Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
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A full kitchen remodel in Highland Park, TX typically runs $14,000-$45,000 depending on scope, and most projects we take on are completed within 4-8 weeks once permits clear. That’s the honest range, not a teaser number meant to get a salesperson through your door. If you’re planning a kitchen remodel in Highland Park, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your kitchen with you, put the scope in writing, and give you a line-item price before any work begins.
We work throughout 75205, from the older estate streets off Armstrong Parkway down to the newer builds closer to the Dallas North Tollway. Our crews know the difference between a 1920s Tudor kitchen and a 2021 builder-grade spec kitchen, and we plan for the right one before we touch a cabinet.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Highland Park’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and he still answers his own phone. That matters more in Highland Park than most places, because this town has its own building department, its own inspectors, and its own architectural review board. A contractor who doesn’t know that will get your project stopped mid-rough-in. We know it because we’ve pulled permits here, passed inspections here, and sat through architectural review feedback here.
Our Highland Park clients tend to be people who have already been through one bad remodel with an out-of-town outfit. They call us after the fact, usually with a kitchen half-torn-out and a bill that doesn’t match the quote they were given over the phone. That’s the exact problem we built this company to fix. Every scope item, every allowance, every price change comes to you as a written change order before work proceeds. If the allowance isn’t on paper, it doesn’t exist.
We carry our Kitchen Remodeling team’s reputation into every house we walk. Tom’s sons run the crews. The crew members on your job are background-checked, uniformed, and answer to the Barrett name, not a dispatch line in another state. And every job we finish in Highland Park carries the written 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Highland Park
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A full kitchen remodel in Highland Park usually means gutting to the studs, moving or adding electrical and plumbing, reworking the layout, and replacing everything from the floor up. In older 1920s-1950s homes, that almost always includes some structural correction: notched joists, failing subfloor, framing that predates modern code. In newer teardown-rebuild homes over 5,000 square feet, it usually means working around engineered post-tension slabs and commercial-grade appliance spec. We’ve done both. Full remodels here run $14,000-$45,000.
Kitchen Design & Layout
Highland Park kitchens are rarely forgiving spaces. Older Colonial Revival and Mediterranean homes were built for service kitchens, not open-plan entertaining, so moving a wall or relocating a range often requires an engineer’s letter and a careful conversation with the town’s architectural review board. We handle that coordination for you. Whether it’s a 1940s galley off Lakeside Drive or a new build near Preston Road, we’ll draw the layout, flag anything the town will question, and present it in a way that gets approved the first time.
Cabinet Installation & Refacing
Cabinet installation in Highland Park runs $4,000-$13,000 for a typical kitchen. Refacing runs lower and makes sense when the cabinet boxes are solid and the layout works. If you’re in a master-planned new build with builder-grade boxes, refacing is usually a waste of money; those cabinets aren’t built to hold new doors well. We’ll tell you which situation you have, and we’ll put it in writing.
Countertops, Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Quartz and granite countertop installation in Highland Park runs $2,000-$6,500. Backsplash runs $800-$2,500. We carry Cambria quartz and work with local slab yards so you can see the actual stone before it’s cut. Highland Park homes with open kitchens and big sight lines benefit from larger format tile and bookmatched slabs, but those choices affect cost, and we’ll give you the real number before you commit.
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 Park
We don’t install mystery brands off a van. In Highlands Park kitchens, we regularly work with KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz, and for windows replaced as part of a kitchen remodel, we carry Simonton and Ply Gem lines. You can look those brands up before signing anything, and we encourage you to. Stock and lead times vary, but for Highland Park jobs we coordinate with our local suppliers so you’re not waiting on a backordered cabinet door for six weeks.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
- Builder-grade cabinets that fail fast. Newer spec builds in Highland Park look sharp but use particleboard boxes with thin veneer doors. Within a few years, drawer glides sag and door hinges loosen. We replace these routinely. Refacing them is throwing good money after bad.
