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What a Full Kitchen Remodel Actually Costs in Lely and How Long It Takes

A full kitchen remodel in Lely, FL typically runs $14,000 to $45,000 and takes 6 to 10 weeks from demolition to final walkthrough. That range covers a complete gut-and-rebuild: new flooring, custom or semi-custom cabinetry, new countertops, a reworked layout with possible plumbing and electrical moves, new appliances, and a finished backsplash. The spread between $14K and $45K comes down to four things: square footage, whether you’re moving the sink or range, material grade, and what surprises are hiding inside your 1990s-era walls. Call (844) 638-7249 and we’ll give you a fixed-price estimate on your kitchen, no vague ballparks.

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How We Take a Lely Kitchen from Dated to Fully Done

The sequence matters more than most people realize. A full kitchen remodel isn’t just swapping out cabinets and countertops in a long weekend. It’s a structured demolition and reconstruction project that touches plumbing, electrical, drywall, flooring, and finishes in a specific order. Here’s what the 6-to-10-week timeline actually looks like when our crew works in a Lely Resort home.

Stage 1: Demolition and rough-in discovery (Days 1-3). Cabinets come out, countertops go, flooring gets pulled up to the subfloor, and we open the walls where plumbing and electrical will move. This is the moment we find out whether your 1998 builder stapled Romex where it shouldn’t be or whether the old sink drain was vented properly. Collier County code requires us to bring any exposed substandard work up to current Florida Building Code, so we flag everything and send you photos before we go further. You decide what gets corrected; we give you fixed pricing on the spot.

Stage 2: Rough-in: plumbing, electrical, and drywall prep (Days 4-14). With the room opened up, our licensed plumbers and electricians relocate supply lines, drains, and circuits to match your new layout. If you’re adding a kitchen island with a prep sink, now’s when the slab gets cut and the drain line gets routed. We pull the permit for this work through Collier County - every rough-in gets inspected before the walls close. Once the rough-in passes, we insulate, hang drywall, tape, and texture. This stage usually runs 7 to 10 working days, barring afternoon thunderstorm shutdowns that slow drywall mud drying times during summer months.

Stage 3: Flooring, cabinet installation, and countertop templating (Days 15-25). Flooring goes down first - tile, luxury vinyl plank, or engineered hardwood - so cabinets sit on a finished surface. Cabinets arrive from the manufacturer and our crew installs them in 2-3 days. Once base cabinets are set, the countertop fabricator comes out to laser-template for quartz, granite, or solid surface. Stone fabrication usually takes 7-10 days. While you wait for counters, we can often start on trim, door hardware, and any remaining drywall touch-ups.

Stage 4: Countertop install, backsplash, and appliance hookup (Days 26-40). The slab goes in, sinks and faucets get connected, and the backsplash tile goes up immediately after. Appliances slide into place and get wired, vented, and leveled. Our plumber hooks up the dishwasher and fridge water line; our electrician lands the range circuit and hood wiring. Once appliances are running, we’re in the home stretch.

Stage 5: Finishing details and final walkthrough (Days 41-50). We install under-cabinet lighting, adjust cabinet doors, touch up paint, caulk where needed, and clean every surface. Then you and our project lead walk the kitchen together with a punch list. Anything not right gets fixed before we call the job complete. Our 730-Day Done Right Promise starts the day you sign off.

The Decisions You’ll Make Before We Order a Single Cabinet

A full kitchen remodel asks you to choose materials and configurations early, because lead times in Florida can stretch 4-8 weeks on semi-custom cabinetry. Here are the real trade-offs we talk through with Lely homeowners:

• Cabinetry: stock vs. semi-custom vs. custom. Stock cabinets ship in 1-2 weeks and keep costs down, but sizes are fixed, which means filler strips in older Lely kitchens that rarely have perfectly square walls. Semi-custom from KraftMaid or similar gives you width and depth flexibility for a tighter fit at roughly 30-40% more than stock. Full custom cabinetry, built to your exact dimensions and finish preferences, adds 4-6 weeks to the timeline and typically adds $8,000-$15,000 to the cabinet line item. For most Lely Resort kitchens in the 150-250-square-foot range, semi-custom hits the sweet spot.
• Countertops: quartz vs. granite vs. solid surface. Quartz is the default choice now for a reason - it doesn’t need sealing, it’s non-porous, and Cambria’s color consistency means the slab you approve is the slab you get. Granite is still 10-15% cheaper in the Lely market but requires annual sealing and has natural variation that can surprise you on install day. Solid surface (Corian-type) runs lower still but scratches more readily. If you cook heavily, quartz pays for itself in forgiveness.
• Flooring under a kitchen that actually gets used. Tile is the practical choice for Florida - it handles humidity, spills, and tracked-in pool water without complaint. Luxury vinyl plank has gained ground because it’s warmer underfoot and quieter, but it can swell at the seams if a dishwasher supply line leaks and goes unnoticed for a weekend. Engineered hardwood looks beautiful but demands vigilance around the sink and fridge. We’ve pulled water-damaged hardwood out of Lely kitchens more often than we’d like.
• Layout changes: keeping the footprint vs. moving the sink or range. If you keep the sink, range, and fridge in roughly their current positions, plumbing and electrical costs stay predictable. Moving the sink across the room means cutting the slab to relocate a 2-inch drain line, adding $1,200-$2,800 depending on distance. Moving a gas range adds a gas-line extension that requires a separate Collier County pressure test. These are common asks when homeowners want an open-concept flow into the living area, and they’re absolutely doable - just know the price moves accordingly.

