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Trusted Kitchen Remodeling for Austin Homeowners
Kitchen remodeling in Austin, TX typically costs $14,000 – $45,000 for a full renovation, with most projects landing between $22,000 and $35,000 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and layout changes. At Penhallow Remodeling Austin, we put a written price in your hands before a single cabinet gets pulled, and we back every job with our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Trevor Nash leads a crew of background-checked, uniformed technicians who show up inside the arrival window we give you. Call (325) 225-5429 and a real person answers, any hour. We’ve been operating under The Kingswell Way since 2004, and that means the number we quote on day one is the number you see on the invoice. No change orders hiding behind demo day. No phone tag. Just a kitchen remodel that gets done right.
Kitchen Remodeling Contractor
A Kitchen Remodeling Contractor is the general contractor who manages your entire kitchen project from demolition to final walkthrough, coordinating plumbing, electrical, cabinetry, countertops, flooring, and finish work under one written price. You need one when the job touches more than a single trade: moving a sink, relocating a wall, adding a gas line for a new range, or gutting the whole room down to studs. Penhallow Remodeling Austin acts as your single point of contact for the full Austin kitchen remodel, with project pricing that runs $14,000 – $45,000. We pull permits, schedule inspections, and keep every subcontractor on the job site to the same standard The Kingswell Way demands.
Permit Handling and Code Compliance
City of Austin residential remodeling permits for kitchen work require a registered contractor and a plan review when you move plumbing or electrical. We handle the permit application, the inspections, and the paperwork. You won’t stand in line at the Permit Center on Barton Springs Road unless you want to.
Single Point of Accountability
When you hire Penhallow, Trevor Nash is the one who answers for the entire job. If the tile guy is late, that’s our problem to solve, not yours. You get one phone number, one written price, and one name on the project.
Styles & brands we work with
Kitchen Design
Kitchen Design is the planning phase where your layout, cabinet configuration, appliance placement, and material selections get mapped out on paper before any construction begins. It’s the difference between a kitchen that flows and one where the dishwasher blocks the walkway every time you open it. For Austin homeowners, design work is part of the $14,000 – $45,000 remodel scope, and it’s where most of the cost is decided: cabinet grade, countertop material, and whether you move plumbing or leave it in place. We walk your existing kitchen room by room with you, measure everything twice, and produce a written plan and a written number before demo day. You’ll know what substrate means, because we explain it: the layer behind the tile or flooring that keeps moisture where it belongs.
Layout and Workflow Planning
The work triangle (sink, range, fridge) still matters, but modern Austin kitchens also need landing space, pull-out storage, and a path wide enough for two people to pass. We design for how you actually cook, not for how a magazine looks. Small changes in layout, like moving a dishwasher from beside the sink to beside the fridge, often cost nothing but spare years of stubbed toes.
Material Selection Guidance
We’ll walk you through cabinet lines like KraftMaid and Wellborn, and countertop options like Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone quartz. Each choice moves your final number up or down. You’ll understand exactly what you’re paying for before you sign anything.
Kitchen Renovation
Kitchen Renovation is the full construction phase of your Austin remodel, where the plan becomes a room: demolition, rough-in plumbing and electrical, drywall, cabinet installation, countertops, tile, paint, and trim. You’re ready for renovation when your kitchen is functionally obsolete, not just cosmetically tired. A renovation in Austin starts around $14,000 for a modest update and runs up to $45,000 for a full gut with premium finishes. Penhallow Remodeling Austin keeps a clean job site (that’s part of The Kingswell Way), protects your floors and the path to the front door, and cleans up at the end of every workday. We hold the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something fails inside the guarantee period, we return and fix it at no charge.
What Gets Replaced vs. What Gets Saved
Some homeowners want to save the existing cabinets and just replace doors and hardware. Others want everything gone, down to the drywall. We give you an honest read on what’s structurally worth keeping before you spend money on it. That alone can save you thousands on an Austin renovation.
Working Around Your Schedule
You live in the house while we work in it. We establish a defined arrival window for every workday, hang plastic where dust would travel, and leave the job site walkable at the end of each day. Renovation doesn’t have to mean living in a construction zone for three months.
