The most demanding room in the home, engineered for the way you cook and entertain — bespoke cabinetry, honed stone, and appliances integrated to disappear into the millwork.
A kitchen has to look clean and simple while handling heat, water, weight, and daily use. We design and build kitchens that hold up for decades: proportioned to the room, detailed to the millimeter, and planned around how you cook and entertain.
Because we are one design-build firm, cabinetry, stone, plumbing, electrical, and lighting are coordinated from the first drawing. Nothing is value-engineered at the expense of the result, and nothing is lost between the designer's plan and the contractor's work.
From a refit of an existing layout to a full reconfiguration that moves walls and services, the scope is set by the room and the building.
Reworking the plan for flow, sightlines, and entertaining — relocating islands, ranges, and sinks, and engineering the structure and services to allow it.
Bespoke cabinetry built to the room in rift-sawn oak, hand-painted lacquer, and exotic veneers, with integrated pantries, appliance garages, and concealed storage.
Slab-selected, book-matched marble, quartzite, and porcelain for countertops, waterfall islands, and full-height backsplashes — dry-laid before installation.
Seamless integration of Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, and Gaggenau appliances, plus ventilation, filtered water, lighting scenes, and the electrical to support them.
Kitchens are the most regulated room in a New York renovation. Gas work, ventilation, plumbing relocations, and wet-over-dry rules are all reviewed by the Department of Buildings and your building's engineer. We carry the filings, permits, and insurance and manage inspections through sign-off.
We handle co-op and condo alteration agreements, house rules, and work-hour windows, and we protect lobbies, elevators, and corridors for the length of the job, so a kitchen project does not cost you standing with the board.
Every kitchen runs through our four-phase process — discovery, design, build, delivery — under one project manager and a client portal with itemized pricing. You review the cabinetry shop drawings, the stone selections, and the schedule before demolition begins.
Our installers and stone fabricators are long-standing partners held to one standard, so reveals line up, grain runs continuously, and the finished room reads as one piece of work.
A kitchen that stays in place still needs the building's alteration agreement, because gas, plumbing, and electrical work are involved. Moving the kitchen is harder: wet-over-dry rules mean a kitchen usually cannot sit above a neighbor's bedroom, and the board's engineer checks where the new drains and vents go. Gas work needs a Department of Buildings permit, a licensed plumber, and an inspection before the utility restores service.
Condo kitchens go through the same review. Some newer buildings have no gas service, so an induction range and an electrical panel upgrade become part of the plan. Ventilation is often the deciding factor: exterior venting may not be permitted, and a recirculating hood has to be sized for the range.
Townhouse kitchens are usually on the garden or parlor floor and often extend into the rear yard. An extension needs Department of Buildings and zoning review, and in a historic district the rear facade change goes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. There is no board, but the party walls and the neighbors on both sides still matter.
Houses in Queens and the Bronx need permits for gas, plumbing, and electrical work, with no board review. In the Hamptons, a kitchen tied to an addition goes through the village building department and, in some villages, architectural review. Westchester and Long Island kitchens follow the local building department's permit process.
We talk about how you cook, who uses the kitchen, and what the building allows. On site we measure the room, locate the gas line, the drains, the vents, and the panel, and check the alteration agreement for rules on wet areas and ventilation.
The kitchen is drawn in plan and elevation. You review the cabinetry shop drawings, the appliance specifications, and the stone slabs, and the itemized proposal is priced from those decisions, so the budget reflects the cabinets and slabs you actually chose.
We prepare the board package and insurance certificates, then file the plumbing, gas, and electrical permits with the Department of Buildings. Cabinetry and stone fabrication start once the drawings are approved, because those lead times usually run longer than the approvals.
The old kitchen is removed, and new plumbing, gas, electrical, and ventilation are installed and inspected before the walls close. Substrates are leveled so cabinets and stone sit true. Common areas stay protected for the length of the job.
Cabinets go in first, then the templated stone, the appliances, the lighting, and the hardware. We test every appliance and fixture, complete the final inspections, walk the kitchen with you, and hand over the manuals, warranties, and permit sign-offs.
What the wet-over-dry rule is, why co-op and condo boards enforce it, what counts as a wet area, when a kitchen or bathroom relocation can be approved, and how to plan a layout around it.
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How custom millwork is designed, fabricated, and installed in NYC apartments — from site measure and shop drawings to veneers, integrated lighting, and the install.
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How renovation approval really works in NYC co-ops and condos — alteration agreements, board review, DOB permits, timelines, and what drives the cost.
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