Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Pacific Palisades
A full kitchen remodel in Pacific Palisades typically runs $14,000 – $45,000, with small kitchens landing between $9,000 and $20,000. We schedule work across Pacific Palisades with a written scope and price before any demo starts. If you’re planning a tear-out in the Alphabet Streets, a Marquez Knolls update, or anything between, call (903) 568-7222 and you’ll get a live person who can schedule your free estimate.
We know Pacific Palisades homes because we work in them week after week. Bradford Remodeling is part of the Garrison Partners family, held to The Garrison Standard since 2004. That means every kitchen we touch in Pacific Palisades gets the same discipline: written pricing before work begins, background-checked and uniformed technicians on site, and a signed 365-Day Done Right Promise before we call the job complete.
Why Bradford Remodeling Is Pacific Palisades’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
We built our reputation in Pacific Palisades by doing what we say we’ll do, on the calendar we commit to, at the price we put in writing. No re-pricing at the door. No disappearing mid-project. Curtis Lane, our owner, runs the operation so every job gets a crew chief who knows the scope line by line.
Homeowners in Pacific Palisades keep calling us back because we anchor everything in specific guarantees and specific materials. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is a written guarantee on every completed project. If the work fails inside that full-year window, we return and correct it at no charge. That’s not marketing language. It’s the terms of the guarantee.
We also answer the phone. A live person picks up 24/7, not a voicemail tree. When you’re mid-remodel and a question comes up at 6 p.m., you talk to a human who can pull up your file. That’s the Garrison Code in practice: no automated system standing between a Pacific Palisades homeowner and a straight answer.
Styles & brands we work with
Kitchen Remodeling Contractor in Pacific Palisades
A Kitchen Remodeling Contractor in Pacific Palisades handles the full job: demo, rough-in, cabinetry, countertops, tile, appliances, and finish work, all coordinated under one written scope. What sets our Kitchen Remodeling team apart is that we don’t ask a Pacific Palisades homeowner to trust us on faith. We put every allowance, every material spec, and every labor line in a written price before a single tool comes out.
Full Kitchen Remodeling
This is a complete tear-out and rebuild. We take the kitchen down to the studs, address whatever we find in the walls, then rebuild with new cabinetry, countertops, flooring, and fixtures. In Pacific Palisades, a full kitchen remodel runs $14,000 – $45,000 depending on how far the footprint moves and what the existing structure allows. Every allowance is set to real Pacific Palisades expectations, not national averages.
Small and Partial Kitchen Remodels
Sometimes the bones are fine. You need new cabinet faces, new countertops, a backsplash, and updated lighting. A small kitchen remodel in Pacific Palisades runs $9,000 – $20,000. We scope these jobs just as tightly as a full tear-out, because the same standards apply: written price, documented materials, one-year written guarantee.
Kitchen Design in Pacific Palisades
Kitchen Design in Pacific Palisades isn’t just picking cabinet colors. It’s the work of laying out a room against real constraints: a galley kitchen in an Alphabet Streets bungalow can’t take the same island as a Pacific Palisades tract home with a wide footprint. We spec the layout, the cabinet run, the counter overhang, the outlet placement, and the appliance clearances in one pass so the plan survives contact with the building.
Layout and Workflow Planning
We plan the work triangle, the landing zones, and the storage you actually need, not what a showroom rack suggests. For Pacific Palisades kitchens, that often means working around load-bearing walls, plumbing stacks, and the occasional surprise behind the drywall. A well-designed layout saves thousands in change orders later.
Cabinet and Countertop Specifications
We quote from a documented roster of name-brand materials: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone surfaces, Kohler and Moen fixtures. You’ll see the exact model and finish in your written scope, so there’s no allowance drift once the job starts. A $3,000 cabinet allowance will not cover what most Pacific Palisades homeowners expect in a finished kitchen. We set realistic numbers from day one.
Trusted Brands We Service in Pacific Palisades
Bradford Remodeling installs premium, documented brands across every Pacific Palisades kitchen we touch. That includes KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone surfaces, Kohler and Moen fixtures, and James Hardie exterior products where a remodel touches an outside wall. Because we specify these brands in the written scope, the manufacturer warranties back up our own 365-Day Done Right Promise. We also work with a documented roster that keeps parts and lead times predictable for Pacific Palisades projects, so a countertop mistake doesn’t put your calendar two months out.
