What a Full Kitchen Remodeling Job Actually Involves, How Long It Takes, and What It Costs in Plantation
A full kitchen remodeling project in Plantation is a ground-up rebuild of the room: everything comes out, walls may get opened, and the space is rebuilt to a new layout with new electrical, plumbing, cabinets, counters, flooring, and finishes. Most jobs run 6 to 10 weeks from the first day of demolition to the final walkthrough, depending on whether you’re relocating plumbing drains or load-bearing walls. The price for a full kitchen remodel here lands between $14,000 at the compact, keep-everything-where-it-is end and about $45,000 for a larger, structural-change project with premium material selections. Call (844) 638-7249 to get a fixed-price written estimate built around your actual floorplan, not a ballpark guess.
How We Rebuild a Plantation Kitchen From the Studs Up
Every full kitchen remodel has a real sequence, and knowing the stages before you start makes the whole thing manageable. Here’s how we move through the job, week by week.
Stage 1: Demolition and discovery (Days 1-3). Cabinets, countertops, appliances, flooring, and drywall or plaster get removed down to the framing. This is when we see what the original builder left behind and whether any water damage from old sink or dishwasher leaks has compromised the subfloor. In Plantation’s CBS homes built between the late ’50s and mid-’80s, we often find under-sized electrical panels or corroded copper supply lines buried in the block walls that the original floorplan hid. We’ll flag anything structural or mechanical that changes the scope before you spend a dollar on it.
Stage 2: Rough-in and structural changes (Days 4-15). If we’re moving a sink to an island, relocating a range, or opening a wall between the kitchen and the dining room, this is the stage where framing, plumbing drain relocation, and new electrical circuits happen. Broward County permitting requires a structural drawing for any load-bearing wall removal, and with Plantation falling under Broward’s specific wind-load provisions - stricter than Palm Beach but not quite Miami-Dade HVHZ - we submit stamped engineering exactly to the threshold the local inspectors expect. That middle-ground knowledge keeps permits moving without rejection cycles. Any in-wall plumbing and electrical is roughed in and inspected before the walls close.
Stage 3: Drywall, flooring, and paint (Days 16-25). Once the rough-in passes inspection, we hang and finish drywall, prime and paint the walls and ceiling, and install your new flooring. The order protects the floor - paint first, floor goes down last so there are no drips on new tile or hardwood. If you’re choosing between a terrazzo refinish (common in Plantation’s mid-century stock) and a new engineered hardwood or large-format porcelain tile, this is the point where the subfloor prep diverges and we lock in the final floor height relative to adjacent rooms.
Stage 4: Cabinet and countertop installation (Days 26-35). Cabinetry goes in first, leveled and anchored to the walls. Once the boxes are set, the countertop fabricator comes to template for stone - typically a 7-to-10-day gap between template and install for quartz or granite. During that window, we install sinks, faucets, appliances, and trim, so when the stone goes on, the kitchen is functionally complete. If you chose a brand like KraftMaid for the cabinets, the factory lead time was already built into the schedule before demolition started, so there’s no dead time waiting for delivery.
Stage 5: Backsplash, punch list, and walkthrough (Days 36-42). Tile backsplash goes on last, grouted, and sealed. We run every appliance through a full cycle, check every drawer for alignment, test outlets and the garbage disposal, and then walk the room with you to build a punch list. Anything that isn’t perfect gets corrected under the 730-Day Done Right Promise before we call the job complete. A full kitchen remodeling project in Plantation isn’t done until you sign off.
The Real Choices That Shape a Full Kitchen Remodel
Most of the budget sits in a handful of decisions. Here’s what we walk you through, not as a list of catalog numbers but as actual trade-offs.
- Cabinet construction: stock, semi-custom, or full custom. Stock cabinets come in set widths and a limited door profile - the cost stays low but so does fit, so you end up with filler strips. Semi-custom, which we most often recommend for full remodel projects, gives you wider frame options, better drawer hardware, and a tighter fit in the room. Full custom is built to the inch, and that’s where exotic wood species, inset door frames, and furniture detailing push the cabinet line to the high end of the range.
