At SecuReno, we deliver expert renovation services for kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, and custom finishing. Every project is tailored to your home, your budget, and your specific renovation needs. From cabinet and countertop upgrades to tile work and room refreshes, our team of skilled craftsmen delivers quality workmanship to create spaces built to last.
A kitchen renovation Ottawa families actually enjoy starts with how the room gets used at 6 p.m. on a Tuesday, not with a showroom photo. SecuReno handles Ottawa kitchen remodeling from a cabinet and countertop refresh to a full layout change, with one crew from demolition to the final walkthrough.
You get a written, itemized quote, cabinets ordered before demolition starts, and a schedule that does not leave you without a kitchen for two months.
A kitchen is the most expensive room to get wrong and the easiest to get wrong on paper. A layout that photographs beautifully can put the dishwasher on the wrong side of the sink, leave no landing space next to the stove, or run the island so tight that two people cannot pass. Those mistakes cost the same as a good layout and you live with them for twenty years.
So we start with questions, not cabinet colours. Who cooks, and how many at once? Where do groceries land? Do the kids do homework at the island? Is there a wall that could come down, and is it worth the permit? The answers decide the layout, and the layout decides whether the renovation was worth it.
Four things every kitchen plan should have on paper before work starts. If your contractor cannot show them, the design is not finished.
We walk through all four with you before you sign, and the layout drawing is part of every quote.
From cabinet refacing to a full layout change with the wall taken out, every project gets the same crew, the same planning standard and the same written quote.
Everything comes out and goes back in properly: new layout or same layout, cabinets, countertops, backsplash, flooring, lighting, plumbing and electrical. The right choice when the kitchen is over fifteen years old or the layout has never worked.
Kitchen flooring optionsNew cabinets when the boxes are done. Refacing (new doors and fronts on sound boxes) at roughly half the cost. Professional cabinet painting when the style is fine and the colour is not. We tell you honestly which one your kitchen needs.
Quartz for a consistent, non-porous surface. Granite for natural stone that handles heat. Laminate and butcher block for tighter budgets. Measured after cabinets are installed, never before, so the fit is exact.
Galley kitchens, condo kitchens and small spaces need smart moves: full-height cabinets, drawer bases instead of doors, a slim island or peninsula, and lighting that makes the room feel bigger. Condo rules, elevator bookings and noise hours handled.
New backsplash, under-cabinet lighting, pot lights, a proper range hood ducted outside, and hardware. A backsplash and lighting refresh can change a kitchen in a week without touching the cabinets.
Hardware and small updates: handyman servicesTaking down the wall between the kitchen and living room. We check whether it is load-bearing, handle the City of Ottawa permit and the beam, and rebuild the kitchen around the new space.
Work triangle, landing zones and clearances are planned first. A beautiful kitchen that does not work is still a kitchen that does not work.
Cabinets, counters, backsplash, appliances and labour are itemized. Change one item and only that line moves.
Cabinets and countertops are ordered and confirmed before we touch anything, so you are never stuck without a kitchen waiting on a delivery.
We know the 1960s to 1980s houses across the city: original cabinet heights, undersized circuits and range hoods that vent nowhere.
Renovation or remodel? A renovation updates the kitchen in its current layout: new cabinets, counters, backsplash, lighting. A remodel changes the layout: moving the sink, adding an island, taking a wall out. Remodels usually need a permit and cost more. Most kitchens can be transformed without moving the plumbing, and that is usually where we start the conversation.
We measure the room, check the electrical panel and plumbing, listen to what is not working and send a written, itemized quote with a layout drawing.
Cabinets, countertops, backsplash and appliances are chosen and ordered. Demolition is scheduled around the delivery date.
Demolition, rough-ins, drywall, cabinets, countertop template and install, backsplash, lighting and finishing, with the rest of your house sealed off.
Every door, drawer and appliance tested, every seam checked, and a clean kitchen handed over.
Every homeowner asks the same first question, and the honest answer is that three things decide most of the cost: whether the layout changes, what the cabinets are made of, and the countertop material. Everything else is detail.
Keeping the layout is the biggest saving. If the sink, stove and fridge stay where they are, there is no plumbing relocation, usually no permit, and a much shorter schedule. Most kitchens can be completely transformed without moving a single line.
