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Gold Hands Miami

Remodel Your Kitchen in Sweetwater

Cabinets, countertops, backsplash, sink and lighting updated as one coordinated project, planned around your building rules and quoted from your photos and measurements.

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Gold Hands offers kitchen remodeling in Sweetwater, FL: cabinet installation or refacing, countertop coordination and install, backsplash tile, sink and faucet, appliances, lighting, paint and flooring. Every kitchen is priced per project. Send photos and rough measurements by phone or WhatsApp and we return a free estimate; any work that needs a permit in Miami-Dade County goes through our general contractor partner.

Around Sweetwater and Doral, Miami and Aventura, the kitchen is often the room that has been patched the most: a replacement microwave that does not match, a faucet swapped twice, a counter seam that lifted. A remodel lets you fix those small things at once and plan the room as a whole: where the trash pull-out goes, which outlet feeds the coffee maker, how light falls on the cutting board, and where the dishwasher drains.

Start with your phone camera. Stand in each corner and take a photo toward the opposite one, then shoot inside the sink cabinet, any water stains, and the electrical panel label if you can reach it. Measure each wall that has cabinets. Send everything by text or WhatsApp to (786) 788-8714. The estimate is free and priced per project, and Spanish is spoken at every step.

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Priced per project — free estimate by phone, video call or from your photos and measurements. Gold Hands Miami is insured. Permitted work (plumbing, electrical, structural changes) is pulled and performed under our Florida-licensed general contractor partner.

Investor kitchens in Sweetwater

Sweetwater sits beside FIU's main campus: concrete-block stucco homes on modest lots mixed with condo and apartment communities, with a good share of rentals and steady turnover.

Near campuses and in investor-heavy parts of Sweetwater, kitchens take hard use. Cabinet doors get slammed, counters near the stove get scorched and the sink base sees leaks nobody reports. For these properties we suggest sturdy hinges, plywood sink bases, a cabinet floor liner, and a pull-down faucet from a common brand so a replacement part is easy to find locally.

We can work around tenants when needed, though kitchen remodels go faster in vacant units. If the unit is occupied, we agree on access windows with you, you give the tenant notice, and we keep a working sink available as long as the schedule allows. Property managers can coordinate the whole job with us by text or WhatsApp at (786) 788-8714, in English or Spanish.

Kitchen work we handle in Sweetwater

Most kitchens in Sweetwater combine several of these items; the estimate lists each one so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

Kitchen Remodeling: levels & budget

Refresh

Quoted per project

Cabinet refacing or painting, new hardware, backsplash, sink, faucet and lighting — keeping the layout.

Full remodel

Most projects $15,000–$30,000

New cabinets and countertops, backsplash, sink and fixtures, appliance installation and lighting.

Custom & luxury

$30,000+

New layout or island, relocated plumbing and electrical, premium stone and custom cabinetry — permitted through our GC partner.

Typical ranges, not a quote: your price is a written line-item quote after photos and measurements or a video call, approved before anything is ordered.

Finish ideas

Illustration: white shaker kitchen with a quartz island and pendant lights
Illustration: condo kitchen with navy cabinets, quartz counters and a tiled backsplash

Illustrative images — not photos of a specific Gold Hands project.

Updating a builder kitchen in Sweetwater

Concrete-block houses and townhomes in Sweetwater from the 1960s through the 1990s usually have a standard builder kitchen: an L or U of cabinets, a peninsula and a soffit. The layout works, but the finishes are dated. The most common request is a replacement in place: new cabinets and counters in the same footprint, a tile backsplash, a new sink and faucet, and recessed or under-cabinet lighting.

Block walls affect how things mount and where wiring runs. Upper cabinets anchor into furring strips or masonry with the right fasteners, and adding an outlet on an exterior wall means channeling the block or running surface conduit. Removing the peninsula to open the room is a popular request in the FIU edge and Tamiami; if it carries plumbing or electrical, that change goes through our general contractor partner with a permit.

How a kitchen remodel with Gold Hands works

  1. Estimate from photos: you text or WhatsApp photos of each wall, the sink cabinet and the floor, plus counter lengths and ceiling height. We reply with questions or a free estimate priced for your project.
  2. Written scope and schedule: we list cabinets, counters, backsplash, fixtures and finish work item by item, note what you supply and what we supply, and agree on a start date that follows material arrival.
  3. Permits where required: plumbing moves, new circuits and wall changes are pulled by our general contractor partner with the City of Sweetwater building department (or Miami-Dade County for unincorporated Tamiami addresses), and inspections are scheduled before walls or cabinets close up.
  4. The work: demolition with dust protection, cabinet install, countertop template by the stone shop, then counter install, backsplash, sink, appliances and lighting, in that order so each step has a finished surface to work on.
  5. Final walkthrough: we open every door and drawer, run the water and disposal, test appliances and lights, touch up caulk and paint, and send you photos of the finished kitchen with any notes.

Kitchen remodel timing: short jobs and long ones

Permits and approvals add time before any work starts. If the plan moves plumbing, adds circuits or opens a wall, our general contractor partner submits to the building department and the project waits on review and inspections. Condo and HOA approvals run on their own calendars, often tied to board meetings. A kitchen that keeps its layout skips most of this and starts sooner.

Kitchen Remodeling near Sweetwater

Nearby: Kitchen Remodeling — Doral · Kitchen Remodeling — Miami · Kitchen Remodeling — Aventura.

All areas: Kitchen Remodeling across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Planning guide: Planning a Kitchen Remodel in South Florida: What to Know.

Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover in Sweetwater

Kitchen Remodeling in Sweetwater — questions we get asked

Can you remodel several rental kitchens with the same design?

Yes. Investors and property managers often standardize one kitchen design across units: the same cabinet style, counter material, faucet and hardware. It simplifies ordering and makes future repairs easier because parts match. We quote each unit from photos and measurements, and multiple units can be scheduled back to back around your turnover dates.

What if you find old plumbing or wiring behind my kitchen walls?

In older homes it is common to find galvanized supply lines, cast-iron drains or wiring that does not support modern appliances. When the cabinets come out, we show you what we found with photos and explain the options before anything changes. Replacing those lines is permitted work handled by our general contractor partner with the City of Sweetwater building department (or Miami-Dade County for unincorporated Tamiami addresses), quoted separately so you can decide.

Do you speak Spanish?

Yes. Our Spanish-speaking staff can handle the whole project in Spanish, from the first photos you send to the final walkthrough. Many families in Sweetwater prefer to discuss materials and schedule in Spanish, and the written scope can be explained in either language. Just text or WhatsApp (786) 788-8714 and tell us which you prefer.

Can I stay in the house during a kitchen remodel?

Most people do. We put up dust barriers at the kitchen opening, protect floors along the work path and clean up at the end of each day. You will be without the kitchen for part of the project, so setting up a coffee maker, microwave and small fridge in another room helps. We tell you in advance which days water or power will be off.

How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Sweetwater?

It depends entirely on scope and materials: refacing with new counters is a very different project from a full gut with new cabinets and moved plumbing. We do not publish a price list for remodels because each kitchen is priced per project. Send photos and measurements and you get a free written estimate, with each item listed so you can adjust the scope.

Other work we do in Sweetwater

Need kitchen remodeling in Sweetwater?

Send photographs of the job to (786) 788-8714 and a written quote comes back naming the scope and the materials. The quote costs nothing, and nothing reaches the invoice that was not on it.

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