Who needs help with kitchen planning?

Top Three Questions

How much does your professional planning service cost?

Our comprehensive planning service fee is $275 for homes in Los Angeles city, San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley. $75 of this credited back on your installation. For homes in beach communities and outside L.A. city or county, the fee is slightly higher. We also design IKEA kitchens for customers all over the world at similar rates.

The local service includes all of the following: Onsite expert contractor consultation, measure service, professional kitchen design, one or more layout options, with 3D images emailed to you along with IKEA pricing, unlimited revisions within 30 days, and IKEA's order forms prepared for you. We guide you through the kitchen design process.

In addition, we will provide a detailed bid for installation and/or remodeling work. You also have the assistance of our expert project manager to ensure all questions and issues are addressed promptly.

Design work is usually submitted to you within 24 hours of the initial design meeting and revisions are typically returned to you within 24 hours as well.

Can you help with design in other cities or states or countries?

Yes. We can provide expert IKEA kitchen design, from your measurements and our design questionnaire, anywhere in the world via email or fax. Call or email for more information.

Why would I need a planning service?

Most homeowners who plan their own kitchens tend to replace their old cabinets with a similar layout, conceiving that changing things around would cost too much. Without the know-how to use IKEA cabinets creatively, they are limited to stock configurations.

Experience has shown us that many homeowners can have a much nicer and more functional kitchen, even their dream kitchen, by getting some help from experts. No matter the budget, professional design, with contractor input, is the best way to launch a kitchen project and ensure a wonderful, affordable new kitchen that suits home type, budget, personal style and lifestyle.

Call or for more information on any of our services: (626) 203-1480

We welcome your inquiry, there is no obligation, and we are happy to discuss your project with you.

Having helped hundreds of homeowners design and remodel new kitchens, we've identified the most basic, vital concerns a homeowner should address when planning a new kitchen. The issues are both technical (walls, floors, electrical, etc.) and creative. A professional plan takes all factors into account and results in the most attractive and functional kitchen possible within the budget and space available.

We've installed kitchens for interior designers and we respect their work. However, for the majority of homeowners, IKEA cabinets come with a promise of simplicity and affordability that rules out the relatively high fees for professional interior design, typically several thousand dollars. Big box stores typically charge $750 and up for kitchen planning and although it can appear to be "free," it is not. It's part of the sales cycle and its cost is covered in the cost of the cabinets.

We believe that the best choice is a planning service that includes both technical and creative expert guidance. Our planning service costs $275 (in the Los Angeles city area), and the customer gets $75 of this fee credited back on our remodeling services. We work hard during the planning phase to ensure that, once installed, you will really love your new kitchen. Because we hope to be working with you on the project, we don't want you to be faced with the stress and expense of planning errors, and we want you to get all you can out of your cabinet investment. We have found that making professional planning easily affordable and including with it a technical overview, is the best service possible.

None of this is to say that homeowners cannot draft kitchen plans on their own. But many people need and ask for help with planning. Our experience with those who needed help has enabled us to learn what a thorough planning service needs to accomplish.

There are perhaps four main categories of homeowners who can benefit from expert help with planning:

  1. First, are homeowners who do not move forward on a vital or desired project because of uncertainties. Sometimes this is just a lack of measuring-expertise, sometimes it is confusion or difficulty with IKEA's planning software, sometimes it is really a technical issue with the house itself, as in category #2, below.
  2. A second category are those with older homes, where the condition of walls, plumbing, venting and electrical needs to be evaluated as a part of the planning phase. For this group especially, the type of planning service we offer can save a lot of time, money and stress. Know before you go.
  3. A third group would be those with small kitchens who need to get the most function out of every inch. Small kitchens are often the hardest to plan and most likely to have planning errors turn into problems during installation.
  4. A fourth category might be those who know exactly what they want to achieve, and want to minimize risks and maximize efficiency. Expert help with planning is suggested.

For customers who have already drafted their plans, we can provide a bid for installation based on the existing plan. We aim to provide fast, friendly service for every customer, for any phase of a project.

However, for those who do our planning service, because have done an on-site inspection, we are able to give much more detailed and useful bids on any remodeling that might be needed, along with the cabinet installation bid. Remodeling work almost always has to be evaluated on-site in order to provide a helpful, honest bid.

The results we are going for with our planning service:

  1. Customer has an optimal kitchen design he/she is excited about
  2. Customer has had questions answered and feels confident to move forward
  3. Customer has a line-item bid on installation or remodeling services and knows their cost (labor)
  4. Cabinet costs are known
  5. Ordering is made simple by providing customer with filled out IKEA order forms

Kitchen planning is both a technical and creative endeavor. Knowledge is key to making the best choices and getting the best result. We try to cover all bases with our planning service to make it truly helpful.





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