL · Dec 2024

Completed projects around Great Lakes

GS Construction crews have completed 40 projects within 10 miles of Great Lakes — part of 399 completed projects across 67 Chicago-area ZIP codes. The map below shows real project density from our records, not a service-area claim.

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Gregory and Patryk - GS Construction
Gregory and Patryk - GS Construction

Let's Build Beautiful Spaces Together

GS Construction is a father-and-son construction company specializing in residential remodeling and renovations in Great Lakes. Expect clear communication, quality craftsmanship, and a straightforward plan—reach out today to schedule a free in-home consultation and get a detailed estimate and honest feedback.

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(224) 735-4200
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Great Lakes and surrounding Chicagoland areas

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