Kitchen Remodeling · East Rochester, NY

We remodel kitchens in East Rochester’s old worker houses

Small lots, narrow layouts, plaster walls. We plan kitchen work around what your East Rochester house actually is.

East Rochester was built for railcar and piano workers, and the kitchens still show it. Houses off Main St and Washington St sit on 40-foot lots with tight footprints and small original kitchens that were never meant to hold a fridge, a dishwasher, and a table. We work on these layouts all the time, whether it’s a cabinet and counter swap or opening a wall near Fairport Rd to get more room out of a small house.

Most East Rochester kitchens sit inside early-1900s frames with plaster and lath walls, old plumbing runs, and stone foundations that were built to hold up a house, not to finish out. When we open a wall or pull cabinets, we find balloon framing, knob-and-tube remnants, and cast iron drain lines that don’t line up with a modern layout. Shared driveways and narrow side yards mean material staging and dumpster placement get planned before we ever pick up a tool.

What’s included

Cabinet layout redesign for narrow lot kitchens
Counter and backsplash tile installation and replacement
Lighting upgrades for older undersized electrical panels
Flooring replacement over uneven original subfloor
Wall removal to open small worker-house kitchens
Plumbing relocation around old cast iron drain lines

Notes for East Rochester homeowners

Small lots, narrow layouts, plaster walls. We plan kitchen work around what your East Rochester house actually is.

East Rochester runs its own village-level permitting separate from Monroe County, so we file plans directly with the village before demo starts.
Many houses share driveways with the neighbor, which we plan around for material delivery and dumpster placement ahead of the job.
Narrow original stairwells near Main St and Washington St limit what size cabinets and appliances can go in without disassembly.
A number of rentals in the village mean tenant scheduling and turnover timing factor into how we sequence the work.

East Rochester permitting and access notes

The common mistake here is ordering standard cabinets for a kitchen that isn’t square, because these houses have settled for over a century and corners drift. We measure the actual walls, not the blueprint, and build the layout around the real dimensions. We also check the plaster and old wiring before demo starts, so there are no surprises that stall the job halfway through.

One crew runs your job start to finish, no rotating subs. We give you a straight price before any work begins, based on what we find in your walls and floor, not a guess. We protect the rest of the house, keep the site clean each day, and finish on the schedule we agreed to. Call (585) 488-3155 and we’ll walk through it with you.

East Rochester permitting and access notes

East Rochester questions

Can you widen a kitchen doorway in one of these old worker houses?

Usually yes. Most interior walls near Main St and Washington St are non-load-bearing plaster and lath, so we can open or widen a doorway without major structural work. We confirm framing type before we quote it.

Do you handle the village permit for a kitchen remodel?

Yes. East Rochester handles its own permitting at the village level, separate from the county, and we file the paperwork and schedule inspections as part of the job.

What do you do about the old stone basement under the kitchen?

These basements were built to hold the house up, not to finish out, so we don’t rely on them for anything beyond running new plumbing or electrical up into the kitchen above.