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A full kitchen remodel in Calabasas typically runs $14,000 – $45,000 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, layout changes, and whether the work triggers Chapter 7A fire-safety requirements. Most projects we take on in Calabasas take four to eight weeks from permit sign-off to final walkthrough. If you’re planning a kitchen remodel in a gated community like The Oaks or Mulholland Estates, or on a hillside lot near Mulholland Highway, call us first: the crew that understands local HOA rules and hillside soil conditions before demo day is the crew that keeps your budget from doubling. Reach Penhallow Remodeling at (936) 259-2607.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Calabasas’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Calabasas homeowners tend to ask sharper questions than most, and we like that. They want to know whether their builder-grade cabinets are worth refacing or replacing, whether the Cambria quartz they’re eyeing will hold up against hard water from the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, and whether their HOA’s architectural committee will object to a range hood vented through an exterior wall. We give straight answers with a written price before any work starts.
Trevor Nash leads our remodeling team, and the number he puts on paper is the number on the invoice. That’s the Kingswell Way, and it’s been our operating standard since 2004. Every project includes a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if a cabinet door warps, a drawer slide binds, or a backsplash grout line cracks inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. No service call fee, no re-inspection fee, no argument.
Our technicians arrive in uniform and background-checked, and a live person answers our phones 24/7. When a Calabasas homeowner calls at 7 a.m. on a Tuesday with a question about their island overhang, a real person picks up.
For homeowners in Calabasas and the surrounding foothills, that means a Kitchen Remodeling team that shows up in the window we gave, leaves the job site clean, and stands behind the work long after the crew leaves.
Countertop Installation in Calabasas
Countertop Installation in Calabasas typically runs $2,000 – $6,500, and the right surface depends on where your home sits. Hillside homes along Mulholland Highway and canyon-edge tracts on the west side of town take more sun and more Santa Ana wind exposure than the flatter enclaves near Calabasas Road, which makes engineered quartz like Cambria or Silestone a smarter choice than natural stone for homeowners who don’t want to reseal every few years. We install Cambria quartz, which carries its own lifetime warranty alongside our 365-Day Done Right Promise, so you’re getting two layers of protection on the surface you’ll use hardest.
Quartz and Granite Slab Selection
Most Calabasas kitchens we see from the 1990s and early 2000s came with 1cm granite slabs on recessed plywood. That is the first surface homeowners replace. We help you pick a slab thickness and edge profile that works with your existing cabinet boxes if you’re doing a partial refresh, or a full 3cm profile if you’re replacing everything.
Island Countertop Overhang and Seating
Island work is common in Calabasas because most post-1985 floor plans center the kitchen on an island. A standard 12-inch overhang supports bar seating without brackets. If you want a 15- to 18-inch overhang for counter-height seating, we add steel corbels or a concealed support system and factor that into the written quote before we cut anything.
Kitchen Remodeling Company in Calabasas
A full Kitchen Remodeling Company scope in Calabasas runs $14,000 – $45,000. The spread is wide because the difference between swapping counters and cabinets in place versus moving a sink run, removing a load-bearing wall, and triggering Chapter 7A wall-assembly upgrades changes the job entirely. We quote the number you can hold us to, in writing, with line items for cabinetry, countertops, tile, plumbing, electrical, and permit work.
Full Kitchen Remodels and Layout Changes
When homeowners in Calabasas ask us to open up a closed kitchen, we start by checking the wall structure. Homes built on engineered hillside pads in the late 1980s and 1990s often hide steel moment frames or shear walls that flatland homes don’t have. If we have to work around those, we tell you before the quote, not after demo day.
Small and Partial Kitchen Remodels
A small kitchen remodel in Calabasas runs $9,000 – $20,000 and usually includes cabinet replacement or refacing, new counters, a backsplash, and fixture upgrades, without moving plumbing or load-bearing walls. For homes in gated communities where architectural review can add weeks, a partial remodel is often the faster path to a fresh kitchen.
Trusted Brands We Service in Calabasas
We stock and install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops, and Kohler, Moen, Blanco, and Delta fixtures. We’re also familiar with the prefab and panelized home brands showing up more in the hills around Calabasas, including Abodu, Dvele, and Mighty Buildings, and we can work with their panel connections and utility rough-ins when a remodel touches those systems. Because we keep local supplier relationships tight, lead times for Calabasas customers run shorter than the national average on cabinet orders, which matters when your HOA just approved the scope and you want to start.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Calabasas Homes
- HOA architectural review surprises. In gated enclaves like The Oaks of Calabasas and Mulholland Estates, an unapproved exterior vent or window spec can force a change order to undo work that’s already done. We pull the architectural committee checklist into the quote so nothing gets installed before sign-off.