Cabinet Installation
Cabinet Installation is the process of setting new kitchen cabinets level, square, and secured to the wall structure, including all trim, hardware, and alignment adjustments. You need it when existing cabinets are water-damaged, structurally failing, or simply not worth refacing. Cabinet-only installation in Austin runs $4,000 – $13,000 depending on cabinet count, wood species, and whether you choose stock, semi-custom, or full custom lines. Penhallow Remodeling Austin installs KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry most often, and we quote the written price including hardware, trim, and installation labor. There’s no separate “installation fee” that appears after the fact.
Stock, Semi-Custom, and Custom Cabinets
Stock cabinets arrive in fixed sizes and cost the least. Semi-custom lets you change depths and door styles. Full custom is built to the inch. We’ll show you samples and price all three so you can decide with the number in front of you.
Level and Square Matters More Than You’d Think
In Austin homes built on expansive clay soil, walls are rarely perfectly plumb after a decade or two. We shim and adjust every cabinet so doors hang straight and drawers close flush. A cabinet that’s off by an eighth of an inch will annoy you every single day.
Countertop Installation
Countertop Installation is the templating, cutting, and setting of kitchen counter slabs, along with the sink cutout, seam work, and backsplash integration. You’re ready for it when old counters are cracked, stained, burned, or simply the wrong material for how you cook. Countertop installation in Austin runs $2,000 – $6,500 for most kitchens, with quartz brands like Cambria and Silestone at the higher end and basic laminate or butcher block at the lower end. Penhallow Remodeling Austin coordinates the stone fabricator, the sink cutout, and the install crew under your single written price. Cambria quartz carries its own lifetime warranty, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise sits on top of that.
Quartz, Granite, and Solid Surface
Quartz is non-porous and doesn’t need sealing. Granite is natural stone that eats stains if you skip the sealer. Solid surface is affordable and repairable. We’ll help you match the material to your cooking habits and your budget, and the written estimate shows the exact slab cost.
Sink and Seam Placement
Undermount sinks keep crumbs off the lip. Seams should land where the eye doesn’t travel. These details get decided during templating, not on install day. We walk you through the placement before the saw ever touches the slab.
Kitchen Remodeling Company
A Kitchen Remodeling Company is a full-service firm that carries your project from design through construction under one contract, one team, and one written price. It’s what you want when juggling three separate subs and a dozen text threads isn’t how you want to spend your Saturdays. Penhallow Remodeling Austin does kitchen remodels in the $14,000 – $45,000 range, and we operate under The Kingswell Way: say the price before the work. Show up in the window we gave. Leave the place cleaner than we found it. Every Penhallow location is independently owned and operated as part of the Kingswell family of companies, which means you get local accountability with a brand standard that’s been in place since 2004.
Written Price Before Work Starts
We hand you a written number, not a ballpark, before any work begins. The number on the invoice matches the number on the proposal. If unforeseen conditions show up, we document them and get your written approval before spending a dime.
The 365-Day Done Right Promise
If the work fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s in writing on every project, not a verbal assurance. A free return visit, no service call, no re-inspection fee.
Small Kitchen Remodel
A Small Kitchen Remodel is a targeted renovation that updates a compact kitchen without gutting it, typically covering new cabinet fronts or full cabinet replacement, new countertops, sink and faucet, paint, and lighting. It’s right for galley kitchens, condo kitchens, and older Austin bungalows where space is tight and value per dollar matters. Small kitchen remodels in Austin run $9,000 – $20,000, and they often deliver the best return on investment of any project we do. Penhallow Remodeling Austin keeps the scope tight, the price written, and the disruption minimal. We won’t upsell you into a full gut when a focused remodel gets you 90% of the improvement for 40% of the cost.
Maximizing a Compact Footprint
In a small Austin kitchen, every inch matters. Pull-out pantry racks, corner drawers, and shallow-depth uppers turn wasted space into storage you’ll actually use. We design for the room you have, not the room you wish you had.
Where to Spend and Where to Save
Spend on countertops and hardware, the parts you touch every day. Save on cabinet boxes if your existing frames are solid, and reface or paint instead. We’ll show you the itemized numbers so the trade-offs are clear before you commit.
Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Contractors
Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Contractors replace cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and hardware while keeping the existing cabinet boxes in place, plus they apply matching veneer to the exposed frames. It’s the right move when your cabinet structure is sound but the doors are dated, scratched, or the wrong color. Refacing in Austin typically costs $4,000 – $9,000 for an average kitchen, far less than full cabinet replacement and with a much shorter disruption window. Penhallow Remodeling Austin does refacing as part of many small kitchen remodels, and we’ll give you an honest assessment of whether your boxes are worth keeping before you spend on new doors. If the particleboard is swollen from old leaks, we’ll tell you straight.
