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Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Houston
Kitchen remodeling in Houston typically runs $14,000 – $45,000 for a full project, with smaller remodels starting around $9,000. Those numbers move based on what’s behind your walls, because Houston’s expansive clay soil and flood history mean the hidden conditions matter more than the cabinet line you pick. If you’re planning a kitchen remodel in Houston, you need a contractor who knows what to expect before demo day. Call Penhallow Remodeling Houston at (254) 527-5340 for a written price before any work starts.
We work in Meyerland, Kingwood, the Heights, Memorial, Clear Lake, Katy, and every neighborhood in between. Trevor Nash leads our Houston crews, and he’s the one who stands behind the number we put in writing. No verbal ballparks. No changed prices at the door.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Houston Is Houston’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Houston homeowners have told us the same story more times than we can count: a contractor gave a rough number, tore out the cabinets, and suddenly the price jumped by forty percent because of “unforeseen conditions.” We handle it differently. Before any work starts, you get a written price. If our crew opens a wall and finds something the previous remodel buried, we write a change order, get your signature on the price, and only then do we touch it. That’s The Kingswell Way, and we’ve operated that way since 2004.
Our Houston customers know exactly who is walking into their home. Every technician is background-checked and arrives in uniform. A live person answers our phone 24/7, so when you call with a question mid-project, you get Trevor or someone on his team, not a voicemail maze. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every kitchen remodel we do: if the work fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. In writing. On every project.
We’re a general contractor focused on kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, and whole-home remodels, serving the Houston metro. Our crews know the difference between a 1970s tract home in Sharpstown and a 1920s bungalow in the Heights, because the way you open those walls is completely different. Local knowledge isn’t a marketing line for us. It’s the reason our change orders stay small and our inspections pass the first time.
Styles & brands we work with
Kitchen Design in Houston
Kitchen Design in Houston starts with the footprint you already have, because many of our remodels happen in homes where the original layout was built for a 1980s family and the way you cook now looks nothing like that. We’re Kitchen Remodeling contractors who design around how you actually use the space: where you prep, where the kids do homework, where the dishes stack up. A full design and remodel in Houston typically lands between $14,000 and $45,000, depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and how much the floor plan moves.
Working With the Existing Footprint
Some Houston kitchens don’t need to move walls. If your sink, range, and refrigerator are already in a workable triangle, we can refresh the cabinetry, replace the counters, and update the lighting without touching the plumbing stack. That keeps the project tighter and faster. KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets give you real options without blowing the budget, and Cambria or Silestone quartz carries its own lifetime warranty alongside ours.
When the Layout Needs to Change
Other kitchens need the wall between the kitchen and dining room to come down, or the peninsula to become an island. That’s when you want a contractor who pulls permits and knows what a Houston inspector will check: electrical rough-in, GFCI placement, and whether the wall we’re removing is load-bearing. Moving plumbing or gas lines in a slab-on-grade home is real work, and we price it honestly up front.
Kitchen Renovation in Houston
Kitchen Renovation in Houston means something specific here: you’re not just swapping finishes, you’re opening walls in a house that has survived Houston humidity, clay soil movement, and possibly a flood or two. That’s where our process protects you. A typical renovation runs $14,000 – $45,000, and the single biggest driver of cost is what we find once the drywall comes off. We write allowances into the contract for exactly that reason.
Opening Walls and What We Find
In Houston, the most common surprises behind a kitchen wall are corroded wiring, rotted bottom plates from old flood cuts, and framing that has shifted with the clay. We inspect first, document what we find, and price any repair in writing before we proceed. No one likes a surprise invoice. We make sure you never get one.
Code Upgrades and Permits
Once a wall is open in a Houston home, the inspector isn’t going to let us bury outdated wiring or an unstrapped water heater. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and fix what the code requires. That’s not an upsell. That’s what keeps your remodel legal and safe, and it’s exactly the kind of thing an unpermitted contractor will hide from you until it’s too late.
