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AfterFast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Hollywood
A full kitchen remodel in Hollywood typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, and most projects take four to ten weeks depending on what’s behind the walls. If you live in a 1920s bungalow near Franklin Village or a courtyard apartment off Las Palmas Avenue, you already know the real question isn’t the cabinet style. It’s what we’ll find when we open things up. Our crews work Hollywood every week, and we answer the phone when you call: (877) 610-1318.
We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, founded in 1998 by Tom Barrett. His sons run the crews. If you’re reading this from a Spanish Colonial Revival courtyard building in the Hollywood Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, or from a hillside house near Runyon Canyon, we know the permitting path for your specific block. That’s what separates us from a contractor from the Valley who’s never had to sit with the LA Office of Historic Resources.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Hollywood’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Hollywood homeowners call us because Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number. You can look it all up before you sign. That matters here more than most places. This is a neighborhood where plenty of people have already been burned by an out-of-area crew that quoted one number on the phone and handed over a different bill when the permit got flagged.
We’ve remodeled kitchens in the 90028 zip code long enough to know that a permit on a Hollywood home is not a formality. It’s the thing that protects you when the inspector finds knob-and-tube wiring behind the lath, or when the HPOZ review board wants to weigh in on a plaster wall. We don’t skip those steps. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
We are not a franchise dispatching strangers. The people who show up at your home in Hollywood are Tom’s sons and the crew members who carry the Barrett & Sons name. They’re background-checked and uniformed on every visit. And when the job is done, you get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back. A live person answers our phone 24/7. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state call center.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Hollywood
Every Kitchen Remodeling job starts the same way: we walk the space, we check the plaster, we check the framing, we look at the electrical panel, and we map the plumbing. Then we write a scope. Here’s what we handle most often in Hollywood:
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A full gut remodel in Hollywood often means taking a 1920s kitchen down to the studs and rebuilding it for the way people actually cook now. That means new electrical, new plumbing rough-ins, new insulation, and then the finishes: cabinets, counters, backsplash, flooring, lighting. In HPOZ districts, we map out the historic review requirements before the first wall comes down so your permit doesn’t stall mid-project. In flatland buildings with tuck-under parking, we check whether seismic retrofit work already in progress will interfere with new plumbing runs before we quote you a number.
Kitchen Design & Layout
Hollywood kitchens are tight. The 1920s bungalows along streets near Hollywood Boulevard were built for a different era, when a kitchen was a service space, not the center of the house. We do a lot of work opening up walls between a closed-off kitchen and a dining room, relocating a sink or a range, and rebuilding the room around an island that actually fits the footprint. Tom will tell you straight if a layout change triggers structural work. On a hillside home in the Hollywood Hills, moving a gas line or a drain can mean drilling through a post-tension slab or working around sloped grading. We price that in from the start, in writing.
Cabinet Installation & Refacing
Cabinet installation in Hollywood runs from about $4,000 for a modest reface to $13,000 for full custom installation with premium lines. We install KraftMaid cabinetry and we also reface existing boxes when the framing is sound and the layout doesn’t need to change. A lot of Hollywood homeowners choose refacing because their original cabinets are built from old-growth fir that’s better than anything you can buy at a big-box store. We’ll tell you honestly whether yours are worth keeping.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Countertop installation in Hollywood runs $2,000 to $6,500 depending on material and square footage. Backsplash work comes in around $800 to $2,500. We carry Schluter waterproofing systems for tile work because Hollywood’s older homes struggle with moisture intrusion at exterior kitchen walls, especially on the north side of a hillside house where drainage runs toward the foundation. If we’re tiling a kitchen floor over a soft-story building’s wood-frame subfloor, we check the deflection before we set a single tile.
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 Hollywood
We install materials you can look up, not mystery brands off a van. In Hollywood kitchens, that means KraftMaid and Cambria for cabinets and countertops most often. On jobs where a kitchen shares a wall with a bath, we’ll use Schluter waterproofing and Grohe or Sterling fixtures. If a kitchen reno requires opening up an exterior wall, we specify GAF weatherproofing at the wall-to-roof transition so you don’t trade a kitchen problem for a roof leak. Parts and materials for Hollywood homes are typically available within a few days because our suppliers stock for LA’s older housing stock. Faster turnaround, fewer surprises.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Knob-and-tube wiring behind 1920s lath plaster. Opening a wall in a pre-1940 Hollywood bungalow and finding live knob-and-tube is common. You can’t legally bury it. It has to be replaced before the rough-in inspection passes. We write a wiring allowance into the contract so the cost doesn’t ambush you later.
