Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across St. Augustine
A full kitchen remodel in St. Augustine typically runs $14,000 – $45,000, with smaller or partial updates starting around $9,000. Our crews work throughout St. Augustine and know the difference between a Davis Shores rancher, a Lincolnville bungalow, and a 1920s wood-frame on Aviles Street. If you’re planning a kitchen update and want a written price before any work starts, call (904) 643-6243.
We’re Elmstead Remodeling Jacksonville, a Cedarwell company. Every job we take on in St. Augustine comes with the Cedarwell Care Promise: drop cloths on the floors, shoe covers at the door, a photo of the clean-up before the crew leaves, and quiet tools during your children’s sleep hours where possible. Graham Stein leads our team, and he holds every project to the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right after the job is complete, we make it right. That’s stamped on every project, in writing.
St. Augustine kitchens are not like kitchens anywhere else in Florida. Historic district overlays, coquina foundations, narrow lots, and salt air all shape what a remodel actually costs and how it should be built. We plan for those things before we quote, which is why our written price reflects the real job, not a generic number that grows after the crew arrives.
Key Takeaways:
- Written price before any work starts, every time, on every project.
- Named-brand materials from KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Silestone, Kohler, Moen, and Grohe.
- A live person answers the phone 24/7, not a voicemail box.
- 365-Day Done Right Promise on every completed project.
- Shoe covers and drop cloths included on every visit, never an add-on charge.
Why Elmstead Remodeling Jacksonville Is St. Augustine’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
St. Augustine homeowners hire us because we understand what a kitchen remodel does to a family’s daily life. The crew shows up in uniform, background-checked, and asks before moving anything. When we work in a home with pets, we use pet-safe products wherever there is a choice. When a child is napping, the saw stays off. These are not extras we offer; they are the way the job is run.
Our reputation in St. Augustine comes from projects like the one we completed off Aviles Street, where a 1920s wood-frame kitchen sat on a coquina foundation that had wicked moisture into the sill plate. We isolated the kitchen with dust barriers, staged materials in a single parking space with a daily city permit, and coordinated party-wall notice with the attached neighbor. The scope grew from a cabinet swap to a full rough-in repair, and we handled it without a change order surprise. That is the kind of local knowledge you cannot get from a crew that drives in blind.
No estimate that grows after the crew arrives. Ever. We give you a written price before any work starts. If the scope changes because of something we uncover in demolition, we tell you, show you the numbers, and get your sign-off before we proceed.
Styles & brands we work with
Cabinet Installation in St. Augustine
Cabinet installation in St. Augustine runs $4,000 – $13,000 depending on cabinet line, layout changes, and whether we’re replacing boxes or refacing existing frames. Homes in neighborhoods like Fullerwood or Nelmar Terrace often have kitchens with non-standard wall depths and uneven plaster walls, so the install is rarely a simple hang-and-level. We shim, scribe, and adjust until doors and drawers close clean.
New Cabinet Lines for Older Homes
We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets, both of which offer plywood box construction and soft-close hardware. In a St. Augustine historic home, we match the cabinet profile to the era of the house rather than forcing a modern slab style where it doesn’t belong. You can research the cabinet warranty by name before you sign anything.
Refacing vs. Full Replacement
When the cabinet boxes are sound but the doors and drawer fronts are worn, refacing saves money and keeps demolition dust down. We’ll tell you honestly if refacing makes sense for your kitchen or if the framing has too much moisture damage from St. Augustine humidity to be worth saving.
Countertop Installation in St. Augustine
Countertop installation in St. Augustine runs $2,000 – $6,500 for quartz or granite in a typical kitchen. We template every countertop on site with a laser, not by measuring from a drawing. That matters on Anastasia Island and in older sections of the city where counter walls are rarely square and cabinets have settled over decades.
Quartz for Humid, High-Use Kitchens
Quartz from Cambria and Silestone stands up well to St. Augustine’s humidity and does not require annual sealing the way granite does. For families with kids and pets, quartz resists staining from juice, wine, and pet accidents better than most natural stone. We carry material samples to your home so you can see the slab under your own kitchen lighting.
Granite and Natural Stone
Granite is still a strong choice if you like the depth of natural stone. We seal granite countertops before we leave and show you how to maintain the seal. In a kitchen near the Intracoastal, the salt air will not harm properly sealed stone or quartz, but it will corrode cheap fasteners, so we use stainless steel brackets and hardware on every install in St. Augustine.
