Kitchen Remodeling in Los Angeles
Cabinets, countertops, islands and permits under one contract, planned around the age of your LA home.
- Straight advice on reface vs. replace
- Quartz, granite and quartzite installed
- LADBS permits pulled for you
- Written, itemized estimate
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We measure the room, check your cabinet boxes and scope the job. No charge, no obligation.
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Free In-Home Visit
We measure the room and tell you if your cabinet boxes are worth saving. Book a slot.
We Pull the Permits
LADBS filing, plan check, and inspections handled for you. See how it works.
Kitchen Remodels Planned Around Your LA Home
Serving: Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and the Westside.
Los Angeles Home Remodelers handles kitchen remodeling in Los Angeles from the first measurement to the final inspection. You get one contract for the cabinets, countertops, island, wiring and permit, so no vendor blames another when the counter doesn’t fit.
Every job starts with an honest scope call. If your cabinet boxes are solid, we’ll tell you refacing gets you most of the look for less work.
LA kitchens hide different problems by era: knob-and-tube wiring in 1920s Spanish homes, soffits in 1950s Valley ranches, stack plumbing in Westside condos. We plan for yours before demo, not after.
- Line-item written scope
- Cabinet boxes checked first
- Daily site cleanup
- Slab viewing before fabrication
- Dust barriers on every job
- Written workmanship warranty
Certified Service
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Four Kitchen Services, One Contract
Book one service or combine all four. Each page below explains what the work involves, which kitchens it fits, and what to ask before you sign.
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Kitchen Cabinet Refacing
New doors, drawer fronts, and veneer over solid cabinet boxes. Done in days, not weeks.
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Custom Kitchen Cabinets
Built to your exact walls, including out-of-square rooms and ceiling-height runs.
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Countertop Installation
Quartz, granite, quartzite, and porcelain, templated after your cabinets are set.
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Kitchen Island Design & Installation
Islands and peninsulas sized for clearance, with seating, power, or a prep sink.
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Choosing the Right Kitchen Contractor in LA
Ask for the CSLB license number first. Look it up on the state board’s site, then check that the classification covers the whole job, not just cabinets or just stone.
Compare bids line by line. A low number often leaves out the permit, the stone seams or the island’s wiring, then bills them later as changes. Every line below gets priced in your contract up front.
- Cabinet refacing and new doors
- Structural engineering letters
- Permit drawings & LADBS filing
- Custom & semi-custom cabinets
- Panel upgrades & new circuits
- Wall removal for open layouts
- Quartz, granite & quartzite tops
- Tile and slab backsplash
- Recessed & under-cabinet lighting
- Island power, plumbing & venting
- Vent hood ducting to exterior
- Final inspection sign-off
What Working With Us Looks Like
One point of contact
Your project manager answers the phone, walks the site, and owns the schedule. You never chase a subcontractor for an answer about your own kitchen.
Written scope, written changes
Everything in the contract is a line item. Any change gets priced and signed before a crew touches it, so nothing shows up on a final invoice as a surprise.
A clean site, every evening
Dust barriers at the openings, floor protection along the path, and cleanup at the end of each day. Most homeowners stay in the house through the whole job.
Five Kitchen Layouts That Work in LA Homes
Your layout sets the budget more than your finishes do. Moving a sink, a range or a wall turns a cabinet refresh into a full remodel, so settle the floor plan before you pick a slab.
Galley
Two parallel runs with a walkway between them. Galleys give you the most counter per square foot, which is why Craftsman bungalows and older duplexes have them. Keep the walkway at [42–48] inches so two people can pass.
L-Shape
Two adjoining walls and one corner. L-shapes open into a dining area and leave room for a table or a compact island. Corner cabinets waste space unless you add a pull-out unit.
U-Shape
Three walls of cabinetry. U-shapes hold the most storage of any layout and suit cooks who want everything in reach. They close the room off, so plan a doorway or pass-through for light.
