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Kitchen remodeling in Davis typically runs $14,000 to $45,000 for a full remodel, with smaller jobs like cabinet installation starting around $4,000 and countertop work between $2,000 and $6,500. Those numbers reflect what we’ve actually bid in neighborhoods from Old North Davis to Mace Ranch. If you’re in Davis and want a written price before any cabinet gets pulled, call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate. Our crews coordinate from the brand’s Sacramento office and serve Davis daily.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Davis’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Homeowners in Davis don’t call us because they want the cheapest bid. They call because they’ve been through the wringer – a contractor who ghosted after demo, a price that doubled at the door, a back-splash that cracked six weeks after install. Trevor Nash leads our team, and he put the Kingswell standard in place for exactly this reason: written price before work starts, a real arrival window, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every project. If it’s not done right, we come back and fix it. No re-inspection fee, no service call charge. That’s written on every contract we hand a Davis homeowner.
Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform. You know who’s walking into your kitchen. A live person answers the phone 24/7 – not a callback window, not a voicemail prompt. When a Davis homeowner calls at 9 p.m. with a question about their permit timeline, a real human picks up.
Kitchen Remodeling Contractor in Davis
A kitchen remodeling contractor in Davis handles the full scope: demolition, structural work, rough-in, finish carpentry, countertops, tile, and the permit process. On the slab-on-grade tract homes that dominate Davis neighborhoods like Central Davis and East Davis – most built between the late 1950s and 1980s – we routinely probe the concrete before we commit to a price. Expansive Yolo silty clay loam under those slabs causes heave, cracks, and sticking doors. If we find it, we document it up front and fold the fix into the written price. No surprises mid-job.
Full kitchen remodels in Davis run $14,000 to $45,000. What moves the number: whether you’re moving plumbing or gas lines, cabinet line (KraftMaid and Wellborn), countertop material (Cambria, Silestone, Caesarstone), and whether a bump-out or window relocation triggers solar access review. We’ll explain every line item before we ask for a signature.
Small and Partial Kitchen Remodels
A small kitchen remodel in Davis – think updating a galley kitchen in a 1960s ranch without moving walls – typically lands between $9,000 and $20,000. Cabinet refacing or new cabinet installation runs $4,000 to $13,000. These tighter jobs still get the same written price and the same 365-day guarantee.
Cabinet Installation and Refacing
We install and reface cabinets in Davis homes from Village Homes to South Davis. KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets are our standard because the warranty behind them matches our own. A cabinet install alone runs $4,000 to $13,000 depending on linear footage and whether we’re modifying the existing footprint. Refacing keeps the cabinet boxes and swaps doors, drawers, and hardware – a good fit for older Davis kitchens with solid framing but tired faces.
Kitchen Design in Davis
Kitchen design in Davis is its own animal. The city’s locally-adopted green building ordinance and codified solar access protection law mean a remodel that moves a window, bumps a wall, or adds a skylight can trigger a sun-angle shading analysis – a legal requirement that doesn’t exist in Woodland or West Sacramento. On a standard 6,000-square-foot Davis lot, even a modest bump-out can require Design Review sign-off before the first inspection. Our design process accounts for that review step on the first day, not mid-project when an out-of-area crew would get flagged and stalled.
We work through layout, cabinet selection, countertop material, lighting, and traffic flow with you at the table. Cambria quartz, Silestone, and Caesarstone are on our material list, and we’ll tell you which one holds up better to a Davis kitchen’s daily use. No rendering that looks gorgeous on screen but violates a solar shadow line at 3 p.m. in December. We design for the actual lot, the actual slab, the actual city rules.
Bump-Outs and Window Moves
When a Davis kitchen needs more light and a homeowner wants a wider window facing a neighbor’s rooftop array, we pull the sun-angle study early. That file goes to the city with the permit. It’s not optional here. We’ve watched crews from Sacramento get stopped cold because they didn’t know Davis requires it. Our office runs this on every addition and most window relocations.
Open-Concept Conversions on Tight Lots
Taking down a wall between a kitchen and dining room on a Davis lot means checking whether you’re touching a shear wall or a bearing point. Slab-on-grade construction from the 1960s and 1970s often hides surprises. We map the framing and the slab before we touch a saw. The goal is an open kitchen that doesn’t crack the ceiling a year later.
