Kitchen Remodeling in South Tampa, FL

It depends on the street. In Hyde Park, many kitchens sit at the back of early 1900s frame homes, often tucked behind a pantry or a former porch that was enclosed decades ago. On Davis Islands, 1920s Mediterranean Revival homes tend to have plaster walls, arched openings and kitchens that were updated piecemeal over the years.

Further south, around Bayshore Beautiful and Ballast Point, the typical starting point is a mid-century concrete block ranch with a galley or U-shaped kitchen closed off from the living room. These kitchens usually have limited counter run, one overhead light, and cabinets that stop well short of the ceiling.

Often, yes, but how you do it depends on the house. In a block ranch, the wall between kitchen and family room is frequently a framed partition, though some carry roof load and need a properly sized beam. In older frame homes, we look at floor framing and attic structure first, because a century of changes can leave surprises.

We check what runs through the wall too. Plumbing vents, ductwork and old wiring often have to be rerouted, and that work belongs in the proposal, not in a change order halfway through. Once the wall is gone, an island with seating usually becomes the center of the new layout.

If your home sits in a FEMA flood zone, it can. The FEMA 50% substantial improvement rule compares the cost of your improvements to the market value of the structure. A kitchen on its own rarely crosses that line in a typical South Tampa home, but a kitchen combined with bathrooms, flooring and electrical upgrades can add up.

We look at the full scope you have in mind and help you see where it lands before you commit. The City of Tampa makes the determination, so we help you assemble what the floodplain reviewers need. Our guide to the FEMA 50% rule in South Tampa covers the basics.

Most South Tampa kitchen projects we scope include some combination of the items below. Cabinet and countertop choices make the biggest visual change, and we can talk through new kitchen cabinets versus refacing when the boxes are still sound.

Timeline depends on layout changes, permit review and material lead times, so we give you a projected schedule in the written proposal instead of a generic promise. One of our project managers is your single point of contact from demo through final inspection. Our office in Town 'n' Country is about 7.5 miles away, which keeps site visits routine. For a sense of how timelines run, see our kitchen remodel timeline guide.