Hillsborough County · about 80 min (65 mi) from the shop
Kitchen Remodeling in Citrus Park, FL
Replacing tired builder-grade cabinets in Citrus Park's 1990s and 2000s subdivisions with shop-built hardwood kitchens and built-ins.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers
SRQ Woodworks handles kitchen remodeling in Citrus Park, the northwest Hillsborough community that grew up around its regional mall near the Veterans Expressway. It sits about 80 minutes (65 miles) from our Lewis Ave shop, so we do the building in Sarasota and come north to measure and to install.
Most houses here went up in the 1990s and 2000s, which puts their builder cabinets at 20 to 30 years old. That is about when particleboard sink bases, thermofoil doors and light-duty drawer slides start giving out at once.
Gunn Highway subdivisions and builder-grade kitchens at 25
Citrus Park's neighborhoods branch off Gunn Highway and the roads feeding the Veterans Expressway: stucco-over-block homes, HOA-maintained entrances and retention ponds. Kitchens tend to open onto a family room, with an island or peninsula already in place.
The road came first. The Veterans Expressway was completed in October 1994, and most Citrus Park subdivisions filled in over the following decade or so, which is why kitchens across the community tend to share the same age, the same materials and the same failures at about the same time.
The layout is usually sound; the materials are the problem. Thermofoil peels near the range, particleboard shelves bow, and the family room has a blank wall where a TV stand was supposed to go. Replacing the boxes with custom kitchen cabinets on the existing footprint often beats moving walls, and it frees budget for custom built-ins next door. See how custom vs. semi-custom vs. stock cabinets differ before you price a builder-grade swap.
Measure, model, build: the schedule for a northwest Hillsborough kitchen
A Citrus Park project starts with one long visit: measurements, photos of the island and appliance locations, and a look at the family room if built-ins are on the table. Drawings and a 3D model follow for you to mark up. Once you sign off, the shop builds the cabinets with dovetailed drawer boxes and mortise-and-tenon frames. We then load the truck and spend consecutive days installing, and your stone fabricator templates the tops afterward.
Kitchen remodeling in Citrus Park: services that fit
Most requests here upgrade a workable builder layout rather than gut it.
Custom Kitchen Cabinets
Shop-built hardwood cabinets replacing peeling thermofoil and swollen particleboard on the original footprint. Keeping the builder's footprint means the sink, range and dishwasher stay where the plumber and electrician left them in the 1990s.
Custom Kitchen Islands
A rebuilt island with deeper drawers and seating, sized to the open kitchen and family room plans common in these subdivisions. A builder island is often stock boxes skinned in a panel; ours is built as one piece.
Entertainment Centers & TV Walls
TV walls and media cabinetry for the family room that opens onto the kitchen. Built in the same species and finish as the new kitchen, it closes the blank wall the builder left for a freestanding stand.
Laundry Room Cabinets
Storage for the small laundry and garage-entry rooms that many 1990s builders left bare. Wall cabinets over the washer and a drop zone by the garage door take clutter off the kitchen counters.
Kitchen Remodeling
Full redesigns when you want to rethink the layout, with licensed trades moving any plumbing, gas or wiring. We draw the new plan in 3D so you can test it before any HOA submittal.
Cabinet Door Replacement
When the boxes are dry but thermofoil doors have peeled beside the range or dishwasher, new hardwood doors and drawer fronts on the original cabinets are the lightest fix for a Gunn Highway subdivision kitchen.
Hillsborough County permits and the Westchase-Northdale corridor
Citrus Park is unincorporated, so permits for relocated plumbing or new circuits come from Hillsborough County, requested by whichever licensed plumber or electrician takes on that part. Many subdivisions also set HOA rules on contractor hours and dumpster placement, which we check before booking the install. From here our coverage extends to Westchase, Northdale and Keystone.
Our route north uses the Veterans Expressway and Gunn Highway, the county road that runs from Dale Mabry Highway northwest toward State Road 54, so a measure here can share a day with a stop in Keystone or Westchase.
Reviews
What customers near Citrus Park say
4.4★ average from 52 reviews on Google. Quotes are from public Google reviews, shortened where marked.
“SRQ Woodwork did a terrific job with our kitchen cabinet project. Not only did they understand and embrace our design concept but they executed it with a remarkable level of attention to detail and professionalism. Further, their price was very reasonable.”
“SRQ recently installed lovely built-in shelves that has become the focal point of our living room. i highly recommend Graham's workmanship.”
FAQ
Citrus Park kitchen remodeling questions
Is it worth replacing 1990s builder cabinets in Citrus Park?
Usually, if the sink base has swollen or the doors are peeling. Builder cabinets from that era often used particleboard boxes that lose strength once wet. We build replacements to the same footprint where possible, so existing plumbing and the island location can often stay, and we show the plan in a 3D model before you commit.
Can you build a matching entertainment center in the family room?
Yes. Because the kitchen and family room share sightlines in most of these homes, we draw both together so species, door style and finish match. The media wall is made in the same Sarasota shop run as the kitchen cabinets and installed on the same trip, which keeps visits to northwest Hillsborough to a minimum.
Nearby
Also serving near Citrus Park
- Westchase, FLAbout 80 min (64 mi) from the shop
- Carrollwood, FLAbout 80 min (64 mi) from the shop
- Northdale, FLAbout 85 min (68 mi) from the shop
- Town 'n' Country, FLAbout 75 min (60 mi) from the shop
- Keystone, FLAbout 85 min (70 mi) from the shop
1121 Lewis Ave, Sarasota
About a quarter mile east of US 301, off 12th Street. Shop visits are by appointment. Please call ahead before stopping by Lewis Ave.
Living Well Crafted
Planning a kitchen in Citrus Park? Talk it through with the shop.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers