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Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Miami
A full kitchen remodel in Miami typically runs $16,520 to $53,100, and the single biggest variable is what’s hiding inside your walls and subfloor before you decide how far to take the job. We’re Bradford Remodeling, and we work to a written scope and a written price before a single tool comes out. That matters here more than most places, because Miami housing stock runs the gamut from 1920s Coral Gables bungalows to 1980s Kendall ranches to newer townhomes near Brickell, and each one has its own set of surprises.
Our crews work Miami neighborhoods every week, from Little Havana and Shenandoah up through Allapattah and the Upper Eastside, so we know what a 1950s subfloor off SW 8th Street looks like compared to a 1990s slab-on-grade in Westchester. Call (903) 568-7222 and you’ll get a live person, not a callback queue, and a straight answer about whether your project needs a permit, a structural change, or just a refresh.
Why Bradford Remodeling Is Miami’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
We run on discipline, not charm. Every Kitchen Remodeling job starts with a written scope of work and a written price, not a handshake and a hope. That means when you sign with us, you know exactly what’s included, what the allowances are for tile, cabinets, and stone, and what the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers in writing: if the work fails inside the guarantee window, Bradford comes back and corrects it at no charge. No renegotiation, no squabbling.
The Garrison Standard is the framework behind every job we run. It’s a set of operating rules that every Garrison Partners location since 2004 has been held to, and our own owner, Curtis Lane, holds our Miami operation to it line by line. Background-checked, uniformed technicians show up on schedule, a live person answers the phone 24/7, and the brands we install, KraftMaid, Cambria, Kohler, and James Hardie among them, carry manufacturer specs and warranties that back our own guarantee.
Styles & brands we work with
Small Kitchen Remodel in Miami
A Small Kitchen Remodel in Miami runs $10,620 to $23,600 and is usually the right call when the layout stays put, the footprint stays the same, and the plumbing and gas lines don’t move. You’re getting new cabinet doors or boxes, a new countertop, a backsplash, new hardware, maybe a sink and faucet, and fresh paint, but you’re not reworking the floor plan. Plenty of Miami condos and smaller homes in Coconut Grove or along the Venetian Causeway can’t easily open a load-bearing wall anyway, so the small remodel is often the smartest dollar-for-dollar move.
The permit question still applies. If you’re swapping cabinet doors and replacing a countertop without touching electrical or plumbing, the scope stays simpler. If you’re moving a receptacle for a new island or adding an under-cabinet lighting circuit, the City of Miami will want an electrical trade permit and an inspection sign-off before the walls close.
What The Job Actually Includes
A small kitchen remodel normally covers cabinet replacement or refacing, countertop fabrication and install, backsplash tile, sink and faucet replacement, and painting. It does not include moving a gas line, relocating the sink rough-in, or taking down a wall. Those changes push the job into full-remodel territory and into a different permit conversation.
When A Miami Homeowner Should Choose This Over A Full Remodel
If the kitchen is laid out well but worn out, the small remodel is the disciplined move. You get the visible upgrade, the stone, the cabinet faces, the clean grout lines, without paying to move plumbing through a 1950s slab or re-route electrical in a concrete block wall. That kind of work adds real cost and real calendar time in Miami, and not every kitchen needs it.
Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Contractors in Miami
Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Contractors in Miami typically charge $4,720 to $15,340 for a full kitchen, and the job means replacing doors, drawer fronts, and veneers while keeping your existing cabinet boxes intact. It’s a good fit when the boxes are structurally sound but the faces are dated, scratched, or just wrong for the room. Miami homeowners in neighborhoods like Buena Vista and Morningside, where mid-century cabinetry often shows up with solid hardwood boxes, are prime candidates for refacing instead of tearing out.
Refacing works only if the substrate, the frame and box behind the doors, is flat, square, and free of water damage. In a humid coastal city like Miami, that’s a real question. A cabinet that’s been soaking up moisture from a leaky sink trap for years may look fine on the outside and be soft behind the hinge. We check that before we quote, because a reface over a rotten substrate is just a cosmetic patch with a one-year guarantee that won’t hold.
Refacing Versus Replacing
Refacing costs less than full cabinet replacement because the boxes stay put. New doors, new drawer fronts, new hardware, veneer on the visible frames, and you’re done in a fraction of the demolition. Replacement is the right call when you want to change the box depth, add pull-out shelves throughout, or fix a layout that isn’t working.
What The Vendors Require
KraftMaid and Wellborn both have specific measurement and install tolerances for refacing. If the existing boxes aren’t level or the face frames are warped, the new doors won’t hang right and the guarantee won’t cover the rework. We measure everything against the manufacturer’s spec before we write the scope, because that’s the only way the one-year guarantee means anything on a reface.