- HPOZ historic review surprises. Even an interior-only kitchen remodel can trigger a historic review if original wood-lath plaster walls are disturbed. Getting a sign-off from the LA Office of Historic Resources before closing up the walls is a step most contractors skip until the permit gets held. We handle it up front.
- Seismic retrofit framing in the way of new plumbing. In Hollywood’s flatland soft-story apartment buildings, mandatory retrofit steel moment frames sometimes sit exactly where the new sink drain needs to go. A contractor who hasn’t worked the 1960s and 70s Hollywood stock underquotes the job, then hits you with a change order. We look for this during the estimate, not after demolition.
- Hillside drainage and soil movement at exterior kitchen walls. Up in the Hollywood Hills, kitchens on the downhill side of a house get water against the foundation. That leads to rotted sill plates and failed waterproofing behind the drywall. We address drainage first, then rebuild the wall so the kitchen doesn’t get water damage again in five years.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Hollywood, CA
A full kitchen remodel in Hollywood almost always lands between $14,000 and $45,000. The range is wide because a 1920s bungalow with knob-and-tube wiring, no insulation, and a historic review requirement costs more to renovate than a 1990s condo kitchen where the bones are clean. Here’s the breakdown:
| Service | Typical Range in Hollywood |
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| Full Kitchen Remodeling | $14,000-$45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000-$13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000-$6,500 |
We write allowances into every Hollywood contract for wiring, plumbing rough-ins, and historic review contingency work. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. If something changes once the walls are open, you get a written change order with a number on it before a single nail moves. That’s how we’ve worked since 1998. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll walk the space and tell you what the job will actually cost in Hollywood, not what a national estimator thinks your zip code should cost.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
In addition to our regular work across Hollywood, our crews serve Universal City, West Hollywood, Koreatown, and Echo Park. Many of those neighborhoods share the same older housing stock and permitting complexities we see every day here. If you’re just over the line, call and ask: (877) 610-1318. No trip charge inside the county.
Serving Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 Hollywood
Not always. Even an interior-only kitchen remodel in a Hollywood Historic Preservation Overlay Zone can trigger a historic review if you disturb original wood-lath plaster walls. If the LA Office of Historic Resources determines the plaster or other original fabric is character-defining, you’ll need a sign-off before closing up the walls. We handle that step before demolition so your permit doesn’t stall mid-project. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll check your specific property’s status.
If your Hollywood soft-story apartment building is under a mandatory retrofit order from the City of Los Angeles, steel moment frames near the parking level can conflict with new plumbing runs for a kitchen above. We coordinate with the retrofit engineer so your kitchen scope accounts for the framing layout. The cost of moving a drain or rerouting supply lines gets written in before we start. Call us for a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve already received.
Allowances cover work we can’t see until the walls are open: knob-and-tube wiring, rotted framing, undocumented plumbing, HPOZ-required material substitutions. Every allowance is a line item in the contract with a defined dollar amount and a defined trigger. When a change happens, you get a written change order with a number before we touch anything. The last contractor most Hollywood homeowners used told them permits were optional. We don’t do that.
We isolate the circuit, rewire the kitchen to current code, and replace any exposed knob-and-tube before the rough-in inspection. You can’t leave it live behind the lath once it’s exposed, and no inspector will sign off on a kitchen with active knob-and-tube in a remodeled wall. We document the work with line-item allowances and a written change order at every step, so you approve the cost before we proceed. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate.
A Hollywood Hills punch list usually includes checking cabinet door alignment, verifying backsplash grout lines, testing all plumbing fixtures for leaks, confirming the range hood vents correctly, and resetting any exterior drainage disturbed during construction. Our 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the work after you move back in: if something isn’t right, one call brings Tom back. Written on every contract, not buried in fine print.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Hollywood and surrounding communities since 1998.