- Countertop material and edge profile. A builder-grade laminate top keeps the counter budget under $2,000. Quartz like Cambria or a natural granite slab lands between $3,500 and $6,500 for a typical Plantation kitchen footprint, depending on the edge detail and whether the island gets a waterfall return or a mitered wrap. The material itself is the cost driver, but the edge profile - eased vs. full bullnose vs. mitered waterfall - changes the fabrication labor significantly.
- Flooring tied to the rest of the home. If the rest of your Plantation home is original terrazzo, a polished-terrazzo kitchen floor preserves the mid-century continuity and costs about a third of replacing it with new tile. Engineered hardwood runs warmer underfoot but needs a vapor barrier on slab here because of South Florida’s high water table. Large-format porcelain is bulletproof and handles humidity without expansion, but requires a dead-flat substrate - which in 60-year-old CBS homes often means a self-leveling underlayment pour before tile.
- Island configuration and utilities. A prep island with no sink or cooktop - just storage and seating - costs $3,000 to $5,000. Add a sink or dishwasher, and the plumbing rough-in pushes it toward $6,000 to $10,000 once you factor in the drain-line relocation through the slab. Cutting a Plantation slab home’s floor for new drain lines is the single biggest cost multiplier in a full kitchen remodel because it triggers concrete saw-cutting, re-routing of post-tension cables if present, and a plumbing inspection before the pour-back.
- Lighting and electrical upgrades. Recessed LED layouts, under-cabinet strip lighting, a dedicated island pendant circuit, and moving outlets to code-required island positions adds $1,500 to $4,000 to the rough-in. If the original panel - often a 100-amp ITE or Federal Pacific unit in Plantation’s late-’60s subdivisions - needs a swap to 200 amps, that’s a separate permit line and an additional $2,500 to $4,000 before the kitchen circuits even start.
What Full Kitchen Remodeling Costs in Plantation, FL
A full kitchen remodeling project in Plantation runs $14,000-$45,000 for the complete room. That range is wide because the job moves on four main variables: square footage, whether you relocate plumbing or structural walls, the tier of cabinet and countertop materials you select, and what we find when the walls come open in a 40-to-65-year-old CBS home.
At the lower end - roughly $14,000 to $22,000 - you’re looking at a compact kitchen where everything stays on the same wall or L-shape, stock or entry-level semi-custom cabinets, a laminate or entry-level quartz countertop, a basic tile backsplash, and no drywall changes. Electrical work is limited to swapping fixtures, not adding circuits. The floorplan doesn’t change.
From $25,000 to $45,000, the scope typically includes at least one of these: relocating a sink or range to an island, removing a wall between the kitchen and a dining area, upgrading the electrical panel, choosing full-custom or high-grade semi-custom cabinets, installing stone slab counters with a detailed edge profile and a waterfall island, and doing a full tile or engineered-hardwood floor. If drain lines get cut into the slab, you’re in the upper third of the range every time, because Plantation’s flat limestone shelf means concrete work moves slower and inspection scheduling during hurricane season can add a week to the timeline.
Every quote we write is a fixed-price line-item estimate. You see the cabinet line, the countertop line, the plumbing rough-in number, the flooring number, and the permit-and-inspection line separate from each other - so there’s no $15,000 surprise labeled “miscellaneous” mid-job. Upfront pricing, no surprises. We also include a Free Project Estimate & Design Consult before you commit a dollar, and 0% financing for 18 months on qualifying projects. For full kitchen remodels over $10,000, you’re automatically eligible for $1,000 off the project total.
How a Plantation Home Changes the Way We Remodel a Kitchen
Plantation was developed as a master-planned community almost entirely between the late 1950s and the mid-1980s, leaving a dense concentration of CBS homes that share the same construction DNA. Entire subdivisions turned over at the same time, and now those homes are hitting 40 to 65 years old simultaneously - which means the electrical panels, copper supply lines, and cast-iron drain stacks in one Plantation kitchen are nearly identical to the house four doors down.
