Kitchen Refresh Packages
The kitchen has been on the list since the second year in the house. Every cabinet contractor wants to gut and replace; every painter wants to spray and walk; every countertop fabricator wants to template and disappear. Nobody quotes the full project as one number, so the file sits open for three years and the laminate counters keep curling at the seam by the sink. Kitchen refresh packages collapse the procurement into one quote — a single price for the cosmetic refresh, the rental turnover, or the pre-listing package, with every line item written down and the licensed-plumber and licensed-electrician hours named separately. Handis runs the project end to end, sequences the trades, and finishes the punch list. From $5,000 for a rental turnover the property manager needs before the listing photos to $25,000 for a full cosmetic refresh with new cabinet fronts, premium quartz, a tiled backsplash, and lit upper-cabinet glass.
Packages
What a Kitchen Refresh Package Includes
A kitchen refresh package is a fixed bundle of updates — written line by line, priced as one number — that brings a single kitchen from tired to current in five to ten working days. Three packages, each sized to a different kitchen and a different budget. The scope is fixed so the price is fixed; the only adders are condition-driven (soft cabinet bottom under the sink, a corroded supply line behind the dishwasher, knob-and-tube wiring discovered when the backsplash comes off, settled subfloor that the new flooring will telegraph). Handis runs the project: demo, cabinet refresh or front swap, countertop coordination with the fabricator, backsplash, sink and faucet install, pulls, paint, and the day-to-day coordination of the licensed-plumbing and licensed-electrical subs.
Cosmetic Kitchen Refresh
The most-requested package — keep the existing cabinet boxes, swap or repaint the fronts, drop in a new quartz countertop, install a new tile backsplash, swap the sink and faucet, hang new cabinet pulls, refresh the under-cabinet lighting, and repaint the room top to bottom. Six to ten working days for a typical kitchen. Licensed plumber subs in for the sink and dishwasher reconnect and the disposal swap; licensed electrician subs in for new under-cabinet lighting circuits and any GFCI countertop receptacle work the new layout requires. From $12,000 for a small galley with cabinet repaint to $25,000 for a larger U-shape with full new shaker fronts, premium quartz, and a lit upper-cabinet glass row.
Cosmetic Kitchen Refresh — fronts, quartz, backsplash, sink, lighting, paint
Rental Kitchen Turnover
Built for property managers, real-estate agents, and small residential investors prepping a rental between tenants or before a listing. Cabinet repaint, new countertop or countertop refresh, new sink and faucet, new pulls, fresh paint, and a re-caulk of every seam. The fastest-turn package — four to five working days when the schedule allows. Photographable on day five. Volume discount on multi-unit contracts. From $5,000 for a basic single-unit turnover to $14,000 for a larger unit with full new fronts and premium quartz.
Rental Kitchen Turnover — repaint, counter, sink, pulls, paint, re-caulk
Pre-Listing Kitchen Package
Built for the listing-photo carousel and the appraisal walkthrough — strategic cabinet repaint to a current neutral (white shaker or two-tone), a new quartz countertop, a new subway or zellige backsplash, a new sink and pull-down faucet, new pulls, a swapped light fixture, and fresh paint. The scope targets the visual lift that moves a buyer and an appraiser; the spend is calibrated against the local comparable sale price per square foot, not against the homeowner's long-term kitchen. From $8,000 for a small kitchen to $18,000 for a full-size kitchen with new fronts and premium finishes.
Pre-Listing Kitchen Package — repaint, quartz, backsplash, sink, fixture, paint
Kitchen Refresh Packages Pricing
Package pricing depends on kitchen size, cabinet count, whether fronts are repainted in place or replaced, countertop material, backsplash selection, and whether the existing rough-in supports the new sink and dishwasher. Each package page lists detailed product and labor line items. Licensed-plumber and licensed-electrician sub fees pass through transparently on the quote. Multi-unit rental contracts qualify for volume discount. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Send us the kitchen and the package you have in mind — we will quote the whole project.
Why a Package Beats Four Separate Quotes
Most homeowners who call us about a kitchen refresh have already gotten three or four quotes from single-trade specialists — a cabinet refacing company, a countertop fabricator, an electrician for the under-cabinet lights, a painter — and none of the numbers add up because none of those quotes price the coordination work that sits between the trades. The refresh-package format collapses the four quotes into one written scope with one number. Handis runs the calendar, sequences the licensed plumber and licensed electrician on the days they are actually needed, owns the punch list, and stands behind the project for a year. The package is the format that turns a multi-year procrastination into a one-to-two-week project.