Trusted Brands We Service in Houston
We install product lines we can stand behind, because the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we’re on the hook if something fails. For Houston kitchens we regularly work with KraftMaid and James Hardie, along with Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops. Our Houston crews keep common parts and hardware stocked locally so a cabinet adjustment or a missing trim piece doesn’t stall your project waiting on a shipment from out of state. When a product carries its own manufacturer warranty, like Cambria quartz does, you get that protection layered on top of ours.
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AfterCommon Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Houston Homes
- Slab movement from expansive clay. Houston’s soil expands and contracts with moisture, and over decades that shifts the concrete under your kitchen. A contractor who sets cabinets without checking floor flatness will crack countertops within a year, so we check first and shim or mud-jack when needed.
- Flood-damaged subfloor hidden behind drywall. Homes in Meyerland, Kingwood, and other flood-prone areas often have old water damage that was covered over instead of repaired. We pull back the base layer, inspect the subfloor, and replace anything rotted before it causes mold or a failed inspection.
- Unpermitted electrical and plumbing buried by previous remodels. When a past flip cut corners, we find junction boxes without covers, wiring with no ground, and water heaters that were never strapped. We bring all of it up to code and document it, because the next inspector will catch it anyway.
- Sagging or deflected floors where an island will sit. A kitchen island needs a level, structurally sound base. In older Houston homes, pier-and-beam deflection or slab elevation changes mean we have to address the floor before we can set cabinets. We price that work as a line item, not a mystery.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Houston, TX
Kitchen remodeling in Houston runs from about $9,000 for a small, cosmetic refresh up to $45,000 for a full remodel with structural work and high-end finishes. The range is wide because Houston homes are inconsistent: a tight 1970s tract home needs different work than a flooded 1980s Meyerland ranch. Here are the line items we price most often:
| Project | Houston Price Range |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
What moves your number: whether we touch plumbing or gas lines, whether the floor needs leveling, and whether the walls hide damage from past floods. Every customer gets a free estimate and a written price before work starts. Call (254) 527-5340 to schedule yours.
We Also Serve Cities Near Houston
While this page focuses on Kitchen Remodeling in Houston, our crews also take projects in the surrounding metro: Galena Park, South Houston, Deer Park, and Baytown. Scheduling and dispatch run through our Houston office, so you get the same written price and 365-Day Done Right Promise no matter which side of Beltway 8 you’re on.
Serving Houston, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Houston 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 Houston
Houston’s expansive clay can add two to five days to a remodel if we find slab movement that needs correction before cabinets go in. We check floor flatness in the first few days, so if mud-jacking or shimming is needed, it’s priced and scheduled early, not discovered at the end. Call (254) 527-5340 for an exact assessment based on your home’s foundation type.
Possibly, if your home sits in a mapped floodplain and the remodel changes the finished floor elevation or involves structural work. Meyerland has seen repeated flooding, and the city’s permitting office applies stricter elevation rules in those zones. We check your address against current FEMA maps before we pull permits, and we’ll tell you exactly what applies.
Expect outdated wiring, possibly corroded from decades of humidity, and framing that may have shifted as the clay soil moved. In a 1980s Meyerland brick-veneer ranch, our crew opened the kitchen wall and found corroded wiring, a rotted bottom plate from a past flood, and slab deflection of nearly an inch. We wrote a change order on the spot, added a structural mud-jacking allowance, re-roughed the electrical to code, and set the KraftMaid cabinets on a shimmed, moisture-barriered base before inspection.
We stop work, document the issue with photos, and write a change order with a firm price for the repair. You approve it in writing before we proceed. On a Houston slab home that might mean leveling the floor under the island footprint, adding a moisture barrier, or repairing a rotted plate. The price we quote for the repair is the price you pay, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the fix after we make it.
Yes, if we open walls and find the existing structure isn’t strapped to code. Kingwood sits in a wind zone where current code requires hurricane straps or equivalent tie-downs, and any permitted remodel that exposes framing will trigger that requirement. We include it in the written estimate when it’s foreseeable, and we price it as a change order if it isn’t.
If you’re ready for a Houston kitchen remodel without the contractor horror stories, call Penhallow Remodeling Houston at (254) 527-5340. Trevor Nash and his crew will inspect your kitchen, tell you what it will cost in writing, and stand behind the work for 365 days after it’s done. That’s just how we do it here in Houston.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Houston.