What that means for a Kitchen Remodeling in Plantation job is simple: we plan for the panel upgrade and the slab cut from the first site visit because we’ve seen the same conditions in Jacaranda Lakes, Plantation Acres, and the neighborhoods off Broward Boulevard a hundred times. Original 100-amp panels can’t carry a modern kitchen’s load - induction range, convection oven, microwave drawer, under-cabinet lighting, island outlets, disposal, dishwasher - all on simultaneous circuits. We pull the electrical permit as a companion to the kitchen remodel permit so both inspections clear together. And because Plantation sits under Broward County’s building jurisdiction rather than Miami-Dade’s HVHZ, we submit wind-load details for any exterior wall penetration exactly to the threshold Broward reviewers expect - an advantage that keeps permits moving without the over-engineering and delay that Miami-Dade crews bring when they cross the county line.
The 1958-1988 tract era also means floor plans repeat. We know which models in a given Plantation subdivision have a load-bearing partition between the kitchen and the family room, and we bring a structural drawing with the estimate rather than waiting two weeks for engineering after you’ve signed. That alone can shave 10 days off the schedule. Separately, many Plantation HOAs - particularly in the older planned communities - require architectural review for any exterior-facing kitchen window resize or range hood vent termination visible from the street. We handle that submission as part of the pre-construction paperwork so it doesn’t stall framing.
If you’re planning other interior work alongside the kitchen, homeowners often pair a full kitchen remodel with a Full Bathroom Remodeling in Plantation or a Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling in Plantation while the crew is mobilized and the dumpster is on site. Our Kitchen Remodeling crew runs these as linked projects - one sequence, one superintendent, one clean punch list.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Full Kitchen Remodeling in Plantation
Six to ten weeks, counting from the first day of demolition to the final walkthrough. Jobs under $22,000 that keep the same footprint usually finish closer to six. Jobs over $35,000 with slab plumbing relocations, structural wall removal, or an electrical panel swap tend toward eight to ten weeks when you factor in Broward County inspection lead times during the hurricane season backlog.
Yes. Any full kitchen remodeling job that moves electrical, plumbing, or load-bearing walls requires a building permit pulled through Broward County Building Code Services. We handle every permit, schedule every inspection, and walk the inspector through the job - from rough-in electrical and plumbing to the final. No work closes behind drywall until the relevant inspection passes. Plantation homeowners occasionally ask about “off-permit” work to save time; we don’t do it, because an unpermitted kitchen remodel here creates title and insurance problems when you sell, and the county’s property records make non-permitted work easy for a buyer’s inspector to flag.
Absolutely, and that is the most common choice for Plantation kitchens where the existing L-shape or galley layout works. Keeping the plumbing and gas on the same walls typically saves $5,000 to $10,000 compared to relocating them, mostly by avoiding slab cutting for new drain lines. The cabinets, counters, backsplash, and flooring all change, but the room’s utility spine stays put. That still qualifies as a true full kitchen remodel because every surface and fixture is new.
What’s the difference between a kitchen remodel and a Plantation kitchen renovation?
“Renovation” in our world means refreshing surfaces - new countertops, refaced cabinets, a backsplash swap, maybe paint and a sink. “Full kitchen remodeling” means everything gets taken out and replaced, often with the floorplan changing. A renovation might cost $9,000 to $20,000; a full gut-and-rebuild starts at $14,000 and runs up from there depending on structural scope.
Every full kitchen remodeling project we do is covered by the 730-Day Done Right Promise. If something isn’t right two years after we finish - a cabinet door out of alignment, a drawer slide that catches, a grout line that hairline-cracked - we come back and make it right at no charge. Manufacturer warranties on the materials (KraftMaid cabinet boxes, Cambria quartz, fixture finishes) run separately and often out to 10 years or lifetime depending on the brand. Call (844) 638-7249 to get an exact quote - estimates are free.
Start Your Full Kitchen Remodel With a Fixed-Price Estimate in Plantation
A full kitchen remodeling project is the biggest single-room investment you’ll make in your home, and the right estimate tells you exactly where the money goes before you sign. Call Groundwork Construction Co. at (844) 638-7249 to schedule a free on-site walkthrough and design consult for your Plantation kitchen. We’ll measure the room, talk through the layout and material choices that make sense for your floorplan and your budget, and send you a written line-item quote within 48 hours. No pressure, no ballpark guesswork. Live-person calls, 24/7 - not a voicemail tree.
Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner at Groundwork Construction Co., serving Plantation with fixed-price remodeling since 2014.