Kitchen Remodeling in Ladue, Missouri

Ladue homes and this kind of project

Because Ladue is made up of architect-designed houses from the 1920s to 1950s and newer estates, the first thing we check for a kitchen remodel here is which walls bear load, where plumbing and ducts run and how much room the electrical panel has left.

The housing stock here: architect-designed homes from the 1920s to 1950s, mid-century ranches and new estates on large lots.

In an old house the kitchen has to borrow space from a pantry or porch, and new wiring and plumbing are threaded through plaster walls.

What we find inside Ladue homes

Plaster repair, matching historic trim profiles, integrating modern kitchens into traditional plans, and rewiring. It is slow, careful work and is priced accordingly.

Kitchens in the older houses of Ladue were service rooms at the back. Bringing one up to date means finding space, often from a pantry, porch or adjacent room, and threading new wiring, plumbing and ventilation through plaster and balloon framing without wrecking the trim and floors that give the house its value.

What is included

A full Ladue kitchen remodel with us includes design drawings, engineering if walls move, permits, demolition, framing, plumbing, gas, electrical, drywall, flooring, cabinet and countertop installation, tile, trim, paint and appliance hookup. You get a written schedule before we start.

We take on kitchen remodel work in and around lanes off Ladue, Warson and Litzsinger roads.

What we watch for

Many Ladue kitchens were wired with two countertop circuits and little else. Modern kitchens want dedicated circuits for the microwave, dishwasher, disposal, fridge and often an induction range, so we check panel capacity on the first visit.

Working on large lots on winding private lanes, as we do in Ladue, we plan access for carpenters, a plumber, an electrician, cabinet installers, a countertop fabricator and a tile setter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in Ladue

In Ladue, a kitchen remodel is reviewed by Ladue's building department. What follows is rough framing, plumbing, gas, electrical and final inspections.

Being inside the house, this project is unlikely to need sign-off from a thorough architectural review board, but we confirm any rules on containers and work hours.

Schedule and getting to you

Most Ladue clients see six to ten weeks of construction for a kitchen remodel.

Ladue sits toward the edge of our range: I-64 east past Lindbergh, a little over forty minutes in normal traffic. We group trade visits and deliveries carefully for projects at that distance, and we take them on when the scope justifies a dedicated crew.

What moves the price in Ladue

We price kitchen remodeling in Ladue from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Countertop square footage, material and the number of cutouts and seams.
• Flooring, especially if hardwood in adjacent rooms needs to be laced in and refinished to match.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main kitchen remodeling page. More about the area is on our Ladue page.