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Kitchen Remodel in Ada — Fixed-Price Design-Build

8+ years in West Michigan · Fixed-price contracts (the quote is the price) · 3D design sketch on the first visit · 2-year workmanship warranty · 4.7★ on Google (19 reviews)

Ada's luxury and chef's-kitchen specialist — custom cabinetry, professional appliance suites, dual islands, open-concept conversions, and full-custom layouts for Ada Village, the Thornapple River corridor, Ada Township, and the Forest Hills and Cascade border. No allowance games. The price we quote is the price you pay — and we handle the Ada Township permit pathway start to finish.

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Where We Work From

Serving Ada From Wyoming, MI

619 36th St SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 · About 25 minutes from most Ada addresses. By appointment only — we come to you for in-home consultations. · Open in Google Maps →

The Thornapple Difference

Why Ada Homeowners Pick Thornapple for Kitchens

Ada is not city Grand Rapids. The lots are larger, the primary kitchens are bigger, the finish expectations are higher, and the permit pathway is its own animal. Most Ada kitchen projects are not flips — they're long-term investments in a forever home inside the Forest Hills Public Schools district. The kitchen you remodel here is the one you cook in for the next ten or twenty years, not the one you sell in eighteen months. The companies competing for this work tend to play the value angle and refuse to put a number on paper. Thornapple does the opposite. Four real things make a Thornapple kitchen remodel the right fit for an Ada home.

Fixed-Price Certainty

The Quote Is the Price

An estimate is a guess. A fixed-price contract is binding. On a $90,000 to $150,000-plus Ada kitchen, that distinction is the single most important protection you have. Once design and scope are locked, the number we put in writing is the number you pay — every material, trade, and permit itemized before you sign. No allowance games, no change-order roulette, no end-of-project reconciliation. The only way it moves is if you choose to change scope, and that change is priced and approved before any work happens. See how the process works.

3D Design on the First Visit

You See It Before You Buy It

Our in-home Ada consultation is a working session, not a sales pitch. We measure your kitchen, talk through how you actually cook and entertain, and build your new kitchen in real-time 3D in your living room — layout, islands, cabinetry, finishes. You leave with a clear range tied to actual scope choices before you commit to anything. You walk away knowing what's buildable in your Ada kitchen and what it would cost.

Built for the Luxury Lane

Chef's Kitchens, Not Box-Store Boxes

Ada kitchens want custom cabinetry, professional appliance suites, dual islands, working pantries, and panel-front integration — built as one working system, not a refacing job dressed up. We design and build the full-custom and chef's scope that the Ada market actually expects, backed by an honest 2-year workmanship warranty on our labor plus the manufacturer warranties on every cabinet, counter, and appliance.

Ada Township Permitting Handled

We Do Not Send You to the Township

Ada's permit pathway is unusual — building permits route through Cascade Township, and a kitchen that adds a fixture on a well-and-septic lot can pull in Kent County Health. We verify your situation up front, submit through Ada Township Planning and Zoning, coordinate issuance through Cascade Township, and schedule every inspection. You never call a building department. It's all part of the fixed-price contract.

Scopes We Build

Kitchen Remodel Scopes in Ada

Most Ada kitchen remodels fall into one of these six scopes. Where yours lands depends on the existing layout, the finish ambitions, and how much plumbing, electrical, and structural work the home needs to support the new design. Ada kitchens are usually large enough that the full-custom and chef's options are genuinely on the table for your home.

Refresh

$25,000 – $40,000

Cabinet refacing or paint, new counters, sink, faucet, lighting, and backsplash. Layout, plumbing, and electrical stay where they are. A smart fit for an Ada kitchen whose bones are good but whose finishes have fallen a decade or two behind the rest of the house.

Mid-range remodel

$55,000 – $85,000

New semi-custom cabinetry, stone counters, a full appliance package, tile backsplash, updated lighting, refreshed flooring, and minor plumbing or electrical reroutes. A common Ada scope that brings an '90s or 2000s-spec kitchen fully current and recovers well at resale in this market.

Full custom kitchen

$90,000 – $140,000

Custom cabinetry, opened floor plan, structural changes, professional appliances, a panel-front integrated refrigerator, and hardwood or large-format tile. The standard scope for serious Ada Township and Thornapple River renovations where the kitchen anchors the whole main floor.

Chef's kitchen

$150,000+

A Wolf or Sub-Zero suite, dual islands or a working prep pantry, custom inset cabinetry, designer stone, an integrated lighting plan, a hidden appliance garage, and a beverage center. The right scope when the Ada kitchen is genuinely the center of the house and the entertaining footprint to match.

