An engineer’s eye for quality
Every job gets evaluated with the same precision I applied in my engineering career. If a fix is a bodge, it is not a fix — it is a callback waiting to happen.
About Windy Shore
Built on craft,
backed by trust.
Windy Shore Home Services is owner-operated by Joe Arcangeletti — a mechanical engineer who decided the best thing he could build was a business his neighbors could rely on.
Joe ArcangelettiFounder
Meet the founder
Hey, I’m Joe.
A mechanical engineer by trade and a people person by nature — I built Windy Shore Home Services because I saw a better way to serve North Shore homeowners.
After an unexpected layoff showed me how fragile the corporate ladder really is, I decided to build something of my own. Growing up around my father’s firehouse, I watched skilled tradespeople — carpenters, painters, handymen — transform homes with pride and precision. That stuck with me.
I founded Windy Shore to be the bridge between homeowners who need reliable help and the talented professionals who deliver it.
I’m not a franchise. I’m your neighbor, and I treat your home like it’s my own.
What that means for you
Three things that shape every visit
A people-first approach
I am building real relationships, not a client list. That means straight answers, a real response the same day, and no pressure at the quote.
Deep North Shore roots
I am not a franchise. I am your neighbor, and I treat your home like it is my own — including cleaning up before I leave.
The promise
Licensed, insured, and honest about the limits
Windy Shore Home Services is licensed and insured, and every visit is handled with the proper credentials — you never have to wonder who is working in your home.
Just as importantly: I will tell you when a job is not mine. Electrical, plumbing, structural work and anything needing a building permit belong to a licensed specialist. Saying so costs me a job and saves you a problem, which is the right trade every time.
What I do handle
Where we work
Across Chicago’s North Shore
36 towns across Cook and Lake County, from Wilmette up to Lake Bluff and west as far as Barrington.
- Wilmette
- Kenilworth
- Winnetka
- Glencoe
- Highland Park
- Highwood
- Lake Forest
- Lake Bluff
- Northfield
- Glenview
- Northbrook
- Deerfield
- Skokie
- Morton Grove
- Niles
- Lincolnwood
- Park Ridge
- Des Plaines
- Mount Prospect
- Arlington Heights
- Prospect Heights
- Wheeling
- Golf
- Barrington
- South Barrington
- Bannockburn
- Riverwoods
- Lincolnshire
- Buffalo Grove
- Vernon Hills
- Libertyville
- Mundelein
- Lake Zurich
- Long Grove
- Hawthorn Woods
- Lake Barrington
No invented reviews here
Windy Shore is a young business, and every review it has will be a real one from a real Chicago's North Shore homeowner. Rather than fill this page with stock quotes, we would rather earn the first few.
If Joe has already worked on your house, text him how it went — good or bad. It goes straight to him.
Let's get your home handled.
One call covers it all. Joe handles the list so you don’t have to.