Kitchen Renovations in Calgary & Okotoks

What's Included in a Parkside Kitchen Renovation

A Parkside kitchen renovation is the full job, not just the cabinets and counters. We handle demolition and disposal, structural changes (including engineered beams when a wall comes out), electrical and plumbing alterations, drywall and paint, flooring tie-ins, tile work, cabinet installation, countertop templating and install, appliance integration, and the small finishing details that make a kitchen feel finished: under-cabinet lighting, sealed grout lines, soft-close on every drawer, and trim that sits flat against the ceiling.

Most full kitchens in Calgary and Okotoks involve some combination of three things: a cabinet replacement, a counter replacement, and a layout change. The first two are straightforward. The layout change is where the project gets interesting, and where most of the planning work happens. Moving the sink means moving the drain, which often means cutting the subfloor or rerouting through the basement ceiling. Adding an island means new electrical, often a new circuit, sometimes a gas drop. Removing a wall between the kitchen and the living room means a beam, posts, footings, and an engineer's stamp.

We price all of that during estimating, not during demolition, so the number you sign off on is the number you pay. Our estimates separate labour from rough materials from finish materials so you can see exactly what's flexible and what isn't.

Our Kitchen Renovation Process

1. Site walk and feasibility

We meet on site, measure the existing space, talk through how you actually use the kitchen (coffee in the morning, where the kids do homework, who hosts at Christmas) and identify any structural, plumbing, or electrical constraints. By the end of the visit you should know whether the layout you're picturing is feasible and roughly what the project will cost.

2. Design and material selection

Once you decide to move forward, we lock in the layout and start material selection. Cabinetry comes first because it has the longest lead time and drives every other decision: counter overhangs, appliance placement, lighting layout. We work with two Foothills-based cabinet shops we've partnered with for years, and we'll bring you to their showrooms to see door styles, paint colours, and hardware in person before anything is ordered.

3. Construction

On-site work usually runs in this order: demolition, rough framing and structural changes, rough electrical and plumbing, inspections, drywall and paint, flooring (if it's continuous from another room), tile, cabinets, counters, appliance install, plumbing trim, electrical trim, and finishing carpentry. We protect the rest of your home from dust with zip-walls and HEPA filtration during demo and drywall, and we vacuum the site at the end of every day.

4. Final walkthrough and warranty

Before we call the project done, we walk every cabinet, every drawer, every drain, every light. The punch-list goes on a single page and it gets signed off. After handover, we cover all our work with a written warranty and we're back same week if anything misbehaves.

Common Kitchen Projects We Handle

• The 1990s oak-cabinet refresh. Northwest and southeast Calgary are full of homes built between 1988 and 2002 with honey oak cabinets, laminate counters, and a wall between the kitchen and living room. Pulling that wall, replacing the cabinetry with a painted shaker, and installing a quartz island is the most-requested project we get.
• The builder-grade upgrade. Cranston, Auburn Bay, Mahogany, and Legacy homes from the 2010s came with stock cabinets and laminate counters that are still functional but feel cheap. Replacing the doors and drawer fronts (or reskinning the boxes), adding a new counter and backsplash, and updating hardware can transform the room without a full rebuild.
• The full-gut rebuild with butler's pantry. Heritage Pointe, De Winton, Priddis, and Bragg Creek properties tend to have larger kitchens that haven't been touched since the home was built. A full gut (new layout, new cabinetry, new appliances, often a butler's pantry) is a 10 to 14 week project that we run two trades at a time to compress the timeline.
• The open-concept conversion. Okotoks homes built in the early 2000s often had a closed-off kitchen with a separate dining room. Removing the wall, installing a beam, and merging the two spaces into a single open kitchen is a common Okotoks project we deliver several times a year.
• The galley-to-island reconfiguration. Inner-city Calgary homes (Bridgeland, Killarney, Glenbrook) frequently have narrow galley kitchens that work but feel dated. We move the range to an island, open the kitchen to the dining room, and gain a tremendous amount of usable counter space.

Why Calgary Homeowners Choose Parkside for Kitchen Work

Three reasons come up over and over in our reviews. First, we are the contractor on the job. Harald is on site daily during construction, not just at the start and end. Second, every trade in our crew has worked with us for years, which means the cabinet installer, the electrician, and the plumber all communicate directly without us as a middleman. Third, the estimate is the price. We've never delivered a kitchen and asked for more money at the end. If something behind the wall surprises us, we tell you immediately and price it in writing before we proceed.

Service Area

We deliver kitchen renovations across the full Calgary metro, all four quadrants, plus Okotoks (our home base), Airdrie, Cochrane, Chestermere, High River, and the surrounding acreage communities (Heritage Pointe, De Winton, Priddis, Bragg Creek, Black Diamond, Turner Valley). If you're more than an hour from Okotoks, we'll still come look; we just want to make sure we can get on site quickly enough to keep your project moving.

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