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Kitchen remodeling in Highland Village typically costs $14,000 to $45,000 for a full remodel, with smaller projects like backsplash starting around $800. Most Highland Village kitchens can be completed in 4 to 8 weeks depending on scope, permitting, and any Corps of Engineers clearances on lake-adjacent lots. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been working in the 75077 zip code long enough to know that the home you bought off Highland Shores Boulevard or near Briarhill is not the same job as one across the bridge in Lewisville. If you want straight numbers and a written scope before anyone picks up a hammer, call (877) 610-1318.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Highland Village’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett puts his name on the truck and his sons on the crews. That matters in Highland Village, where a lot of the homes were built in the 1980s and 1990s and have quirks you only learn by working inside them. We see the same brick-veneer exteriors, the same slab-on-grade foundations, the same HOA streetscapes off Sellmeyer Lane and along the 2499 corridor. Nothing about those kitchens surprises us. If you ask around Doubletree or the lake side near Pilot Knoll, you’ll hear the same thing: Barrett & Sons shows up, names the price in writing, and the price doesn’t wander.
Every kitchen remodeling job we take in Highland Village includes permits pulled and inspections signed where eligible, plus written change orders before any scope change touches the job. Tom lives close enough to drive through Highland Village on a Saturday and see the work himself. That’s not a marketing line. That’s the reason the 90-Day Done Right Promise means something here: if something isn’t right, you call, Tom comes back, and it gets made right. One call. You’ll also notice we don’t dispatch strangers. Background-checked crew members who carry the Barrett & Sons name show up in uniform, and a live person answers the phone 24/7 at (877) 610-1318, not an out-of-state answering service.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Highland Village
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A gut remodel of a 1980s or 1990s Highland Village kitchen usually means opening walls, replacing a slab-cracked tile floor, and building around a layout that wasn’t designed for how people cook now. We handle the full scope, from demo through cabinet installation and final inspection. Before we remove a single wall, we check whether it’s bearing load, because a lot of these older wood-framed homes hide surprises behind drywall that was never drawn on the original plans.
Cabinets & Countertops
We install KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz in Highland Village kitchens regularly. Those are brands you can look up, not mystery stock off a van. Countertop installation in Highland Village runs $2,000 to $6,500, and cabinet installation typically falls between $4,000 and $13,000. The clay soils under your slab matter more than you’d think: we specify movement joints and flexible adhesive so your counters don’t crack when the ground swells after a wet winter.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Backsplash installation in Highland Village runs $800 to $2,500 for a typical kitchen, and it’s one of the fastest ways to change the feel of the room without a gut remodel. For flooring, we talk honestly about what works on slab. Large-format porcelain with proper underlayment handles the movement your foundation sees from North Texas expansive clay far better than rigid tile locked straight to concrete. We won’t sell you a floor that cracks in year one.
Kitchen Design & Layout
Highland Village kitchens from the 80s and 90s were often built as closed-off rooms with a peninsula separating the cook from everyone else. Kitchen Remodeling at Barrett & Sons starts with layout: where the island goes, how traffic moves, whether that peninsula wall can come down without a beam. Tom’s crew does the measuring, the load assessment, and the plans, then every allowance lands on paper before work starts. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date.
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 Highland Village
We carry premium materials you can verify: KraftMaid and Cambria in kitchens, plus GAF and CertainTeed on roofs, Andersen and Marvin on windows, and Belgard and Techo-Bloc on hardscapes. For Highland Village kitchens specifically, that means quartz and granite countertops we stand behind by name, not a generic slab from an unnamed supplier. If you’re pricing a paver driveway or patio alongside the kitchen, we use Techo-Bloc and Belgard product lines and can give you written specifications before you commit. The point is the same as everything else we do: you know what you’re buying, and the name is on the contract.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Highland Village Homes
- Load-bearing walls removed without a permit. Too many 1980s and 1990s Highland Village kitchens have had a wall knocked out by someone who guessed. The ceiling sags, drywall cracks, and the fix costs more than the original remodel. We check framing and pull the permit before demolition starts.
