Kitchen remodeling fort-lauderdale FL is different from every other Broward city — the mix of 1950s historic homes in Victoria Park, waterfront estates on the canals near Las Olas, and mid-century bungalows in Sailboat Bend demands a contractor who knows what's inside these walls before they open them. We do. Speedy Remodeling Company has remodeled Fort Lauderdale kitchens since 1999 — licensed, insured, all permits pulled, and a single project manager from demo day to final walkthrough.
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Kitchen remodeling fort-lauderdale homeowners search for has one consistent theme: the home is beautiful on the outside — maybe a 1955 ranch in Victoria Park, a canal-front two-story in Rio Vista, or a Craftsman bungalow steps from Sailboat Bend's tree-lined streets — but the kitchen is still stuck in the decade it was built. Narrow galley layout. Original oak or even Formica cabinets. A window where an island should be. And in waterfront homes near Las Olas, salt-air corrosion on the hardware and warped MDF cabinet boxes that were never built for a marine environment.
Most contractors assume a Fort Lauderdale kitchen remodel is the same job as a Plantation or Coral Springs kitchen remodel — swap the cabinets, install the countertop, collect the check. The truth is, our data from 70+ Fort Lauderdale jobs tells a completely different story: roughly 6 in 10 Fort Lauderdale homes we open have at least one hidden condition — knob-and-tube wiring, an undersized electrical panel, cast-iron drain lines that need re-routing, or a load-bearing wall exactly where the homeowner wants an island. Compared to newer suburban Broward cities, Fort Lauderdale jobs run 15 to 30% more complex on average. Contrary to what most homeowners hear from big-box referral networks, the lowest bid on a Fort Lauderdale historic home is almost never the cheapest project — it's just the one that hides the problems until week three. Our analysis of our own completed projects shows that jobs where we caught and scoped the hidden conditions up front finished within 4 days of the projected timeline. Jobs that didn't get a thorough pre-demo assessment averaged 11 extra days of delays. We have run that pre-demo process on every Fort Lauderdale estimate since 2004.
In our experience remodeling Fort Lauderdale homes since 1999, we've completed more than 70 kitchen projects in Fort Lauderdale alone, and the challenges here are not the same as in newer Broward suburbs. Opening a wall in a 1950s Victoria Park home means evaluating knob-and-tube wiring, cast-iron drain stacks, and original plaster over wood lath — not standard drywall. Canal-front kitchen remodels near Las Olas require material choices that most contractors never discuss, because in a high-humidity, salt-air environment, the wrong cabinets and the wrong hardware will fail within three years. We have that conversation on the estimate call, not after you've already signed.
This page is written specifically for Fort Lauderdale homeowners. Below you will find what kitchen remodeling actually costs in Fort Lauderdale's neighborhoods, why Fort Lauderdale jobs run differently than surrounding cities, which neighborhoods we work in most, and six questions Fort Lauderdale homeowners ask us every week. If you want to skip ahead, call us at (754) 354-5443 — we answer live Monday through Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM.
Victoria Park, Sailboat Bend, and Coral Ridge hold some of the oldest homes in Broward County. In our experience remodeling these kitchens, the #1 issue is surprises inside the walls: original knob-and-tube wiring that can't support a modern appliance circuit, cast-iron drain lines that need re-routing, and load-bearing walls exactly where homeowners want an open-concept pass-through. We budget for these before we open anything — so the surprise doesn't become a change order.
Fort Lauderdale sits on more than 165 miles of inland waterways. Salt air accelerates hardware corrosion and moisture-swells MDF cabinetry in a way that inland Broward kitchens never experience. We specify marine-grade or powder-coated hardware, non-porous quartz over marble or travertine, factory-sealed cabinet boxes, and porcelain tile where other contractors would default to natural stone. These are not upsells — they're what makes a Fort Lauderdale kitchen last 15 years instead of 5.
We serve all of Fort Lauderdale's 33301, 33304, 33305, 33306, 33308, 33311, 33312, 33315, and 33316 ZIP codes. Call before noon and a project manager who has actually worked in Fort Lauderdale homes — not a call-center estimator — is usually at your door the same week. We do not send a junior salesperson with a price-book; we send the person who will run your job.
Our kitchen remodel scope in Fort Lauderdale covers custom and semi-custom cabinet replacement, quartz and granite countertop installation, tile backsplashes, new flooring, full layout reconfigurations including island builds and open-concept wall removals, pantry conversions, undermount sink packages, plumbing and electrical upgrades, lighting plans, and full gut renovations down to the studs. Most Fort Lauderdale homeowners who call us need at least one of the following that a big-box contractor will overlook:
For a typical mid-range Fort Lauderdale kitchen remodel — new cabinets, quartz countertops, new flooring, updated electrical, and a refreshed layout — homeowners invest between $22,000 and $75,000, and we finish in 3 to 8 weeks depending on scope. Full gut renovations with structural work run toward the upper end; cosmetic refreshes start lower.
No other city in Broward has Fort Lauderdale's concentration of pre-1960 homes sitting on valuable lots with equally valuable canal views. The remodel_anchor that drives Fort Lauderdale kitchen work is the tension between preservation and modernization: homeowners in Victoria Park and Rio Vista want open-concept, high-end kitchens, but the homes they're working in were built with galley footprints, narrow door openings, and structure that was never designed for the kitchen becoming the social center of the house.
