SKILDUM & COMPANY

284 Mink Ranch Road is a straightforward North Shore home designed to be efficient, durable, and easy to live in. The main level offers 1,069 square feet of living space with two bedrooms, one full bathroom, and an open kitchen, dining, and living area that feels bright and connected. An attached 450 square foot garage provides generous space for vehicles, storage, and North Shore gear 25-0302 Chris Skildum - 284 MIN…. The layout is simple and intentional. The kitchen and d

7,823 sq. ft. $80,000 The new Vesta neighborhood in Grand Marais offers a range of buildable lots, from smaller parcels around...

7,225 sq. ft. $80,000 The new Vesta neighborhood in Grand Marais offers a range of buildable lots, from smaller parcels around...

10,436 sq. ft. $85,000 The new Vesta neighborhood in Grand Marais offers a range of buildable lots, from smaller parcels around...

In 2022, we returned to Woodland Foothills with a new opportunity: building two homes side by side — Lot 1 and Lot 2 . These homes continued the same values we had started with: build modest, efficient, and attainable housing for working families in Cook County. But this time, the timing made the impact even more meaningful. At the time, I was serving on the board of the newly formed Cook County Housing Redevelopment Authority (HRA) . We were deep into the hiring process for

By 2019, we had completed two small homes in Woodland Foothills and felt a growing sense of responsibility—and momentum. That’s when an...

After building the Lot 5 house, we were ready for the next project. In 2018, we built our second home in the Woodland Foothills neighborhood—Lot 6. This home was a bit bigger—1,080 square feet with an attached two-car garage—offering more space for families or anyone needing storage and a place to work. Like Lot 5, it was designed to be simple, durable, and practical. Clean lines, a smart layout, and modest finishes made it functional without driving up the cost. Our goal was

In 2016, we built our first speculative home in the Woodland Foothills plat off Mink Ranch Road in Lutsen: the Lot 5 House . It was a modest 786-square-foot, two-bedroom home—simple, efficient, and intentionally designed to be both attainable and durable. At the time, the concept of building homes “on spec” in this area felt risky. We weren’t responding to a specific buyer, just to a growing need: working families in Cook County needed real housing options. The Lot 5 house di