Kitchen Remodeling

Kitchen Remodeling in Los Angeles

A kitchen is the hardest room in the house to remodel because it is not one trade, it is six, and every one of them has to arrive in the right order. It is also the only moment when the walls, the circuits and the appliances are all open at once, which makes it the cheapest opportunity you will ever get to make the room efficient. Adding a dedicated 240-volt circuit for an induction range during a remodel costs very little. Adding it two years later means opening a finished wall.

What this saves you

• Electricity
• Gas
• Indoor air quality

Take the efficiency decisions while the walls are open, because every one of them gets expensive the day the drywall goes back on.

• Induction is up to three times more efficient than gas at getting heat into the pan, and around 10% better than a smooth-top electric range.

  Source: U.S. Department of Energy

• Gas cooking is also an indoor air quality issue. Stanford research published in 2024 found that typical gas and propane stove use adds around 4 ppb to annual household nitrogen dioxide exposure, with homes under 800 square feet seeing roughly twice the national average exposure.

  Source: Stanford University

• LED lighting uses at least 75% less energy and lasts up to 25 times longer than incandescent, and a kitchen is usually the most heavily lit room in the house.

  Source: U.S. Department of Energy

The straight answer

Refrigeration is 25% of a California home's electricity, more than air conditioning, and it runs every hour of the year. If your kitchen budget is tight, an efficient refrigerator does more for your bill than almost anything else in the room, and it is the appliance people most often carry over from the old kitchen without thinking about it.

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Savings depend on your house, your equipment and how you use it. We will not quote you a guaranteed number, and neither should anyone else. See the rebates currently available

What a full remodel covers

Layout and space planning, demolition, framing or wall changes, relocated plumbing and gas, new dedicated circuits and lighting, cabinetry, countertops, tile, appliance installation and finish work. We build the schedule backwards from the countertop template, because the fabricator cannot measure until the boxes are set and level, and that single date governs everything before and after it. You get that schedule in writing before demolition starts.

The efficiency decisions worth making now

A 240-volt circuit ready for induction whether or not you switch today. LED under-cabinet and recessed lighting on dimmers. A properly ducted range hood vented outside rather than recirculating, which matters a great deal if you keep gas. Insulation and air sealing in any exterior wall that gets opened. A WaterSense faucet. If the water heater serves the kitchen and is near end of life, this is the moment to deal with it while access is easy.

Permits and living through it

Anything involving new circuits, moved plumbing or removed walls is permitted work in the City and County of Los Angeles. We pull the permit, schedule the inspections and keep the card on site. We also plan the parts you feel day to day, a temporary sink and refrigerator where the space allows, dust walls at the openings, and a realistic date rather than an optimistic one.

What’s included

• Layout and space planning before anything is ordered
• 240-volt induction-ready circuit run while the wall is open
• LED under-cabinet and recessed lighting on dimmers
• Range hood ducted outside, not recirculating
• Semi-custom and full custom cabinetry, quartz and porcelain counters
• Permits pulled and inspections scheduled as part of the scope

Questions we get about Kitchen Remodeling