When Refacing Beats Replacement
Solid wood or plywood boxes are almost always worth keeping. Particleboard boxes that have seen water are not. We check the drawer slides, the hinge mounting points, and the interior shelves, then give you a recommendation with a written number for either path.
Door Styles and Hardware Upgrades
Shaker, slab, raised panel; brushed nickel, matte black, polished brass. We’ll bring samples of door profiles and hardware options to your home so you can match the look under your own lighting. Soft-close hinges are a standard upgrade we recommend on every reface.
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We regularly install and service Boral cabinetry and trim products in Austin kitchens, and our crews know the specific fastening and finishing requirements those materials call for. We also work with Atlas and Tamko products where they intersect with kitchen-adjacent work like exterior trim and siding that gets touched during kitchen bump-outs or window changes. The point is, we install materials from recognizable trade brands so the products behind our guarantee are as solid as the promise itself.
Whether you have Boral, Atlas, Tamko, or IKO products in your home, or any other make, we can help. The brand matters less than the install, and we stand behind the install in writing for a full year.
Signs You Need a Pro Right Now
- Water stains under the sink or inside the cabinet base. In Austin’s humidity cycle and with older cast-iron supply lines, slow leaks hide inside cabinets for months before you notice. By the time you see the stain, the cabinet floor is usually compromised and the subfloor may be next.
- Cracked or sagging countertops. Laminate counters delaminate at the seams near the sink, and old granite can crack along natural fissures. A crack near the cooktop means heat is doing structural damage, and the fix usually involves full countertop replacement.
- Cabinet doors that won’t stay closed or drawers that stick. This is a structural sign, not just an annoyance. Austin’s clay soil shifts foundations, and shifting means cabinet boxes go out of square. If every door in the kitchen lists the same direction, you may be looking at floor movement, not bad hinges.
- Burning smell or flickering lights when you run the microwave and toaster at once. Older Austin homes built before the 1980s often run the entire kitchen on one 15-amp circuit. If you’re tripping breakers doing normal cooking, the wiring needs a professional look before any remodel moves forward.
- Floor tiles cracking near the stove or refrigerator. Kitchen floors take a load most rooms never see, and cracked tile in traffic paths often means the subfloor is flexing. That’s a structural issue, not a cosmetic one, and it should be addressed before cabinet and countertop work goes on top of it.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Call and talk to a real person. When you call (325) 225-5429, a live human answers, any hour, no voicemail maze. We ask about your kitchen, your pain points, and your timeline. You’ll get a sense of whether Penhallow is the right fit before anyone steps foot in your home.
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In-home walkthrough and measurements. Trevor Nash or one of our lead technicians visits your Austin home, takes measurements, checks the cabinet boxes, the counter substrate, the electrical panel, and the floor condition. We photograph everything and note the areas that deserve a closer look.
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Written proposal with itemized pricing. Within a few days you get a written proposal that breaks down cabinets, countertops, plumbing, electrical, flooring, and labor. The number on that proposal is the number you’ll pay, period, unless you add scope. The Kingswell Way, since 2004.
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Permits pulled, project scheduled, work begins. We file the City of Austin permit paperwork, order the cabinets and slabs, and set a start date with a defined arrival window. Our uniformed, background-checked crew shows up when we said they would and keeps the job site clean at the end of every day.
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Final walkthrough and the 365-Day Promise goes active. We walk the finished kitchen with you, show you how the new fixtures work, put the warranties in your hand, and sign the guarantee paperwork. If anything fails inside a year, you call us, and we come back and make it right at no charge.
How Much Does Kitchen Remodeling Cost in Austin?
A typical kitchen remodel in Austin runs $14,000 – $45,000. Small kitchens and condo kitchens land in the $9,000 – $20,000 range. Cabinet-only work falls between $4,000 and $13,000, and countertop installation runs $2,000 – $6,500. An island addition is $3,000 – $10,000, and backsplash tile work is $800 – $2,500. The variables that move the needle most: whether you move plumbing or gas lines, which cabinet line you choose (KraftMaid stock vs. Wellborn semi-custom), and which countertop material you pick (quartz brands like Cambria and Silestone cost more than laminates but carry better warranties).
