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AfterKitchen Remodeling in Century City, CA: Costs, Timelines & High-Rise Rules
A full kitchen remodel in Century City typically runs $14,000-$45,000, with cabinet installation at $4,000-$13,000 and countertops at $2,000-$6,500. The schedule is set less by labor and more by lead times: custom cabinetry runs 6-10 weeks, specialty glass and European hardware can run 10-14, and stone slabs need templating after cabinets are set. That’s why we fix every allowance and line-item price in writing before ordering anything. If you’re planning a kitchen renovation in a Century City high-rise, call Tom Barrett’s team at (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate.
Key Takeaways:
- Century City kitchen remodels are governed by HOA rules, elevator bookings, and shared-corridor dust rules, not just framing schedules.
- Full remodels cost $14,000-$45,000; cabinets alone run $4,000-$13,000.
- Every price is fixed in writing before materials are ordered. Every change comes as a written change order.
- We pull permits and pass inspections on every eligible job, including structural work in post-tensioned concrete slabs.
- Barrett & Sons is owner-operated since 1998, with Tom Barrett’s sons on-site most days.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Century City’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers into your building. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. In a Century City high-rise, that matters because the people walking your service corridor are the same people whose name is on the truck. Our Kitchen Remodeling team has worked inside The Century, Park Place, and The Carlyle, and we know what building managers here expect before the first panel is removed.
We answer our own phone. When you call with a question about an HOA submittal or a freight elevator booking, you get a live person, not a voicemail box. Our clients in Century City tell us the same thing: the last contractor quoted one price on the phone and showed up with another. We don’t work that way. Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why we like him.
Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. We’ve been building our reputation one kitchen at a time for over 29 years, and we don’t intend to stop now.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Century City
Kitchen Design & Layout
In Century City, a kitchen design isn’t just about counter space and cabinet depth. It’s about whether the refrigerator can make the turn at the end of a service corridor, whether a pantry cabinet fits through the freight elevator door, and whether the HOA’s sound-transmission rules allow that open-shelf wall against a concrete party wall. Our design team draws to your building’s actual constraints, not to a catalog. We submit the 40% drawings to your HOA architectural committee and get sign-off before we cut anything.
Cabinet Installation & Refacing
We install KraftMaid cabinets and can reface existing boxes when the layout works and the carcasses are solid. In a Century City condo, refacing can cut weeks from the schedule because it sidesteps some of the long-lead ordering that full replacement demands. Cabinet installation in Century City typically runs $4,000-$13,000 depending on linear footage, finish, and hardware.
Quartz & Granite Countertops
Most Century City kitchens get quartz. It’s non-porous, consistent in color, and doesn’t need the annual sealing that granite asks for. We template after cabinets are set, fabricate to within a sixteenth of an inch, and coordinate the slab delivery through the freight elevator. Countertop installation runs $2,000-$6,500 for standard quartz or granite in a typical Century City condo kitchen.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
A backsplash in a Century City high-rise is more than a design choice. It’s also a sound-isolation layer if it sits against a party wall shared with a neighbor’s unit. We install with sound-isolation clips where HOA rules require, and we set tile with sealed grout that holds up to the dry air of a high-rise HVAC climate. Backsplash work runs $800-$2,500.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Century City
We stock and install brands Century City homeowners can look up. For windows and doors in kitchens that need glass replacement or pass-through windows, we work with Simonton and PGT. For cabinets, we carry KraftMaid. For countertops, Silestone and Cambria quartz. We don’t install mystery brands off a van, and we don’t tell you a product is “just as good” without telling you what it actually is. When we replace a window or door in a Century City unit, Simonton and PGT glass packages come backed by the manufacturer’s own warranty, and our installation is covered by the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every contract.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Century City Homes
- Elevator booking windows that break the schedule. In a Century City high-rise, the freight elevator is the critical path. If you don’t reserve it before materials arrive, the job stalls. We book the elevator first and order second.
- HOA architectural committees that kill a design late. Submitting 40% drawings before cutting any wall is not optional here. We’ve taken over jobs where a stop-work order hit because the previous contractor skipped this step, triggering re-engineering and repeated change orders.
- Shared-corridor dust complaints from building management. A single day of drywall cutting without zip-wall negative-air containment can trigger a building-management fine and a failed common-area inspection. We run negative-air setups on every demo day.
