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High-End Kitchen Remodeling in Rockwall and DFW
Whole-room remodels, taken back to the studs where the plan needs it. Not refacing, and not a countertop swap.
Written scope and locked price before any deposit · One-year workmanship warranty
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A small, cheap kitchen is the one that goes badly.
Most of what a kitchen costs does not shrink with the budget. Demolition, moving plumbing and circuits, permits and inspections, the cabinet lead time, templating the stone: those are the same whether the finishes are modest or exceptional. On a thin budget they eat the money meant for the room, and every surprise behind a wall becomes a crisis rather than a line item.
So we take the kitchens where there is room to do it properly: the whole room, a real plan, cabinetry and stone chosen on purpose, and the rough-in behind them done to carry it. That is the work that ends well for the people paying for it.
If yours is a refresh, paint, new hardware or a countertop on existing cabinets, we are the wrong call, and we would rather say so now than after a site walk.
Pricing
We quote kitchens on the plan, not a rate.
No two of these are the same job, so there is no per-square-foot number worth publishing. What moves the price is in the lists below: how much of the layout changes, what the cabinetry is, and what is behind the walls.
A site walk, then a written scope with a real number in it. Every selection is named in the scope or carried as an owner-supplied item, so nothing sits in a vague allowance waiting to become a change order.
The Work
Kitchens we have built.
Already in the price
- Demolition to the extent the plan needs, with the rest of the house protected and the work area sealed off
- Plumbing and electrical rough-in for the new layout, not the old one
- Permit filing and inspections wherever the scope changes plumbing, electrical or structure
- Cabinet installation, then stone templated from the installed boxes rather than the drawings
- Tile, trim, fixtures and appliance hook-ups to the written selections
- The punch list before final payment, and a one-year workmanship warranty
How we quote it
A site walk, then a written scope back within five business days. The scope names the work, the materials and the price, and the price does not move unless the scope does.
Anything found behind a wall or under a slab that changes the work gets priced and approved before we touch it. That is a change of work, in writing, not a surprise on the final invoice.
Payment is by ACH, card, check or cash, on the schedule written into the contract.
What Moves the Number
Up and down, before you ask for a quote.
Pushes price up
- Moving the sink, range or refrigerator, which moves plumbing, gas, venting or a dedicated circuit
- Taking out a wall, and whether it is load-bearing
- Custom cabinetry, inset doors, and cabinets to the ceiling
- Natural stone, especially quartzite or marble with book-matched or waterfall edges
- A panel with no room for the circuits a modern kitchen needs
- Relocating a drain in a slab foundation, which means cutting the slab
Keeps price down
- Keeping the plumbing wall and the range where they are
- Semi-custom cabinetry in standard sizes rather than fully custom boxes
- Quartz rather than natural stone
- A panel that already has capacity
- Selections made before demolition starts, so nothing waits on a decision
Common Questions
What does a high-end kitchen remodel cost?
We quote kitchens from a site walk and the plan rather than publishing a rate, because the number is set by how much of the layout changes and what goes in, not by square footage. Moving a range across the room, taking out a wall and building to the ceiling are each worth more than the size of the kitchen. Tell us what you want the room to do and you will get a written scope with a real number in it.
Do you do smaller kitchen updates, refacing or countertop swaps?
No. Small, low-budget kitchens are the ones that go badly: the fixed costs of demolition, rough-in, permits and lead times do not shrink with the room, so the budget runs out before the finishes do and there is nothing left for what turns up behind the walls. We take whole-room remodels where the plan and the budget match, and we would rather tell you that before a site walk than after.
Can you move walls, the sink or the range?
Yes, and that is most of what separates a remodel from a refresh. A wall that carries load gets a header sized before anything is cut. Moving the sink or range moves water, drain, gas or venting and usually a dedicated circuit, all of which is permitted and inspected. On a slab foundation a new drain location means cutting the slab, and we tell you that at the walk, not after demolition.
Who chooses the cabinets, stone and finishes?
You do, with your designer if you have one. The written scope names every selection, or carries it as owner-supplied, so the price is for the kitchen you picked rather than a placeholder allowance that turns into a change order. Selections made before demolition are also the single easiest way to keep the schedule.
Can we live in the house during the remodel?
Most people do. The kitchen is out of service while the work is underway, but the rest of the house should not feel like a jobsite: the work area is sealed off and the paths through the house are protected. We run occupied commercial renovations the same way, where the business stays open around the work.
What sets the schedule?
Lead times, more than labour. Custom cabinetry is usually the longest item, and the stone cannot be templated until the cabinets are set, so the order of work is fixed. We build the schedule from the selections, which is why making them before demolition matters. You will know the sequence and the long-lead items before anything comes out of the room.
Get a Written Scope
Tell us what you are looking at and roughly how much of it. We price the scope, and the price does not move unless the scope does.
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