To avoid overpaying, get a written line-item quote, not a ballpark, and compare the scope honestly: two identical-sounding bathroom and kitchen quotes can differ by $15,000 if one includes drywall repair, dump fees, and permit costs and the other leaves those as “change orders” to be discovered later. Our free estimate includes a written breakdown of every component, the permit fees, and a defined scope. All part of The Kingswell Way, and all in writing before you sign anything.
Our Service Area Near Austin
Penhallow Remodeling Austin serves homeowners across the greater Austin metro, including Cedar Park, Georgetown, Elgin, Lago Vista, Taylor, Wells Branch, Camp Swift, Lost Creek, Hornsby Bend, Shady Hollow, and Jollyville. Most of our kitchen projects are within a 45-minute drive of our central Austin dispatch, which means a tight arrival window and a quick turnaround on design consultations. We also offer Kitchen Remodeling in Cedar Park and Kitchen Remodeling in Georgetown for homeowners in those communities. If you’re north of the river or south of the lake, call us and we’ll tell you straight whether the job is a good fit for our service area.
Serving Austin, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Austin area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About Kitchen Remodeling in Austin
Kitchen remodeling is the process of updating or rebuilding your kitchen’s structure, fixtures, and finishes, from cabinet replacement and countertop installation to full-scale renovation that moves plumbing and electrical. In Austin, a remodel typically costs $14,000 – $45,000 and takes 4 – 12 weeks depending on scope. The written plan you get from Penhallow shows exactly what’s included and what it costs before work starts. Call (325) 225-5429 for a free estimate and a straight answer on your specific kitchen.
Most Austin kitchen remodels take 4 – 8 weeks for a moderate update and 8 – 12 weeks for a full gut with layout changes and custom cabinets. The timeline is driven by cabinet lead times, countertop templating and fabrication, and the City of Austin inspection schedule. We give you a defined project schedule in writing with your proposal, and we hold to it. If weather or a supply delay hits, you’ll hear it from us first, not discover it when the crew fails to show.
Kitchen remodeling in Austin runs $14,000 – $45,000 for a full project, $9,000 – $20,000 for a small kitchen, $4,000 – $13,000 for cabinet installation, and $2,000 – $6,500 for countertop installation. These are real numbers from our written proposals, not online estimator guesses. The single biggest cost driver is moving plumbing or gas lines, followed by cabinet line and countertop material. Call (325) 225-5429 for an exact written quote, which is always free.
Yes, we regularly install and service Boral cabinetry and trim products in Austin homes, along with Atlas and Tamko products where the project touches exterior work. Our crews know the correct fastening and finishing specs for each brand and the shop has the tools on the truck for them. If you have Boral cabinets already and want to know whether the boxes are worth refacing, we’ll give you an honest written assessment. No other make is a problem either.
We handle urgent kitchen situations like burst supply lines, broken shutoff valves, and water-damaged cabinets that can’t wait for a scheduled remodel. A live person answers (325) 225-5429 around the clock, so you’ll never leave a voicemail during a leaking sink emergency at 2 a.m. We’ll tell you over the phone what to do immediately, then dispatch a background-checked, uniformed technician inside a defined arrival window. If the repair needs follow-up work, that visit is free under our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Every Penhallow kitchen project includes the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the work fails inside the guarantee period, we return and fix it at no charge. That’s in writing on every job, and a return visit for a failed repair costs you nothing, no service call and no re-inspection fee. Products we install, like Cambria quartz and KraftMaid cabinets, carry their own manufacturer warranties that sit on top of ours. You’ll leave the final walkthrough with all warranty documents in hand.
Clear out the cabinets and drawers, set up a temporary cooking station in another room with a microwave and coffee maker, and plan to be without a full kitchen for the project window. Empty the refrigerator and freezer if the work involves moving appliances or electrical changes. We’ll give you a preparation checklist with your signed proposal, and we protect the path from your front door to the kitchen with floor covering and plastic sheeting. The less you have to move after we start, the faster the job goes.
Schedule Your Kitchen Remodeling Service in Austin Today
Ready to talk about your Austin kitchen? Call (325) 225-5429 for a free, no-obligation estimate with a real person on the other end, any hour of the day. We’ll walk you through the process, get a time on the calendar, and put a written price in your hands before any work starts. Penhallow Remodeling Austin operates under The Kingswell Way: a written number, a defined arrival window, and a 365-day promise to make it right. No pressure, no phone tag. Just a kitchen you’ll actually want to cook in.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Austin, serving the greater Austin area under The Kingswell Way since 2004.
