From complete home renovations and structural reconfigurations to luxury kitchens, bathrooms, additions, and ADUs, Kol & Co. manages your Santa Monica remodel from design and engineering through permits, construction, and final completion.
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Our Services: Bathroom Remodelers · Kitchen Remodelers · Complete Home Renovations · ADU Contractor Services · New Home Builders
Remodeling a home in Santa Monica often means working with an existing property that has character, value, and years of previous construction behind the walls. From older Craftsman and Spanish-style homes to Mid-Century properties and larger residences North of Montana, the goal is often not simply to make a home look newer—it is to make it work better without losing what makes the property special.
Kol & Co. provides full-service home remodeling in Santa Monica, including complete renovations, kitchen and bathroom remodeling, structural changes, home additions, ADUs, and custom construction.
As a licensed, insured, and bonded design-build contractor with more than 15 years of experience, we can coordinate the project from the early planning stages through design, engineering, permits, construction, inspections, and final completion.
Planning a remodel in Santa Monica? Request a free quote and tell us what you want to change.
The cost depends much more on the scope than the home’s square footage alone.
As a starting point, Kol & Co. projects typically fall around:
Projects involving major structural work, custom cabinetry, premium materials, whole-house electrical or plumbing upgrades, additions, or complex site conditions can cost more.
The best way to get an accurate number is to first define the scope, evaluate the existing property, and identify any structural, permitting, or system upgrades that may affect the project.
A full home remodel in Santa Monica can involve much more than replacing finishes. Every remodel is different, but a comprehensive renovation could include the following.
Improve how your home flows and functions with structural and layout changes designed around the way you live.
May include:
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Remodel the most-used spaces in your home with better layouts, storage, materials, fixtures, and everyday functionality.
May include:
A whole-home renovation is an opportunity to address aging systems while walls and ceilings are already open—especially in older Santa Monica homes.
May include:
Bring the entire renovation together with materials and details selected to create a cohesive look from room to room.
May include:
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The timeline for a home remodel in Santa Monica depends on the size of the project, structural work, design complexity, permit requirements, and material selections. As a general guide:
Bathroom Remodel: 3–5 weeks
Kitchen Remodel: 6–10 weeks
Full Home Remodel: 4–8+ months
ADU: Approximately 12 months, including plans and permits
Custom Home: Approximately 18+ months, including planning and permits
Larger renovations involving structural changes, additions, custom materials, extensive plumbing or electrical upgrades, or more complex City review may take longer.
For major Santa Monica renovations, we recommend starting the design, engineering, and permitting process early, since these steps happen before construction can begin.
It depends on the work. Structural changes, wall removal, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, additions, and ADUs generally require applicable permits and inspections.
Santa Monica uses a paperless Electronic Plan Review system, with certain qualifying residential projects eligible for a streamlined permit process.
Kol & Co. handles the plans, engineering, permits, construction, and inspections required for your remodel.
We discuss your goals, walk the property, and identify existing conditions, opportunities, and potential project constraints.
We develop the layout, design direction, material selections, project scope, and preliminary budget.
When required, we coordinate architectural documentation, engineering, permit preparation, and applicable Santa Monica approvals.
Our team coordinates trades, scheduling, materials, inspections, construction, and ongoing project communication.
We complete the finishing details, review the project with you, address final items, and coordinate project closeout.
We work with homeowners throughout North of Montana, Wilshire-Montana, North of Wilshire, Sunset Park, Ocean Park, Mid-City, Pico, Northeast Santa Monica, Downtown Santa Monica, and surrounding West Los Angeles communities.
Whether you already know exactly what you want or need help determining what is possible, we can evaluate your property, discuss your priorities, and help you understand the scope, design, permitting, budget, and construction involved.
From a luxury kitchen or primary suite to a complete home renovation, addition, ADU, or custom build, Kol & Co. can manage the project from concept through completion.
A kitchen remodel may commonly begin around $40,000–$70,000+, bathrooms around $25,000–$40,000+, and significant whole-home renovations around $200,000–$500,000+. High-end finishes, structural changes, additions, custom cabinetry, extensive building-system upgrades, and larger homes can push costs higher.
Construction for a substantial whole-home renovation commonly takes approximately 4–8 months or longer, depending on the scope. Design, engineering, material procurement, and Santa Monica permitting should be considered separately when planning the overall project timeline.
Not every cosmetic improvement requires the same permitting process, but structural, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, addition, and other regulated work may require permits and inspections. The City determines the appropriate review process based on the project’s scope.
Yes. Santa Monica’s building permit process is currently paperless, and permit applications and project documents are submitted through its Electronic Plan Review system.
Often, yes. Whether a wall can be removed and what is required to replace it depends on whether it is structural and how loads are transferred through the home. Structural modifications may require engineering, calculations, permits, beams, posts, foundation work, or other reinforcement.
Yes. When the project requires architectural plans, structural calculations, or engineering, we handle those components as part of the overall design-build process.
Yes. We handle applicable permit preparation and the plan-review process for the project rather than leaving the homeowner to navigate each stage independently.
For a major renovation, addition, or ADU, it’s better to begin the conversation months before you want construction to start. Design decisions, engineering, permits, material selections, and procurement can all affect when construction can realistically begin.
