Service Area · Exhibition Park & Old University
Kitchen Renovation in Exhibition Park & Old University
Kitchen remodelling for the century homes around Exhibition Park, Old University and the streets between them.
The streets around Exhibition Park and through the Old University area hold some of the best-kept older houses in the city, and the kitchens in them are almost always the room that has aged worst. They are small, closed off at the back, and often still carrying a layout designed when a kitchen was a service room rather than somewhere anyone wanted to spend time. Owners here are generally not looking to strip the character out of the house, and they should not — the trim, the plaster detail and the floors are the reason they bought it. The good renovations in these houses are the ones that open the kitchen into the dining room while keeping the rest intact, and that is a structural conversation before it is a design one. Expect an engineered beam, a permit and a structural assessment where the wall is load-bearing, and expect the removal to affect a wider area of ceiling and floor than the width of the wall itself. Plaster does not stop neatly at a line and floors have to be woven in where the old wall plate was. The other constants in these houses are the wiring, which usually has to be dealt with properly in the kitchen once the walls are open, and the floor, which is rarely level and often has several generations of covering on it. None of that is a problem. It just needs to be in the quote instead of being discovered on demolition day. Cabinet runs in these kitchens are short, so the money goes further per linear foot than it does in a large newer house.
Kitchen Renovation services in Exhibition Park & Old University
- Full Kitchen Renovation
- Cabinet Refacing & Refinishing
- Countertops & Backsplash
- Islands & Layout Changes
- Small Kitchen & Condo Renovation
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge more to work outside the city?
Not inside Guelph. For Rockwood, Fergus, Elora, Puslinch, Aberfoyle, Ariss and the rest of the county, travel is built into the quote up front rather than added afterwards, so the number you agree to is the number.
Can you work in an occupied house?
Yes, and most kitchen jobs are exactly that. It means dust barriers, a protected route in and out, and a conversation at the start about where you are going to make coffee and wash dishes for a few weeks. A temporary setup in a dining room or basement is normal and worth arranging before demolition rather than during it.
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