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A second-generation design-build firm led by Abe Degnan, who holds an architecture degree from UW-Milwaukee. One team sketches your kitchen or bath, prices it and builds it.
Degnan Design-Build-Remodel has offered kitchen remodeling in Madison, WI and the towns around it since Bob Degnan founded the company in 1981. His son Abe grew up on job sites as a helper and carpenter, then earned an architecture degree and brought a design-first approach to the family business.
Today the same team designs, prices and builds each project. A designer draws several concepts, then 3D drawings, before anyone swings a hammer.
A lead carpenter runs the site once work starts. In GuildQuality surveys, 95% of clients say they would recommend the firm and 98% call the team professional and organized.
From open-concept kitchens for entertaining to efficient updates and kitchen additions. Recent projects include a kitchen with laundry in Lodi, a dual-island kitchen in DeForest and a 1970s kitchen reworked for a retired couple. Most kitchen builds take about 2 to 3 months.
Primary suites, steam showers, soaking tubs, powder rooms and tub-to-shower conversions. The team has remodeled baths in Wexford Village, Maple Bluff, Waunakee and East Madison. Plan on about 1.5 to 2.5 months of construction for a bathroom.
Abe Degnan holds the CAPS designation for aging-in-place work. The portfolio shows curbless showers, grab bars and open kitchens planned for later years, including an affordable aging-in-place bath in Brooklyn, WI and a contemporary one in Maple Bluff.
Degnan calls it a finished lower level, because it should look and feel like the rest of the house. Past projects include media rooms, a wet bar, an exercise room and a lower-level living room in Oregon, WI. Basement builds usually run about 2 to 3 months.
Condo work means HOA approval, building rules and shared walls. Degnan has remodeled units in Metropolitan Place, Weston Place, Hawks Reserve, Nolen Shores and The Marina Condominiums, plus a transitional condo kitchen and mudroom in Middleton.
Bob Degnan started the company in 1981. His son Abe now leads it as president and Director of Design, and Zach Degnan works on the design team.
Independent GuildQuality surveys show 95% of clients likely to recommend Degnan, 96% satisfied with communication and 98% who felt the team was professional and organized.
Wins include Wisconsin Builders Association Builder of the Year in 2024 and NARI Madison Contractor of the Year for a residential kitchen under $100K in 2023.
You get lien paperwork, product manuals and warranties at the end. The team also checks in at 6 months and 1 year to catch any warranty work.
Abe Degnan learned the trade as a helper and carpenter in his father's company. After earning an architecture degree from UW-Milwaukee, he brought a design-first approach to the firm Bob Degnan founded in 1981.
Abe now leads the team as president and Director of Design, mentors the designers and runs day-to-day operations. He holds the CGR, CGB and CAPS designations.
His stated goal for every job is that it finishes on time, on budget and more beautiful than you imagined. Abe is also a proud father of six.
Abe DegnanPresident and Director of Design
“on time, on budget and more beautiful than you imagined”
A free call about your project, your goals and a ballpark budget. Photos of your space help the team give you a useful range.
After a consultation and budgeting meeting, a designer measures, sketches several concepts and develops the best one into 3D drawings.
Your designer goes with you to showrooms. Trade partners walk your home so the estimate is accurate and change orders stay rare.
You sign a contract with agreed start and finish dates. Degnan pulls permits, places orders and hands the job to your lead carpenter.
The crew protects your home and controls dust. After a final walk-through, the team checks in at 6 months and 1 year.
Working with the Degnan team was terrific from start to finish. Not only did our kitchen, music room, and bath turn out beautifully, but every member of their team was friendly, knowledgable, kind, and efficient. Great experience.
Degnan Design-Build has just completed an extensive second floor remodel in our 100 year old home. There has not been a day since that we haven't taken a moment to look in awe at our new space.
We "love" our newly remodeled home done by Degnan Build-Design-Remodel. All the Degnan staff were wonderful to work with. Our project manager Jon was exceptional.
Yes. Ballpark budget talks are free and happen by phone, video chat or at the Windsor office. You share your wish list, photos and budget goals. If you want a full design, written budget and scope of work, that starts with a paid design retainer.
Design, selections and estimating usually take a few months. After that, Degnan's typical build times are 2 to 3 months for a kitchen, 1.5 to 2.5 months for a bathroom and 2 to 3 months for a finished basement. The firm says 90% of its projects fall in these ranges.
Most Degnan clients do. Before work begins, the crew protects your home and sets up dust control. Payments follow the progress of the work, and you meet with your lead carpenter, designer and production manager from time to time so you always know what is happening next.
Yes. Degnan states that it does not use stock photos and that every project shown is its own work. Its reviews are real too: client surveys are published on GuildQuality, and more project and in-progress photos are posted on its Facebook and Houzz pages.
Yes. Send the MLS listing and photos, and the team will spend about half an hour with you by phone or video at no charge to talk through whether the home can be remodeled the way you want. Realtors can use the same service for clients.
Tell the Degnan team about your kitchen or bath, and get a realistic range before you commit to design.
(608) 846-5963