One written scope, one written price
The package quote names every product (cabinet paint or front SKU, countertop slab, backsplash tile, sink, faucet, pull set, paint color, light fixture), every labor line (demo, cabinet refresh, countertop template-and-set, backsplash install, paint, re-caulk, sink and faucet install), every Handis day on site, and every licensed-sub day on site. No vague allowances. No mid-project re-quotes unless the wall reveals something nobody could see — and then you see the photos and sign off before the change.
Licensed plumber and licensed electrician named on the quote
The Washington L&I plumber and electrician we sub to are named on the package quote, with their hours and their portion of the price written out. They pull their own permits for their portion of the work as the responsible licensed party. You know who is touching the supply line under the sink and who is touching the dishwasher circuit.
Five to ten working days, not five to ten weeks
A rental turnover closes in four to five working days. A cosmetic refresh closes in six to ten depending on cabinet front lead time and countertop template-to-install cycle. A pre-listing package closes in six to eight. The calendar on the quote shows day one through day N with what happens on each day — demo and protect on Monday, cabinet front pull and prep Tuesday, plumber Wednesday morning for sink disconnect, countertop template Wednesday afternoon, countertop set the following week, backsplash and paint on the next two days.
Project-grade dust and finish protection
Plastic-zip floor-to-ceiling at the kitchen doorway, runners down every hallway the crew walks, a sealed pass-through to the dining area where needed, vacuum and trash-out at the end of every day. The rest of the house does not become a job site.
Insured, background-checked, written one-year warranty
Handis carries general liability and workers' compensation; every technician has cleared a background screening. The one-year project warranty covers cabinet paint and front install, countertop set (the slab warranty travels with the fabricator), backsplash, sink and faucet install, pulls, paint, and finishes. The licensed-sub portion (plumbing and electrical) carries its own Washington L&I-trade warranty, also named on the quote.
Estimate
Tell us the kitchen (galley, L-shape, U-shape, island, eat-in), rough square footage, the cabinet count, which package you are leaning toward (cosmetic, rental turnover, pre-listing), and any product preferences you already have — paint color, countertop slab line, backsplash tile, fixture line. We send a written quote with every line and every sub day named.
What Our Customers Say
Recent kitchen refresh package reviews from verified Seattle-area customers and property managers.
Cosmetic refresh on our 1992 Bellevue kitchen. Kept the existing maple boxes, all new shaker fronts in Benjamin Moore White Dove, new quartz, new subway-tile backsplash, new undermount sink, new pull-down faucet, all new pulls, and a re-caulk. Eight working days. The plumber came in for the sink and disposal reconnect, the electrician came in for the under-cabinet lighting circuit. Punch list signed off the day they wrapped.
Rental turnover before listing the unit. Cabinet repaint, counter refresh, new sink and faucet, new pulls, fresh paint. Four working days flat. The standardized white repaint matches our other units in the building and the listing photos came in cleaner than the prior tenant's tour video. We re-listed the unit on day six.
Pre-listing package on our 1996 Issaquah split-level — we were deciding between a full remodel and selling as-is, and Handis quoted a middle path that hit the appraisal threshold the agent had named. New shaker fronts, quartz, subway-tile backsplash, new sink and faucet, new pulls, repainted walls. Six working days. Closed $30,000 over list.
Three units in the same Renton four-plex, three turnovers, one contract. Volume discount on the second and third units, all three done in twelve working days with the crew sequenced unit to unit. Same paint, same quartz pattern, same sink, same fixtures across the three. The building finally has a consistent kitchen finish across units.
Cosmetic refresh in a 1929 Wallingford bungalow — original maple boxes too good to replace, so we kept the boxes and added new shaker fronts in Cabinet Coat, butcher-block counter on the island, quartz on the main run, a deep stainless undermount sink, and a swing-arm pot filler the plumber sub installed. Ten working days. The kitchen finally fits the house.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis kitchen refresh packages — scope, pricing, scheduling, licensed-sub coordination, and what fits each package.