Kitchen remodel cost · Fort Worth
How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Fort Worth?
A full kitchen remodel with us runs $55,000 to $175,000, construction plus our fee, before permits and contingency.
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Ranges current as of September 2026.
What it costs with us
Kitchen remodel cost in Fort Worth: what each end of the range buys
At $55,000, your kitchen keeps its footprint and everything in it is new.
At $175,000, walls come out and the plan is redrawn.
$55,000–$175,000
The range is construction plus our fee. We bill cost-plus, which means you see what the materials and labor really cost, with our markup shown on top.
On top of the range, budget for Fort Worth permit fees, a contingency and the fee for your plans. Here’s how to budget for each.
Comparing prices
Why the kitchen remodel averages you see online run lower
Many of them include smaller jobs than a full remodel.
Online cost guides often start their ranges with a refresh: new counters, new cabinet doors, a backsplash and paint. A range that starts there pulls the average down. If you’ve priced a kitchen online and then gotten a real bid that came in higher, check which job each number was for.
The City of Fort Worth draws a line between those two kinds of job. In its own words:
“Permits are not required for ‘cosmetic’ remodels (floor or wall covering, cabinets, counter tops, shelving, etc.) or plumbing fixture replacement.”
Move a wall, the plumbing or the wiring, and the job needs a permit (more on that in the questions below). Our kitchen remodels are full remodels: cabinetry, layout, plumbing and electrical planned together, with finishes chosen to fit the rest of the house.
| The number | Where it comes from | What it measures |
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| $28,458 | Remodeling 2025 Cost vs. Value Report (www.costvsvalue.com), national | The average national job cost of what the report calls a midrange “minor kitchen remodel.” In its words: “Leave cabinet boxes of 30 linear ft. in place but replace fronts…” |
| $53,513 | Block Renovation, from 1,401 Fort Worth kitchen permits, March 2021 to January 2026 (city permit data via BuildZoom) | The average estimated cost declared when each permit was filed. Only residential kitchens that filed for a permit are counted |
| $82,793 | Cost vs. Value Report, national | The average national job cost of its midrange “major kitchen remodel”: 30 linear feet of new semi-custom cabinets with an island, in a 200-square-foot kitchen |
| $164,104 | Cost vs. Value Report, national | The average national job cost of its upscale “major kitchen remodel”: custom cabinets, stone counters and built-in, commercial-grade appliances in the same size kitchen |
| $55,000 to $175,000 | 6th Ave Homes, ranges as of September 2026 | A full kitchen remodel with us in Fort Worth: construction plus our fee, before permits and contingency |
© 2025 Zonda Media, a Delaware Corporation. Complete data from the Remodeling 2025 Cost vs. Value Report can be downloaded free at www.costvsvalue.com.
They measure different jobs. The report’s two major kitchen remodels, $82,793 and $164,104, both land inside our range. Before you hold any number up against a bid, ask what it includes: the plans, the permits, a contingency.
What moves the price
What moves a kitchen remodel from $55,000 to $175,000
Four things: the layout, the cabinets, the appliances, and whether the plumbing and wiring move.
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The layout
The layout sets the budget more than the finishes do. Where the sink goes and whether the range wall can hold a hood get settled before any tile is picked. If the wall you want gone is load-bearing, you’ll know early, and we coordinate the structural engineering.
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The cabinets
The grade you pick, and how much cabinetry the plan calls for. Cabinets that run to the ceiling or a bookshelf built into the island each add cabinet work, and you’ll find both in our kitchens below.
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The appliances
Appliances are mostly your call, and they can move the total by tens of thousands of dollars without changing a single drawing. Pick them early so they don’t surprise the budget later.
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The plumbing and wiring
A sink that stays put costs less than one that moves. Move it, or run water or power out to an island, and the work goes into the floor and back to the electrical panel, well past swapping a fixture.
Timeline
How long a kitchen remodel takes
A kitchen remodel with us takes 8 to 12 weeks.
Where yours lands in that window depends on how much moves. Moving walls and plumbing adds time. Either way, we give you a real schedule up front.
Budgeting
How to budget for a kitchen remodel
Start with where your kitchen sits in the range, then budget for the permit fees, a contingency and your plans on top of it.
- Fort Worth permit fees:
- $1,200–$4,000
- A contingency:
- 10–15% of budget
- Held back for what the work uncovers once walls and floors are opened up.