Island
An L or U with a freestanding work surface in the middle. Islands need about [42] inches of clearance on every working side, which rules them out in most rooms under 12 feet wide. A sink in the island means trenching the slab in postwar homes.
Peninsula
An island attached at one end. Peninsulas give you seating and prep space when the room's too narrow for a true island, and they don't need clearance on the fourth side.
Kitchen Styles LA Homeowners Ask For Most
Match the kitchen to the house, not to a showroom. A flat-panel modern kitchen fights a 1920s Spanish Revival, and buyers notice.
Shaker Transitional
Recessed-panel doors, stone tops, simple metal pulls. Shaker reads current without dating fast, and it’s the easiest door style to order for a refacing job.
Modern Flat-Panel
Slab doors, integrated pulls, long horizontal lines. Flat-panel suits mid-century post-and-beam homes, and it shows every misaligned reveal, so installation tolerance matters.
Spanish Revival
Arched openings, hand-glazed tile, dark wood, wrought-iron hardware. This style belongs to the 1920s and ’30s stock across Silver Lake, Los Feliz, and Hancock Park.
Warm Minimal
White oak, honed stone, and no upper cabinets on one wall. Warm minimal trades storage for light, so it needs a pantry or a deep island to work in a family kitchen.
Two-Tone
Darker base cabinets under lighter uppers. Two-tone hides wear at floor level and makes a small kitchen feel taller than a single finish does.
Countertop and Cabinet Materials, Compared
Pick the countertop and the cabinet construction together. The slab sets the backsplash and sink, and the boxes decide whether refacing is even an option.
Countertop
Best for
Watch out for
Upkeep
Quartz
Busy family kitchens and rentals
Scorches under hot pans; fabrication rules are changing in CA
Wipe clean, no sealing
Granite
Cooks who want heat tolerance
Pattern varies slab to slab, so approve your exact slab
Seal every [1–2] years
Quartzite
Cooks who want a marble look that’s tougher
Some slabs sold as quartzite are soft; test yours
Seal every [1–2] years
Marble
Bakers and period homes
Etches from lemon, wine and vinegar within seconds
Seal, and accept the patina
Porcelain slab
Waterfall edges and outdoor kitchens
Chips at exposed corners if it’s knocked
Wipe clean, no sealing
Custom cabinets
Built to your exact walls. Choose these for out-of-square rooms, ceiling-height runs, and hillside homes where nothing is plumb. Longest lead time of the four.
Semi-custom
Stock boxes with your choice of door, finish, and interior fittings. Sizes step in 3-inch increments, so fillers cover the gaps. Most LA remodels land here.
Stock cabinets
Off-the-shelf boxes in a handful of finishes. Fast to get and fine for rentals, though the boxes are thinner and the hinges wear sooner.
Refacing
New doors and veneer over your existing boxes. Refacing works when the boxes are sound and the layout already suits you. It won’t fix a bad floor plan.
What Your LA Home Type Means for the Remodel
The year your house was built decides half the scope. Here’s what our crews usually find behind the cabinets, by era.
1920s–30s
Spanish & Craftsman
Expect knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized supply lines, and plaster over wood lath. Narrow galley kitchens rarely fit an island, so a peninsula usually works better. Original tile and arches are worth saving.
1940s–60s
Post-War Tract
Slab foundations mean any sink move, including one into an island, gets trenched and re-poured. Many have a soffit above the uppers. Removing it gains storage but can mean rerouting ducts.
1950s–70s
Mid-Century Post-and-Beam
Exposed beams and glass walls leave nowhere to hide ductwork. A vent hood usually routes straight through the roof, and window walls cap how much cabinetry the room can hold.
Any era
Hillside Homes
Access drives the schedule here. Narrow streets and stair-only entries turn slab delivery into a crew job, so we price access as its own line instead of burying it.
Any era
Condos & HOA Buildings
Your HOA controls work hours, elevator use, and anything tied to stack plumbing. Stone slabs need an elevator booking, and HOA approval often takes longer than the city permit.
