What a Full Kitchen Remodel in Lely Resort Actually Involves - and What It Costs
A full kitchen remodel in Lely Resort typically means gutting the space down to the studs and rebuilding it with a new layout, new electrical and plumbing, new flooring, cabinets, countertops, and appliances. Most of these projects take 6 to 10 weeks and run between $14,000 and $45,000, depending on whether you’re moving walls and relocating sinks and ranges. If you’re staring at a tired 1990s builder-grade kitchen in a coach home off Lely Resort Boulevard and wondering whether a full gut is worth it, call us at (844) 638-7249. We’ll walk the space with you and give you a real number, not a guess.
How We Take a Full Kitchen Remodel From Demo to Done in Lely Resort
The process isn’t complicated, but the sequence matters. Here’s how it goes on the ground, with real timelines from kitchens we’ve done right here in Lely Resort.
Stage 1: Design, Selections, and Permitting (2 to 4 weeks). This is where the biggest decisions get made. We measure the existing space, talk through what’s working and what isn’t, and sketch the new layout. You’ll choose cabinet lines, countertop material, flooring, sink and fixture finishes, and appliance specs. While you’re making selections, we’re pulling the Collier County permit and - this is the part that trips up outsiders - preparing the Architectural Review Board submission if your Lely Resort sub-association requires it. Some neighborhoods here want to see finish schedules and cabinet door profiles before work starts, and rushing that step creates a headache nobody needs.
Stage 2: Demolition and Rough-In (3 to 7 days). Cabinets come out, flooring gets pulled, and if we’re moving walls or relocating plumbing, this is when it happens. In the older phases of Lely Resort, where homes were built in the mid-1990s, we often find cast-iron drain lines that have corroded at the slab penetration. We’ll know by day two whether those need replacement, and we’ll flag it before it becomes a surprise. Electrical rough-in follows: new circuits for the island, under-cabinet lighting, dedicated lines for the range and microwave. The walls are open, so we run everything new.
Stage 3: Drywall, Flooring, and Cabinet Installation (1 to 2 weeks). Once the rough-in passes inspection, we close the walls, tape, texture, and prime. Your flooring goes down next, and then the cabinets. Cabinet install typically takes two to three days for a full kitchen. This is the stage where you see the room take shape for the first time. We ask homeowners to be available for a quick walkthrough once cabinets are set so we can confirm appliance cutouts and any last-minute trim adjustments before we measure for countertops.
Stage 4: Countertops, Backsplash, and Trim (1 to 2 weeks). Stone countertops are templated after cabinets are in - never before - and fabrication usually takes seven to ten days. Once they’re installed, the backsplash goes up, the sink and faucet get set, and the plumbing trim-out is finished. Electrical trim follows: switch plates, fixture mounting, under-cabinet lights connected and tested.
Stage 5: Punch List and Final Walkthrough (2 to 3 days). We run every appliance, check every drawer and door, and walk the space with you to catch anything that needs adjusting. Collier County may require a final inspection depending on the scope of electrical or plumbing work. Once everything is signed off, the kitchen is yours. Our 730-Day Done Right Promise means if something isn’t performing the way it should, we’re back to make it right.
The Choices You’ll Make During a Full Kitchen Remodel
You’ll sit down with us early and work through a handful of big decisions. Each one moves the budget and shapes how the kitchen lives. Here are the main ones, with the honest trade-offs.
- Cabinet construction: Stock cabinets from KraftMaid keep costs down and still give you a clean, painted finish. Semi-custom lets you adjust depths and add pull-out shelving, trash rollouts, and soft-close hardware. Full custom is for odd wall angles or a very specific look. Most Lely Resort kitchens we do land in the semi-custom range - it’s the sweet spot between cost and function.
- Countertop material: Quartz dominates now. It’s non-porous, doesn’t need sealing, and handles Florida humidity without a hint of maintenance. Granite is still an option if you prefer natural stone, but it needs periodic sealing. Cambria quartz gives you more color consistency and a lifetime warranty that a lot of our clients appreciate.