- Hillside slab movement beneath the kitchen floor. Canyon-edge lots on expansive clay and decomposed granite shift seasonally. We look for stair-step foundation cracks and door-frame racking before we open walls, because undisclosed soil movement can double a remodel budget once framing opens up.
- Builder-grade cabinet boxes failing early. Many Calabasas tract homes from the 1990s and early 2000s got particleboard cabinet boxes with white laminate doors. The doors hold up, but the boxes swell at the sink base after years of small leaks. If the boxes are sound, refacing saves money; if they’re swollen, replacement is the honest call.
- Chapter 7A requirements discovered after demolition. If your kitchen shares a wall with an exterior assembly, any new wall vent or window opening must meet ignition-resistant standards under California fire code. Discovering that after the wall is open adds inspection days and can cost thousands. We flag it during the walkthrough.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Calabasas, CA
| Scope | Calabasas Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
What moves the number: whether you’re keeping the layout or changing it, cabinet line (Wellborn slab-front runs higher than KraftMaid standard), countertop material and slab thickness, whether plumbing moves, and whether Chapter 7A work or HOA review fees get added to the scope. Every quote is written, line-itemed, and fixed before we order a single cabinet. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll schedule a free estimate at your home in Calabasas.
We Also Serve Cities Near Calabasas
Calabasas sits at the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, and we regularly run crews into Calabasas itself plus Woodland Hills, West Hills, Topanga, and Canoga Park. The same written pricing, the same 365-Day Done Right Promise, and the same live-answer phone line cover every job we take in these communities. If you’re just over the hill in Topanga or down in Canoga Park, the same page rules apply.
Serving Calabasas, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Calabasas 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 About Kitchen Remodeling in Calabasas
Yes. The Oaks of Calabasas and other gated communities like Mulholland Estates require architectural committee review before city permits, and that review covers any change to exterior walls, vents, windows, or rooflines. If your kitchen remodel only touches interior surfaces like cabinets and counters, you may not need HOA sign-off, but if a range hood vents through an exterior wall or a window gets resized, you do. We pull the HOA checklist into the written quote and sequence the approval before we order materials. Call (936) 259-2607 to walk through your specific scope.
Generally no, as long as the work doesn’t compromise the structural or fire-rated assemblies behind them. In Calabasas, where many homes are still within extended structural-warranty windows from builders who developed in the 1990s and early 2000s, the risk is not cabinet replacement, it’s cutting into an exterior wall or fire-rated assembly without the right permit and inspection trail. We keep a clean permit record on every job so your builder warranty stays intact. In The Oaks of Calabasas, we gutted a builder-grade kitchen in a 1990s stucco-and-tile-roof home: the original white laminate cabinets and 1cm granite were swapped for Wellborn slab-front uppers in a matte finish, a Cambria Bellingham island top, and a Blanco Silgranit sink under a Kohler pull-down faucet. Because the kitchen shares a wall with the fire-rated exterior assembly, our general contractor had to pull a permit that triggered Chapter 7A inspection sign-off on the newly added ember-resistant wall vent before drywall closed, adding two days to the draw schedule but keeping the owner’s builder warranty intact.
Replace the countertops first. Most Calabasas tract homes built between 1985 and 2005 came with 1cm granite or ceramic tile counters set on a thin plywood substrate, and that surface looks dated and wears poorly. A Cambria or Silestone quartz replacement runs $2,000 – $6,500 here and instantly changes how the whole room reads. Cabinets are next; if the boxes are sound, refacing saves thousands over replacement. Call (936) 259-2607 for a written quote on either scope.
Only if the work touches an exterior wall, vent, or window, which is common when you move a range hood, add a window, or open a wall to the outdoors. Calabasas sits entirely within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so any new or modified exterior penetration must use ember-resistant vents, ignition-resistant cladding details, and the Chapter 7A materials list. Flatland neighbors like Woodland Hills or West Hills face far less stringent requirements. We flag every Chapter 7A trigger during the walkthrough and build the inspection time into the schedule, not after demo reveals it.
Hillside lots throughout Calabasas, especially the canyon-edge tracts built quickly during the late-1980s boom, frequently sit on expansive clay and decomposed-granite soils that shift seasonally. Before we commit to any remodel scope, we inspect for stair-step foundation cracks and door-frame racking. If we find movement, the structural correction gets added to the written quote before framing opens up, not as a change order after demolition. For a flat-lot home near Calabasas Road, this rarely applies. For a hillside home off Mulholland Highway, it’s the difference between a $20,000 kitchen and a $45,000 one.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Calabasas and the surrounding foothills.