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AfterFast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across North Hills
A full kitchen remodel in North Hills, CA typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, with smaller partial projects starting around $9,000. Most of the homes we work on here were built between the late 1940s and the 1970s, which means the real cost driver isn’t the cabinets or the counters. It’s what’s hiding behind them. If you live in 91343 or 91393 and you’re planning a Kitchen Remodeling project, call us at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a straight answer about what your house actually needs before we talk about finishes.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is North Hills’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
We’re not a franchise that sends a different crew every week. Barrett & Sons Construction was founded in 1998 and is owner-operated by Tom Barrett, whose sons run the crews. When we say we know North Hills, we mean we know what a 1964 tract home off Nordhoff Street looks like behind the drywall, because we’ve opened enough of them. Our North Hills customers don’t get a salesperson who’s never swung a hammer. They get a crew that’s background-checked, uniformed, and answers to one name.
Tom publishes his name, address, and license number. You can look it up before you sign anything. That’s the point. Every price change on a North Hills job arrives as a written change order before work proceeds, and every completed kitchen carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back.
North Hills sits in the San Fernando Valley heat pocket. Summer temperatures regularly push past 100°F, which means our crews follow OSHA heat illness prevention protocols that coastal projects rarely need. It also means we think about how your cabinets and counters will behave when interior temperatures swing from air-conditioned cool to heat-soaked afternoons. Materials expand. Slabs move. We plan for it.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in North Hills
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A full kitchen remodel in North Hills means more than swapping cabinets and counters. The post-WWII tract homes here were mostly built on slab foundations, and slab heave from expansive soil is a real problem across the eastern San Fernando Valley. We check for level issues before we order a single cabinet, because continuous runs of base cabinets and quartz counters will separate at miter joints if the slab underneath has moved. A full remodel in North Hills typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, depending on whether we need structural correction before finish work begins.
Cabinets & Countertops
Cabinet installation in North Hills runs $4,000 to $13,000. Countertop installation runs $2,000 to $6,500. We spec KraftMaid cabinets and work with Cambria quartz, because the brands matter when you’re installing them on a slab that’s been through a 6.7-magnitude earthquake and 50 summers over 100°F. Inferior cabinets warp and delaminate in this climate. We don’t install mystery brands off a van.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Backsplash installation in North Hills runs $800 to $2,500. But before we set tile, we’re looking at the wall behind it. The 1994 Northridge earthquake, whose epicenter was less than two miles from here, left a lot of cosmetic patch jobs over shear cracks in load-bearing kitchen walls. If you set a heavy grouted backsplash over an unrepaired shear crack, it’s going to crack again within a season or two. We identify those patches and correct them before tiling.
Kitchen Design & Layout
The earliest tract homes in North Hills were built with tight galley kitchens that made sense in 1952 and don’t make sense now. Opening a load-bearing wall for an island is common work here, and that means understanding what’s behind the wall: 1990s-era stucco patches, potentially unrepaired mudsill damage, and the City of Los Angeles’s retrofit requirements that apply to aging wood-frame construction. We do the structural check before we talk cabinet colors.
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 North Hills
We carry brands you can look up: KraftMaid and Cambria in kitchens, with Schluter systems on tile and waterproofing, Grohe fixtures, and GAF on any Roofing - North Hills work that ties into a kitchen remodel. We keep relationships with local suppliers who serve North Hills directly, which means fewer delays when a Schluter drain or a GAF flashing detail needs to arrive mid-project. No mystery materials, no substitutions you didn’t approve in writing.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in North Hills Homes
- Post-1994 cosmetic patches hiding structural damage. The Northridge earthquake’s epicenter was less than two miles from North Hills. A lot of 1990s-era drywall and stucco repairs were surface fixes over cracked mudsills and sheared cripple walls that were never corrected. We probe for these during demolition, because a heavy stone island over an unrepaired shear wall is a crack waiting to happen.
- Slab heave from expansive soil and valley heat. Summer temperatures over 100°F cause concrete slabs to heave along soil-expansion zones. We regularly find kitchens where continuous base cabinet runs have separated because the slab underneath moved. Standard shimming fails; we use self-leveling underlayment or saw-cut slab repair before setting cabinets.
- Open-framing dust during Santa Ana wind events. Fall Santa Ana winds create real debris-containment problems on open-framing jobs. Drywall dust and demolition debris blow into adjacent living spaces if full plastic containment isn’t maintained. Skipping this leads to slow inspection sign-off and change orders nobody wants.
- Out-of-level 1960s and 1970s subfloors. The apartment corridor along North Hills’s commercial streets was built with tuck-under parking soft-story structures now subject to LA’s retrofit mandate deadlines. On single-family homes from the same era, we frequently find subfloors out of level by half an inch or more, which means cabinet installation requires floor correction first.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in North Hills, CA
A full kitchen remodel in North Hills runs $14,000 to $45,000. That’s not a hedge; it’s the honest range for a market where structural surprises are common and slab conditions vary from street to street. Here’s the breakdown:
| Line Item | North Hills Price Range |
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| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 - $45,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 - $6,500 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 - $13,000 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 - $2,500 |
The bigger spread on a full kitchen remodel comes down to what we find when we open the walls. A 1954 tract home that’s had one owner and no structural work will hit the low end if the slab is sound and the 1994 repairs were done properly. A 1972 home with slab heave, a soft-story condition, or an unrepaired shear crack will cost more, because we won’t set cabinets over a foundation that’s moving. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. We’ll give you a line-item scope in writing before you commit to anything.
We Serve Kitchen Remodeling Customers Near North Hills
In addition to our Kitchen Remodeling in North Hills work, Barrett & Sons serves homeowners in Northridge, Van Nuys, Valley Glen, and San Fernando. If you’re in one of those neighborhoods and you’re planning a kitchen remodel, the same crew and the same written change-order process applies.
Serving North Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Hills 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 North Hills
Yes. The Northridge earthquake’s epicenter was less than two miles from North Hills, and pre-1995 homes here commonly carry hidden structural damage behind cosmetic repairs. A professional inspection before demolition identifies shear cracks, unrepaired mudsill damage, and displaced anchor bolts before you spend money on finishes. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through what we check before our crew opens a single wall.
North Hills sits in the San Fernando Valley’s inland heat pocket and directly on soil-expansion zones that affect slab foundations. Homes in Burbank or Sherman Oaks may have similar square footage, but they don’t carry the same density of post-1994 cosmetic patch repairs or the same slab heave risk. Structural correction and slab repair add cost. We quote it honestly up front, with line items on paper, instead of surprising you later.
Only if the slab and underlying soil conditions support it, and many don’t. We’ve found slab heave and unrepaired seismic damage in 1960s kitchens throughout 91343 and 91393 that would re-crack under the weight of a quartz island. We verify before we install. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you what your floor can actually carry.
Santa Ana winds in the fall create dust and debris problems when framing is open. Full plastic containment and daily cleanup are mandatory to keep demolition dust out of your living space and to pass inspection on schedule. It’s not optional on our jobs. If a contractor skips it, the change order to clean up later costs more than the containment would have.
Require written change orders before any scope change touches the job. Require a written scope of work with allowances on paper. Require the contractor’s license number on the contract itself. That’s how we’ve always worked. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Every Barrett & Sons contract includes our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and Tom’s name and license number are published for you to verify.
Ready to talk? Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate on your North Hills kitchen remodel. A live person answers, 24/7. We’ll give you a straight answer, a written scope, and a price that won’t change unless you approve it in writing first.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving North Hills and the surrounding San Fernando Valley since 1998.