Kitchen remodeling in Queens

Waste is the constraint in every kitchen, and in this borough the answer to what can move depends on the building type more than anywhere else in the city.

What is underneath you

In a two family house with a basement below, waste has somewhere to run, and a layout change that would be refused outright in a co op is often straightforward. In a co op above a neighbour, moving a sink any distance means finding a route that keeps its fall inside your own floor, and that is frequently the thing that ends the idea.

It is worth asking before you settle for the kitchen you already have, because the answer is not the same for your neighbour across the street.

Cabinetry

Postwar stock is straighter than prewar and takes stock cabinetry better. Older houses here are not, and a run against a bowed wall needs a filler scribed to the actual wall so the gap does not taper. That detail is the difference between a fitted kitchen and a placed one.

The days without a kitchen

Longer than people expect and mostly at the end, because a stone worktop cannot be templated until the cabinets are set and cannot be fitted for a while after that. We tell you where the gap falls.

What drives the cost

Whether services move, the cabinetry, the worktop, and appliances that bring their own power and ventilation requirements.

Questions people ask