- Post-tension slab restrictions. If your Highland Park home was built in the last 20 years, the slab likely has tensioned steel cables running through it. Moving a sink or island means locating those cables before cutting. Do it without verification and you can sever a tendon, void your builder warranty, and create slab movement on the expansive clay that’s under almost everything in this area.
- Architectural review board surprises. A kitchen remodel that changes an exterior vent, adds a window, or moves a doorway can trigger the town’s deed restriction review. We saw a truck-wrap contractor from outside the area get a stop-work order on an exterior hood vent that violated a setback covenant. It cost the homeowner six weeks and a redesign. We check this before the permit application goes in.
- Older framing that wasn’t built for open plans. The 1920s-1950s stock in Highland Park often has true dimensional lumber and plaster walls, not drywall. That’s a different skillset than a drywall-and-2×4 teardown. A crew that doesn’t know how to cut and patch plaster will leave you with cracks that show through paint in a year.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Highland Park, TX
Here’s what we quote for Highland Park kitchens, using the market-calibrated ranges we’ve quoted to actual homeowners in 75205:
| Service | Highland Park Range |
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| Full Kitchen Remodeling | $14,000-$45,000 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000-$10,000 |
| Countertop Installation (Quartz/Granite) | $2,000-$6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800-$2,500 |
What moves the final number: structural changes, appliance selection, slab fabrication, and whether the town’s architectural review board requires design revisions. The permit fees are separate and paid to the town. We don’t mark them up. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free written estimate, and you’ll get line items, not a lump sum that hides the surprises.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
Beyond Highland Park, our crews work regularly in University Park, Dallas, Richardson, and Irving. If you’re in Kitchen Remodeling in Highland Park or one of the surrounding communities, the same crew, the same written change order policy, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise apply. We’re fifteen minutes from most of these neighborhoods, and a live person answers the phone 24/7.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park 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 Park
If you’re only replacing cabinets and countertops in place, with no electrical, plumbing, or structural changes, Highland Park generally does not require a permit. But the moment you touch wiring, move a gas line, or relocate plumbing, the town’s building department gets involved. We’ll tell you at the estimate whether your scope triggers a permit, and if it does, we pull it and meet the inspector. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your kitchen and tell you straight.
Interior-only kitchen work rarely goes before Highland Park’s architectural review board. The trigger is exterior change: a new window, a moved doorway, a relocated exterior vent for a range hood, or any change to the outside appearance of the home. Because Highland Park enforces 1907 deed restrictions, even a small exterior vent relocation can get flagged. We check deed covenants before we submit plans, so you don’t get a stop-work order after the drywall is opened.
It can, if the slab isn’t scanned before cutting. Post-tension slabs contain steel cables under tension, and cutting one can release that tension and cause slab cracking or movement on Highland Park’s expansive clay soil. Any island relocation on a post-tension slab starts with ground-penetrating radar or as-built drawings. We do that on every slab cut. If a contractor tells you it’s not needed, that’s a red flag.
Yes, and we do this often in the older Tudor and Colonial Revival homes around Bordeaux and Lakeside. A partial remodel, like replacing cabinets on one wall or installing a new island, runs $9,000-$20,000 for a small kitchen and keeps the rest of the house livable. The main constraint in older Highland Park homes is dust control: plaster walls and old subfloor generate a lot of it. We set up containment and negative air so you don’t have fine dust in the dining room for the next month.
Start with the island, then the countertops, then the backsplash. A builder-grade island in a Highland Park new build is typically a flat cabinet box with a laminate top. Replacing it with a custom island in quartz or granite runs $3,000-$10,000 and transforms the most visible surface in the room. After that, countertop replacement at $2,000-$6,500 and a new backsplash at $800-$2,500 give you the biggest visual return per dollar. The cabinet boxes themselves are usually the last thing to replace, unless they’re already sagging. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a written scope for the first upgrade, not a pressure pitch for the whole room.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Highland Park and the surrounding communities since 1998.