Trusted Brands We Service in Davis
We install and service kitchens built with brands Davis homeowners already know. If you have KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria or Caesarstone surfaces, or Kohler and Moen fixtures, our crew handles them with factory-spec installation. We stock common replacement parts and trim pieces locally for Davis customers, which means a cabinet door ordered today often lands faster than a Sacramento-based crew can route it through. Our partnership with these manufacturers puts a second warranty layer under our own 365-Day Done Right Promise – the product warranty and our written guarantee both stand behind the job.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Davis Homes
- Sticking doors and cracked slabs from expansive Yolo clay. The silty clay loam under much of Davis swells and shrinks with moisture. We probe the slab during our walkthrough and document any heave before we write the quote so the number holds.
- Out-of-area crews getting flagged on solar access review. A relocated window that shades a neighbor’s rooftop array will stall a Davis permit. We run the sun-angle analysis first if the scope touches any glazing.
- Tight 6,000-square-foot lots with shared walls and fence lines. Staging, dumpster placement, and material delivery happen inches from a neighbor’s property. We respect Davis noise and work-hour rules, keep the site clean daily, and notify neighbors when work starts.
- Tule fog compressing the winter construction window. December through February, dense fog slows framing inspection scheduling and makes concrete curing slower. We sequence interior demo and cabinet work so exterior cuts and pours land when conditions are right.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Davis, CA
| Service | Price Range in Davis |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Every line above is a real range from jobs we’ve bid in Davis. What pushes a remodel toward $45,000: moving gas and plumbing, opening a bearing wall, Cambria or Caesarstone counters, custom cabinet runs, and solar access review on relocated windows. What keeps it near $14,000: refacing instead of replacing cabinets, keeping the footprint, and choosing mid-range quartz. The number you see on our written estimate is the number on the invoice. We don’t do change orders without a signed, written authorization first.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davis
Our Kitchen Remodeling team handles kitchens throughout Yolo County. We serve Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters with the same written-price standard and the same 365-day guarantee. If you’re in one of those communities and planning a kitchen remodel, call (936) 259-2607 – the process starts the same way: a free walkthrough, a written number, and a date on the calendar. This page focuses on Davis, but our crews work the surrounding area daily.
Serving Davis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davis 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 Davis
Davis has its own codified solar access protection law that Woodland does not. Any remodel moving a window, adding a skylight, or bumping out a wall can shade a neighbor’s rooftop solar array, and the city requires a sun-angle shading analysis before it will release inspection sign-off. We file that study with the permit package on Day 1. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll tell you during the walkthrough whether your scope triggers it.
Yes, and we’d rather know it now than mid-demo. Expansive Yolo silty clay loam under slab-on-grade homes from the 1950s through 1980s causes heave and cracks. We probe the slab before we quote. If we find movement, the fix – usually leveling the affected section or adding a structural overlay – is written into the price up front. No hidden change order after the cabinets are out.
Yes, but we sequence for it. The thick December-through-February fog slows concrete curing and can delay exterior inspections. We schedule interior demo, cabinet work, and finish carpentry during the fog window, and hold any slab or exterior cuts for clear weather. Your project keeps moving even when the fog sits on the Sacramento Valley floor. Call to talk through a winter start.
We stage tight and communicate early. Most Davis lots run around 6,000 square feet with fence lines inches from the work. We park the dumpster where access allows, keep materials staged against the house not the neighbor’s property, and follow the city’s noise and work-hour rules exactly. We tell neighbors when demolition starts and keep the site swept daily. The goal is a remodel that finishes without a single complaint to the city.
Yes, most kitchen remodels in Davis need a building permit, and the inspection process here is stricter than surrounding Yolo County cities. Design Review applies if you change any exterior wall, window, or roof line. We pull the permit, schedule the inspections, and pass the final sign-off before we call the job done. Our written contract includes the permit scope and the inspection schedule. Call (936) 259-2607 to get the specifics for your address.
What a Davis Kitchen Remodel Actually Looks Like on a Tight Lot
On a late-1950s slab-on-grade ranch in Old North Davis near the UC Davis campus edge, our crew tore out a 1970s galley kitchen down to the original post-tension slab. We leveled a heaving subfloor section before setting KraftMaid cabinets and ran the rough-in for a relocated island sink. Because the lot sits tight against a neighboring wall and the new window shifted the solar exposure, we filed the sun-angle study with the city and kept the neighbor notified through the punch list. The job closed on the draw schedule with inspection sign-off on the first pass, no change order needed once we had the slab condition documented in writing.
That’s the kind of job we do regularly in Davis. Constrained lots, old slabs, city rules that demand paperwork before progress. Our process handles all three.
Call (936) 259-2607 to schedule your free estimate. Trevor Nash and the Penhallow Remodeling team will walk your kitchen, write down the real numbers, and hand you a price you can hold us to.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Davis and greater Yolo County kitchens.