Cabinets are the largest single item. Stock cabinets, semi-custom and full custom can differ by a factor of three for the same kitchen. Refacing sound boxes costs roughly half of replacing them.
Countertops and appliances stretch budgets fast. Quartz and granite cost more than laminate but last decades. A professional range or built-in fridge can cost as much as the cabinets around it.
We do not publish flat prices because a cabinet refresh and a full open-concept remodel are different projects. What we do is give you a written, line-item quote so you can see exactly where the money goes and adjust before we start. Request a free estimate and we will walk through it with you.
Ask any contractor to break their quote into these lines. If they will not, keep looking.
Most of the kitchens we replace in Ottawa share the same problems. The range hood vents into a cabinet or nowhere at all, so years of cooking grease sit above the stove. There is one 15-amp circuit for the whole counter, so the kettle and the toaster cannot run together. And the cabinets were built to 1970s heights for a shorter generation.
Ottawa's climate adds its own issues. Eight months of dry indoor heating shrinks wood cabinet doors and opens gaps in painted finishes, then humid summers swell them back. We specify finishes and hardware that handle the swing, and we vent every range hood outdoors as the Ontario Building Code requires for new installations.
The housing stock matters too. Post-war bungalows in Alta Vista and Gloucester often have small closed kitchens where a wall removal changes everything. Family homes from the 1960s to 1980s across Nepean and Orleans usually have original cabinets and undersized electrical. Newer builds in Kanata, Barrhaven and Stittsville tend to have sound layouts with builder-grade cabinets and counters that homeowners want to upgrade after a decade. We have worked in all of them.
Not sure whether your kitchen needs a full renovation or just new counters and paint? Call and describe it. We will tell you honestly, and if the smaller job is the right answer, that is what we will quote.
In Ottawa, the cost depends on three things: whether the layout changes, what the cabinets are made of, and the countertop material. A cabinet refacing and new counters sits at the low end, a full open-concept remodel with custom cabinets at the high end. SecuReno gives a written, line-item quote before work starts so you can see exactly where the money goes.
Most full kitchen renovations take three to six weeks on site. The bigger factor is cabinet lead time, which can be six to ten weeks before demolition even starts. We order everything first and schedule demolition around the delivery, so the on-site time is as short as possible.
You need a City of Ottawa building permit when you remove or alter a wall, move plumbing, or change structural elements. Replacing cabinets, counters, backsplash and lighting in the same layout generally does not need one. Electrical work needs an ESA-licensed contractor regardless. We confirm this for your project and handle the application if it applies.
Refacing costs roughly half of replacing, but only works when the cabinet boxes are solid and the layout is staying the same. If the boxes are water-damaged, particleboard is swelling, or you want to change the layout, replacement is the better long-term choice. We check the boxes at the estimate and tell you honestly.
Quartz is engineered, non-porous, consistent in pattern and never needs sealing. Granite is natural stone, handles high heat better and every slab is unique, but it needs periodic sealing. Prices overlap heavily. Most Ottawa homeowners choose quartz for low maintenance, granite for the natural look.
Yes. Most homeowners set up a temporary kitchen with a microwave, kettle and mini fridge in another room. We seal off the work area, protect the floors and clean up daily. Planning meals for three to six weeks without a stove is the biggest adjustment, so we tell you the schedule up front.
Cabinets, usually, followed by labour and countertops. Moving plumbing or removing a load-bearing wall adds the most on top because it involves permits, a beam and opening up floors or ceilings. Keeping the layout is the easiest way to control the budget.
Yes. Condo kitchens come with extra rules: board approval, elevator bookings, working hours and noise limits, and often restrictions on plumbing changes. We have worked within those requirements and coordinate with property management so the project stays on schedule.
Still have a question? Call 343 700 1124 and ask us directly.
Kitchen renovations across Gloucester, Nepean, Kanata, Orleans, Barrhaven and Stittsville.
Tell us what is not working in the one you have and what you want the new one to do. For a kitchen renovation Ottawa homeowners can count on, call 343 700 1124 or send the form and we will get back to you within one business day.