Cedar Mill Property Repair rebuilds kitchens inside the walls they already have . Think repainted or replaced cabinet faces, a new counter, tile behind it, sink, faucet and brighter lights, serving Cedar Mill, Beaverton, Bethany and nearby. Around Portland, this scope tends to cost $15,300 at the low end and $42,700 at the high end, about $28,000 for an ordinary job, materials counted (market data, November 2026) .
Cabinet boxes take the largest bite of any budget, which is why they get their own cabinet installation page. Slava brings seven years of hands-on experience.
Refresh or remodel: which one does my kitchen need?
If the boxes are solid and square, a refresh is enough. You keep them, paint them or fit new fronts , and change the counters, tile, pulls, faucet and lights. Most refreshes begin with painting the cabinets.
If the boxes are swollen, sagging or simply the wrong size, it's a remodel: everything on the walls comes off and new units go up, along with counters, tile, sink and fixtures, often new flooring too. Tearing out a wall or moving the sink to an island is a bigger, permitted project.
What does a kitchen remodel cost around Portland?
Our numbers go per kitchen rather than per square foot, because the count of cabinets and the countertop material drive the total much harder than the room's size. These are market figures, not our quotes yet. Labour-only and materials-included rows don't add up.
| Line | Typical | Range | What's in it | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire kitchen | $28,000 | $15,300 to $42,700 | materials included | Portland market |
| Hanging cabinets | $3,500 | $1,500 to $8,000 | labour only | Portland estimate |
| Painting cabinets | $1,089 | $451 to $1,745 | materials included | Portland market |
| Laminate or butcher-block tops | $1,800 | $850 to $5,000 | materials included | US market |
| Backsplash | $900 | $480 to $1,500 | materials included | US market |
| New faucet | $311 | $202 to $423 | labour only | Portland market |
| New sink | $500 | $300 to $900 | labour only | Portland estimate |
The swing comes from new boxes versus painted ones, the top material (stone isn't priced here), how much wall gets tile, whether flooring is part of it, and any rot found once the old units are off. You normally pick and buy the appliances . The kitchen remodel cost guide goes line by line.
Is $10,000 realistic? For a refresh, yes. Painted cabinets, laminate or butcher block, tile above the counter and a new faucet all come in well under it at typical prices. New boxes push you past it: that range opens at $15,300 .
How many weeks will my kitchen be torn up?
Market pricing for a whole kitchen assumes roughly 150 labour hours, so expect a few weeks with a crew in the house .
A common sequence: protect floors and seal doorways, pull the old tops and boxes, fix the exposed wall, hang and shim the new cabinets, measure and set the tops, tile, reconnect sink, faucet and lights, then caulk and touch up.
Which kitchen work needs a permit on Portland's west side?
It depends on the change and who has jurisdiction: Portland, Beaverton or county land outside both.
- No building permit as a rule: the state codes office treats cabinets, counters, tile and paint as finish work, and Portland names cabinet installation as exempt.
- Building permit: any wall added, moved or removed, and any window or door opening cut new or resized.
- Plumbing: trading out a faucet or sink where every connection sits in the open cabinet needs no permit. The county asks for one once supply or drain lines hidden in framing get rerouted or reworked. Portland requires one for added fixtures, a dishwasher included.
- Electrical: new permanent wiring is permitted work. A like-for-like outlet, switch or light, or a replacement dishwasher or disposal drawing 30 amps at most, is not.
- Gas: Portland treats appliance gas lines as mechanical permit work. We never connect gas; see what we don't do.
Inside Beaverton, ask the city's building office before walls or pipes move. Exempt work must still meet code, Portland notes.
Will you put in a kitchen I ordered on my own?
If yes, have every box delivered and checked before demolition, with appliance manuals at hand for the cut-outs and hood size. Which tops we template and set is on the countertops and backsplash page. Setting a fridge or dishwasher waits on Slava's answer . Gas ranges stay with a gas fitter.
What hides behind the old cabinets in houses out here?
Cedar Hills has 1950s-60s tracts, Cedar Mill mostly 1960s-70s builds, Beaverton ranches and splits up to the 90s, and Bethany builder kitchens about a quarter century old. Common finds once the units come down:
- a sloping floor and leaning walls, fixed with shims and fillers cut to the line;
- a boxed-in bulkhead over the uppers that can carry ductwork or pipe;
- a sink base that soaked up years of drips, with the particleboard puffed and the plywood under it soft;
- holes and old patches in the wall, which go to drywall repair.
Pre-1978 houses can hide lead under cabinet and trim paint, and old sheet vinyl or sprayed ceilings can hold asbestos. We pass on work that disturbs lead paint and never remove asbestos or popcorn ceilings.
Which worn parts make a kitchen feel old?
Hinges and drawer runners fail first, then laminate edges, grout, faucet cartridges and under-cabinet lights. Dollar for dollar, a new cabinet colour or fronts, new pulls, a backsplash and better lighting do the most for the look .
Upper cabinets we rehang get fastened through to framing, and doors above the counter can take quake latches; see seismic retrofit.