Trusted Brands We Service in Miami
We install and service KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone countertops, and Kohler and Moen fixtures, and we stock the common replacement hardware and touch-up materials Miami homeowners ask for most. When the finish on a Kohler faucet starts pitting from Miami’s mineral-heavy water, we can source the replacement cartridge and get the finish matched without ordering from three states away. The brand names aren’t decoration; they’re the spec line in your written scope of work, so when the job closes you know exactly what material went where and what warranty stands behind it.
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AfterCommon Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Miami Homes
- Rotted subfloor under the sink cabinet. Older Miami homes, especially 1940s and 1950s frame construction from Little Havana to Shenandoah, often have plywood subfloors that soaked up years of slow sink-trap leaks. The tile looks fine on top; the structure underneath is gone.
- Load-bearing walls hiding behind drywall. Open-concept is the most requested layout change in Miami, but many older homes on the original grid, think Coral Gate or Flagami, have interior walls that carry the roof load. Removing one without a structural change order and a permit is how remodels go sideways.
- Concrete block construction refusing to give up a wire. In the concrete-block houses common across Westchester and Hialeah, moving a receptacle or adding an island circuit means cutting and patching masonry, not just fishing wire through a stud bay. That’s a real cost difference from wood-frame work.
- Allowances that drift once the selection appointment happens. Tile, cabinet, and countertop allowances are set at contract, but Miami homeowners often end up picking a Cambria quartz over a stock granite or a Moroccan tile over a plain white subway, and the difference becomes a change order. We keep the allowance numbers visible in the written scope so there’s no surprise when the selection is made.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Miami, FL
Here’s what you’re looking at for Miami market pricing, based on the scope we’ve been writing and building here across the city:
| Service | Typical Range in Miami |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $16,520 – $53,100 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $10,620 – $23,600 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,720 – $15,340 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,360 – $7,670 |
| Backsplash Installation | $945 – $2,950 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,540 – $11,800 |
The big cost drivers in Miami are structural changes to load-bearing walls, moving plumbing and gas lines, upgrading from a 100-amp to a 200-amp panel to handle modern kitchen circuits, and the countertop material itself. A Cambria quartz island in a Little Havana kitchen costs more than a laminate perimeter in a Hialeah rental property, and the written scope tells you exactly where that money lands before you sign. Estimates are free. Call (903) 568-7222 and we’ll put a written number in front of you.
We Also Serve Cities Near Miami
Bradford Remodeling runs the same written-scope, written-price discipline into Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, and Hialeah. The permit conversation shifts a bit from one jurisdiction to the next, but the pricing structure, the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and the way we document materials stay exactly the same. If you’re in one of those cities, Kitchen Remodeling in Miami standards apply just as strictly to your job.
Serving Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miami 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 Miami
You need a permit if you’re moving plumbing, adding or relocating electrical circuits, changing the range fuel from electric to gas, or altering a load-bearing wall. The City of Miami follows the Florida Building Code and Miami-Dade product approval rules, and most full kitchen remodels trigger at least a building permit plus a trade permit, with an inspection sign-off required before the walls close. Cosmetic changes like cabinet refacing and countertop replacement can often be done without a permit, but we always confirm with the city before we start rather than assume.
A small kitchen remodel in Miami typically runs three to six weeks from signed contract to punch list. A full remodel with structural changes, permits, and inspection scheduling usually runs eight to fourteen weeks. The permit and inspection sign-off step is often what stretches a Miami schedule, because the city’s approval timeline sets the pace regardless of how fast the crew moves. Call (903) 568-7222 to get a realistic calendar for your specific job.
Hidden structural conditions, like a rotted subfloor under the old sink or a load-bearing wall that has to stay or get engineered around, are the most common change-order drivers in Miami. The second is selection drift, where the tile or stone you pick after the contract exceeds the allowance written into the scope. We put the allowance numbers and the likely change-order thresholds in writing up front so a change is a documented line item, not a surprise email.
A full kitchen remodel in Miami, $16,520 to $53,100, changes the layout, moves or upgrades plumbing and electrical, and often involves structural work or an island addition. A small kitchen remodel, $10,620 to $23,600, keeps the footprint and the rough-in locations the same and replaces the visible layers: cabinets, counters, backsplash, fixtures, paint. Choose the small remodel when the layout works and the mechanicals are sound; choose the full remodel when you’re fixing a bad flow or adding an island.
Yes. Every Bradford Remodeling project in Miami gets a written price before any work starts, with no numbers that move at the door. The written scope covers the work, the materials, the allowances, and the known conditions we can see before opening walls. When demolition reveals something hidden, which happens often in older Miami homes, we price the change as a documented line item against the original written scope, so you’re deciding from a plan, not a guess.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner at Bradford Remodeling, serving Miami and surrounding South Florida communities.