- Flooring: Large-format porcelain tile holds up to sand tracked in from the golf course and doesn’t care about humidity. Luxury vinyl plank is warmer underfoot and quieter, and it’s what we’re putting in more and more Lely Resort villas where the slab is in good shape. Hardwood can work in a kitchen here, but the wet-season humidity means you need engineered, not solid.
- Island configuration: A simple prep island with one sink bumps the budget by $3,000 to $5,000 over a peninsula layout. Add a cooktop or a second sink with dedicated plumbing and that number climbs toward $7,000 to $10,000 once electrical and venting are factored in.
- Lighting and electrical: Under-cabinet LED strips, pendant lights over the island, in-cabinet lighting for glass-front uppers - these are the details that make the room feel finished. They also require dedicated wiring runs while the walls are open, so we plan them in stage one, not as an afterthought.
What a Full Kitchen Remodel Costs in Lely Resort, FL
A full kitchen remodel in Lely Resort runs $14,000 to $45,000. The spread is wide because what’s behind your drywall and where you want your sink to end up are the real cost drivers, not just the finishes you pick.
Here’s what pushes the number toward the low end: keeping the existing footprint without moving plumbing or electrical, choosing stock cabinets and a mid-range quartz, and keeping the flooring continuous with what’s already in the adjacent rooms. Kitchens in Lely Resort villas and attached coach homes often fall here because the space is compact and the slab-on-grade construction makes moving drains expensive.
These are the variables that push a job toward the high end:
- Moving the sink, range, or dishwasher: Relocating plumbing in a concrete slab means saw-cutting, trenching, and running new drain lines. That’s a $3,000 to $6,000 line item by itself before you’ve picked a single finish.
- Removing or relocating walls: If the wall is load-bearing, you need a beam, engineering, and a structural permit amendment. Figure $4,000 to $9,000 depending on span and what’s running through the ceiling above it.
- Upgrading the electrical panel: Homes built in Lely Resort’s 1990s phases often have 100-amp or 125-amp panels. A modern kitchen with an induction range, double ovens, and dedicated appliance circuits usually needs 200-amp service. That’s a $2,500 to $4,000 upgrade.
- Custom cabinetry and premium stone: Full-custom cabinets with furniture-grade finishes and a book-matched quartzite island can add $10,000 or more over stock-and-slab.
- Permitting scope: Collier County permit fees scale with project valuation, and if your sub-association ARB requires a separate submittal, there’s time and paperwork cost on top of the county fee. We include all of that in our upfront pricing - the number you see is the number you pay.
Every estimate we write is line-itemed and fixed. No change orders because we forgot something. Call (844) 638-7249 to schedule a free on-site estimate and we’ll hand you a number you can take to the bank.
What Lely Resort Homes Specifically Do to This Job
If you’ve lived here through one renovation cycle, you already know: Lely Resort is not a place where you can just pull a county permit, swing a hammer, and call it done. The community’s Architectural Review Board enforces a defined set of exterior standards that reach into kitchen remodels in ways most homeowners don’t expect - window and door replacements tied to a remodel require ARB-approved profiles and finishes, and any work that touches an exterior wall or alters the roofline (like adding a vent hood that penetrates the roof) has to pass both Collier County’s Florida Building Code review and the ARB’s design guidelines. We handle both tracks from the start so you don’t get a stop-work notice halfway through the job.
The housing stock here works in our favor in one important way: nearly every home is concrete block stucco construction on a slab, built between the mid-1990s and the 2010s. That means the bones are consistent. In the earlier phases, like the villas along Lely Resort Drive, we see original copper supply lines that are still serviceable but will eventually need replacement. We also see kitchens that were never meant for today’s appliance sizes - a 30-inch range squeezed into a 28-inch opening, a dishwasher bay that’s too shallow for a full-depth unit. We work around that, and when it makes sense, we reframe the opening rather than forcing a compromise.
