Kitchen renovation near you
Kitchen renovations, cabinet refacing and layout changes across the GTA. What drives the price, and where the countertop gap falls.
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Kinds of kitchen renovation
The kitchen renovation jobs people book most. Open one to see what it covers and what it costs.
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One post, the whole situation handled
Several jobs bought as one outcome — one Tasker, one price to agree, no coordinating three trades yourself.
Kitchen and the panel
The renovation with the electrical service assessed first, so an induction range or a second oven is designed around what the panel can actually carry rather than discovered halfway through.
Post this taskRefaced, not rebuilt
New doors, drawer fronts, hardware and counters on the existing boxes, with the walls painted and the lighting updated in the same week.
Post this taskSelling in the spring
The changes that photograph and show well — counters, hardware, paint, lighting and a deep clean — timed to a listing date rather than to a builder's convenience.
Post this taskAppliances in, old ones out
New appliances fitted and levelled, the old set disconnected and hauled away, and the cabinetry adjusted where the new sizes do not match the old.
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Not what you came for? These are jobs Taskers pick up across the GTA — one post gets you offers on any of them.
Two people and a van
The couch, the bed frame and the eleven boxes — lifted, moved and set down where they go.
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Back on top of math
A weekly hour on the topics that slipped, worked through at the kitchen table or over video.
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Walked while you work
A midday walk on the days the office runs long, with a note on how it went.
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Flat-pack, standing up
The wardrobe, the desk and the bed frame built and levelled, with the cardboard taken away.
Post this taskWhat kitchen renovation actually costs here, and why
A kitchen renovation is really four tasks booked as one: cabinets, countertops, the trades behind the walls, and the finishing that ties them together. The reason quotes vary so much is that those four are quoted differently by different people — a cabinet company prices boxes and doors, a general contractor prices the whole sequence, and the gap between them is the plumbing, the electrical and the two weeks of coordination nobody wants to own.
The dividing line is the same as in a bathroom: does anything move. Keeping the sink, the range and the fridge in place means the supply, drain, gas and circuits stay where they are, and the job is cabinets, counters and finishes. Moving the sink to an island means running drain and supply through the floor; moving the range means gas and a new vent path; adding a second wall oven or an induction range usually means a new circuit and sometimes a panel that cannot take one. Each of those is a different trade and a different permit question.
Countertop choice sets the schedule more than the budget. Stone is templated after the cabinets are installed and fabricated off-site, which puts a fixed one-to-two-week gap in the middle of the job during which the kitchen has cabinets and no working sink. Laminate and butcher block do not have that gap. Neither approach is wrong, but a quote that does not show you where that pause falls is not a schedule you can plan around, and in a household that cooks it is the part that actually hurts.
Toronto specifics show up in two places. Older housing frequently has sixty-amp service or a full panel, and a modern kitchen — induction, a dishwasher, a microwave circuit, undercabinet lighting — can exceed what is there; the upgrade is a real cost that surfaces after someone opens the panel. Condos, meanwhile, restrict what can change: many buildings will not permit relocating a sink or range at all, and almost all control working hours and service-lift access. Both are worth establishing before you compare two numbers that assume neither.
If the layout is working, refacing is the honest alternative and it is not a lesser job. Sound cabinet boxes with new doors, drawer fronts, hardware and a new counter give most of the visual change for a fraction of the cost and about a week instead of a month. It is the right answer surprisingly often, and someone who suggests it when it fits is worth more than someone who quotes a full rebuild by default.
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Local knowledge
Priced for how the GTA actually lives
Four things that change a kitchen renovation quote here, and nowhere else.
The stone gap
Counters are templated after cabinets go in
Stone is measured once the cabinets are installed, then fabricated off-site. That puts a fixed one-to-two-week pause in the middle of the job with cabinets in and no sink. Laminate and butcher block have no such gap.
Old service
A modern kitchen can outrun an old panel
Plenty of Toronto housing still has sixty-amp service. Induction, a dishwasher, a microwave circuit and undercabinet lighting can exceed it, and the upgrade is a real cost that surfaces once someone opens the panel.
Condo limits
Some buildings will not let the sink move at all
Many GTA corporations prohibit relocating plumbing outright and control working hours and service-lift access on top. That rules out a layout change before any contractor prices one.
Refacing
Often the right answer, rarely the quoted one
Where the layout works and the boxes are sound, new doors, fronts, hardware and counters give most of the change for a fraction of the cost and about a week. A contractor who offers it when it fits is telling you something useful.
What a full renovation usually covers
- Removal of the existing cabinets, counters and appliances
- Plumbing and electrical rough-in where anything moves, by the licensed trade
- Cabinet supply and installation, levelled and scribed to the walls
- Countertop templating, fabrication and fitting
- Backsplash, hardware, lighting, paint and finishing
Appliances, permits and disposal are commonly quoted separately — confirm which side of the line each one sits on.
Try nowWhat moves the price
- Whether the sink, range and fridge stay in their current positions
- Cabinet construction — stock, semi-custom or built to the room
- Countertop material, and how many seams and cutouts it needs
- Whether the electrical service can carry the new appliance load
- Gas work for a range, and whether the vent path has to change
- Condo restrictions on plumbing changes, hours and lift access
- Kitchen size, but far less than most people assume
Worth asking before you agree
- Where in the schedule does the countertop gap fall, and how long is it?
- Has anyone looked at the panel before pricing a new range?
- Which trades are subbed, and are they licensed for the work they are doing?
- Is refacing a real option here, and what would it cost instead?
- Are appliances, permits and disposal inside this number or outside it?
- What is the plan for cooking and washing up while the kitchen is down?
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Questions
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GTA-specific answers to what people actually search for.
How much does a kitchen renovation cost in Toronto?
This page shows no band, deliberately. Our pricing engine has rows for cleaning, moving, junk removal, lawn care, plumbing and electrical work, and a kitchen renovation is not among them — so rather than type a range nobody can derive from anything, we show none and let the fixed-price offers you receive be the number.
Is refacing worth it, or should I replace the cabinets?
If the layout works and the boxes are solid, refacing gives most of the visible change for a fraction of the cost and takes about a week rather than a month. Replacement makes sense when the layout is wrong, the boxes are damaged or swollen, or you are moving plumbing anyway and the cabinets have to come out regardless.
How long will I be without a kitchen?
A refacing job is usually about a week. A full renovation is more often four to six weeks of working time, and the countertop gap sits in the middle of it — stone is templated after the cabinets are in, then fabricated off-site, which leaves you with cabinets and no sink for one to two weeks. Ask for the schedule as a sequence, not a single end date.
Can I move the sink to an island?
In a house, usually yes — it means running drain and supply through the floor, which is a real cost but a normal one. In a condo, frequently no: many corporations prohibit relocating plumbing outright. Establish that with the building before you pay anyone to design around it.
Will a new range need electrical work?
An induction or electric range often does, and in older Toronto housing the question is whether the panel can carry it at all. Plenty of stock still has sixty-amp service, which a modern kitchen can exceed once you add a dishwasher, a microwave circuit and lighting. It is worth having the panel looked at before the appliance is chosen, not after.
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