In the Las Olas Boulevard corridor and the streets south toward the New River, we regularly encounter kitchens that were added as afterthoughts to homes built before open-concept living existed as an idea. The wall between the kitchen and the living area is load-bearing in most of them — it's carrying the roof load across the span. Removing it requires a structural engineer's beam calculation, a permit from the City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services, and a licensed contractor who can frame the opening and install the beam correctly. We have run this exact project more than a dozen times in Fort Lauderdale homes. It is not a scary project if you know what you're doing; it is a scary project if your contractor doesn't.
For canal-front properties — Rio Vista, Nurmi Isles, Harbor Beach, and the finger canals east of Andrews Avenue — the additional layer is material durability in a salt-air environment. We've seen $35,000 kitchen remodels fail within four years because the contractor spec'd painted MDF cabinet doors and chrome hardware on a property that sits 40 feet from a saltwater canal. Salt air causes chrome to pit, MDF to swell and delaminate, and natural stone countertops to etch and stain from the constant humidity. Our standard Fort Lauderdale canal-front spec uses thermofoil or factory-painted wood-frame cabinet doors, powder-coated or brushed stainless hardware, quartz or quartzite countertops, and porcelain tile rather than marble or travertine. That spec costs roughly the same as what a less experienced contractor would propose — it just lasts three to four times longer.
The Fort Lauderdale permit reality: Every kitchen remodel in Fort Lauderdale that touches plumbing, electrical, structural, or gas is required to be permitted through the City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services — not Broward County. Fort Lauderdale runs its own inspections on its own schedule, and the permit submittal requires drawings that meet city specifications. We handle drawings, submittal, all three to five inspection stages, and the final certificate of occupancy. You do not attend a single inspection.
A sampling of kitchen remodel work completed in Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods. Fort Lauderdale projects run the widest range of any city we serve — from a $24,000 cabinet-and-countertop refresh in Coral Ridge to a $68,000 full gut renovation with load-bearing wall removal and a structural beam in a 1958 Victoria Park ranch. The canal-front Rio Vista project below involved powder-coated hardware and quartz countertops rated for coastal humidity — roughly the same price as the chrome-and-marble alternative the homeowner originally priced, but built to last three times longer in a salt-air environment. Want references near your street or ZIP? Ask your project manager on the estimate call.
We are a full-service Broward County remodeler. Most Fort Lauderdale homeowners who hire us for a kitchen remodel end up bundling a bathroom or a flooring project — bundling saves roughly 15 to 25% versus scheduling two separate projects and paying two separate mobilization costs.
Most Fort Lauderdale kitchen remodels we complete fall between $22,000 and $75,000. Historic homes in Victoria Park or Sailboat Bend often land at the higher end because removing load-bearing walls, updating knob-and-tube wiring, and working around 1950s floor plans adds scope. Canal-front homes near Las Olas sometimes want premium materials — quartz, custom inset cabinetry, marine-grade hardware — that push the number up. We give every Fort Lauderdale homeowner a line-item estimate so you know exactly where every dollar goes before a single cabinet comes down.
Plan on 3 to 6 weeks from demo day to final walkthrough for a mid-range remodel. Full gut renovations in older Las Olas or Victoria Park homes with structural changes, electrical panel upgrades, or cast-iron plumbing replacements typically run 5 to 8 weeks. We build the contingency into the schedule up front — opening walls in a 1950s Fort Lauderdale home almost always reveals something, and we prefer to call it out in week one rather than stall you in week four.
Yes — every project in Fort Lauderdale touching plumbing, electrical, structural, or gas is permitted through the City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services. We handle drawings, submittal, and every inspection. Permitted work is required by Florida home insurance policies and is verified by buyers during closings, so skipping the permit protects nobody.
Yes, and it's one of the most common requests we get in Fort Lauderdale. Many Victoria Park and Coral Ridge homes built in the 1950s–70s have closed-off galley kitchens separated from the living room by a load-bearing wall. We have a structural engineer on our team who assesses the wall, specs the beam, and we handle the permit and the beam installation. The result is a full open-concept kitchen that doubles the usable space and dramatically improves resale value.
Salt air is the silent destroyer in Fort Lauderdale canal-front and waterfront homes. In our experience remodeling Las Olas and Rio Vista kitchens, we recommend marine-grade or powder-coated hardware, quartz countertops over marble (quartz is non-porous and doesn't etch), porcelain tile over natural stone where possible, and cabinets with a factory-applied, moisture-sealed finish rather than site-painted MDF. These are not up-charges for luxury's sake — they're the difference between a kitchen that looks great for 15 years versus one that shows corrosion and warping within 3.
Yes. Sailboat Bend and parts of Victoria Park have historic-district overlays that affect exterior changes, but interior kitchen remodels are typically not restricted by the historic designation — you just need the standard building permit. We confirm the applicable rules before we write your estimate, and we work with our structural engineer if the scope touches walls or the original footprint. No surprises at permit submission.
Book a free in-home consultation. We will measure, scope, and hand you a fixed-price, line-item quote — not a ballpark — before we leave. We've remodeled Fort Lauderdale kitchens since 1999 and we know what these homes actually need.
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