- Your plans: a separate drafting fee
- The fee for your plans is its own line, the way an architect’s would be, and it doesn’t count toward construction. Drawing sets run $2,000 for a simple single room up to $16,000 for a permit-ready set on a large, high-end build. A kitchen with more design detail takes more drawing, so its plans cost more. Structural engineering isn’t part of that fee. When a kitchen needs it, an outside engineer does the work. See how our floor plans work
Working with less than $55,000?
Start with Design in a Day: one focused session with one of our designers, and a written plan you keep, for a flat $500. It’s priced separately from construction.
Thinking about selling in a few years? Our brokerage can tell you what a kitchen will add on your street before you spend the money. How a kitchen affects resale on your street
How to get an accurate kitchen remodel estimate
You get a real number before work starts — not a hopeful one.
You have your number at the end of the second step:
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Meet Up.
We walk your kitchen with you, hear how you use it, and talk about your budget before anything is drawn.
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Team Up.
Our designers and drafting team draw the layout and work through the selections with you, and the price is built from that plan.
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Glasses Up.
We build the plan you approved, and you always know where things stand. When it’s done, you have a home that feels like you. Then pour something good.
Our work
Kitchens we’ve remodeled in Fort Worth
Here are five, from a kitchen gut in Ridglea to a whole-house remodel in Ryan Place.
We design, draw and build kitchen remodels in Fort Worth, so the team that prices your kitchen is the team that builds it.
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Beyond the kitchen
Ridglea
We gutted the kitchen, then carried new flooring, paint and lighting through the dining and living areas. Shelving beside the fridge, a bookcase at the peninsula’s end, and a butcher-block coffee bar.
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Cabinetry
Ridglea Country Club Estates
Cabinets that run to the ceiling, a breakfast nook and antique-brass details. Our brokerage handled the real estate side, and our design and construction teams did the kitchen.
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Built-in cabinet work
Eastern Hills
A full kitchen remodel by our construction team. Our favorite detail is the bookshelf built into the island.
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A condo kitchen
Downtown
A full kitchen and a primary bath, remodeled together in a downtown condo.
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A whole-home remodel, kitchen included
Ryan Place
A nearly full gut of the whole house, kitchen included, with deep forest-green cabinets.
…even with all the add-ons and design pivots, this project came in under budget.”
From our project story
Kitchen remodels by neighborhood: Ridglea Hills, Ryan Place, Mistletoe Heights.
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Questions
Questions about kitchen remodel costs
Want the number for your kitchen?
Tell us what you’d change, and we’ll come see the room and talk through your budget.
Is $30,000 enough for a kitchen remodel?
For a full kitchen remodel with us, no. Ours start at $55,000, construction plus our fee, before permits and contingency. A refresh at $30,000 is honest work; it’s just not the kind of job we take. If you aren’t sure which one your kitchen needs, Design in a Day is the cheapest way to find out. Some rooms that feel like they need a remodel turn out to need paint, lighting and furniture instead.
What is the most expensive part of a kitchen remodel?
The cabinets. On most kitchens they’re the biggest single cost, and the grade moves it a lot: stock, semi-custom and cabinets built in place are priced as three different jobs.
How much does a kitchen remodel cost per square foot in Fort Worth?
About $600 a square foot for a full kitchen remodel with us, construction plus our fee. Treat it as a rough yardstick: two kitchens the same size can land far apart, depending on the layout, the cabinets and the appliances.
Do you need a permit for a kitchen remodel in Fort Worth?
Yes, if the work changes, moves or repairs walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors, electrical, mechanical or plumbing. That’s the City of Fort Worth’s rule, and it includes drywall: replacing 16 square feet or more in any wall or ceiling needs a building permit. When your kitchen needs one, we pull it and handle the inspections.
How much does it cost to make a kitchen bigger?
If the space can come from inside the house, by taking in a dining room or back hall next to the kitchen, it’s still a kitchen remodel, and the walls coming out put it toward the $175,000 end of our range. If no new layout can make it big enough, home additions with us start at $60,000 for a bump-out. Both figures are construction plus our fee.
Should I remodel just the kitchen or the whole house?
If the kitchen is the only room that isn’t working, remodel the kitchen. If opening it up would change the rooms it connects to, price the whole house, since work that shares walls or mechanical systems is best done in one pass. Whole-home remodels with us run $150,000 to $750,000, construction plus our fee.
Know what your kitchen will cost before work starts
Without a real number, it’s easy to fall for a design you can’t afford, or to start with a figure that leaves out the permits, the plans and a contingency. Walk your kitchen with us first. The first conversation is free.
