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Kitchen Updates in Tampa: Cabinets, Counters, and Tile
You've heard the stories. The crew that started strong and disappeared after demo. The quote that doubled once the cabinets came out. So before you hand your kitchen to anybody, you want to know exactly what you're buying and who'll be standing in your house. Fair enough.
I'm Ricky Powers. I've run my own crews for 30+ years, and I still walk every job myself. When you call, you talk to me, not a sales office.
What we do in a Tampa kitchen
Cabinets and countertops. The backsplash, the tile, the flooring. Paint, trim, new hardware, and a sink and faucet set where the old one sat.
That covers most of what people mean when they say the kitchen needs doing. The walls usually aren't the problem. The tired doors and the laminate counter are.
The kitchens we see around Tampa
Tampa is a city of two kinds of houses, and they want two different things from a set of cabinets.
The older stock is the bungalows and craftsman houses around Seminole Heights, Hyde Park, and Tampa Heights. Beautiful bones, real character, and a small kitchen usually pieced together by three different owners. The trick in those houses is picking door style, counter, and tile that look like they belong in a 1920s home instead of fighting it.
Then there's the newer stock out in New Tampa and Westchase. Solid construction, more open already, and a builder-grade kitchen that came with the house and never felt like yours. Same list of work. Completely different choices.
Where the money goes
Cabinets are usually the biggest line. Stock, semi-custom, full custom: the spread is wide, and the middle is where people overspend without meaning to.
Counters are next, and the install matters as much as the slab you fell in love with at the yard. They can't be templated until the cabinets are set and level, and then the shop needs its own time before install day. That wait is real, and I'd rather you hear about it now than on week three.
Backsplash, flooring, paint, and hardware are the smaller lines. They're also where a kitchen either comes together or looks like four separate decisions. We'll lay the choices out in plain numbers so you can see where a dollar buys you something.
What turns up under the old stuff
Older Tampa houses hide things. Pull up a floor or take an old backsplash off a Seminole Heights kitchen and you sometimes find the last guy's patch, or a soft spot nobody could see.
That's not a scare tactic. It's the reason I'd rather tell you about it the day we find it than let it turn into a surprise later. Nothing gets covered back over and handed to you.
One crew, start to finish
You won't get handed off. The same crew that pulls out your old cabinets sets the new ones and sweeps the floor on the last day. We protect your floors, we keep the site swept, and we tell you what's happening each step. A kitchen takes weeks, not a weekend, and we'd rather set that honestly than promise a Friday finish we can't hit.
And if your budget doesn't match your wish list, I'll say so. I'd rather lose the job than take your money on a plan I know won't land where you want it.