Serving Seattle Since 2018
Kitchen Remodeling in Seattle
Hunnu Construction's Bellevue base sits a short distance from Seattle, and the city — including its Ballard and Magnolia neighborhoods specifically — has been part of the service area since 2018.
Kitchen Remodeling in Seattle
Seattle is close enough to Hunnu Construction's Bellevue base that it's been part of the working service area since 2018, alongside the rest of the Eastside. A kitchen there gets the same starting point as anywhere else — an in-home design consultation to measure the actual space and talk through what isn't working, followed by one crew carrying the project through cabinets, countertops, flooring and backsplash, on its own or together as a full renovation.
Seattle's older housing stock, on average, raises the layout question more often than newer Eastside construction does. A kitchen built decades ago was designed around how kitchens were used then — often smaller, more closed-off from the rest of the house — and a homeowner considering a remodel is frequently really asking whether the layout itself should change, not just which cabinets and counters go in. That's a conversation for the design consultation, not something to assume either way before it.
Planning a Seattle Kitchen Project
The process for a Seattle kitchen starts the same way it does anywhere in the service area: an honest look at what the kitchen actually needs, whether that's a full renovation or a single trade replaced on its own. From there, the same crew that does the measuring does the demolition, the installation, and the final walkthrough — nothing handed off between separate contractors partway through.
Sequencing stays consistent too: cabinets confirmed first, countertops templated against them once they're set, flooring and backsplash finishing the room last, in the order that protects each surface from the trades that follow it. A Seattle project isn't treated differently for being farther from Bellevue than some of the closer Eastside cities — the same design consultation, the same one crew, and the same single quote apply regardless of which part of the service area the kitchen is in.
Working in an Established City Neighborhood
Older, denser Seattle neighborhoods add a few practical considerations a newer Eastside subdivision usually doesn't — narrower streets, less on-street parking near the house, and sometimes less room to stage material or set up a dumpster during demolition. None of that changes what the project involves, but it's worth raising during the design consultation so it's planned for rather than discovered on the first day of work.
The same goes for what demolition sometimes finds behind the walls of an older home — plumbing or electrical that predates current expectations, which is more common the older the house is. That gets addressed as part of the project honestly, the same way it would anywhere else, rather than treated as a surprise once work is already underway.
Open-Concept Kitchens in Older Seattle Homes
Opening a closed-off kitchen into the adjoining living or dining space is one of the more common layout changes requested in older Seattle homes specifically, since that separation was standard when many of these houses were built and often isn't how the house is actually used today. It's a bigger project than a cosmetic update — it usually means at least a partial wall removed, which raises the question of whether that wall is load-bearing before anything else gets decided.
That's exactly the kind of question the design consultation exists to raise early rather than discover mid-demolition. Not every kitchen needs to open up to be improved, and a homeowner who isn't sure whether that's the right move for their specific house doesn't need to have decided before the first visit — it's one of the things the walkthrough is for.
A kitchen that stays closed off can still be substantially improved without touching a wall — new cabinets, a new countertop, updated flooring and backsplash change how the room feels and functions even with the same footprint. Opening the layout is one option among several, not a default recommendation made before the actual kitchen has been seen and the household's actual preferences discussed in the home itself, not over the phone. Both approaches are common across Seattle's older housing stock, and neither one is assumed before that conversation happens in the actual kitchen, not on the phone beforehand. Whichever direction a Seattle project goes, it's decided by what the house and the household actually need, not by a default answer applied to every older home in the city.
The Full Kitchen Remodeling Service
Seattle homeowners get the same service the rest of the area does — one crew across cabinets, countertops, flooring and backsplash rather than a different contractor for each trade. The main kitchen remodeling page covers kitchen remodeling services serving the Eastside and Seattle in full, including the complete list of services, how a project is sequenced from the first consultation to the final walkthrough, and what changes about that sequence in an older home.
Seattle Kitchen Remodeling Questions
- Do you serve all of Seattle, or specific neighborhoods only?
- The primary Seattle neighborhoods in the service area are Ballard and Magnolia, alongside the rest of the city on a case-by-case basis — worth confirming during the first call.
- How does an older Seattle home's kitchen differ from a newer Eastside one?
- Older homes more often need the layout itself reconsidered, not just the finishes — worth raising during the design consultation rather than assuming the existing footprint is fixed.
- Can I replace just one part of the kitchen?
- Yes. A single trade — cabinets, countertop, flooring or backsplash — runs as its own project as often as a full renovation does.
- What forms of payment do you accept?
- Checks and cash. Hunnu Construction does not currently accept credit or debit cards.
- What other areas does Hunnu Construction serve?
- Bellevue and the rest of the Eastside — Renton, Bothell, Redmond, Issaquah, Kirkland, Sammamish, Shoreline and Woodinville.
Start a Kitchen Remodel in Seattle
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