- Post-tensioned slabs that can’t be cut casually. Century City’s concrete-and-steel structure means load-bearing wall changes are a structural question, not a framing question. We x-ray or scan slabs before any coring, and we pull the structural permit every time.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Century City, CA
A full kitchen remodel in Century City typically runs $14,000-$45,000. That’s a wide range because a 90-square-foot galley in a 1980s tower is a different job than a 250-square-foot open kitchen in The Century. Here’s how the line items break down:
| Service | Typical Range in Century City |
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| Full Kitchen Remodeling | $14,000 - $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 - $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 - $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 - $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 - $10,000 |
What moves a Century City kitchen to the upper end of that range? Custom millwork with integrated panels, architectural glass that needs a specialty fabricator, designer and architect coordination, and structural work on a post-tensioned slab. What moves it down? Refacing existing cabinets, keeping the footprint, and staying with stock-dimension cabinetry that doesn’t require custom shop drawings. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll walk your unit, look at your building’s rules, and give you a written line-item price before you commit to anything.
We Also Serve Cities Near Century City
Our crews serve Century City and the communities around it, including Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood, and Santa Monica. Scheduling is coordinated from our Los Angeles office, so a call from any of these neighborhoods reaches a live person. If you’re in a condo near the Westside, the same crew that knows your building’s elevator system can handle the job.
Serving Century City, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Century City 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 - Kitchen Remodeling in Century City
Elevator booking windows are the single biggest schedule driver in a Century City kitchen remodel. Most buildings require freight elevator reservations a week or more in advance, with limited hours, and some buildings restrict material delivery to single two-to-three-hour windows on weekdays. We build the schedule backward from those windows. If the building only allows large deliveries before 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, that’s when cabinets arrive, and slab templating and installation follow. Scheduling a lead time wrong means a crew standing idle and a schedule slip. We’ve seen a custom hardware re-order add two months because the service elevator dimensions weren’t confirmed before ordering. That’s why every order of custom European hardware or specialty glass in Century City starts with confirming the freight elevator’s actual door width and interior depth. Call (877) 610-1318 for a schedule grounded in your building’s real rules.
We handle the full HOA documentation package: 40% design drawings, structural calculations if any wall is touched, proof of license and insurance, and a schedule of work that shows material delivery windows, demo dates, and expected noise hours. We also submit the written scope change forms if the design adjusts at the 100% drawing stage. Many Century City HOAs require architectural committee sign-off before any work begins, and skipping that step triggers a stop-work order. We’ve taken over jobs where that happened. The fix costs money and time. We submit early and in writing so it doesn’t. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll start that paperwork before we order anything.
Yes. We run all countertop fabrication off-site, deliver slabs through the freight elevator, and set them inside your unit with the entry door closed and a zip-wall at the corridor threshold. The shared corridor stays open. What neighbors see is a protected door frame and a covered floor path. We don’t cut stone in the corridor, and we don’t leave silica dust in the hallway. Tempering, cutting, and polishing happen at the fabricator’s shop in Los Angeles, not inside your building. If your building requires a corridor protection plan, we submit it with the permit package. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written proposal that includes corridor protection specifics.
We treat every load-bearing wall in a Century City high-rise as a structural job, not a framing job. First, we scan the slab to locate post-tension cables, because coring without knowing where those cables run can damage the structure. Then we bring in a licensed structural engineer, design an appropriate header or transfer beam, and submit the structural drawings to the city for permit review. We do not cut until the permit is approved and the inspector has signed the open-wall inspection. We’ve worked in Century City towers where a previous contractor cut into a post-tensioned slab, and the repair cost more than the entire kitchen remodel. We won’t touch a load-bearing element until the engineering is approved and the permit is in hand. Call (877) 610-1318 if you’re considering opening a wall in your Century City condo.
The written price for a Century City kitchen remodel includes every line item: demolition, dumpster and freight-elevator booking fees, framing, drywall, electrical, plumbing, cabinetry, countertops, tile, hardware, finish carpentry, painting, permits, and HOA compliance work. The price is fixed before we order any materials. Once you approve the written scope, that number does not move unless you change the scope, and any change comes as a written change order before the work happens. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. We don’t do surprises. The pattern every client has seen before is a national company quoting one price on the phone and handing over a different bill at the door. That’s not us. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written estimate from Tom Barrett’s team, serving Century City since day one with permits pulled and inspections signed.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Century City since 1998.