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Address
1212 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
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Best 1 Built Construction

With over 25 years of industry experience, you can trust B1B with all of your home renovation, remodeling and custom carpentry needs. We know your home is important, and you can trust us to work closely with you every step of the way to realize your vision for whatever your home requires, whether it be a new kitchen, bathroom, or the addition of a wheelchair ramp for a family member. We know that many times, general contractors secure customers by making promises they can’t keep. They get jobs by giving lowball estimates and unrealistic time frames only to drive up the price and take twice the amount of time to finish half way into the job. At B1B, we pride ourselves in providing customers with realistic budgets and time frames from day one, so there are no nasty surprises later. Our practical approach helps take the worry out of the natural stress of home remodeling. As a fully certified and licensed contractor, know that from proper permits to insurance, your project will be ha

From BuildZoom:

Best 1 Built Inc at 1212 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202, held a General Contractor license (#09LICR-0033) with the Evanston contractors license board with an expiration date of 04-16-2026. We last verified the license was expired on 06-01-2026.

Their BuildZoom score is 0 because we haven’t been able to verify an active license. As a result, they’re not ranked in the top 50% of 65,686 Illinois contractors.

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Best 1 Built Inc Contact Information

Phone: (888) 258-1961
Address: 1212 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202

Best 1 Built Inc Reviews
5 out of 5 stars, based on 2 reviews

  • By Boomer J.
    March 6, 2020
    Create a Large Rear Out Door Porch Deck
    $0

    Best 1 Built created a rear deck that will let our family enjoy many days together and love each other even more. Clean, honest, respectable, straight forward trustworthy suggestions to improve and create work performed. No one does it better.

    Thank you and we will see you soon for more work.
  • By Kp
    December 17, 2019
    Replace deck and wall

    Excellent work - 100% satisfied - very happy with the beautiful new deck plus extra work that we wanted.
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Building Permits by Best 1 Built Inc

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Demolition - interior
1916 Grant St, Evanston, IL, 60201
2025-01-24
Demolish kitchens bathrooms and rear encloed porch and steps
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25DINT-0008
Status:
issued
Fee:
$295
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Addition - residential
1916 Grant St, Evanston, IL, 60201
2025-10-09
Partial interior remodel of the existing 2-unit residential building including new frame rear addition
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25ADDR-0062
Status:
filed
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
919 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2025-06-04
Remove existing front porch and building new one in its place. roof section to remaing
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25DKPC-0057
Status:
issued
Fee:
$690
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
1712 Ashland Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
2025-10-02
Remove rear deck and building new
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25DKPC-0049
Status:
complete
Fee:
$690
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
714 Madison St, Evanston, IL, 60202
2025-06-10
Building new front porch in the same location
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
24DKPC-0115
Status:
complete
Fee:
$431
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
1712 Ashland Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
2025-10-02
Remove rear deck and building new
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25DKPC-0049
Status:
complete
Fee:
$690
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Minor repair
911 Greenleaf St, Evanston, IL, 60202
2024-09-24
Addition structural beam and replace floor joist
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
24MRPR-0224
Status:
complete
Fee:
$790
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Remodel – interior residential – for single-family homes townhomes and 2-unit residential buildings
2007 Warren St, Evanston, IL, 60202
2025-06-26
Building new bathroom in bedroom
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
25INTR-0267
Status:
issued
Fee:
$1,048
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
1511 Greenleaf St, Evanston, IL, 60202
2024-04-01
Building new front and side porch
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
24DKPC-0013
Status:
issued
Fee:
$275
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
1119 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2024-07-12
Building new front porch
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
24DKPC-0064
Status:
issued
Fee:
$336
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Renovation/alteration
1736 W Rascher Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
2015-10-23
Existing 2 story w/bsmt frame residence - replace existing front porch with new azek composite front porch same as existing - existing roof to remain. all work as per plans and manufacturer's specifications
Valuation:
$10,500
Permit #:
100619870
Status:
complete
Fee:
$200
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Accessory structure - new garage
1212 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2020-10-06
Building coach house
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
20ACCS-0063
Status:
canceled
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Renovation/alteration
4534 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625
2015-09-25
Residential project - existing 2 story with basement brick building - interior remodeling as per plans
Valuation:
$80,000
Permit #:
100615141
Status:
complete
Fee:
$661
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
2034 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
2024-07-23
Replace old deck
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
19DKPC-0019
Status:
complete
Fee:
$266
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Remodel - interior residential
630 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
2017-12-26
Interior renovation including replacement of air conditioning unit. 2/13/2018: new rear door and stair on south rear elevation
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
17INTR-0409
Status:
issued
Fee:
$3,209
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
New deck
1560 Sherman, 2nd & 7th, Evanston, IL, 60201
2019-07-08
Remove old deck and build new ideck
Valuation:
$9,500
Permit #:
19DKPC-0019
Status:
N/A
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
Residential
Building Type:
Single Family Dwe...
Deck or porch
147 Custer Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2016-02-19
Rebuild rear roofed deck at same size and location
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
16DKPC-0001
Status:
complete
Fee:
$149
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Miscellaneous site work
147 Custer Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2015-12-10
Replace new front steps - inkind
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
15MSWK-0314
Status:
issued
Fee:
$64
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Window replacement
2018 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
2018-03-13
Install sliding door at rear of the house
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
18WNDR-0019
Status:
complete
Fee:
$158
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Deck or porch
1013 Ashland Ave, Evanston, IL, 60202
2024-07-22
Replace porch in kind
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
15DKPC-0065
Status:
expired
Fee:
$185
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A