Kitchen Permits and Code in the City of Los Angeles
Swapping cabinets and counters in the same layout usually qualifies for an LADBS express permit filed online. Moving a wall, or running new plumbing or wiring through one, needs plan check at a Construction Services Center.
Plan check usually required
- Moving a sink, gas line, or dishwasher drain
- Adding circuits, outlets, or a subpanel
- Removing or altering any wall, load-bearing or not
- Adding a window, skylight, or exterior door
- New or relocated vent hood ducting
Express permit usually enough
- Replacing cabinets in the same layout
- New countertops and backsplash
- Swapping fixtures in the same spot
- Flooring laid over an existing subfloor
- Paint, hardware, and light fixture swaps
Title 24 governs your lighting
California’s energy code (Title 24) requires JA8-rated, energy-efficient fixtures in kitchens plus controls on the switches. Your electrical spec has to match the plan you submit, or the inspector sends you back.
Plan check adds weeks, not days
Structural work needs stamped drawings from an engineer before LADBS reviews it. Building your calendar around the permit is what keeps a demolished kitchen from sitting open.
Quartz rules are changing in California
In 2026, Cal/OSHA moved to ban fabrication of high-silica engineered stone. The documented risk falls on workers who cut the slabs. Ask where yours is cut, or pick quartzite or porcelain.
Why Homeowners Pick Us Over the Cheapest Bid
The cheapest kitchen bid in Los Angeles almost always costs more by the end. We scope the real work on day one, so your change-order column stays close to empty.
- Line-item scope, so you see what every cabinet run covers
- One project manager answers your calls start to finish
- Cabinets get ordered only after you sign off on the plan
- Dust barriers and daily cleanup, so you can stay home
- Payments tied to milestones, never to a calendar
- A written workmanship warranty you can hold us to
- Crews who work on our jobs only, not day labor
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Free On-Site Estimates
Measured, not guessed
Written Warranty
On our workmanship
Local LA Crews
No day labor on site
What Happens in Your Kitchen, Week by Week
A permitted kitchen runs in six phases. Your dates shift with cabinet lead time and plan check, but the order never changes.
Phase 01
Design & measure
We measure the room, check the cabinet boxes, and build a plan you sign off on. Nothing gets ordered before that signature.
Phase 02
Permit & order
Drawings go to LADBS while your cabinets go into production. This is the wait most homeowners underestimate, and it runs in parallel on purpose.
Phase 03
Demo & rough-in
Dust barriers go up, cabinets and flooring come out, and the plumber and electrician run new lines. A rough inspection closes the phase.
Phase 04
Walls & floors
Drywall, texture, paint, then flooring. The room looks empty and finished at the same time, which is the strangest week of the job.
Phase 05
Cabinets & counters
Boxes get set and leveled, then the fabricator templates your counters off the installed cabinets. Stone comes back about [a week] later.
Phase 06
Tile, appliances & punch
Backsplash, hardware, appliance hookups, final inspection, and your punch list. We don’t call it done until you do.
Get Your Kitchen Scoped Before You Commit
One visit gets you a measured plan, a straight answer on reface vs. replace, and a realistic start window. You don’t pay for it, and you don’t sign anything.
- Measured and photographed on site
- Line-item scope in writing
- No obligation and no pushy follow-up calls
or send the form and we’ll call you back.
Book a Free In-Home Visit
We measure the room, check your cabinet boxes and scope the job. No charge, no obligation.
Form fields: Full name, Email, Phone, Project address, Scope (Full kitchen remodel, Cabinet refacing, New or custom cabinets, Countertop installation, Kitchen island, Not sure yet), Preferred date, Tell us about your kitchen. Submit button: Book My Free Visit (red #E12228).
Kitchen Remodeling Across Los Angeles County
Our crews work across the city, the Valley, and the beach cities, including hillside streets and HOA buildings. If your neighborhood isn’t listed, call and ask.
