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Kitchen Remodeler near Florida Atlantic University
Kitchen remodeler near Florida Atlantic University works the residential streets that filled in around a campus opened in 1964, which makes them older than most of Boca Raton west of the Turnpike. On an older house the layout question is answered under the floor, and we check it before we quote it.
- In your house
- 2–3 weeks
- Start to finish
- 3–6 weeks
- Workmanship warranty
- 2 years
- License
- CGC1524886
The streets around the FAU campus are some of the oldest residential fabric in Boca Raton, and age is the only thing about a house that changes a kitchen project before anyone has chosen a color. An older house means an original waste line whose route has to be established, an electrical system built for a different set of appliances, and finishes that have been replaced at least once by somebody whose work you inherited. None of that makes a remodel harder. It makes the first visit worth doing properly, because everything expensive is decided there.
1942 the year the airfield that became the campus opened
- Licensed & insured: CGC1524886
- 350+ projects completed
- 2-year labor warranty
- Answered 7 AM–10 PM, 7 days
An Airfield, a Thousand Acres, and the Neighborhoods That Followed
The campus is the reason the neighborhoods around it exist, and it is a good deal older than the university. Florida Atlantic University's own account of the site records that the Boca Raton Army Air Field, one of the few radar training schools operated by the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, opened in October 1942. The base closed after the war and the land sat idle through the 1950s. When the state went looking for a site for its fifth public university, the federal government agreed to release 1,000 acres of the former airbase for it, reserving another 200 acres for airport use. The enabling legislation passed on 15 July 1961 and the university opened in September 1964.
That timeline explains the housing. A campus and an airport anchored this part of the map two decades before the subdivisions west of the Turnpike were drawn, and the residential streets filled in around them in the years that followed. If you live here, your house is very likely older than a house of the same size and price on the other side of I-95, and older is the variable that changes the shape of a kitchen project.
Here is where it changes it. When a kitchen keeps its existing layout, age is mostly a matter of what we find behind the cabinets and how long it takes to make good. When the layout moves, age becomes the price. The original waste line in a slab house runs under the concrete, and relocating a sink is then not a question of extra pipe: it is cutting the slab, exposing the line, establishing what it is made of and what condition it is in, deciding whether to reconnect to it or replace the run, having the work inspected and closing it back up. We do not assume that every house of a given age has a particular kind of pipe under it. That claim gets made a lot around here and it is not reliable. We verify what is actually there before quoting a layout change, and that verification is free.
The second thing age changes is electrical, and the reason is the new kitchen rather than the old house. Induction, a wall oven, a microwave, a dishwasher, a wine refrigerator, a disposal, receptacles in an island, under cabinet lighting and recessed cans together ask more of a system than the kitchen that was there in 1970 ever did. The question is not whether these houses were wired badly. It is whether the existing circuits and panel carry the kitchen you are describing, and if they do not, that work enters the scope with a number attached before any cabinets are ordered.
Two Projects, and Which One Your Kitchen Is
There are two projects and it is worth knowing which one you have before you start choosing doors.
A full remodel that keeps the existing layout runs $25,000 to $42,000 for a kitchen in the twenty one to thirty five linear foot range, which covers most of the houses here. That is the complete job: cabinets, quartz counters, backsplash corner to corner, sink and faucet, hardware, the plumbing and electrical reconnections, installation and finish. Total time is three to six weeks from signature and time inside the house is two to three weeks.
A remodel that moves the plan runs $42,000 to $70,000, eight to twelve weeks total and four to six weeks inside the house. The difference is concrete work, relocated plumbing, usually electrical, a drawing set and a review by the authority over the parcel. We quote the two separately rather than quoting the low one and discovering the high one in week two.
The cabinetry itself is worth one line. Composite wood panels sold in the United States are covered by the EPA's formaldehyde emission standards, which reach hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard and particleboard, as well as household and other finished goods containing these products, meaning the finished cabinet and not only the raw sheet. Since March 2019 compliant product is labeled as such by a third party certifier. It is a small thing to ask for and a reasonable thing to expect.
