Requests from this site reach independent remodelers across all of Orange County. The county has 34 incorporated cities, and each issues its own building permits. Unincorporated communities get their permits from the county instead, through OC Public Works and OC Development Services. Find your area below; where a city has its own guide on this site, the link takes you there.
Kitchen Remodel Orange County is a referral service, not a contractor. A request from this page goes to an independent remodeler in your part of the county, who gives you their own written estimate.
Every area below is different. Irvine and South County are mostly master-planned, with associations that review changes; the west county is full of single-storey tracts from the 1960s and 1970s; the coast mixes older cottages with newer custom homes. The city guides explain what that means for a kitchen, and the remodeler who calls you will ask which kind of house you have.
Irvine and the center of the county
Irvine, with its villages from Woodbridge and Northwood to Portola Springs and the Great Park neighborhoods; Tustin, including Tustin Ranch and Old Town; Lake Forest, including Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills; Santa Ana; and Orange, including Old Towne Orange.
The coast
Newport Beach, including Corona del Mar, Balboa Island, Lido Isle and Newport Coast; Costa Mesa; Laguna Beach; and Dana Point.
Huntington Beach and West County
Huntington Beach, including Huntington Harbour and Seacliff; Fountain Valley; Westminster; Garden Grove; Stanton; Seal Beach; Cypress; Los Alamitos; and La Palma.
South County
Mission Viejo; Laguna Niguel; Laguna Hills; Aliso Viejo; Laguna Woods; Rancho Santa Margarita; San Juan Capistrano; and San Clemente, including Talega.
North County
Anaheim, including Anaheim Hills; Fullerton; Yorba Linda; Brea; Placentia; Villa Park; Buena Park; and La Habra.
Unincorporated communities
Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza, Rossmoor, North Tustin, Trabuco Canyon, Las Flores and Midway City are not part of any city. Permits there come from the county, through OC Public Works and OC Development Services.
Wherever you live
For a city without its own guide here, check with the city’s building department before you plan. In every city, your contractor pulls the permit and the city decides what is needed. If you only want new cabinet faces, read cabinet refacing in Orange County.
