Orren Pickell Building Group is the premier custom home builder in Highland Park, IL

With nearly 50 years experience and hundreds of awards to our credit, we have the resources and expertise to take you through every phase of the custom home building process on time and within budget.

Each day we strive to delight our customers. In addition to creating beautiful, individual environments, we are always looking for new ways to make the process collaborative, easy and even fun.

As custom home builders in Highland Park and throughout the North Shore, we strive to go above and beyond on every project that we do.

Your satisfaction is our #1 goal, so we’ll always do everything we can to make it right.

A few of our recent projects

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Whole House Remodel in Riverwoods

The walls and structure were damaged by smoke and water from fire hoses, so the home needed to be fully gutted. The Pickell remodeling team worked with the family to redefine the layout to suit the way the homeowners live today.

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semi circular stone fireplace

Sunroom Addition in Wilmette Illinois

Now that the work is complete, the sun room has become his kids’ favorite place to sit and study. Because the original exterior doors are still in place, the room can be sealed off or opened up into the family room.

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Gold Coast Basement Remodel

At the first meeting with Orren Pickell Building Group, the client outlined a simple basement remodel with a workout area and a place for the children to play. In subsequent meetings, however, as the family began to explore new possibilities, the scope of the project grew.

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Interested in learning more about how working with Orren Pickell on your new home in Highland Park will be enjoyable and hassle-free? Want to find out more about our design/build process? Please get in touch for a no-cost consultation.

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We are a full-service design/build company

It’s your biggest, most personal investment, so choose a partner you can trust every step of the way. Not only does our team consistently earn top honors in design and building awards, we stand out through:

What Our Customers Are Saying

Kim & Jeff

Just wanted to let you guys know that the cabinets have started going in and OMG we love them!! Krista, I believe you said at some point that the old cabinets would be no comparison to our new ones and honestly that is an understatement! I mean the kitchen is still partly undone . .…

Vic & Cynthia

Thank you for sending Terry over on short notice. Your company’s responsiveness and customer centric attitude is why you will always be at the top of our list for construction, renovation and house maintenance matters.

Amy Bickers

I wanted to share my final product, which is amazing. I really don’t think the video does it justice. I know y’all typically work on a lot of big projects, but I was thrilled with the planning, selections, advise and execution! Well done and again thank you!

Linda Larson

My name is Linda Larson. My husband, John and I have lived in one of the homes you built in Lake Barrington in 1994. We purchased it from David Galimore in 1997 and have lived here happily raising our family of five children. We put the house on the market two weeks ago and want…

Sheryl Sheiner

Orren Pickell Building Group has repeatedly proven to me how more then 20 years ago, we made the best decision to build a house with them. Since then we purchased another house and used their company to remodel it. We have used The Orren Pickell Maintenance Program for over 20 years, and we will continue…

Dale Gifford

We hired the Orren Pickell Building Group to both design and build our home, starting in 2013 and completing in 2015. Susan Hamilton was our initial contact and continued as our primary contact person through the whole process. She was delightful–both professionally and personally. Orren was also significantly and surprisingly involved throughout and our lead…

Other Highland Park Services:

Highland Park General Contractor:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/general-contractor-highland-park

Highland Park Home Remodeling:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/home-remodeling-highland-park

Highland Park Kitchen Remodeling:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/kitchen-remodeling-highland-park

Highland Park Bathroom Remodeling:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/bathroom-remodeling-highland-park

Highland Park Basement Remodeling:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/basement-remodeling-highland-park

Highland Park Handyman:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/handyman-highland-park

Highland Park Custom Cabinetry:
https://www.pickellbuilders.com/custom-cabinetry-highland-park