Kitchen Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale - Written Fixed Price, Finish Date in the Contract

Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Fort Lauderdale

A full kitchen remodel in Fort Lauderdale runs $14,000 to $45,000, with smaller projects starting around $9,000. The cost moves based on what’s hiding inside your walls, and in Fort Lauderdale’s older concrete-block homes, what’s hiding usually includes rusted lintels, outdated wiring, and wind-mitigation upgrades the permit inspector will require. At Barrett & Sons Construction, we quote the work that’s actually there, pull every permit, and put every price change in writing before a single nail moves. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.

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Why Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Call Barrett & Sons

We’re an owner-operated construction company, founded in 1998, and Tom Barrett’s sons run our crews. That matters in Fort Lauderdale because the homes here, built mostly between the late 1940s and mid-1970s, throw curveballs that national outfits either miss or price out of the job. Concrete-block construction, salt-air corrosion, canal-front setbacks, and HVHZ wind codes are everyday conversation for us, not line items we discover at inspection.

Fort Lauderdale customers don’t want a salesperson reading from a script. They want someone who’s opened walls in Victoria Park, replaced jalousie windows on the finger islands, and pulled permits through Broward County enough times to know what the inspector checks first. That’s us. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number, and a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call (877) 610-1318 and you’ll talk to a person, not a voicemail box.

Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Fort Lauderdale

Full Kitchen Remodeling

This is the whole job, from demolition to final inspection. We handle layout changes, framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, tile, and finish work. In Fort Lauderdale, a full remodel often means opening exterior walls, which triggers a wind-mitigation review under the Florida Building Code. We scope those upgrades into your contract as written allowances before we start, so the inspection doesn’t become a surprise invoice.

Cabinets & Countertops

We install KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz, along with granite and other premium countertops. Fort Lauderdale’s humidity and salt air mean cabinet boxes and hardware need corrosion-resistant fasteners and finishes built for coastal conditions. We also handle cabinet refacing, which is a smart way to refresh a kitchen without moving walls or triggering structural work. If you’re weighing refacing versus replacing, we’ll walk you through both options with honest numbers.

Kitchen Island Installation

Adding an island changes how a kitchen works, but in older Fort Lauderdale homes it also changes the electrical layout. Islands need outlets, task lighting, and sometimes plumbing if there’s a sink or prep faucet. We pull permits, run new circuits, and build islands that fit the room without making it feel cramped. On canal-front homes with open floor plans, we see a lot of homeowners adding islands that double as gathering space for family and guests.

Kitchen Design & Layout

Many Fort Lauderdale kitchens from the 1950s and 1960s were built as closed-off rooms with a single work triangle and no thought for how people live now. We help you open walls where it’s safe and smart, move appliances, add storage, and design a kitchen that works for the way you actually cook and entertain. Every layout decision gets checked against code and structure before you commit to it.

Trusted Brands We Install in Fort Lauderdale

We carry KraftMaid cabinets, Cambria quartz, and Quikrete and Techo-Bloc products for outdoor kitchen work and hardscape details that often accompany a Fort Lauderdale remodel. These are brands you can look up and verify, not mystery materials off a van. We stock common replacement parts locally and can source specialty items quickly through our South Florida suppliers. Our crew members carry the Barrett & Sons name, and they’re background-checked and uniformed on every visit.

Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes

• Rusted steel lintels over pass-throughs and windows. Decades of salt-laden air eat steel lintels from the inside. If a lintel fails after you’ve set new cabinets and tile, the repair means tearing out work you just paid for.
• Untreated spalling in concrete-block walls. Salt air causes rebar inside block walls to rust and expand, which delaminates the face of the block. We find spalling hidden behind old backsplash tile when it comes off, and it has to be repaired before new tile goes on.
• Old jalousie windows above the sink or counter. They leak during summer squalls and were never built to hold up under HVHZ wind loads. If they’re above your counter, they’re coming out, and the replacement has to be impact-rated.
• Outdated wiring that can’t handle modern kitchen loads. Many of these older Fort Lauderdale homes still have three-wire circuits feeding the oven and no GFCI or AFCI protection. When walls open, the inspector will require it, and trying to skip it fails the inspection.

Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Opening Up an Older Fort Lauderdale Home

Fort Lauderdale sits fully inside Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the strictest wind-load classification in the state. That means a kitchen remodel that opens exterior walls triggers a whole-structure wind-mitigation review under the Florida Building Code. We’re talking new hurricane strapping, impact-rated windows and doors, and reinforced roof-to-wall connectors before the permit can close. Most 1950s and 1960s concrete-block homes in Victoria Park, Tarpon River, and Coral Ridge never had any of those upgrades, so the requirement catches people off guard if their contractor didn’t scope it in advance.

On a Coral Ridge canal-front kitchen, we opened the wall behind the range and found the original 1962 three-wire circuit feeding the oven, plus a rusted steel lintel over the pass-through that had been eating the block for years. Our crew pulled the permit, scoped the new subpanel and GFCI/AFCI protection into the contract allowances, replaced the lintel with a galvanized box beam, and got the Broward inspection sign-off before we drywalled. That’s how you handle an older Fort Lauderdale home: inspect first, write the allowances, price the surprises in writing before you touch them. No mystery invoices at the end.

We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

Our crews work across Broward County. If you’re in Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Plantation, or Broadview Park, you’ll get the same Kitchen Remodeling service and the same written pricing. We coordinate scheduling from our Miami (South FL) office, and our crews serve Fort Lauderdale locally. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk about your project or visit our Fort Lauderdale page to learn more about what we do here.

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