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AfterCommon Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Pacific Palisades Homes
- Older Alphabet Streets homes hide load-bearing walls. We regularly open what looks like a partition wall in a 1940s Pacific Palisades bungalow and find a beam doing real structural work. The fix is an engineered beam and post, and it gets added to the scope before the wall comes down all the way.
- Wildfire hazard zoning adds code requirements. Pacific Palisades sits in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Kitchen remodels that touch exterior walls or venting often need ember-resistant vent grates and fire-rated assembly detailing, which affects both the permit and the price.
- Cabinet and counter allowances get set too low. A national-average cabinet allowance won’t hold up in Pacific Palisades. Homeowners here expect KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, and Caesarstone finishes, and the written scope needs to reflect that before demo starts.
- Demo starts before the permit is reviewed. A kitchen tear-out that hits a structural rough-in or load-bearing change needs plan check sign-off before work continues. We pull the permit first, every time. Work doesn’t stop mid-remodel because the paperwork wasn’t right.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Pacific Palisades, CA
Here are the honest ranges for kitchen work in Pacific Palisades. These are market-calibrated for this city, not a national list.
| Service | Price Range in Pacific Palisades |
|---|---|
| Full Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
What moves the price in Pacific Palisades is structural reality. A kitchen in an older Alphabet Streets home with a load-bearing wall to move will cost more than a same-size job in a newer Marquez Knolls place where the footprint stays put. Cabinetry and countertop choices swing the number significantly too. A Cambria quartz run costs more than a builder-grade laminate, and in Pacific Palisades, most homeowners choose the Cambria. We’ll give you a written line-item quote so you see exactly where every dollar goes. Call (903) 568-7222 for your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pacific Palisades
Our Pacific Palisades crews regularly work in Santa Monica, Venice, Topanga, and Marina del Rey. The same written pricing, the same 365-Day Done Right Promise, the same live-person phone coverage. If you’re just over the border in any of these nearby cities, call (903) 568-7222 and we’ll schedule the estimate.
Serving Pacific Palisades, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pacific Palisades area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Kitchen Remodeling in Pacific Palisades
Yes. Any kitchen remodel in Pacific Palisades that touches electrical, plumbing, or load-bearing structure requires a city permit and a final inspection sign-off. We pull the permit, schedule the inspections, and make sure the job closes clean. If you skip the permit and a rough-in change comes up, the work stops while plan check corrects it. That’s exactly what we prevent by pulling first.
Call (903) 568-7222 and we’ll confirm exactly what your project requires before anything gets opened up.
Three things: structure, materials, and footprint. If you’re moving or removing a load-bearing wall in an older Pacific Palisades home, you’re paying for an engineered beam, a post, and a footing. If you’re spec’ing Cambria quartz and KraftMaid cabinets, that’s a real step up from builder-grade. And if the kitchen footprint grows, so does the rough-in, flooring, and finish work. We show you all of this in the written price before work starts.
Get a free written estimate: (903) 568-7222.
A full kitchen remodel in Pacific Palisades typically runs 6 to 10 weeks, depending on permit review and structural work. A small or partial remodel may run 3 to 5 weeks. The calendar is set before we start, and we don’t reset it unless the scope changes in writing. A load-bearing surprise adds engineering and inspection time. We’ll tell you that as soon as we see it.
Call (903) 568-7222 to get a realistic calendar for your specific kitchen.
We stop, document it, and bring in a structural engineer. You’ll see the engineer’s detail, the added line-item cost for the beam and post, and the updated permit path before we proceed. We were doing a galley kitchen tear-out in the Alphabet Streets near Swarthmore Avenue, and the homeowner wanted to remove what looked like a non-structural partition wall. After opening the wall, we found a load-bearing header spanning 12 feet with no post at the bearing end. We brought in a structural engineer, got the post and footing detailed, went through the counter permit and inspection sign-off, and rebuilt the opening with a correctly sized LVL beam. The job stayed inside the original scope of work with one small change order for the added post and footing.
That’s how we handle surprises: in writing, with engineering, and without drama. Call (903) 568-7222.
We walk the entire job with you against the written scope. Cabinet doors and drawer faces get checked for alignment and soft-close function. Countertop seams get inspected under light. Backsplash grout lines get checked for color consistency and cracking. Plumbing and electrical get run and tested. The site is cleaned, the debris is hauled, and you walk away with a signed 365-Day Done Right Promise. If anything fails inside that year, we return and correct it at no charge.
Call (903) 568-7222 to put that standard on your Pacific Palisades kitchen.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner at Bradford Remodeling, serving Pacific Palisades since 2004.
