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A full kitchen remodel in Cerritos typically runs $14,000-$45,000, with most projects falling between $18,000 and $32,000 depending on whether walls stay closed or open. We’re Rowan Construction Group, and our crews work Cerritos regularly - from the ranch homes off South Street to the two-story tracts near Bloomfield Avenue. Call (424) 567-7009 to schedule your free estimate; we’ll deliver a written price before any work starts, every time.
Why Rowan Construction Group Long Beach Is Cerritos’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company
We’ve completed kitchen remodels across Cerritos’s 90703 zip and the surrounding tracts enough times to know what waits behind those 1970s drywall sheets. Our Kitchen Remodeling team has handled the aluminum wiring, the Zinsco panels, the slab heave - the whole predictable inventory of issues that come with a city built in a single 15-year wave on former dairy farmland.
Our customers in Cerritos leave reviews that mention the same things: the photo record we deliver after every visit, the written change order that showed up before any surprise work, the flat price that held. We’ve earned a strong local reputation in Los Angeles County because we document what we find and price it before we fix it - Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, and the reason Haven acquired Rowan in the first place.
Dispatch and scheduling run from our Los Angeles office, but crews serving Cerritos live close enough that we’re typically on-site for estimates within a day or two of your call. A live person answers the phone 24/7, and every technician who arrives at your door is background-checked, uniformed, and verified before they show.
Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Cerritos
Full Kitchen Remodeling
A full gut in Cerritos means more than new cabinets and countertops. Because this city was built almost entirely between 1965 and 1980, opening the walls reveals aluminum branch wiring, Federal Pacific or Zinsco panels, and galvanized supply lines that are now past their useful life. The permit triggers code upgrades once we find them, so our written quotes include an inspection allowance and a clear change-order process for anything the demolition uncovers. On a 1971 ranch home off South Street near 183rd, our crew opened the kitchen wall and found aluminum branch wiring feeding a Zinsco panel, galvanized supply lines, and original 2×4 framing that had been notched past the load-bearing limit by an earlier remodel. We scheduled the panel upgrade and copper rough-in as a written change order before demo continued, then set KraftMaid cabinets on a self-leveling underlayment because the expansive clay had heaved the slab roughly an inch across the room. The homeowner’s Cambria countertops went in dead level because we caught the settlement on day one instead of after the punch list.
Kitchen Design & Layout
Cerritos kitchens are typically compact - the master-planned lots didn’t waste square footage - so layout efficiency matters more than square footage. We measure the existing footprint, account for the slab conditions we know to check, and design around the structural realities of 1970s ranch and modest two-story framing. Our design process includes a documented photo record of the existing conditions, so you see what we see before we draw the new plan. The Haven Standard requires it.
Kitchen Island Installation
Islands in Cerritos kitchens often require electrical and plumbing rough-ins that weren’t planned in 1975. We price the island as a line item - $3,000-$10,000 depending on finishes and utilities - and we verify the slab can support the load after we check for heave or settlement. An island on a heaved slab cracks its countertop in two years. We don’t install islands without first documenting the floor plane.
Cabinets & Countertops
We source KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets, Cambria and Caesarstone countertops - brands we’ve vetted across fifty-plus suppliers to keep our written quotes honest. Cabinet installation in Cerritos runs $4,000-$13,000; countertops, $2,000-$6,500. But cabinets hang from walls and sit on floors, so we level the substrate first. The expansive clay beneath Cerritos’s interior tracts heaves slabs and racks cabinet boxes out of plumb. We fix the floor before we hang the first box.
Backsplash, Tile & Flooring
Backsplash installation runs $800-$2,500 in Cerritos. Tile and flooring replacement often reveals the real problem: slab movement from clay expansion has already cracked the existing tile, and new tile on an unaddressed slab cracks the same way. We include subfloor assessment in our scope, and we write the correction into the contract if we find it - not as a surprise, as a documented line item with a price.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We stock and install Delta and Blanco fixtures regularly for Cerritos kitchens, with Toto and American Standard available from our supplier network with standard lead times - typically faster than the custom cabinet delivery, so fixtures never hold up the schedule. Our relationships with these manufacturers mean we don’t inflate material costs to cover uncertainty; the price in your written quote reflects what we actually pay, plus our standard markup, documented in the scope. That’s Clause 1 of the Haven Standard: the number is written before anyone picks up a tool.
Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Cerritos Homes
- Aluminum wiring and obsolete electrical panels. Opening a 1965-1982 Cerritos kitchen routinely reveals aluminum branch wiring feeding a Federal Pacific or Zinsco panel. The city permit triggers a code upgrade, which is not optional - it’s a safety requirement we price in writing before we proceed.
- Slab heave and differential settlement. The expansive clay layers beneath Cerritos’s interior dairy-farm tracts swell with winter rains and shrink in dry summers. We consistently find slab movement that racks cabinet boxes and cracks tile. Our remodels start with floor-plane documentation, not cabinet hang.
- Galvanized supply lines and failed waterproofing. Original galvanized plumbing and roof-to-wall flashing failures from the flat 1970s rooflines show up behind kitchen walls during rough-in. A cosmetic job becomes a plumbing and flashing repair - we catch it during inspection and write the change order before demolition continues.
- Notched or overloaded framing from prior remodels. Earlier flips and homeowner renovations often compromised the original 2×4 structure. We assess load paths before we hang cabinets or install islands that add weight to walls already stressed beyond their design.
Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Cerritos, CA
These are the ranges we write into Cerritos quotes. Every project gets a flat price with a written scope before work begins - no “call for pricing,” no open-ended allowances without a ceiling.
| Service | Price Range in Cerritos |
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| 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 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 - $10,000 |
What moves a quote within these ranges? Three things: whether walls stay closed or open (opening reveals the electrical and plumbing surprises we plan for), the material grade you select from our fifty-plus vetted brands, and the extent of subfloor or structural correction required once we document the slab conditions. We build inspection allowances into every Cerritos contract, and any discovery is priced and signed before we touch it - that’s the administrative discipline that has kept our projects within a few percent of the agreed price across 4,000-plus jobs since 2007.
Call (424) 567-7009 for your free estimate. Bring a competitor’s written quote and we’ll review it line by line at no charge - our Free Second Opinion, standing offer.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cerritos
Our crews work regularly in Buena Park, Cypress, Downey, and Bell Gardens - the same aging-stock conditions, the same permit requirements, the same written-price discipline. If you’re near the Cerritos border, we can typically schedule your estimate on the same route.
Serving Cerritos, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cerritos 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 - Kitchen Remodeling in Cerritos
Because the first quote didn’t account for what waits behind the walls. Cerritos homes built 1965-1980 routinely harbor aluminum wiring, obsolete electrical panels, galvanized plumbing, and slab movement from expansive clay soils - none of which are visible during a surface-level estimate. We price an inspection allowance into our initial written quote, then document conditions with photos and write a change order for any necessary upgrades before proceeding. Call (424) 567-7009 for an exact quote - estimates are free, and we show you what we find.
It often is. The expansive clay layers beneath Cerritos’s interior tracts swell with winter rains and shrink in dry summers, producing slab heave and differential settlement that cracks tile and racks cabinet boxes. We check the floor plane as our first step on every Cerritos kitchen remodel, and we correct leveling before hanging cabinets or installing countertops. Dead-level counters require a level substrate - we don’t guess. Call (424) 567-7009 for an inspection and written repair scope.
Yes. Cerritos requires permits for electrical, plumbing, and structural work, which a full kitchen remodel always triggers. We pull permits as standard practice, and we schedule inspections at rough-in and final. The permit also triggers code upgrades when we find obsolete wiring or panels, which we price and document before proceeding. Call (424) 567-7009 and we’ll walk you through the permit timeline for your specific project.
Yes. We handle partial remodels - cabinets only, countertop replacement, backsplash updates, island additions - and we still deliver a written flat price before work starts. Even partial work in Cerritos can reveal wiring or plumbing issues once fixtures come out, so we inspect accessible areas and write any findings into the scope. A small kitchen remodel in Cerritos runs $9,000-$20,000. Call (424) 567-7009 to schedule a free estimate for your specific scope.
We structure payments to milestones - typically a deposit at contract signing, progress payments at rough-in and pre-finish inspections, and final payment at substantial completion. The schedule is written into the contract, not verbal. No work proceeds on a change until the change order is signed, so your total never drifts without your explicit approval. Call (424) 567-7009 for the specific payment schedule that applies to your project.
Written by Grant Rowan, Owner at Rowan Construction Group, serving Cerritos and Los Angeles County since 2007.