What a Full Kitchen Remodeling Project Costs in Lely, FL

We price full kitchen remodels in Lely between $14,000 and $45,000. The low end is a straightforward 10×10-foot kitchen with stock cabinets, a laminate or basic quartz countertop, no plumbing moves, and a simple ceramic-tile backsplash. The high end is a 200-plus-square-foot Lely Resort kitchen with semi-custom cabinets, a large island with a prep sink, slab quartz throughout, under-cabinet lighting, a relocated range, and mid-to-premium appliance packages.

What pushes the number up, specifically:

• Plumbing and electrical relocation. Cutting the slab for a new drain, running a dedicated circuit for a double oven, or upgrading a panel to handle new appliance loads all add line items. A panel upgrade alone can run $1,800-$3,500 depending on your existing service.
• Countertop square footage and edge profiles. A waterfall island edge in quartz doubles the material and labor for that island’s face. Mitered edges add cost. The price per square foot is straightforward; the design choices are what shift the total.
• Backsplash material and layout. Basic subway tile runs on the low end; a full-height marble mosaic or handmade zellige tile with a herringbone pattern can triple the backsplash line item because of the labor involved.
• What’s behind the drywall. In Lely homes built between 1990 and 2005, we commonly find no exhaust venting to the outside, underpowered range circuits, or corroded shutoff valves. Correcting those adds to the scope. We show you photos of anything we uncover and give you a fixed price before we proceed - upfront pricing, no surprises, the number you see is the number you pay.

Every estimate we write includes a line-by-line breakdown: demolition, rough-in, drywall, flooring, cabinetry, countertop fabrication and install, backsplash, appliance hookup, painting, and project management. Permits from Collier County are a separate pass-through cost, typically $400-$900 depending on the scope of electrical and plumbing work. Dumpster and debris removal are always included.

What Lely Homes Specifically Do to a Full Kitchen Remodel

If you own a home in Lely Resort, you already know that before Collier County will process your building permit, the Lely Resort Architectural Review Committee has to approve your project’s materials, colors, and exterior-impact changes first. That’s a mandatory two-step process, and it catches out-of-area contractors constantly - they submit plans to the county without ARC approval, get rejected, and lose weeks. We submit to the Lely ARC first, with specification sheets and color samples that match the community’s approved palette, because we’ve done it dozens of times and we know what gets kicked back. Any window enlargements, exterior vent terminations, or structural changes visible from the street or golf course need ARC sign-off, and we handle that documentation from day one.

Most kitchens we remodel in Lely were built between 1995 and 2005, with original builder-grade oak or maple cabinets, laminate countertops, and fluorescent soffit lighting that dates the whole room. The floor plans in the older Lely Resort villages - Brighton, Ole, and the Classics - often have a closed-off galley kitchen with a structural wall separating it from the living area. When homeowners want that wall opened for an island-centered great-room layout, we bring in a structural engineer to size the beam, and that engineered drawing is part of the permit package Collier County requires. It’s a common request and one we’ve engineered smoothly in this community. For a broader look at what’s possible, see our Kitchen Remodeling in Lely page - it covers the full scope of projects we handle here, from modest refreshes to complete reconfigurations.

We also work around the snowbird calendar. Most Lely homeowners schedule full kitchen remodels between May and October when they’re north for the summer. That same May-to-October window is peak Florida rainy season, which means our crews contend with daily early-afternoon thunderstorm stoppages and the humidity that extends drywall mud and stucco cure times. We build that weather buffer into our timeline expectations up front. After years of summer-season work in Lely, our kitchen remodeling team knows to plan enclosed, weather-proof work for the rainy afternoons and exterior-facing tasks for the mornings while the sun holds.

Frequently Asked - Full Kitchen Remodeling in Lely

Let’s Walk Your Lely Kitchen Together

You’ll get a fixed-price estimate for your full kitchen remodel, written in plain numbers with no allowance games. Call (844) 638-7249 - a live person answers, 24/7 - and we’ll schedule a time to measure your Lely kitchen, talk through layout options, and hand you a line-by-line quote that’s good for a full year. Estimates are free and you’ll know exactly what the job costs before you decide anything.

Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner at Groundwork Construction Co., bringing fixed-price kitchen remodels to Lely homeowners with a 730-Day Done Right Promise.