Kitchen remodeling in Clovis, from layout to final adjustment
Kitchen remodeling in Clovis is the right scope when the floor plan itself is the problem. If your complaint is that the cabinets look dated, refacing or refinishing solves it for far less. If your complaint is that two people cannot work in the room at once, that there is no landing space beside the range, that the refrigerator door blocks the walkway, or that a soffit is eating a foot and a half of vertical storage, then no amount of new doors will fix it. That is a layout problem and it needs the room reworked.
A typical kitchen remodel with us covers:
- Design and layout revision, including work triangle and clearance planning
- Demolition and haul away
- Soffit removal where the structure allows
- Coordination of electrical, plumbing, and drywall trades
- Custom cabinetry built for the new layout
- Countertop templating, fabrication, and installation
- Backsplash, hardware, and finish carpentry
- Final adjustment and punch list
We do not move structural walls or handle full structural engineering in house. When a project needs that, we tell you at the consultation and coordinate with the appropriate licensed trades rather than pretending the wall is non structural to keep the job.
The layout problems we see most in Clovis kitchens
- Soffits. Standard in homes built through the 1980s. Removing one typically recovers twelve to eighteen inches of vertical storage and lets uppers run to the ceiling
- No landing space. Code and common sense both want counter surface on both sides of a cooktop. Many older layouts have a range jammed against a wall
- Dead corners. A blind corner base cabinet swallows whatever goes into it. Corner solutions or a reworked corner recover that
- Single work zone. Galley kitchens in 1950s and 1960s Clovis homes were designed for one cook
- Undersized pantry. Often solvable with a tall pantry run rather than a floor plan change
- Poor lighting. Undercabinet lighting and better ceiling layout usually change the room more than people expect
Our remodel process
Consultation and budget range
We look at the room, listen to how the kitchen fails you, and give an honest budget range before any drawings exist.
Design
Plan and elevation drawings of the revised layout, with clearances, appliance specifications, and storage plan called out.
Written scope and schedule
A fixed scope document listing what is included, what is excluded, and a working schedule. You approve this before demolition.
Demolition and rough trades
Old kitchen out, soffit removed if applicable, electrical and plumbing rough work completed and inspected as required.
Cabinet installation
Boxes set, leveled, scribed, and fastened. Countertop templating follows once bases are set.
Countertops, backsplash, and finish
Counters installed, backsplash set, hardware fitted, trim completed.
Punch list and handover
Walkthrough with you, written punch list, and scheduled completion of every open item.
Scope options compared
| Scope | Layout changes | Typical time on site | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refinish | No | 3 to 6 days | Only the color is dated |
| Reface | No | 3 to 5 days | Style is dated, boxes are sound, layout works |
| Cabinet replacement | Minor | 1 to 3 weeks | Boxes have failed, layout mostly works |
| Full remodel | Yes | 4 to 8 weeks | The floor plan is the problem |
Budget and return
Kitchen work is consistently among the better performing remodeling investments. Remodeling magazine's Cost vs. Value research has for years shown a minor midrange kitchen remodel returning close to its full cost at resale nationally, and the Pacific region, which includes California, tends to post the strongest returns of any region in the report. Major kitchen remodels recoup a noticeably smaller share, generally in the range of half of project cost. The practical implication for a Clovis homeowner is that scope discipline matters: keeping the existing footprint and spending on cabinetry, counters, and storage tends to return more per dollar than moving plumbing and walls.
Cost drivers on a full remodel are the cabinetry package, the countertop material, whether the layout requires plumbing or electrical relocation, appliance selection, and flooring. Most full kitchen remodels in the Clovis area run from the mid twenty thousands upward, with cabinetry typically representing roughly a quarter to a third of the total.
Remodeling in Clovis housing stock
Clovis is really two housing markets and they need different remodel approaches. The older core around Old Town, along with the neighborhoods that grew up around it through the mid twentieth century, gives us plaster walls, out of square openings, eight foot ceilings, and original kitchens with soffits and galley layouts. Those projects are about recovering space and dealing with the reality that no wall is straight. The newer side of the city, including master planned areas such as Harlan Ranch, where the average home was built around 2009, and the newer construction in Loma Vista, presents the opposite situation: the layouts are generally sound and the ceilings are generous, but the original builder grade cabinetry is now fifteen to twenty years old and reaching the end of its service life. Those projects are usually about upgrading construction quality and storage function inside a floor plan that already works, which often means a cabinet replacement rather than a full remodel. We scope the job to the house rather than to a standard package.
Financing available on cabinetry projects
Most kitchen cabinetry projects land between $8,000 and $40,000. We work with homeowners who would rather spread that over monthly payments than pay in full up front. Ask your estimator to walk you through the options during your free consultation.