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St. Johns County · Northeast Florida

Kitchen Remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach

Full kitchen renovations — layout, structure, systems and cabinetry — handled by the same crew start to finish. Licensed and insured, Florida Certified Building Contractor CBC1265492.

Typical weeks on site
6-10Typical weeks on site
Structural, electrical and plumbing in-house scope
FullStructural, electrical and plumbing in-house scope
Dust containment on occupied homes
SealedDust containment on occupied homes

Kitchen Remodeling for Ponte Vedra Beach property owners

Every kitchen remodeling job we run in Ponte Vedra Beach gets scoped on site first. TPC Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Boulevard both sit inside the area we cover in Ponte Vedra Beach. What comes across our desk from Ponte Vedra Beach is mostly oceanfront estates, golf-course homes and Intracoastal waterfront.

Deep dune sand on the ocean side grading to marsh-edge soils along the Intracoastal — two entirely different foundation problems inside one zip code. Ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other, both salt, with the highest wind exposure in the service area. Those two facts explain most of the difference between a Ponte Vedra Beach estimate and one from an hour inland.

What coastal conditions in Ponte Vedra Beach change

Salt air reaches everything in Ponte Vedra Beach, including the inside of a kitchen. Appliance finishes, hardware, hinges and drawer slides all corrode faster here, and the difference between marine-grade and standard hardware shows up within a few years rather than a few decades. High-end custom homes where finish tolerance is measured tighter than code requires and material corrosion resistance is non-negotiable. That means many kitchens are also compact, so layout efficiency matters more than square footage. Private community architectural review boards that are frequently more demanding than county code, plus CCCL review oceanfront.

Something else that decides the scope here: ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other, both salt, with the highest wind exposure in the service area. Which means a scope written for somewhere else will be wrong here in ways that only surface once work starts.

Approvals run through St. Johns County Building Services, with community architectural review. That gets checked on the first visit, not after plans are paid for.

None of that is exotic. It's just the difference between an estimate written for Ponte Vedra Beach and one written for anywhere.

What kitchen remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach covers

  • Layout and structural review
  • Electrical and appliance planning
  • Plumbing and venting
  • Cabinetry and countertops
  • Flooring, tile and finish
  • Containment and cleanup
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Signs it's time to call

These are the things owners tell us on the first call. If more than one sounds familiar, it's worth a look.

  • Two people cannot work in the room at the same time without one of them moving.
  • You're running the microwave and the coffee maker on the same circuit and tripping it.

How we deliver kitchen remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach

  1. 01

    Kitchen walkthrough

  2. 02

    Design and selections

  3. 03

    Permit and ordering

  4. 04

    Demolition and rough-in

  5. 05

    Cabinetry, counters and tile

  6. 06

    Trim out and punch

What actually drives the cost

We won't quote a number sight unseen. These are the factors that move it, so you can see where your project is likely to land before we ever walk the property.

Cabinetry is the largest single line
Stock, semi-custom and full custom cabinetry span an enormous range on identical footprints. This choice moves a kitchen budget more than any other single decision.
Moving plumbing and gas
Keeping the sink and range where they are costs a fraction of relocating them. Whether that's worth it depends on how bad the current layout is — sometimes it clearly is.

Working in Ponte Vedra Beach.

We remodel kitchens in Ponte Vedra Beach homes, from compact beach cottage kitchens to full renovations in larger coastal houses. Oceanfront estates, golf-course homes and Intracoastal waterfront define the setting. Hardware and appliance selection here is a durability decision as much as an aesthetic one, and we're direct about which finishes hold up.

Our St. Johns County work covers Ponte Vedra Beach plus Jacksonville Beach, Palm Valley, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach — near enough to each other that a site visit is never a production.

  • oceanfront estates
  • golf-course homes
  • Intracoastal waterfront

Kitchen Remodeling questions in Ponte Vedra Beach

What holds up best in a Ponte Vedra Beach kitchen near the ocean?

Solid stainless hardware, quality soft-close slides and appliance finishes rated for coastal use. Standard chrome and cheaper stainless pit within a few years this close to salt air. In Ponte Vedra Beach we'd rather spend the budget there than on a finish detail nobody sees.

What should I budget for kitchen remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach?

It depends on the site more than on the square footage. Deep dune sand on the ocean side grading to marsh-edge soils along the Intracoastal — two entirely different foundation problems inside one zip code, and ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other, both salt, with the highest wind exposure in the service area, both of which move the number materially in Ponte Vedra Beach. We quote after a walkthrough, free of charge.

What's the permitting process for kitchen remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach?

Yes for anything structural or involving systems. Permits come from St. Johns County Building Services, with community architectural review, and there's a local wrinkle worth knowing: private community architectural review boards that are frequently more demanding than county code, plus CCCL review oceanfront. We handle the whole submittal.

When could you get out to look at a Ponte Vedra Beach property?

Quickly for the walkthrough — Ponte Vedra Beach is close enough to Keystone Heights that scheduling isn't the constraint. Permitting is, and we'll be straight with you about how long St. Johns County Building Services, with community architectural review actually takes.

Do you actually travel to Ponte Vedra Beach?

Yes, regularly. We're based in Keystone Heights and St. Johns County is core territory for us; Jacksonville Beach, Palm Valley and Neptune Beach are all on the same routes. (352) 478-6112 gets you a site visit.

How do you keep the dust out of the rest of the house?

Sealed barriers at the openings, floor protection along the path in and out, and cleanup at the end of each day. Renovation dust is never zero, but it should never be everywhere.

Will the new floor match the rest of the house?

If we can source it, yes. If not, we'll recommend a deliberate transition at the doorway rather than a near-miss that draws the eye.

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Kitchen Remodeling in Ponte Vedra Beach