Finished plaster wall meeting white oak flooring in warm evening lamp light
Virtue Construction

About · Virtue Construction · Lake Forest

The Mark Is Earned.

Virtue Construction builds high-end additions, renovations, and modern homes across Lake Forest and 50-plus miles surrounding. The work has always arrived the same way, by recommendation.

The referral standard

How the Work Arrives.

Virtue has never run an ad. There was no website, and until recently there was no logo. Every project the company has built came from an architect, a designer, or a client who put the name forward.

That is a harder standard than advertising. An architect who recommends a contractor is lending out their own reputation, and they only do it a second time if the first one went well.

The same applies after the job ends. Past clients call about things that aren't worth a contractor's time, a fixture, a faucet, something small. We go. It isn't work we look for and it isn't work we market. It's how the relationship stays intact.

Double-height stairwell with steel stringers and white oak treads, raking daylight across plaster walls
Stair detail · Lake Forest
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The particulars

On the Record.

Virtue Construction, Inc.

Registered · Illinois Secretary of State

Licensed & Insured

General contractor

Bonding Available

For qualified projects

nVent Certified

Radiant floor heating

  • We work directly with architects and build to the drawing set

  • We don't substitute materials or details without asking first

  • Change orders go in writing before the work proceeds, not after

  • We pull the permits; the city performs the inspections

  • One point of contact from the walkthrough through the punch list

  • We take on a limited number of projects at a time

See the full scope of work

We don't publish insurance certificates or W-9s here. Ask and we'll send them.

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Start here

The Next Step Is a Walkthrough.

If you have drawings, send them. If you don't, we'll start with the walkthrough and go from there.

Request a Consultation

We respond within one business day.