AMN Construction · Renovations · Kitchen remodels

Kitchen remodels. The cost is behind the walls.

You want a kitchen you can cook in, with people in it.

Range: $120K–$450K
Construction: 10–20 weeks
Warranty: Two years, workmanship

Water, gas, power, ventilation and structure all meet in this one room.

A kitchen range under a curved hand-finished plaster hood, with a full-height veined stone slab backsplash and ledge, cream Shaker cabinets, a black steel window, and walnut panel cabinetry with brass pulls — **San Roque, Santa Barbara** · Full remodel

The kitchen: a concrete-finish waterfall island with oak stools, oak drawer fronts in gray-green frames, a white paneled range hood over handmade tile, and the glass wall slid open to the garden — **The kitchen, with the glass wall open to the garden** · The Loureyro Property, Montecito

Detail

What you shop for is under half.

Cabinetry and stone: usually under half the cost. The rest nobody photographs. A moved gas line. A bigger panel for an induction range. Make-up air for a high-CFM hood. The dining-room wall doing structural work nobody drew.

Division	Share
Demolition and structure	16%
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing	22%
Cabinetry and millwork	26%
Stone, tile and finishes	20%
Appliances (allowance)	8%
Supervision and overhead	8%

The hood, solved on paper.

A professional-grade hood can depressurize a tight house, affecting the fireplace, water heater and front door. We raise it at design review, with your designer and mechanical contractor, not after the ceiling closes.

Under $120,000, call a specialist.

We don't take standalone kitchens below $120,000. A specialist will serve you better for less, and we'd rather say so than staff it thinly.

Email Matt about your kitchen See our paperwork

From our work · 5 photographs

Kitchens we have built.

A walk-in pantry with white open shelving above a patterned tile backsplash, a butcher-block counter, sage-green open base cabinets and a stainless wine refrigerator

Mission area, Santa BarbaraThe pantry: butcher-block counter, sage-green open cabinets, a wine refrigerator

A kitchen with dark green cabinets and a paneled refrigerator, a veined stone backsplash with open shelves, a stainless range, and a rounded island with a white stone top and a copper-clad base, under pendant lights and a skylight

Palo AltoThe kitchen: dark green cabinets, veined stone backsplash, rounded island

A kitchen with pale blue-gray Shaker cabinets, black honed stone counters and backsplash, an undermount black sink below a pair of windows, a stainless range and chimney hood, a skylight in a raised ceiling, and stained oak floors

Westside, Santa BarbaraThe kitchen under its skylight: black stone counters, pale blue-gray Shaker cabinets

A wall of white Shaker cabinets with a stainless refrigerator built in between them, a butcher-block counter, and a glass door open to a garden patio

CarpinteriaThe pantry wall: fridge built in, garden door open

An outdoor kitchen under a wood trellis with dark base cabinets, a sink, a built-in grill, a pizza oven, a veined stone backsplash and wood-clad walls, on a stone-paved terrace

Palo AltoThe outdoor kitchen under the trellis

Select a photograph to see it full size, with the rest of its project.

Questions

What owners ask first.

What does a kitchen remodel cost in Santa Barbara?

Ours run $120,000 to $450,000. The spread comes from whether the layout moves, whether the panel and gas service can carry the new appliances, and the cabinetry, more than the room's size.

How long will I be without a kitchen?

Ten to twenty weeks of construction, and we'll tell you which end before you commit. If it runs long, we set up a temporary kitchen: sink, refrigerator, induction plate.

Do I need a permit for a kitchen remodel?

Yes, if you move plumbing, gas or electrical, or touch structure. Same-footprint cosmetic work often doesn't. The assessment settles which.

Can you work with my kitchen designer?

Yes, and the kitchen is usually better for it. We price what they drew and tell them what won't build before plan check does. No designer yet? Matt works with a team of wonderful architects who will help you build your dream.

Send us the address. We'll tell you the truth about it.

Email it to purchasing@amnbuild.com. Matt reads it himself and writes back within two business days.

Email Matt the address Or call Matt · 805 886 0988 Or leave your number: three short steps

Same dayMatt confirms he has it, and flags anything obvious that is missing.
Within two business daysA written reading of your parcel: jurisdiction, review bodies, an order of cost and the permit path.
Then nothing, unless you askNo follow-up sequence, no call from anyone else. The reading is yours to keep.

CSLB 802739 · Class B General Building · Licensed and insured · Two-year workmanship warranty, in writing

Updated November 2026