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AfterFast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across The Acreage
Kitchen remodeling in The Acreage runs $14,000-$45,000 for a full project, and most jobs take four to eight weeks once cabinets arrive. If you’re on a 1.25-acre lot off 60th Street North or somewhere near Sycamore Drive, you already know this isn’t West Palm Beach. You’ve got a well and septic out back, a swale at the road, and the Indian Trail Improvement District in the middle of every permit conversation. We’ve worked enough kitchens here to know the soil moves, the humidity doesn’t quit, and the wrong cabinet screw corrodes before the warranty card fades. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your lot before we quote it.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is The Acreage’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998 with his name on the truck and his sons on the crew. In The Acreage, we’re the ones who ask about your well pump location before we ask about your backsplash. That’s not a sales trick. It’s because every kitchen addition or island relocation here sits on ground that can shift, and the last thing you need is a new island anchored poorly and a cracked slab joint when the wet season raises the water table to 18 inches below grade.
Our customers in The Acreage tend to be people who’ve already had a bad run with an out-of-area contractor. They tell us stories: someone quoted a kitchen on the phone, showed up late, and never pulled the ITID permit for the driveway culvert. Then Palm Beach County holds final inspection, and the punch list drags six months. We don’t operate that way. Every scope change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. Every eligible job gets permits pulled and inspections signed. And the 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on the contract, not buried in fine print: if it’s not right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call.
Calls are answered by a live person 24/7. Not a call center. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in The Acreage
We don’t offer a generic kitchen package. We offer a coastal-spec kitchen that survives The Acreage’s water table, humidity, and soil movement. Here’s what that looks like on the ground:
Kitchen Design & Layout
The Acreage’s post-1980 housing stock includes a lot of CBS construction, but kitchen layouts from that era were built around a single wall and a small peninsula. Homeowners today want an island, and that island rarely works without re-engineering where the slab meets the floor. We work design around your actual drainage patterns, not a catalog photo. If your lot slopes toward Road 64 or your swale crosses the driveway at a low point, the island footprint matters. We’ll spec it so the cabinet anchors land where the slab is most stable, and we coordinate the ITID right-of-way review early enough that it doesn’t jam your draw schedule.
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A full kitchen remodel in The Acreage starts with subfloor and slab inspection, because the muck and peat soils common in western Palm Beach County can shift seasonally. We check original 1980s stem walls, sister joists where they’ve settled, and pour a laser-leveled mud bed before any cabinet rough-in goes down. Then we install KraftMaid cabinets with hot-dip galvanized anchor hardware, deal with the countertop fabricator, and finish with a Cambria or quartz top that can hold a wet towel without discoloring. That’s the difference between a kitchen that looks good in February and one that still closes square through September.
Cabinets & Countertops
Cabinet installation and refacing are where The Acreage’s humidity always gets exposed. Standard zinc-plated screws and cheap drawer slides go black and sticky within five years. We stock stainless hardware and marine-grade slides for local jobs, and we’ll show you the difference between a standard box cabinet and one that’s been anchored properly to a slab that moves a quarter inch seasonally. Countertop work runs $2,000-$6,500 in this market depending on stone and edge profile.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Here’s the thing about backsplash thinset in The Acreage: standard interior-grade thinset won’t hold up to the moisture load. You need a polymer-modified thinset rated for high-humidity interior applications. We also float floors where needed, because tile over a slab that’s heaved even slightly reads as a cracked grout line within a year. We’ll tell you when your floor needs prep and when it doesn’t. That’s the honest part most contractors skip because prep doesn’t show in a photo.
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 The Acreage
We’re not married to one cabinet line, but we carry KraftMaid and Cambria because you can look them up. Same with the outdoor kitchen work that often accompanies a bigger Acreage remodel: we’ve installed Cambridge Pavers and Techo-Bloc under more than one island counter that also serves the patio. If you’ve got a specific brand in mind, we’ll give you a straight answer about lead times and whether it holds up here. And we stock local inventory for the fast-moving items so we’re not waiting on a distributor truck from Broward when your backsplash grout runs short.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in The Acreage Homes
- Slab settlement at the island base. On a 1980s CBS home off 60th Street North, we opened the kitchen floor and found the original stem-wall slab had settled a full inch at the island due to seasonal muck shifting. That’s a structural fix before it’s a design fix. We sistered the joists, poured a laser-leveled mud bed, and specified hot-dip galvanized anchor bolts for the new island before any cabinet rough-in went in.
