What does a kitchen remodel cost in Portland?

Most full kitchens Don builds run from about $40,000 to $90,000. Where yours lands depends on the layout, the cabinets, the counters and how much changes behind the walls. Don prices it line by line after he walks the kitchen with you.

What does a bathroom remodel cost?

Full bathrooms run from about $20,000 to $50,000. Tile, plumbing moves and glass decide where yours lands.

How long does it take?

Most full kitchens take six to ten weeks from demolition through final inspection, and fully custom cabinets can add several weeks. A hall bath takes three to four weeks and a primary bath four to six.

Can we live in the house during the work?

Yes. The room under construction is sealed off with dust control walls, and a temporary kitchen goes in the dining room or basement at the start. In a house with one bathroom, the work is sequenced so the fixtures stay usable overnight wherever the plumbing allows.

Permits are required whenever plumbing, electrical or structural work is done, which covers nearly every full remodel. In Portland that includes moving a wall and adding a bathroom. We file the application, coordinate the inspections and close the permit.

Do you design it, or do we need a designer?

We produce the design, and you review the layout in 3D before a cabinet is ordered. If you already work with a designer, we build to their drawings.

Do you do tub to shower conversions?

When a tub comes out, we build a tiled walk in shower in its place, with a new pan, waterproofing, a tile surround and glass. Done that way it is a bathroom job and priced like one. If you are after a quick conversion kit, we are not the right fit.

Finished kitchen with custom maple cabinets

Dark tile bathroom with a tub and a vanity

By Don Vedaa · Updated November 2026

Remodeling a kitchen, bath or laundry in Portland: cost and timeline

Most full kitchens we build run from about $40,000 to $90,000 and take six to ten weeks. Full bathrooms run from about $20,000 to $50,000. This is how the work goes.

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A kitchen taken to the studs and rebuilt in five weeks.

This kitchen kept its footprint and went from demolition to finished in under five weeks.

Oak cabinets, granite tile counters and a laminate floor before the remodel

The kitchen as it was

Oak cabinets, granite tile counters, a tiled peninsula bar and a laminate floor. The layout worked, so it stayed: the sink under the window, the range on the left, the refrigerator on the right.

Design rendering of the maple kitchen with quartz counters and a white tile backsplash

Drawn and approved first

The kitchen was rendered in maple and quartz and the homeowner approved it before demolition. What was built matches the rendering.

A kitchen stripped to the framing with the subfloor exposed

To the studs

The old counters, cabinets and flooring came out, and the walls were opened for new wiring and plumbing. The peninsula was stripped to its framing.

The finished maple kitchen with quartz counters, white tile and seeded glass pendants

Finished in under five weeks

Custom maple shaker cabinets with a full height pantry, quartz counters, white three by twelve tile to the uppers, new plank flooring and under cabinet lighting. The homeowner supplied the appliances.

See the five week kitchen

The finished kitchen with custom maple cabinets, quartz counters and seeded glass pendants

Sink wall with maple cabinets and seeded glass pendants

Full height maple pantry beside the refrigerator

When would your kitchen or bath be done?

Pick the room and the week demolition starts. The weeks are how long most of our jobs take from demolition through final inspection.

Demolition starts the week of

Full kitchen, 6 to 10 weeks. It should be finished

Pick the week work starts

Fully custom cabinets can add several weeks. The kitchen at the top of this page kept its layout and took under five.

Ask Don when he can start

Finished maple kitchen with quartz counters and seeded glass pendants

A bathroom is built behind the tile.

The pan and the membrane decide how long a bathroom lasts. Details for staying in the house as you get older, such as grab bar blocking and a curbless entry, go in at rough in.

Shower walls and floor wrapped in waterproofing membrane before the tile

Waterproofing, photographed

The pan, the membrane and the backer go in to the manufacturer's spec, and every square foot is photographed before the tile goes on. You keep the record of what is behind your wall.

Hex tile walk in shower with a sliding glass door

Tiled showers, not kits

When a tub comes out, a tiled walk in shower goes in its place: a new pan, a tile surround and glass. Custom frameless glass is measured after the tile and takes one to two weeks to make.

Oak vanity with a stone counter and a round mirror

Stone picked at the slab yard

You choose the stone in person with Don, the actual slab that goes into the room, veining and all.

Laundry alcove with a stacked white washer and dryer on marble tile

Laundry in the same job

On the 1924 Creston-Kenilworth bungalow the job that built the new kitchen also added a laundry, an alcove with a stacked washer and dryer on a marble tile floor.

See the Creston-Kenilworth bungalow

Common questions.

Most full kitchens Don builds run from about $40,000 to $90,000. Where yours lands depends on the layout, the cabinets, the counters and how much changes behind the walls. Don prices it line by line after he walks the kitchen with you.
Full bathrooms run from about $20,000 to $50,000. Tile, plumbing moves and glass decide where yours lands.
Most full kitchens take six to ten weeks from demolition through final inspection, and fully custom cabinets can add several weeks. A hall bath takes three to four weeks and a primary bath four to six.
Yes. The room under construction is sealed off with dust control walls, and a temporary kitchen goes in the dining room or basement at the start. In a house with one bathroom, the work is sequenced so the fixtures stay usable overnight wherever the plumbing allows.
Permits are required whenever plumbing, electrical or structural work is done, which covers nearly every full remodel. In Portland that includes moving a wall and adding a bathroom. We file the application, coordinate the inspections and close the permit.
We produce the design, and you review the layout in 3D before a cabinet is ordered. If you already work with a designer, we build to their drawings.
When a tub comes out, we build a tiled walk in shower in its place, with a new pan, waterproofing, a tile surround and glass. Done that way it is a bathroom job and priced like one. If you are after a quick conversion kit, we are not the right fit.

Talk directly to Don about your project.

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