CRBA remodels kitchens across Hayward, Castro Valley, San Leandro, Fremont, and the greater Bay Area — for homeowners opening up a closed-off galley kitchen, replacing original 1970s cabinets and counters, adding an island that actually works, or building a custom kitchen designed around how they cook and entertain. One licensed team handles design, demolition, structural changes, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counters, and finish work — with permits pulled by us and a written, itemized quote before any demolition starts. Licensed general contractor since 2015. Lic #1095283.
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Kitchens don’t just look dated — they stop working for the way your household actually lives. Here’s what we hear from Bay Area homeowners right before they remodel:
Sound familiar? Call (510) 990-9243 — describe your kitchen and what’s driving you crazy, and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a refresh, a pull-and-replace, or a full remodel, with a working range for each.
Six ways we remodel kitchens, from refresh to full custom.
Down to the studs and back: demolition, layout changes, plumbing and electrical, drywall, cabinets, counters, backsplash, flooring, and lighting — sequenced and managed by one licensed team. For kitchens where everything is original and the household has outgrown the room. Typically 6–10 weeks.
The budget-friendly path: keep the layout, replace what you see. New cabinet fronts or stock cabinets, new counters, backsplash, sink, faucet, lighting, and paint — a transformed kitchen at a fraction of full-remodel cost. Honest advice on when this works and when it’s putting money into a layout that’s the real problem.
The Bay Area’s most requested layout change: removing the wall between kitchen and living space. We handle the structural engineering — load calculations, engineered beams, rerouted electrical and plumbing inside the wall — and the permits, so the open kitchen is safe, legal, and looks like the house was born with it.
Full-custom cabinetry, natural stone and premium quartz, panel-ready appliances, oversized islands, custom millwork, and designer lighting — the kitchen designed around your cooking, entertaining, and taste. Design collaboration included; we build what the renderings promise.
For kitchens where the bones are right and the surfaces are the project: custom cabinet installation, cabinet refacing, quartz/granite/butcher-block counters templated and installed precisely, and islands with the electrical and plumbing an island actually requires.
Remodeling the kitchen and a bathroom together saves real money — one mobilization, one permit cycle, shared trades on-site. Many of our Hayward and Fremont clients pair a kitchen remodel with a bathroom remodel and shave weeks off doing them separately.
Don’t see your project? Call (510) 990-9243— we handle it all.
Call (510) 990-9243 and talk to Ray or the project team. We ask what’s driving the remodel, whether the layout stays or changes, and your budget comfort zone — and give you a realistic working range on that first call.
Free in-home visit: we measure, check panel capacity and plumbing runs, and design around your actual cooking and storage habits. You get a written, itemized estimate — demo, trades, cabinets, counters, materials, permits, timeline — before anything is scheduled. This is where “kitchen remodel estimates” stop being mysterious: every line is on paper.
Permits pulled by us, home protected with dust barriers and floor protection, and the build sequenced properly: demo → rough trades → inspections → drywall → cabinets → counters (templated after cabinets are set — this is why counters come weeks after cabinets, and why we tell you upfront) → backsplash, flooring, lighting → final walkthrough.
Realistic Bay Area ranges:
What you won’t pay for:
Call (510) 990-9243 with your kitchen’s rough size and wish list — working range before you hang up.
Kitchen remodel pricing has a reputation problem — vague allowances, mid-job surprises, and quotes that were never real. Here’s our structure instead:
Phone range first. Kitchen size, layout staying or moving, finish level — and you get a working range on the call.
Free written estimate before any commitment. In-home visit, measurements, and an itemized estimate covering every line: demolition, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counters, tile, flooring, lighting, permits, and project management. Not an allowance-riddled placeholder — the actual scope, priced.
Five things drive the price on any Bay Area kitchen remodel:
Based in Hayward, remodeling kitchens across the East Bay and beyond:
Core service area: Hayward · Castro Valley · San Leandro · Fremont · Union City · San Jose
Also serving: Palo Alto · Mountain View · Sunnyvale · Cupertino · Santa Clara · Oakland · San Francisco
A full kitchen remodel typically takes 6–10 weeks of construction, plus 2–6 weeks of lead time for cabinets and permits before work starts. Minor remodels that keep the existing layout run 3–5 weeks. Countertops are templated after cabinets are installed, which adds a built-in 1–2 week gap we schedule around.
Yes — nearly all our clients do. We set up dust containment, protect floors, and most families run a temporary kitchen (microwave, fridge, coffee station) in the dining room or garage. We tell you exactly which weeks are the loudest and which days water or power will be briefly off.
Yes for nearly any kitchen remodel involving plumbing, electrical, gas, or structural changes — which is almost all of them. Cabinet-and-counter-only refreshes may not require permits. CRBA pulls all permits and schedules inspections as part of every project.
Yes, in nearly every case — it requires an engineered beam sized to carry the load, proper posts and footings, and a structural permit. This is the most common request in our open-concept conversions, and it's routine work for a licensed GC. What matters is that it's engineered and permitted, not guessed.
Reface when the boxes are sound, the layout works, and you like the storage — refacing costs roughly half of replacement and takes days instead of weeks. Replace when boxes are water-damaged, the layout fights you, or you want different storage. We'll tell you honestly which yours is during the estimate.
In the Bay Area, yes — kitchens are the first room buyers judge, and updated kitchens consistently rank among the highest-ROI interior projects in this market. A minor remodel (counters, fronts, lighting) often recovers the largest percentage of its cost; a dated kitchen becomes the buyer's negotiating lever against you.
Design is included. We design around how you actually cook and live — layout, storage, lighting plan, and material selections. If you already have a designer or architectural plans, we build to them.
Design first, always. Appliance sizes drive cabinet dimensions, cabinet layout drives electrical and plumbing locations, and all of it has to be decided before demo. Buying appliances first is fine (we design around them) — buying cabinets first is how remodels go wrong.
CRBA runs its own crew for demolition, carpentry, cabinets, tile, and finish work, with licensed trade partners for specialized plumbing, electrical, and gas under our supervision and permits. One contract, one point of contact — you never coordinate trades yourself.
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Kitchen remodeling, open-concept conversions, cabinets and counters, and full custom kitchens across Hayward, Fremont, Castro Valley, and the Bay Area. Licensed general contractor, written itemized estimates, permits handled. Free estimate, no pressure.
