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Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Lantana
A full kitchen remodel in Lantana typically runs $14,000 to $45,000, with smaller projects like cabinet installation landing between $4,000 and $13,000. The coastal location, the age of our housing stock, and the salt in the air all shape how a kitchen should be built here. We’ve worked on enough canal-front and Hypoluxo Island homes to know that a Lantana kitchen is not the same as a kitchen ten miles inland.
Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach coordinates scheduling from our South Florida office, and our crews work throughout Lantana every week. When you call (728) 203-3270, a live person answers. That’s true at 2 p.m. and at 2 a.m. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and we’ll name the exact cabinet, countertop, and fixture brands in that written quote so you can research them yourself.
Why Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach Is Lantana’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
Lantana homeowners hire us because we understand what salt air does to kitchen hardware, what 1960s block construction means for load-bearing walls, and what the Florida Building Code requires for a wind-borne debris region. These are not things a contractor learns from a generic remodeling handbook. Our Kitchen Remodeling team has pulled permits in Lantana, passed inspections here, and knows which upgrades hold up on a canal-front home versus a raised ranch near Lantana Road.
Graham Stein, who leads our team, has walked through enough Lantana kitchens to know the questions to ask before demolition starts. Is the wall load-bearing? Is there corroded rebar behind that stucco? Will the cabinet hardware survive three hurricane seasons? These questions shape the written price you receive before we touch a single cabinet.
Every job includes shoe covers and drop cloths. Every crew member is background-checked and in uniform. And before we leave on the final day, we photograph the clean-up so you can see exactly how the kitchen was left. For families with kids and pets in Lantana, we plan around nap hours and school schedules, and we use pet-safe products where there’s a choice.
Styles & brands we work with
Cabinet Installation in Lantana
Cabinet installation in Lantana runs $4,000 to $13,000 depending on whether you’re refacing existing boxes or replacing everything down to the studs, and in waterfront homes we always recommend marine-grade hardware or solid brass hinges because standard steel will rust within a year of salt exposure. This is a project homeowners near the Intracoastal ask about constantly, because builder-grade cabinets from the 1970s and 1980s are reaching the end of their useful life.
Full Cabinet Replacement
We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets, both brands you can research independently and whose warranties travel with the finished kitchen. In older Lantana homes, full replacement gives us the chance to inspect the wall behind the old cabinets for moisture damage or spalling, which is common in block construction near the water.
Cabinet Refacing
If your cabinet boxes are solid but the doors and drawer fronts are tired, refacing can save thousands. We’ll order new doors in the exact dimensions, replace every hinge with a rust-resistant option, and leave the kitchen functional in less time than a full tear-out.
Countertop Installation in Lantana
Countertop installation in Lantana runs $2,000 to $6,500 for materials and labor, and we steer waterfront homeowners toward Silestone or quartz rather than porous natural stone because it handles humidity without sealing maintenance. The countertop is the surface your family touches every single day, and in a coastal kitchen it needs to resist salt, moisture, and the occasional ring from a sweating glass.
Quartz and Granite Options
We work with Cambria and Silestone for engineered quartz, and we’ll template, fabricate, and install with a single crew so the seam is right and the overhang is level. For families with young kids, quartz wins on durability and stain resistance without annual sealing.
Kitchen Island Counters
A single-slab island counter in a Lantana kitchen makes the room feel larger than it is, which matters in older homes with tighter footprints. We’ll tell you honestly whether your floor joists need reinforcement before we set a 400-pound slab, because on some 1950s frames, they do.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lantana
We stock and install materials from brands you can look up by name: cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria and Silestone, fixtures from Kohler and Moen. For Lantana’s coastal homes, we also work with James Hardie products where exterior or moisture-resistant materials come into play. These manufacturers stand behind their warranties, and we stand behind the installation with our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right.
See the difference
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AfterCommon Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Lantana Homes
- Rusted cabinet hinges and hardware. Salt air from the Intracoastal and the ocean destroys standard steel hardware within a year. We replace every hinge and pull with marine-grade stainless or solid brass on waterfront properties.
- Spalling on ocean-facing block walls. On Hypoluxo Island, our crew opened a 1960s block home’s kitchen and found spalling on the ocean-facing wall. We chipped out the corroded rebar, epoxy-coated the steel, and rebuilt the wall before hanging Wellborn cabinets with stainless hardware and a Silestone countertop rated for coastal humidity.
- Scratched and stained builder-grade counters. Many Lantana homes still have original laminate counters from decades ago, and they fail quickly in humid kitchens. Quartz eliminates the sealing cycle entirely.
- Unpermitted plumbing and electrical work. Older Lantana kitchens often hide previous DIY work that never passed inspection. We pull permits for every rough-in and Lantana’s inspectors verify the work before walls close, which protects your wind mitigation credits and your resale value.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Lantana, FL
Here’s what we quote for Lantana kitchens, in writing, before any work begins. These are not estimates that drift upward once the crew arrives. The written price is the price.
| Project | Typical Lantana Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
What moves a Lantana kitchen toward the top of that range? Load-bearing wall removal, custom cabinetry in unusual footprints, wind mitigation retrofits discovered mid-project, and high-end countertop slabs. What keeps it lower? Refacing instead of replacing cabinets, keeping the existing layout, and choosing quartz over exotic stone. Call (728) 203-3270 for a free kitchen remodel estimate, and we’ll give you a written line-item quote specific to your home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lantana
Our crews handle kitchen remodels across Lantana and the surrounding South Florida communities, including West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Jupiter, and Greenacres. If you’re a few miles outside Lantana proper, call and ask. We likely cover your street, and you’ll get the same written price and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Lantana, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lantana area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Kitchen Remodeling in Lantana
If you’re swapping cabinets in the exact same footprint without touching plumbing or electrical, Lantana generally does not require a permit. But if we’re moving a sink, adding outlets, or altering any load-bearing wall, we pull the permit before work starts. Lantana’s inspections verify work before the walls close, and doing it unpermitted can void your wind mitigation credits. Call (728) 203-3270 and we’ll tell you exactly what your project needs.
The two highest-return upgrades are impact-rated windows in the kitchen and proper strapping on any walls we open. Lantana sits in a wind-borne debris region, and your insurance discount depends on documented wind mitigation features. When we open a kitchen wall in a 1950s block home, we photograph the strapping and anchors before drywall goes back up, because that documentation is what the wind mitigation inspector needs to see.
Usually yes, but the phrase “usually” does real work here. In older canal homes, the floor framing often was not designed for a concentrated 400-pound countertop load. We’ll check the joists and the crawl space before recommending an island placement, and if reinforcement is needed, it’s a line item on your written quote before we start.
Use marine-grade stainless or solid brass for every hinge, pull, and fixture, and choose a non-porous countertop surface like quartz. Skip standard steel hardware entirely. We specify these materials on every waterfront Lantana job because we’ve seen what happens when a homeowner or a budget contractor skips them: rust within a year, pitting on faucet finishes, and a kitchen that looks worn before it should. For an exact materials list, call (728) 203-3270.
After the final walkthrough, we create a written punch list of any remaining touch-ups, and we complete those items before we ask you to sign off. Then Lantana’s building inspector performs the final inspection if the project required permits. You’ll get a copy of the sign-off, and if anything isn’t right after the job is done, the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers it. We photograph the clean-up before we leave, every single day, and you’ll see it.
If you’re planning a kitchen remodel in Lantana, call (728) 203-3270 for a free estimate. You’ll get a written price, a live person on the phone, and a kitchen built for salt air, block walls, and the way your family actually lives.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach, serving Lantana and the surrounding South Florida communities.