- Sherman Oaks
- Studio City
- Encino
- Tarzana
- Woodland Hills
- Van Nuys
- North Hollywood
- Burbank
- Glendale
- Pasadena
- Altadena
- South Pasadena
- Eagle Rock
- Highland Park
- Silver Lake
- Los Feliz
- Echo Park
- Hancock Park
- Mid-Wilshire
- West Hollywood
- Beverly Hills
- Brentwood
- Santa Monica
- Pacific Palisades
- Culver City
- Mar Vista
- Playa del Rey
- El Segundo
- Manhattan Beach
- Redondo Beach
- Torrance
- San Pedro
- Long Beach
Kitchen Remodeling FAQs
Click a question to see the answer. The first one is open to start.
Should I reface or replace my kitchen cabinets?
Reface if the boxes are solid and you like the layout. You get new doors, drawer fronts, and veneer in days. Replace if the boxes are water-damaged, sagging, or in the wrong place, because refacing can’t fix a bad floor plan.
Can I still get quartz countertops in California?
Yes, as of [Month Year]. Cal/OSHA is moving to ban fabrication of high-silica engineered stone because cutting it has caused silicosis in stone workers. The rule isn’t final. Quartzite, granite, and porcelain give you a similar look without the fabrication concern.
Do I need a permit to remodel my kitchen in LA?
Usually, yes. Swapping cabinets, counters, and fixtures in the same layout typically qualifies for an LADBS express permit. Moving a wall, or running new plumbing or wiring through one, needs plan check. We pull the permit and book the inspections.
How long does a kitchen remodel take in Los Angeles?
A full remodel runs about [6–10] weeks on site, after [4–8] weeks of cabinet lead time. Plan check adds [2–6] weeks. Refacing alone takes about [3–5] days, and a countertop swap about [1–2] weeks from template to install.
How much clearance does a kitchen island need?
Plan [42] inches on every working side, and [48] if two people cook at once. Rooms narrower than 12 feet usually take a peninsula instead, which buys you the same seating without the clearance problem.
Can you add a sink or cooktop to my island?
Usually, yes. A sink needs a drain and vent line, which means cutting the slab in most postwar homes. A cooktop needs its own circuit or gas line plus venting. Both add a permit line, so decide before the cabinets are ordered.
What's the difference between custom and semi-custom cabinets?
Semi-custom cabinets come in set sizes, usually in 3-inch steps, with your choice of door and finish. Custom cabinets are built to your exact walls. Choose custom for the out-of-square rooms and odd corners common in older LA homes.
Can I stay in my home during the remodel?
Most homeowners do. We seal the openings with dust barriers, protect the path from the door, and clean the site each evening. Set up a temporary kitchen with the fridge, a microwave, and a sink you can still reach.
What if you find rot or old wiring behind the cabinets?
We stop, photograph it, and price the repair as a written change order before touching it. Pre-1940s homes turn up knob-and-tube wiring and galvanized pipe often enough that a contingency is worth setting aside.
What's included in the estimate?
Every line of scope, the allowance for each finish, permit costs, disposal, and the payment schedule. If a line isn’t on the estimate, it isn’t in the price, and we’ll tell you which items are still allowances.
Other Remodels We Handle
Bathroom Remodeling
Full gut baths, wet-room showers, and waterproofing done to code.
Home Additions & ADUs
Detached ADUs, garage conversions, and room additions from plans to permit.
Whole-Home Remodel
Every room on one schedule, one permit set, and one crew.
Planning Guides for LA Homeowners
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A scoped kitchen is one you can budget, schedule, and live through. Los Angeles Home Remodelers handles cabinets, countertops, islands, and permits under one contract. Book your free in-home visit today.
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Book a Free In-Home Visit
We measure the room, check your cabinet boxes and scope the job. No charge, no obligation.
Form fields: Full name, Email, Phone, Project address, Scope (Full kitchen remodel, Cabinet refacing, New or custom cabinets, Countertop installation, Kitchen island, Not sure yet), Preferred date, Tell us about your kitchen. Submit button: Book My Free Visit (red #E12228).