Kitchen remodeling · Hills & Valley
Kitchen remodeling in Tarzana.
Tarzana's wide ranch homes often still have the kitchen they were built with. Master Kitchen redesigns and rebuilds it as a full kitchen remodel, typically $35,000 to $75,000, with an average of 2–3 weeks of work in the home.
Kitchens in Tarzana.
Tarzana's hills south of Ventura Boulevard are covered in single-story ranch homes from the 1950s through the 1970s: wide houses on wide lots, many with a pool behind them. North of the boulevard, Melody Acres is known for large, deep lots and older houses.
The typical kitchen sits in the middle of the house, with a pass-through or a half wall to the family room, an eating corner, original cabinets and a tile counter. It is big enough. It is just divided into pieces.
What a remodel in Tarzana has to allow for.
- Half walls and pass-throughs
- Taking them out joins the kitchen to the family room. Some carry load and some do not, and that decides the permit path.
- Low ceilings
- Under an eight-foot ceiling, tall cabinetry and a properly sized hood are design questions, not afterthoughts.
- The wall facing the yard
- Many of these kitchens look onto the pool. The plan keeps that wall for glass and puts storage elsewhere.
- Original systems
- Electrical panels, gas lines and drains from the 1960s are checked before the appliances are chosen.
Permits in Tarzana.
Tarzana is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, so there is no Tarzana building department. LADBS issues the permits, and its Valley office is the Van Nuys Development Services Center at 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard. A remodel with no structural changes qualifies for an express permit, which has no plan check. Whether taking out a half wall or a pass-through counts as structural depends on the wall, so we establish that before the design is final.
Official source: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). Checked October 2026.
The scope that usually fits.
Taking out the half wall and reworking the plan around an island is a full kitchen remodel, typically $35,000 to $75,000. If the sink, the range and the refrigerator are already well placed, keep them there: the same remodel costs less when the plumbing stays put. Where the cabinets and counters are all that needs to change, new ones cost $20,000 to $35,000.
What each scope includesQuestions from Tarzana homeowners.
Who issues kitchen remodel permits in Tarzana?
LADBS. Tarzana is part of the City of Los Angeles and has no building department of its own; the department's Valley office is the Van Nuys Development Services Center at 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard. We take care of the application and the inspections.
Is it worth keeping my existing kitchen layout?
If the sink, the range and the refrigerator are already in sensible places, yes. Moving plumbing, gas or walls adds more cost than any finish, and a good design can change how the room looks and works without relocating a pipe. A full kitchen remodel typically costs $35,000 to $75,000, and keeping the layout holds it toward the lower end.
Does removing a pass-through or a half wall need plan check?
It depends on whether the wall carries load. LADBS issues an express permit, with no plan check, for a kitchen remodel with no structural changes. If the half wall or the header over a pass-through supports the ceiling or the roof, the change is structural and goes through plan check.
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