Getting to Us from FAU
From the FAU campus, leave onto Glades Road and head west. That is the entire trip: Glades runs straight across town, over I-95 and over Florida's Turnpike, and ends at State Road 7, which is also signed as US 441. We are at 20283 State Road 7, suite 412, in the Mission Bay office plaza just north of that intersection. If Glades is heavy at the end of the afternoon, Spanish River Boulevard west and then south on Military Trail to Glades is the way around the worst of it. Call before you leave and we will tell you whether it is worth the detour.
Kitchen Remodeler Boca Raton
20283 State Road 7, Ste 412, Boca Raton, FL 33498
Every day, 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Licensed, Insured, and Permitted in Boca Raton
The work is contracted, executed and invoiced by Gaven Constructions under Florida license CGC1524886, which puts a licensed general contractor behind the job rather than a coordinator between trades. You can confirm the number in the state licensee search run by the DBPR before you sign anything. The company is licensed, insured and bonded, and certificates are available before work is scheduled. Installation labor carries a two year workmanship warranty written into the contract in advance. Any required permitting, drawings or engineering is identified and priced before the project is approved, and which office reviews it follows the parcel rather than the postal address.
- License
- CGC1524886 Certified General Contractor, verifiable in the Florida DBPR licensee search.
- Insurance
- Licensed, insured and bonded Certificates are available before any work is scheduled.
- Labor warranty
- 2 years On installation labor. What it covers is written into your contract before any work is scheduled.
- Response time
- Within 24 hours Every inquiry gets an answer within one business day.
- Permits and design
- Priced before approval Requirements vary by project scope and by which authority has jurisdiction over the property. Any required permitting, drawings, engineering, or design services are identified and priced before the project is approved.
- Who contracts the work
- Gaven Constructions Kitchen Remodeler Boca Raton was acquired by Gaven Constructions, a licensed Florida contractor. Every estimate and invoice is issued by Gaven Constructions, which holds the license and carries the insurance on every job.
Common Questions
Are the houses near FAU really older than the rest of Boca Raton?
Most of them are older than the subdivisions west of the Turnpike, and the campus is why. The airfield that became FAU opened in October 1942, 1,000 acres of it were released for the university, and the university opened in September 1964. The residential streets filled in around that anchor, which puts them ahead of the western build out by a couple of decades.
What does a kitchen remodel cost near Florida Atlantic University?
A full remodel that keeps the existing layout runs $25,000 to $42,000 for a kitchen of twenty one to thirty five linear feet. If a wall, a sink or a range moves, it is a layout change and runs $42,000 to $70,000. The price structure does not change by neighborhood, and there is no travel fee anywhere we work.
Do the older Boca Raton houses near the campus have cast iron pipe under the slab?
We will not guess, and neither should anyone quoting you. Houses of a given age in this area were built with more than one kind of drain line, and the only reliable answer comes from looking. We check what is actually under the floor before quoting a layout change, and that check costs nothing.
How long will I be without a kitchen during a Boca Raton remodel?
Two to three weeks inside the house if the layout stays, against three to six weeks total from signature. If the layout moves, four to six weeks inside the house and eight to twelve weeks total. In both cases nothing is demolished until the cabinets and countertop are built and delivered, so most of the waiting happens while you still have a working kitchen.
Will an older Boca Raton house need an electrical panel upgrade?
Possibly, and the honest time to find out is at the estimate rather than after the cabinets are on order. A new kitchen usually asks more of the system than the old one did. We check what the existing circuits and panel support during the first visit, and if new circuits or a panel change are needed they go into the scope with a number.
Do you charge more to work near Florida Atlantic University?
No. There is no travel fee, no distance surcharge and no minimum project size that changes by location. The first visit is free everywhere we work, and what a kitchen costs is set by the linear feet of cabinetry and by whether the layout moves.
Recent Kitchen Remodeling Projects in Boca Raton
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New shaker fronts on the original boxes Kitchen cabinet refacing
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Floor-to-ceiling run with a tall pantry Custom cabinetry -
Quartz with a waterfall end on the island Quartz countertop installation -
Granite perimeter with a raised breakfast bar Granite countertop installation -
Counters at two heights, open underneath Accessible kitchen remodeling
The floor decides more than the floor plan.
On an older Boca Raton house, whether the drain runs under the slab is what separates a three week kitchen from a three month one. It is a question we can usually answer at the first visit, at no cost. Send us the address and a photo of the kitchen from the doorway and we will tell you which project you have.