The climate matters too. Collier County sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so every window and exterior door we touch as part of a kitchen remodel has to meet the same impact-rating standards as the rest of the house. If your remodel includes swapping a window over the sink or adding a pass-through to the lanai, that glazing has to be impact-rated. We spec it correctly the first time.
For homeowners considering a wider scope, a full kitchen remodel often pairs naturally with a Full Bathroom Remodeling in Lely Resort project happening in the same phase, especially in the estate homes where the master bath and kitchen share a plumbing wall. Some clients also use the opportunity to update the guest bath with a Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling in Lely Resort while we’re already mobilized. It’s efficient, but we sequence the work so you’re never without a functioning kitchen and bathroom at the same time.
If this is part of a larger whole-home renovation, talk to us about Kitchen Remodeling in Lely Resort in the context of your full plan. Our kitchen remodeling crew has been doing this long enough to know that in a community like Lely Resort, the difference between a smooth remodel and a stressful one is knowing what the ARB wants before you ever pick up a saw.
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Frequently Asked - Full Kitchen Remodeling in Lely Resort
Six to ten weeks is realistic for a full gut and rebuild. The front end - design, product selections, and permitting with both Collier County and your Lely Resort sub-association’s ARB - takes two to four weeks before demo starts. Construction itself runs four to six weeks. Custom cabinetry and specialty stone can add a week or two to the back end. We give you a schedule with hard dates at the start, and we hit them.
Yes. Any remodel that involves moving or adding electrical circuits, relocating plumbing, removing or altering walls, or replacing windows and exterior doors requires a Collier County permit. Depending on your neighborhood within Lely Resort, your sub-association’s Architectural Review Board may also require a separate submittal and approval, particularly if you’re changing window sizes, adding exterior venting, or altering anything visible from the street or golf course. We handle both approvals. Don’t let a contractor tell you they can skip it - you’ll get flagged at resale.
Absolutely, and that’s the single biggest lever you can pull to keep costs down. If you keep the sink, range, and dishwasher in their existing locations, you avoid saw-cutting the slab and running new drain lines - which saves $3,000 to $6,000 right there. You can still get a completely new kitchen with new cabinets, countertops, flooring, and fixtures. We call it a same-footprint remodel, and it’s the most common approach we use in Lely Resort’s villas and coach homes where the existing layout is already efficient.
Every project we complete is covered by our 730-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t right, we make it right - no fine print, no finger-pointing. On top of that, the products we install carry their own manufacturer warranties. KraftMaid cabinetry, Cambria quartz, and Kohler fixtures all have published warranty terms that we walk you through during selections. You’ll know exactly what’s covered and for how long. For an exact quote on your Lely Resort kitchen, call (844) 638-7249.
It shouldn’t, and with us it doesn’t. We write fixed-price, line-item estimates. The only reason a number would change is if you decide to change scope - upgrade the stone, add custom cabinet inserts, decide you want that pot filler after all. And if that happens, we price the change order before we do the work, so there’s no mystery. Hidden damage behind walls - like corroded cast-iron drain lines, which we do find in some of the 1990s-era Lely Resort homes - gets photographed and explained the day we find it, with a specific cost to address it before we proceed.
Get a Fixed-Price Estimate for Your Lely Resort Kitchen Remodel
A full kitchen remodel in Lely Resort is a serious investment, and you deserve a number you can trust before you commit to anything. Call us at (844) 638-7249 to schedule a free on-site estimate. Derek or one of our senior project leads will walk your kitchen with you, talk through what’s possible, and put a written, line-itemed price in your hand. No pressure, no vague ranges, no change-order surprises. Just a real plan and a real number from a team that’s done this in Lely Resort enough times to know exactly what the ARB and the building department are going to ask for.
Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner at Groundwork Construction Co., serving Lely Resort homeowners with fixed-price kitchen remodels and the 730-Day Done Right Promise.