Go Far®Kitchen remodeling · Seattle
Kitchen remodeling in Seattle.
Seattle’s houses were mostly built when kitchens were meant to be hidden — craftsman bungalows with the kitchen walled off behind the dining room, post-war boxes with one counter and one window. Go Far Construction opens them up: custom cabinetry, stone counters, islands people actually gather around, built by a family-owned, licensed Washington general contractor.
The starting point for most Seattle kitchen remodels is the house itself. Ballard, Wallingford, and Beacon Hill bungalows from the 1910s–20s usually hide a small, closed kitchen behind a load-bearing wall; Wedgwood and View Ridge mid-centuries put it in a corner of the floor plan. The single highest-impact move in these houses is opening the kitchen to the dining and living space — a structural change we design, engineer, and build routinely. Our load-bearing wall removal guide explains how beams, posts, and engineering come together, and what that piece of the project costs.
On budget: in this market a full kitchen remodel — new custom or semi-custom cabinets, stone countertops, tile, and updated appliances — most often lands between roughly $45,000 and $110,000, and layout-change projects with moved walls or relocated plumbing push past that. Older Seattle homes sometimes add scope a newer suburb wouldn’t — knob-and-tube wiring or an undersized panel that should be corrected while walls are open. We price all of it in an itemized written estimate before demolition, and our kitchen remodel cost guide breaks the numbers down line by line.
Permits for kitchen projects in the city run through the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI). Cosmetic refreshes typically need none; moved walls, new circuits, or relocated plumbing do. We prepare and track the application, include fees in the estimate, and meet every inspector on site — the same process we run on our Seattle remodeling projects of every kind.
What a Seattle kitchen project includes
Seattle kitchen remodeling questions
How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Seattle?
Most full kitchen remodels in the Seattle market — new cabinets, stone countertops, tile work, and updated appliances in the existing layout — land between roughly $45,000 and $110,000. Opening walls or relocating plumbing and gas pushes past that, and high-end custom kitchens can run well beyond $150,000. Older homes occasionally add electrical or plumbing corrections that we identify and price before demolition, not during it.
How long does a Seattle kitchen remodel take?
Once construction starts, a full remodel in the existing layout usually runs six to ten weeks on site; a layout change that moves walls or plumbing typically runs ten to fourteen. Door to door — design, selections, ordering, permits, build — a full kitchen project is realistically a four-to-six-month calendar, which is why we encourage starting the design clock early.
Do I need a permit to remodel a kitchen in Seattle?
A purely cosmetic refresh — counters, paint, hardware, backsplash — generally doesn’t need one. Moving walls, adding circuits, or relocating plumbing does, through the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI). We prepare the application, include the fees in your itemized written estimate, and handle every inspection.
Can you open up the kitchen in a craftsman or mid-century house?
Yes — it’s the most common structural request we get in Seattle. The wall between the kitchen and dining room is usually load-bearing, so the work involves an engineered beam, proper posts and footings, and a permit. Done right, the result reads as if the house was always built that way.
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