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KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU: The Woodland Hills Owner’s Guide
Adding square footage with KraftMaid cabinetry and finishes in Woodland Hills typically runs $45,000–$130,000 for a home addition and $90,000–$220,000 for a detached ADU, including materials, labor, permits, and KraftMaid installation. Most owners in neighborhoods like Walnut Acres or south of Ventura Boulevard reach out when their current kitchen or bath layout stops working for a growing family, or when they realize that converted garage is sitting unused while a rental unit could be generating income. The KraftMaid part of the equation matters more than people expect: cabinet line, finish, and hardware spec all affect what we can extend, match, or build around. If you’re planning an addition or ADU that integrates existing KraftMaid cabinetry, we can match the door style, finish, and layout so the new space doesn’t look like an afterthought.
Key Takeaways
- KraftMaid cabinetry comes in dozens of door styles across multiple price tiers. Matching an existing style requires the original door name or a sample, not just a photo.
- Woodland Hills ADU projects follow Los Angeles County building codes, and permits are pulled on every job we run.
- We write the price before any work starts. The number you approve is the number you pay.
- Luca Romano and his crew handle KraftMaid installs alongside the full addition or ADU build, so one team runs the whole project.
Which KraftMaid Models This Applies To
KraftMaid runs three main cabinet lines: Vantage, Venicia, and the core KraftMaid line most people know from big-box and independent kitchen dealers. Within those lines, door styles range from classic raised-panel to shaker to slab, each with specific overlay types: standard overlay, full overlay, and inset. The compatibility gotcha that trips up Woodland Hills homeowners is this: a shaker door from the Vantage series is not the same as a shaker door from the core line. The rail widths, finish sheen, and even the hinge boring differ. If you’re adding a kitchenette to an ADU and want it to match the main house kitchen, we need the original door name, the cabinet interior label (usually inside a drawer or on a shelf), or a physical door we can take to a KraftMaid dealer for matching. Aftermarket replacement doors exist for common shaker styles, but for anything inset or with a custom finish, we recommend OEM KraftMaid to get the color and durability right. In Woodland Hills homes with years of sun exposure through west-facing windows, we’ve seen finish fade on aftermarket doors that OEM finishes handle better over time.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your KraftMaid Home Additions & ADU Plan Is Failing Before It Starts
- Cabinet boxes that don’t square up. If your existing KraftMaid boxes were installed on an out-of-level floor, adding onto that run means new boxes pick up the same tilt. The cause is usually poor original installation or slab settling, and it gets fixed before new cabinets go in.
- Face frames pulling apart at the joints. This happens on older KraftMaid installs in high-humidity areas, like laundry rooms or unventilated bathrooms. The underlying cause is moisture cycling, and in Woodland Hills the dry heat that follows a damp winter accelerates the movement.
- Drawer glides that bind or bottom out. KraftMaid uses specific undermount and side-mount glides per era. If a glide is shot and you’re adding cabinets, matching the glide spec matters so new drawers feel the same as old ones.
- Hinges that sag or won’t hold adjustment. This is the most common failure on KraftMaid doors from the 2000s. The hinge cup wears, the door drops, and suddenly the whole run looks off. We see this constantly in Warner Center condos where original hardware was never adjusted.
- Finish wear at touch points. Around knobs, pulls, and sink bases, the finish erodes first. If you’re planning an addition that blends old and new cabinets, a touch-up kit or a door replacement plan needs to be part of the scope, or the new will make the old look worse.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
In Woodland Hills, a full home addition with KraftMaid cabinetry lands between $45,000 and $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation type, and the cabinet line you choose. An ADU runs $90,000 to $220,000, with KraftMaid cabinetry typically accounting for $4,000 to $13,000 of that when we’re doing a kitchen or kitchenette. What drives the range on the cabinet side: door style (inset costs substantially more than standard overlay), box construction upgrades, finish options, and drawer hardware. On the construction side: site access, hillside foundations, seismic requirements, and utility runs. Every quote we write in Woodland Hills includes a line-by-line breakdown, permits pulled under the job, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. No exceptions, no change orders unless you approve them first.
Installed Price Ranges for Woodland Hills
| Project | Typical Installed Range |
|---|---|
| Home Addition (full) | $45,000–$130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000–$220,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000–$80,000 |
| KraftMaid Cabinet Installation (kitchen) | $4,000–$13,000 |
| Countertop Installation (Cambria, Silestone, or other) | $2,000–$6,500 |
Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills is an independent contractor and not affiliated with KraftMaid. We buy KraftMaid product through authorized dealers and install it under our own workmanship warranty, which covers our labor for a full year beyond the manufacturer’s finish and hardware warranties.
DIY or Call Us?
If you’re matching a single door or swapping a hinge, that’s a weekend job for a careful homeowner with a cordless drill and patience. If you’re planning a home addition or ADU in Woodland Hills that includes KraftMaid cabinetry, that is not a DIY project. The county permitting process alone involves plan review, inspections, and code compliance that most homeowners have never navigated. The KraftMaid-specific risk is scope creep: you think you’re replacing four doors, but the original door style was discontinued three years ago, and now you need a full kitchen of new face frames to make it work. We’ve rescued a few of those jobs in hillside homes above Topanga Canyon Boulevard where the homeowner started with good intentions and ended with a cabinet order that didn’t fit the wall, the soffit, or the new appliance layout. Luca Romano’s approach is simple: we plan the whole build around the cabinetry, not the other way around. Call (341) 217-2776 and we’ll come look at what you have before you spend a dollar.
FAQs
KraftMaid cabinetry generally lasts 20 to 30 years in Southern California’s dry climate, with finish and hardware being the first things to show age. Cabinet boxes hold up well; it’s hinges, glides, and door finishes that fail first. If your boxes are solid and only the doors are worn, a door replacement is far cheaper than a full cabinet swap. Call (341) 217-2776 and we’ll tell you honestly which path makes sense.
Yes. Hinges can be replaced or adjusted, drawer glides can be swapped, face frames can be re-glued and squared, and doors can be refinished or replaced individually. We do this regularly in Woodland Hills homes where the original KraftMaid layout still works and only wear-and-tear items are failing. If the boxes themselves are water-damaged or structurally compromised, replacement is the better investment. Exact quotes are free.
Cabinet installation itself usually takes one to three days for a kitchen or kitchenette, but the full addition or ADU project in Woodland Hills runs four to eight months from permit to final inspection depending on scope. The cabinetry is one of the last trades in, and we schedule it after drywall, paint, and flooring are done. We’ll give you a written schedule before we start, and you’ll get photo updates as each phase completes.
We don’t stock full KraftMaid cabinet boxes, because every order is custom per door style, finish, and layout. We do keep common KraftMaid hinge, glide, and hardware replacements on hand for service calls. For full cabinet orders, we place the order through authorized KraftMaid dealers and coordinate delivery to your Woodland Hills job site. If you need a single door matched, bring us the label from inside the cabinet and we’ll get an exact match on order. Call (341) 217-2776 to get it started.
Written by Luca Romano, Owner, Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills at Sawyer Remodel Woodland Hills, serving Woodland Hills and nearby areas.
