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Epoxy flooring in Irving Park

Irving Park is Irving Park's chicago bungalow single-family (1910-1940) submarket. Villa Historic District (designated 1983) is a small but distinctive landmark area within Irving Park — ~300 buildings with an unusual concentration of 1890-1915 freestanding single-family houses on 50-ft lots (unusual for Chicago's typical 25-ft lot).

Irving Park cost range
$65K$485K
typical mid-complexity
Permit authority
CDOB Standard Permit
8-12 weeks (Standard Permit)
Typical home size
900-1,600 sqft bungalow; 2,000-3,400 sqft single-family
Borough · ZIP
Irving Park
60618
Villa Historic District (Old Irving Park) — designated 1983Chicago Historic Resources Survey Orange-rated on 40%+ of bungalow stockADU Pilot Program Zone 1 — basement / garage ADU conversions permittedFreeze-thaw cycle on brick bungalow stock

What a epoxy flooring project looks like here

Villa Historic District (designated 1983) is a small but distinctive landmark area within Irving Park — ~300 buildings with an unusual concentration of 1890-1915 freestanding single-family houses on 50-ft lots (unusual for Chicago's typical 25-ft lot).

Irving Park has one of Chicago's most concentrated Bungalow Belt clusters — ~4,500 Chicago Bungalows along blocks parallel to Milwaukee Ave, all eligible for Chicago Bungalow Association retrofit grants.

Because Old Irving Park (Villa District and adjacent) sits on Chicago's higher moraine terrain, freeze-thaw cycles are less severe than low-elevation neighborhoods — tuckpointing intervals on brick facades extend to 25-35 years.

Bungalow basements, garage floors, loft industrial finishes — freeze-thaw-rated on uninsulated slabs. In Irving Park specifically, chicago bungalow single-family (1910-1940) stock means epoxy flooring scope is shaped by the neighborhood's dominant construction typology. Baily's Chicago scoping flow factors villa historic district (old irving park) and chicago historic resources survey orange-rated on 40%+ of bungalow stock into the estimate before a contractor is involved.

Start your Irving Park scope — Baily asks the right questions.

Pre-seeded for epoxy flooring in Irving Park. Mention your 900-1,600 sqft bungalow, your timeline, and any known constraints — Baily factors the cdob standard permit review queue into the scope.

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