- Rigid tile or stone cracking from clay-soil movement. Your slab moves. Every slab in Highland Village moves. If nobody planned for that with movement joints and the right adhesive, your new countertop or tile floor shows hairline cracks within a year.
- Corps of Engineers flowage easement surprises. Lake-adjacent lots in Highland Village can fall inside the Army Corps of Engineers project boundary. Even interior kitchen work can trigger a Section 404 clearance on those lots. We check the boundary before we start, because a stop-work order two weeks into a remodel is an expensive way to learn where your lot line sits.
- Under-floor moisture from slab-on-grade construction. Homes built in Highland Village’s planned subdivisions sit on slabs, and slab moisture can warp wood flooring or lift luxury vinyl if the underlayment wasn’t spec’d right. We test moisture and spec the underlayment accordingly.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Highland Village, TX
A full kitchen remodel in Highland Village typically runs $14,000 to $45,000. That range covers everything from a modest cabinet-and-counter refresh to a complete gut with new layout, island, flooring, and electrical. What moves the number: whether you’re moving plumbing, removing a load-bearing wall, upgrading from standard to custom cabinetry, and whether your lot needs a Corps of Engineers flowage easement review. You should know the line items before you sign.
| Service | Typical Range in Highland Village |
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| Kitchen Remodel | $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 |
Smaller partial kitchen remodels land around $9,000 to $20,000. Quartz and granite countertops run $2,000 to $6,500 installed. Every quote we give Highland Village homeowners is a written line-item scope, and every price change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We also offer a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. No trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Village
While this page covers kitchen remodeling in Highland Village, our crews also work regularly in Highland Village and the surrounding communities: Flower Mound, Lewisville, Lake Dallas, and Corinth. If you’re in one of those areas and want the same written-scope approach and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise, call (877) 610-1318 and ask for Tom.
Serving Highland Village, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Village 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 Highland Village
Not typically, unless your lot falls inside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flowage easement or the FEMA floodplain boundary. Most interior kitchen remodels in Highland Village with no footprint change don’t require a floodplain permit. But lake-adjacent lots along the southern shore of Lake Lewisville can sit partially inside the COE project boundary, and even interior work can trigger a clearance review on those properties. We check your lot boundary before we start so the permit status is settled up front.
For interior kitchen work, wind-load requirements usually don’t apply unless you’re adding a window, widening an exterior opening, or building out toward the lake side where exposure is higher. Denton County enforces current wind-load standards for any new exterior penetration, and we spec the framing and glazing accordingly when a window or exterior door is part of the remodel. If you’re considering a kitchen expansion that adds square footage, the new wall has to meet the current code for your exposure zone. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your scope.
No. If the wall is load-bearing, removing it without a permit and proper beam sizing is dangerous and illegal. Even non-load-bearing walls may require a permit when electrical or plumbing is inside them. On a 1990s kitchen remodel near Lake Lewisville, our crew found the original peninsula wall wasn’t load-bearing but the slab had shifted 3/4 inch, so we specified Cambria quartz with flexible adhesive and reinforced the subfloor before cabinet installation. We also caught a Section 404 flowage easement overlap on the lot and filed the COE clearance early, keeping the permit and inspection sign-off on schedule. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. We like having him on the job.
North Texas expansive clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that movement transfers directly to your slab. For kitchen flooring, that means rigid tile set directly on concrete cracks, and solid hardwood can cup or gap. We recommend engineered wood, luxury vinyl with proper underlayment, or porcelain tile installed over an uncoupling membrane and with movement joints. Slab movement isn’t a sign of a bad foundation. It’s the ground you live on, and the flooring has to be spec’d for it. Estimates are free at (877) 610-1318.
It should include permits pulled, inspections scheduled, written allowance line items for cabinets, countertops, and fixtures, a written change order process, and a description of any COE flowage easement or floodplain check if your lot is near the lake. If a contractor tells you permits are optional, that’s your signal to walk. Every Barrett & Sons quote for Highland Village includes the permit scope in writing, and every change order lands on paper before the work happens. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll write it down for you.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Highland Village and the surrounding communities. Founded 1998. Owner-operated from day one.