Northwood is one of the oldest residential pockets in West Palm Beach, and it shows up in every kitchen we open. Old Northwood's 1920s Mission and frame vernacular bungalows off Northwood Road were built with tiny galley kitchens, back-of-house service layouts and plaster over wood lath — nothing like the open-plan kitchen most owners want today. We plan Northwood kitchen remodeling around what's actually behind the wall: original pine framing, retrofitted plumbing stacks, and panels that were never sized for an induction range or a modern vent hood.
North of Currie Park and up around Northboro, the housing stock shifts to 1950s and '60s CBS block ranches. Those are a different animal: concrete block exterior walls where a window can't just be widened without a new lintel, low ceilings that limit soffit and cabinet height, and slab-on-grade floors where relocating a sink or dishwasher means cutting and re-pouring concrete. We tell Northwood owners upfront which of those two building types they have, because it drives the budget more than the finishes do.
Being minutes from Northwood Village and Broadway means we can stage deliveries tight and keep a job moving instead of parking a dumpster in front of your house for a month. We work Northwood, Old Northwood, Northwood Shores and Northboro daily, and we're just as quick to El Cid, Flamingo Park, Grandview Heights, Roosevelt Estates and downtown, plus Palm Beach, Lake Worth and Boynton Beach across Palm Beach County. Locally owned, upfront quotes, workmanship you can inspect. We're reachable Monday through Friday 8am–5pm and Saturday mornings 9am–12pm.
Around Kitchen Remodeling in Northwood
We regularly work near:
- 📍Northwood Village shops on 24th Street
- 📍Northwood Road historic commercial strip
- 📍Currie Park on Flagler Drive
- 📍Old Northwood Historic District
- 📍Northboro Elementary School
- 📍Broadway (US-1) corridor
Kitchen Remodeling Westpalm Beach in Kitchen Remodeling in Northwood — Local Notes
- •Old Northwood's historic-district homes near Northwood Road and 35th Street often have original casement windows, plaster walls and small footprint kitchens. Exterior-visible changes in a historic district can require review, so we keep major layout work inside the envelope where possible and phase demo carefully around plaster and old wiring.
- •The 1950s–60s CBS block houses toward Northboro sit on slabs. Moving a sink or adding an island usually means slab cutting for drain lines, and old cast-iron or galvanized branch lines are common enough that we scope a camera look before committing to a new layout.
- •Hot, humid summers plus salt air off the Intracoastal near Flagler Drive and Northwood Shores are hard on cabinetry. We steer clients toward plywood boxes over particleboard, marine-grade or catalyzed finishes, stainless hardware, and real make-up-air planning so a big hood doesn't pull humid air through the house.
- •Hurricane season shapes scheduling. We don't want a kitchen open to a demoed exterior wall in September, so window and door openings, impact glass swaps and roof-tie work get booked for the drier winter months and interior finishes fill the storm season.
- •Northwood lots are narrow with alley access on many blocks and street parking is tight around Northwood Village. We size dumpsters accordingly, sometimes use alley staging, and coordinate cabinet delivery days rather than blocking a neighbor's driveway.