Kitchen Remodel in Irvine, CA
Irvine was planned village by village — Woodbridge, Northwood, Westpark, Portola Springs, the Great Park neighborhoods — and each era of tract building left its own kitchen footprint. The 1970s and 80s originals are ready for their second or third renovation, while even many 2000s builds carry the builder-grade cabinets and tile counters their first owners never loved. We remodel kitchens and bathrooms across Irvine, working within village HOA guidelines and the city’s permit process.
Kitchen Remodeling in Irvine
Most Irvine kitchens we remodel keep their footprint and gain storage, light and work surface: new semi-custom cabinets with real drawer storage, quartz countertops, a proper tile backsplash, under-cabinet lighting and waterproof plank or tile flooring. Where the plan allows, we open the wall between kitchen and family room — the single change Irvine homeowners request most — after confirming the structure and any HOA architectural review your village requires. See our full kitchen remodeling service for what a complete project includes.
Bathroom Remodeling in Irvine
Irvine primary baths of a certain age share the same layout: a garden tub nobody uses, a small enclosed shower, and a long double vanity. Our bathroom remodels typically convert that tub deck into a walk-in shower (or perform a full tub-to-shower conversion), retile with large-format porcelain, and replace the vanity run with modern cabinetry and quartz tops. Hall baths get durable, family-friendly updates with better ventilation — Irvine’s newer homes are tightly sealed, and a properly ducted exhaust fan matters more than most people realize.
HOAs, Permits and the Irvine Process
Many Irvine villages have homeowners associations with architectural guidelines covering visible changes, work hours and sometimes material approvals; interior remodels also need city building permits when plumbing, electrical or walls move. We prepare permit paperwork, schedule inspections, and help you assemble the HOA submittal details — colors, materials, scope description — so approvals move in parallel instead of in series. You will know before demolition exactly which approvals your project needs.
Why Irvine Homeowners Choose Us
One licensed contractor for the whole job: demolition, plumbing, electrical adjustments, cabinets, tile and finishes under a single contract and a single point of accountability. Our estimates are written and itemized — no allowances that quietly grow — and our crews work in occupied Irvine homes every week, protecting floors, containing dust and keeping the rest of the house livable.
What an Irvine Remodel Looks Like, Start to Finish
Most of our Irvine projects begin with a consultation at the home, where we measure the kitchen or bath, photograph the existing conditions and talk through how your household actually uses the space. For village homes with HOAs, we identify any architectural-review requirements at this stage — some Irvine associations want exterior details only, but a few review window and door changes too, and it is far better to know in week one than week six. After selections are made, you receive an itemized written estimate covering demolition, rough plumbing and electrical, materials, installation and finish work as separate visible lines.
During construction we protect the floors along the work path, contain dust at the room entry, and keep a second bathroom or a functional kitchen zone available whenever the scope allows. Irvine inspectors are thorough, and our crews are used to it: rough-in inspections are scheduled and passed before walls close, and we walk you through each stage as it completes. The project ends with a punch-list walkthrough — doors aligned, drawers gliding, grout sealed, fixtures run and checked — and only then is the job called finished.
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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