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A full kitchen remodel in Lennox, CA typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, with small or partial remodels landing between $9,000 and $20,000. Those numbers cover everything from cabinet replacement to countertop fabrication, flooring, lighting, and finish work, and they hold true across the 90304 zip code. If you’re weighing a refresh of an original 1950s kitchen in a stucco bungalow or gutting a cramped apartment unit near Hawthorne Boulevard, the first step is a written, line-item estimate. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom Barrett or one of his sons will walk the space with you, no trip charge inside the county.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Lennox’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Lennox isn’t a city. It’s an unincorporated Los Angeles County enclave, which means every permit, every inspection, and every code sign-off runs through LA County’s Department of Building and Safety, not a local building desk. We’ve been pulling County permits for Lennox projects long enough to know the Hawthorne satellite office by name, and we schedule around County inspection timelines instead of pretending they don’t exist. That’s the kind of thing that keeps a kitchen remodel from stalling at week nine while everyone waits on a sign-off.
Our Kitchen Remodeling team works Lennox regularly, from the older blocks near Lennox Park to the apartment buildings along Lennox Boulevard and Inglewood Avenue. We know the housing stock: post-WWII stucco bungalows and modest 4-to-8-unit apartment buildings, most built between the 1940s and 1960s. We also know what’s hiding behind those walls, because we’ve opened enough of them. Galvanized supply plumbing. Aluminum branch wiring. Unpermitted additions that were never signed off. None of it surprises us, and all of it goes into the written scope before you ever sign.
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and still answers his own phone. His name, his license number, and his business address are published, and you’re welcome to look them up before you sign anything. Homeowners in Lennox don’t get a call center or a rotating cast of subcontractors. They get Tom on the phone and Tom’s sons on the job site. That’s the whole model.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Lennox
Full Kitchen Remodeling
This is the whole room, down to the studs when necessary: demo, framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, backsplash, and finish trim. In Lennox, a full remodel almost always surfaces something the previous owner never pulled a permit for, and that’s precisely where our process protects you. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, which is why every Barrett & Sons job includes permits pulled and inspections signed. A full kitchen in Lennox runs $14,000 to $45,000.
Cabinets & Countertops
We install KraftMaid and Cambria because those are brands you can look up, not mystery boxes off a van. Cabinet installation in Lennox homes runs $4,000 to $13,000, depending on linear footage and whether we’re adding soft-close hardware or pull-out storage. Countertop installation runs $2,000 to $6,500 for quartz or granite, measured and templated after the cabinets are set, never before.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Backsplash installation in Lennox typically runs $800 to $2,500 depending on material and square footage. We set tile on Schluter membranes when the substrate calls for it, which in Lennox’s older homes is most of the time. The coastal marine layer that rolls through every morning doesn’t touch indoor tile work, but it does affect dry times on floor leveling, so we build that into the schedule rather than rushing it.
Kitchen Design & Layout
When space is tight in a 1940s bungalow, layout is everything. We work through cabinet runs, island placement, appliance clearances, and lighting with a design-and-measure process that keeps you involved from first sketch to final walkthrough. No allowance goes to work without your sign-off, and every allowance arrives on paper before materials are ordered.
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 Lennox
We stock and install brands with reputations you can verify: KraftMaid and Cambria in kitchens, Schluter for waterproofing and tile substrate, and GAF on the roof when the scope reaches beyond the kitchen. Working in Lennox means carrying materials that handle what this climate throws at them, from Lennox Windows & Doors to fasteners rated for coastal conditions. Salt-laden air from the coast accelerates corrosion on exposed metal hardware, so we spec connectors and fasteners rated for it. Corrosion isn’t a cosmetic issue here; it’s a structural one. When you’re spending five figures on a kitchen, the hardware behind the drywall matters as much as the countertop in front of it.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Lennox Homes
- Unpermitted additions from decades ago. Lennox’s bungalows and small apartment buildings have been informally expanded and subdivided over 60-plus years. The first thing we do on any kitchen remodel is check the footprint against County records, because an unpermitted addition changes the entire permit path before a single cabinet comes out.
- Original electrical that can’t carry a modern kitchen. Knob-and-tube and aluminum branch wiring still hide in a lot of these walls. A new kitchen needs grounded circuits, GFCI protection near water, and dedicated runs for appliances. That work happens before drywall, and it’s in the written scope from day one.
- Galvanized supply plumbing nearing end of service. The homes here were built when galvanized steel was standard. Sixty years later, it’s corroding from the inside. A kitchen remodel is the logical time to replace supply lines, and we’d rather you know the cost going in than discover it behind the sink at week three.
- Moisture and salt air from the coastal layer. Morning fog in Lennox means surface moisture that slows stucco, concrete, and some adhesive curing. We schedule exterior-adjacent work accordingly, and we use corrosion-rated hardware wherever coastal air will reach it.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Lennox, CA
Here’s what we see in the Lennox market right now. Small kitchen remodels, meaning cabinet refacing or layout-light updates, run $9,000 to $20,000. Full kitchen remodels run $14,000 to $45,000. Cabinet installation is $4,000 to $13,000. Countertops run $2,000 to $6,500, backsplash $800 to $2,500, and a kitchen island installation runs $3,000 to $10,000 depending on whether it needs plumbing and electrical.
What moves the number is scope: whether walls move, whether the footprint changes, what the electrical and plumbing runs look like once we open the walls. You’ll know all of it before you commit, because every price change arrives as a written change order before work proceeds. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and we’ll put the whole thing in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lennox
Our crews work Del Aire, Hawthorne, Inglewood, and El Segundo regularly, so if your project sits near the edge of the 90304 boundary, you’re still well within our normal service area. We also handle Bathroom Remodeling in Lennox for homeowners who want both rooms done, and Roofing in Lennox when the project reaches the exterior.
Serving Lennox, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lennox 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 Lennox
Most Lennox projects get a site walk within a few days of your call, and once the written scope is signed, we order materials and coordinate County permit timing immediately. The schedule depends on permit review and your material selections, not on us stalling. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom will give you a realistic start window.
Yes. We work single-family homes, duplexes, and small apartment buildings throughout 90304, from the streets around Lennox Park up to the Inglewood and Hawthorne edges, and we also handle Fence Installation in Lennox. Apartment units carry their own code considerations around fire-rated assemblies and shared utilities, and we handle those with the same written-scope approach.
Material costs are roughly the same, but Lennox projects sometimes carry extra hours for County-side permit coordination and for correcting unpermitted prior work, which is more common in this housing stock than in some neighboring cities. We don’t mark that up as profit. It shows up as line items in your written estimate. A free second opinion on any written estimate is always available.
Every Barrett & Sons job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on the contract. If something isn’t done right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call. Beyond that, material warranties from brands like KraftMaid and Cambria apply as specified by the manufacturer. You’ll see all of it in writing before work begins.
If the work touches electrical, plumbing, structural changes, or the overall footprint, yes, and we pull them through LA County’s Department of Building and Safety. Lennox has no city government, so there’s no city hall to file with. We know the County process, and we factor County inspection timelines into your schedule. Contractors new to the area sometimes try to pull permits at a city hall that doesn’t exist and lose weeks. We don’t.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Lennox and the surrounding Los Angeles County communities since 1998.