Kitchen Remodel in Burbank, CA

Burbank grew with the studios: 1930s and 40s bungalows in Magnolia Park and the flats, postwar ranch homes across the city, and the equestrian Rancho district where horses still have the right of way. The housing is modest in scale and high in charm — and its kitchens and baths are largely original, compact rooms that today’s families have outgrown in every way except affection. We remodel kitchens and bathrooms across Burbank, keeping the charm and replacing everything that no longer works.

Kitchen Remodeling in Burbank

The Burbank bungalow kitchen is a small room with big expectations. Our kitchen remodels fit modern function into these footprints with care: cabinets built to the ceiling with drawers where doors used to hide things, quartz countertops, compact-but-serious appliances, and flooring that suits the house’s era. Where a dining room wall can open safely, the kitchen gains the connection to the rest of the house that modern life wants. In the postwar ranches the same ideas scale up — islands where the plan allows, storage walls, and lighting that makes the room feel twice its size.

Bathroom Remodeling in Burbank

Most Burbank homes were built with one small bathroom, later joined by a modest primary bath — both typically original now. Our bathroom remodels rebuild them with porcelain tile, walk-in showers or a tub-to-shower conversion, vanities with actual storage, and the ventilation the originals lacked. In the Rancho, guest and mud-adjacent baths get durable finishes that handle equestrian life. Behind every new surface: complete waterproofing and plumbing renewed where seventy-plus years of service have left their mark, all under one licensed contract.

Permits in Burbank

Burbank requires building permits for kitchen and bath remodels that move plumbing or electrical or alter walls, and its building division is well practiced with the city’s steady stream of bungalow and ranch remodels. The Rancho district adds equestrian-keeping rules for properties with stables, which affect site logistics more than interior work. We confirm the requirements for your address at the consultation, pull the permits, and sequence the inspections so the project proceeds on the schedule we quote.

What a Burbank Remodel Looks Like, Start to Finish

Consultations in Burbank start with the house’s story — its era, its additions, and how its systems have kept up — then move to measurements, photographs, and the practical checks: panel capacity, supply-line material, subfloor condition near the tub. Small kitchens reward precise planning, and we would rather measure twice in week one than improvise in week six. Your written estimate itemizes demolition, rough work, materials, installation and finish as separate lines.

Construction proceeds with floors protected, dust contained, and the household’s routine respected — in a one-bathroom house, sequencing is a courtesy we plan, not an accident. Rough inspections are passed before walls close; cabinets, counters, tile and fixtures follow in order. The job closes with a joint walkthrough — every fixture run, every drawer and door checked — and the punch list completed before we call it finished.

Details Burbank Homeowners Ask About

Burbank clients ask how much kitchen can fit in a bungalow — and the honest answer is: a complete one, if it is planned like a cockpit. Drawers instead of doors, a range sized to the room, a sink centered on the window the house already has, and storage in the dining room wall when the kitchen wall runs out. The bath question is the twin: one small bathroom serving everyone gets a layout that separates the morning rush — a shower that does not monopolize the room, storage at the point of use. These are solvable puzzles, and Burbank’s houses reward solving them well.

Burbank projects carry one more consideration we plan for explicitly: the city’s lots are tight and its streets parked full, so materials arrive on a schedule and the site stays compact — a courtesy the neighbors notice and remember. Inside, the same compactness is the design brief: nothing oversized, nothing wasted, every cabinet earning its width. It is a satisfying kind of project, and it begins the same way as all our work — with measurements, a systems check, and an itemized estimate you can hold us to.

Remodel My Kitchen or Bath is a service of Mars Construction Industries Corp, CSLB Lic #1138550 (A General Engineering | B General Building), licensed, bonded and insured.

Talk to us about your project: call 714.746.7611 or reach us through our contact page to schedule an in-home consultation and a detailed written estimate. See all the areas we cover on our areas served page.

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