Full-service kitchen remodeling for Santa Monica homeowners looking for better layouts, custom cabinetry, premium finishes, structural changes, and a design that feels intentional throughout the home.
Licensed • Insured • Bonded • 15+ Years Experience • Design-Build Experts • Serving Southern California
Kitchens in Santa Monica range from compact layouts in older Craftsman and Spanish-style homes to larger open kitchens in contemporary and extensively renovated properties. A successful kitchen remodel starts with understanding the existing space, what isn’t working, and how you want the kitchen to function every day.
Kol & Co. provides full-service kitchen remodeling in Santa Monica, helping homeowners create better layouts, more storage, improved lighting, custom cabinetry, upgraded appliances, and stronger connections between the kitchen and surrounding living spaces.
For larger renovations, we can also handle wall removal, structural changes, plumbing and electrical upgrades, engineering, permits, and construction as part of the project.
Whether you’re modernizing an older kitchen, opening it to the living area, or completely redesigning the space, we manage the project from planning and design through construction and completion.
Our typical kitchen remodel in Santa Monica may cost around $40,000–$70,000+, depending on the size, layout, cabinetry, appliances, materials, and amount of plumbing, electrical, or structural work involved.
Larger custom kitchens with wall removal, custom cabinetry, natural stone, premium appliances, extensive millwork, or major layout changes can cost significantly more.
The most accurate estimate comes after evaluating the existing kitchen and defining exactly what will change.
A complete kitchen remodel in Santa Monica can involve much more than new cabinets and countertops. Depending on the existing kitchen and your goals, we handle the layout, structural work, building systems, finishes, and installations needed to complete the renovation.
Reconfigure the existing kitchen to improve space, flow, and its connection to the rest of the home.
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Update or relocate the systems needed for the new kitchen layout, appliances, fixtures, and lighting.
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Build the functional core of the kitchen around cooking, storage, preparation, and everyday use.
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Complete the kitchen with coordinated materials, appliances, fixtures, and finish details.
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Most of our kitchen remodels take approximately 6–10 weeks of construction, depending on the scope.
Projects involving structural changes, custom cabinetry, extensive plumbing or electrical work, or specialty materials may take longer. Design, engineering, material ordering, and permitting should also be considered before construction begins.
It depends on the scope. A kitchen remodel involving structural changes, plumbing, electrical, mechanical work, or wall removal may require applicable permits and inspections.
Certain qualifying single-family kitchen remodels may be eligible for Santa Monica’s streamlined Express Permit process, while more extensive projects require formal plan review.
Santa Monica’s building permit process is paperless, and current permit applications are evaluated under the 2025 California Standards Code, effective January 1, 2026.
Kol & Co. handles the applicable plans, engineering, permits, construction, and inspections for your kitchen remodel.
We visit your home, discuss your goals, evaluate the existing space, and identify anything that could affect the design, budget, or construction.
We create a custom kitchen design, refine the layout, help you select materials, define the project scope, and establish a realistic budget.
When required, we coordinate the architectural plans, structural engineering, permit applications, and city approvals before construction begins.
Our team manages every stage of construction, from demolition and framing to cabinetry, countertops, tile, lighting, and final finishes.
Before the project is complete, we'll walk through the finished kitchen with you to make sure every detail meets our standards—and yours.
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.
You don’t need to have the entire kitchen designed before contacting us.
If you know the existing kitchen isn’t working—whether you need more storage, a better layout, a larger island, an open floor plan, custom cabinetry, or a complete transformation—we can help you determine what makes sense for the space.
Kol & Co. can handle your kitchen remodel from design and planning through engineering, permits, construction, cabinetry, finishes, and final completion.
Our typical kitchen remodel may cost around $40,000–$70,000+, while larger custom kitchens with structural changes, premium appliances, custom cabinetry, natural stone, or extensive finish work can cost more.
Most kitchen remodels take approximately 6–10 weeks of construction. Structural changes, custom materials, permitting, or a larger scope can extend the overall timeline.
It depends on the scope. Structural, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and other regulated work may require permits and inspections. Some qualifying single-family kitchen remodels may be eligible for Santa Monica’s Express Permit process.
Often, yes. First, we need to determine whether the wall is structural. A load-bearing wall may require engineering, a beam, posts, framing or foundation modifications, and applicable permits.
Yes. We can evaluate the existing floor plan and coordinate wall removal, structural work, a larger island, lighting, flooring transitions, cabinetry, and the new connection between the kitchen and surrounding living areas.
When structural engineering is required for the kitchen remodel, we can coordinate it as part of the project.
Yes. We handle applicable plans, engineering, permit documentation, construction, and inspections for the kitchen renovation.
For a major kitchen renovation, it’s best to begin planning well before your desired construction date. Design, cabinetry, engineering, permits, appliances, and specialty materials can all affect when construction can realistically begin.
