Kitchen and Bathroom Remodeling in Plantation, FL
Custom Kitchen and Bath Design for Plantation's Long-Established Neighborhoods
Plantation (a.k.a. Tree City USA) is one of Broward County's most established communities with housing mostly built between the 1970s and early 1990s. If your kitchen or bathroom still has its original layout, it may not fit how your family lives today.
That's where Kitchen Designs & More comes in. The company provides kitchen remodeling in Plantation, FL, backed by years of hands-on experience with older Broward County homes. That includes the permitting process for work that touches electrical or plumbing.
With that experience, a project here usually starts with the layout. Opening a galley kitchen can add natural light and storage, while a new vanity can update a dated bathroom. Either way, the plan gets built around your home.
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Why Plantation Homeowners Trust Kitchen Designs & More
Plantation homeowners comparing remodelers tend to ask two things: does this company understand a home my age, and will the project stay on budget without extra contractors? Here's how we answer both questions:
Built Around What's Behind Plantation's Walls
Homes from this era can still have original electrical panels or aging plumbing lines behind the cabinets. That's not always obvious until the cabinets come out, and we check for it early. We build that risk into your quote up front, so if something turns up once demo starts, it's already accounted for instead of landing as a surprise change order.
One Team, Start to Finish
Our design, project coordination, and installation team all work under one roof, so the same people who understand this home's age and construction stay on the project from first walkthrough to final install. You get a single point of contact instead of managing separate subcontractors yourself. That also means no markups from outside contractors and no gaps in coordination that drive up costs.
A Clear Scope Before Work Starts
We review your full design and cost together before any work begins, flagging anything an older home is likely to need, like updated electrical or plumbing, before it's priced. So your budget is set going in. Changes get flagged before they hit your bill.
Our Credentials
Kitchen Designs & More has served Broward County since 2004, working with the same older electrical, plumbing, and structural conditions common throughout Plantation. We're a National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) member and an authorized Gold Medallion Cabinetry dealer, fully licensed and insured, with every project handled in-house, so nothing gets outsourced to a subcontractor you haven't vetted.
Kitchen and Bath Services for Plantation Homes
Every project starts differently depending on what your Plantation home already has and what you want to change. Here's what's available, whether that means a full remodel or a single upgrade.
Kitchen Renovation
A full kitchen remodel can include layout changes, new cabinetry, electrical and plumbing updates, plus countertops and flooring. If you're ready to open the space up or start fresh with new appliances, this is where that begins. Explore full kitchen remodeling to see everything the project includes."
Bathroom Remodeling
A bathroom remodel can include a new vanity, tile, plumbing, and layout changes, along with ventilation and water-resistant flooring, both worth extra attention in South Florida's humidity. Learn more about the bathroom remodeling process.
Kitchen Design
Kitchen design work happens before construction starts. Layout, cabinet placement, and material choices, including popular tones like warm neutrals, get settled early, so nothing gets decided mid-project. Get a closer look at kitchen design services.
Kitchen Cabinets
New cabinets change a kitchen's storage and style without the cost of a full remodel. Options range from stock lines to fully custom builds sized for an existing layout, covered under custom cabinet options.
Countertops
Plantation's kitchens and bathrooms see plenty of daily use, and countertops usually show wear before anything else does. Material options include engineered choices like quartz and sintered stone, along with natural stone like quartzite, each with different durability and upkeep needs. Stone surfaces like these tend to stand out to potential buyers if you ever plan to sell, detailed under countertop material options.
What Makes Kitchen and Bath Remodeling in Plantation Different
A remodel in Plantation runs into a few rules that don't apply everywhere in Florida. Here's what actually shapes the plan before work starts.
Broward County's Hurricane Codes Apply to Remodeling Too
Broward County is one of only two counties in Florida designated by a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), along with Miami-Dade. Any remodel that changes an exterior window or door, including a kitchen window over the sink or a bathroom window, needs HVHZ-rated impact glass or an approved shutter system. This applies even on interior-focused projects if the scope touches an exterior opening.
Original Windows and Block Construction Are Common in Homes This Age
South Florida homes built before HVHZ standards took effect often featured concrete block construction and single-pane or jalousie windows, a pattern that is common throughout much of Plantation's older housing stock. A kitchen or bathroom remodel that touches one of these openings usually means upgrading it to current code, which can involve structural changes and affects both budget and timeline.
City Permits No Longer Require HOA Approval
As of May 2023, the City of Plantation removed the requirement for sign-off from a homeowner's association, condo association, or property owners' association (HOA/COA/POA) to issue a building permit. A private HOA may still require its own approval under community covenants, so check with your community separately, but the city permit process itself no longer waits on it.
What We're Seeing in Plantation Neighborhoods
Plantation's neighborhoods vary widely in home age, lot size, and style. Three areas come up often enough in remodeling conversations that they're worth calling out individually.
Jacaranda Lakes
Jacaranda Lakes was built mostly in the 1980s and 1990s around a network of lakes and canals. Homes here are single-family, with screened patios and pools as standard features. Many kitchens were already updated at some point. Current requests tend to lean toward refreshing countertops and cabinet finishes rather than a full renovation.
Plantation Acres
Plantation Acres runs larger, with wider lots and an equestrian feel that sets it apart from typical Plantation subdivisions. Remodels out here tend toward bigger scopes, full kitchen overhauls and open floor plans. Permits here also go through the Plantation Acres Improvement District (P.A.I.D.) before the standard city process.
Plantation Isles
Plantation Isles' homes sit along canals, and waterfront exposure generally means hardware and fixtures need more corrosion resistance than the same products would need further inland. Ask about material grades specifically if your home backs up to the water.
Hawk's Landing
Hawk's Landing: This luxury gated community features custom homes ranging from 3,000 to 9,000 square feet. Hawks Landing has 540 homes built between 1997 and 2007
What a Typical Plantation Project Looks Like
A homeowner in Plantation Acres might start with a kitchen that hasn't changed since the house was built, closed off from the rest of the house by a wall separating it from the dining area, with limited counter space for two people cooking at once.
A typical project would remove that non-load-bearing wall, open the layout into one connected space, and add an island where the wall used to be. New cabinetry would replace the original units, with appliances repositioned to fit the new flow of the room.
The result is a kitchen that works for how the household actually uses it, open, connected to the dining area, and built around daily use rather than the layout the house came with.
Navigating Permits in Plantation
A remodel doesn't always need a permit, but a few rules in Plantation are worth knowing before you start.
Confirmed Plantation-Specific Rules
- Window or door replacement requires HVHZ-rated products and a permit, part of the city's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone permit process.
- Homes in Plantation Acres also go through Plantation Acres Improvement District (P.A.I.D.) review.
For permit requirements specific to your project, contact the City of Plantation Department of Building Safety at 401 NW 70th Terrace, 1st Floor, Plantation, FL 33317, or call 954-797-2765, or visit plantation.org/government/departments/building-safety.
Visit Our Weston Showroom
Plantation homeowners are roughly 15 miles from our Weston showroom, typically a 20-to-25-minute drive along State Road 84 or I-595 depending on traffic. Seeing cabinet finishes, countertop samples, and design options in person makes it easier to plan your kitchen renovation before work starts.
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Ready to Start Your Plantation Remodel?
Every day you wait is another day with a kitchen or bathroom that doesn't work for your household. Either one also adds to your home's value down the road. Reach out today and let's get your project moving.