- Corroded cabinet hardware. Persistent humidity and occasional salt-laden air eat zinc-plated screws and drawer slides within five years. We swap in stainless and marine-grade hardware on every Acreage job. It costs a little more up front. It lasts a decade longer.
- ITID permit omissions. Out-of-area contractors regularly forget that any project touching or crossing a roadside swale needs an ITID right-of-way permit before Palm Beach County will finalize the building permit. We file that early. You don’t want a finished kitchen and a sign-off that’s six weeks late because a culvert review wasn’t done.
- Water table stress on tile and flooring. When the wet season arrives, the water table rises to 18-24 inches below grade on much of The Acreage. Original slab-on-grade kitchens crack at the cabinet-to-floor joint. We’ll tell you if your slab needs investigation before tile goes down. Most 1980s kitchens do.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in The Acreage, FL
Here’s what we charge in this market. These are line-item ranges, not pie-in-the-sky numbers:
| Service | The Acreage Price Range |
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| Full Kitchen Remodeling (coastal-spec) | $14,000-$45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation (stainless hardware) | $4,000-$13,000 |
| Countertop Installation (quartz/granite) | $2,000-$6,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation (elevated slab work) | $3,000-$10,000 |
What moves the number? Site prep. If your slab needs sistering or a mud bed pour before cabinets, that’s real labor and material, not markup. If your lot needs an ITID culvert review because the kitchen addition crosses a swale, that’s a permit step with honest cost attached. We’ll hand you a written scope and written allowances before we start, so there is no surprise invoice. And if we hand you a change order, it’s because something on site changed, not because we under-quoted.
Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate. No trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Acreage
Our Kitchen Remodeling team serves the whole western Palm Beach County area, so if you’re in Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, or Lake Park, we cover you. But if you’re reading this from The Acreage, we’re your neighbors, and we know your ITID obligations before we open the front door.
Serving The Acreage, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the The Acreage 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 The Acreage
Because if your project touches or crosses a roadside swale or driveway culvert, even indirectly, the Indian Trail Improvement District requires a right-of-way permit before Palm Beach County will finalize the building permit. Out-of-area contractors miss this constantly, and it stalls the final sign-off by weeks. We file it as part of the pre-construction paperwork. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you if your lot triggers it.
Most 1980s slabs in The Acreage have settled at least somewhat, and the only sure test is to open the floor at the cabinet line and inspect the stem wall and slab joint. We’ll check for voids, map any cracks, and tell you whether you need a mud bed pour or joist sistering before anything goes in. Free estimates include that inspection.
Stainless steel or hot-dip galvanized hardware is the only answer. Zinc-plated screws and standard drawer slides corrode inside five years in this humidity. We specify marine-grade slides on every Acreage kitchen job, and the cost difference is maybe a couple hundred dollars on a full kitchen. The cheap spec costs more within a decade. Call (877) 610-1318 for a quote on the right spec.
No. Standard interior thinset can’t handle the moisture load in a high-humidity kitchen, especially one sitting on a slab with a water table 18-24 inches below. You need a polymer-modified thinset rated for that environment. We stock it and use it on every backsplash job in The Acreage.
It adds time if you ignore it. An ITID right-of-way review typically runs a few weeks from filing to approval, and if it’s missing, Palm Beach County withholds final inspection sign-off. That means your punch list sits. We file the ITID permit at the same time as the building permit, and in most cases the review clears before cabinets are even ordered. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through the sequence for your specific lot.
Get Started With Your Kitchen Remodel in The Acreage
You’ve read this far because you’re serious about a kitchen that survives The Acreage’s ground, not just one that photographs well. We’re serious about the same thing. Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 and Tom or one of his sons will come out, walk your slab, check your swale, and give you a written scope and a written price. If you’ve got a second opinion from another contractor, bring it. We’ll look it over for free. And if it’s not done right, Tom comes back. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, and it’s on paper.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving The Acreage. Founded 1998. Name on the truck. Permit on every job.