Trusted Brands We Service in St. Augustine
We service and install named-brand cabinets, countertops, fixtures, and building materials so you can verify the products we put in your home. Our cabinet lines include KraftMaid and Wellborn. Countertops come from Cambria and Silestone. Fixtures are from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe. We also work with Schluter waterproofing systems and James Hardie siding where a kitchen remodel extends to an exterior wall. When a St. Augustine homeowner wants a specific brand, we order it and coordinate delivery around the staging plan for the lot, so materials arrive when the crew is ready for them, not before.
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AfterCommon Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in St. Augustine Homes
- Historic district stop-work orders: Starting demolition without verifying whether the home is in a historic district overlay can trigger a stop-work order and double permit fees. We check the overlay map before we touch a wall.
- Staging constraints on narrow streets: On a zero-lot-line St. Augustine street, a dumpster or material delivery can block a neighbor’s driveway and invite code enforcement. We plan parking and staging as part of the quote, including any daily city permits needed.
- Coquina foundation moisture: Pricing a kitchen remodel without checking the foundation type can leave a homeowner with an unexpected $4,000+ drainage and subfloor bill. Coquina wicking on Anastasia Island is a real, documented local condition.
- Shared walls and neighbor notice: In attached historic homes, noise and vibration carry through party walls. We coordinate notice with neighbors before loud demolition days and keep dust barriers tight to the work area.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in St. Augustine, FL
Here are the ranges our St. Augustine customers can expect, based on current local labor and material costs:
| Project | Typical Range in St. Augustine |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
What moves a St. Augustine kitchen remodel toward the top of that range? Foundation repair, load-bearing wall changes, historic district review, and custom cabinet work. What keeps it toward the lower end? A straightforward cabinet and countertop swap in a modern home on a slab with no overlay review. We give you a written line-item quote before any work starts, and that price does not change unless you approve a change in writing. Call (904) 643-6243 for a free estimate specific to your street, your foundation, and your kitchen.
All work includes the Cedarwell Care Promise: drop cloths on the floors, shoe covers at the door, a photo of the clean-up before the crew leaves, quiet tools during family rest hours where possible, and pet-safe product choices where available. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every project. If it is not done right, we make it right.
We Also Serve Cities Near St. Augustine
Our Kitchen Remodeling team serves St. Augustine and nearby communities including Jacksonville, Orange Park, Atlantic Beach, and Fernandina Beach. If you’re just outside St. Augustine proper, ask about scheduling and travel coverage when you call. St. Augustine jobs are coordinated through our Jacksonville dispatch, with crews on site locally. For more about our work in the area, see Kitchen Remodeling in St. Augustine.
Serving St. Augustine, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the St. Augustine area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Kitchen Remodeling in St. Augustine
Yes, if your home sits within one of St. Augustine’s historic district overlays and the remodel changes anything visible from the street, you likely need a certificate of appropriateness before permits are issued. Interior-only work that does not alter the building envelope may be exempt, but we verify overlay status before demolition so you never face a stop-work order. Call (904) 643-6243 and we can check your street during the estimate visit.
We include a staging plan in the written quote. On tight streets we secure any daily city permits for material staging and coordinate deliveries to a single parking space or off-site lot so we never block a neighbor’s driveway. That plan is part of the price, not an afterthought.
Budget roughly $4,000 or more for drainage and subfloor work if moisture from a coquina foundation has reached the kitchen floor framing. This is common on Anastasia Island, where original coquina foundations wick groundwater upward. We inspect the foundation and sill plate before we price the remodel so the number is in the quote from day one. Call (904) 643-6243 for a free estimate that accounts for it.
Yes, you can remove or relocate a load-bearing wall, and yes, that changes the permit. Load-bearing changes require an engineered plan, a beam or header, and a structural inspection. In a St. Augustine historic home, this often triggers the certificate of appropriateness review as well. We handle the drawings, the permit, and the inspection. The written price includes all of it before work starts.
St. Augustine restricts construction noise to specific daytime hours, generally starting no earlier than 7 a.m. on weekdays. We schedule loud demolition and cutting work within permitted hours and keep quiet tasks for later in the day. If you have kids napping or a pet that startles, tell us and we adjust the day’s sequence around your family’s rhythm where possible.
If you have a question we did not answer here, call (904) 643-6243. A live person will pick up, day or night. That is the point of the Cedarwell Care Promise: you never wait until Monday for an answer.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner at Elmstead Remodeling Jacksonville, serving St. Augustine and the surrounding area.