Open-concept conversion

Adds $20k – $50k+

Removing the wall between a closed-off Ada kitchen and the living or dining room, installing the structural LVL beam, and rebuilding the kitchen around the new unified space. On river-corridor and wooded lots this is often as much about capturing the view as the flow. Almost always paired with a full-custom scope.

Kitchen addition

$140,000+

Bump-out or full footprint expansion to add square footage — for a second island, an eat-in nook, or a working pantry the existing Ada kitchen cannot support. Coordinates with our Ada home additions practice and the Ada Township site-plan-review pathway.

For a deeper cost breakdown by finish level and scope, read our kitchen remodel cost guide for Grand Rapids — the same ranges apply to Ada, indexed slightly higher at the top end. Or run a quick estimate in the cost estimator, then call (616) 404-3400 for a range on your specific space.

Our Process

The Fixed-Price Design-Build Process

One team, one project lead, one price — from the first in-home visit through the final walkthrough. Every phase is documented in your project portal so you always know where you are, which matters on a multi-week custom Ada kitchen where cabinetry, stone, and specialty appliances each carry their own lead times.

Step 1

Free in-home consultation

A 2 to 3 hour visit at your Ada home. We measure the existing kitchen, look at the plumbing stack and panel, talk through how you actually cook and entertain, and sketch the new layout in 3D on the spot. You leave with a clear range for your scope — no commitment yet.

Step 2

3D design & selections

We refine the 3D model and sit down with you for cabinetry, counter, appliance, lighting, and flooring selections, then build a written specification that maps to a single fixed-price number. You see everything — including how the islands and sightlines work — before anything is ordered.

Step 3

Fixed-price contract

Every line item is itemized — materials, labor, permits, dust protection, portable restroom, cleanings. You see the full number before you sign. The price we quote is the price you pay. On a six-figure Ada kitchen, that's the single biggest difference between us and the typical West Michigan remodeler.

Step 4

Permits & build

We submit through Ada Township Planning and Zoning, coordinate issuance and inspections through Cascade Township, and handle the Kent County Health step where a well-and-septic lot requires it. Dust barriers go up day one, every trade is coordinated, and daily photo updates land in your portal.

Step 5

Walkthrough & warranty

Final inspection, punch-list walkthrough, and handoff. Every Thornapple kitchen carries a two-year workmanship warranty in writing, plus the manufacturer warranties on cabinets, counters, and appliances. We fix anything that isn't right before final payment.

Throughout

One project lead

You have one direct contact from the first call through final walkthrough. No call-center, no handoffs between sales and production, no "let me find out who is supposed to know that." Read the full design-build remodeling approach.

What a Kitchen Remodel Costs in Ada

Ada kitchen remodels range from about $25,000 for a cabinet-and-counter refresh up to $150,000 or more for a full chef's kitchen. They index slightly higher than the Grand Rapids metro median because the housing stock, the larger primary kitchens, and the finish expectations push more projects toward full-custom and chef's scope. The biggest cost drivers are cabinetry (40–50% of most scopes), counters and stone, the appliance package, and whether the project involves a layout change or wall removal.

Most of our full-custom Ada kitchens land in the $90,000 to $140,000 range. Mid-range remodels — semi-custom cabinets, quartz counters, a full appliance package — come in between $55,000 and $85,000. Thornapple River and wooded-lot projects often push higher because the home, the entertaining footprint, and the appliance expectations all scale up together. Those are real fixed-price ranges from real West Michigan kitchens, not allowance-game estimates designed to come in low and climb later.

For a full breakdown, read our kitchen remodel cost guide and our open-concept kitchen pros and cons guide before the consultation.

Ada Township Permits & Timeline

Ada Township's permitting pathway is its own animal, and most Ada homeowners don't know the mechanics until they're in the middle of a project. You submit a permit application and three sets of plans to Ada Township Planning and Zoning, the Zoning Administrator signs off on conformity with Ada's zoning standards and any required water and sewer connection fees, and the application then moves to Cascade Township Building Inspection Services — which Ada contracts with — for issuance and inspection. Permit fees are paid to Cascade Township.

Permits are required for most kitchen remodels that touch plumbing, gas, electrical circuits, or any structural change. There's a wrinkle specific to Ada: many properties along the Thornapple River and in less-dense sub-areas are on private wells and septic. A gut that adds a fixture can trigger a Kent County Health Department drain-field and well-setback review on top of the township permit. We map that out in discovery so it's priced into the fixed contract, not discovered mid-build.

Typical kitchen build timeline: 6 to 12 weeks from demolition through final walkthrough, with custom cabinet lead times of 6 to 10 weeks. Larger chef's kitchens can run 12 to 16 weeks. We pull every permit, coordinate every inspection, and handle the back-and-forth between Ada and Cascade so you don't have to. For full municipality-by-municipality detail, see our Grand Rapids remodeling permits guide.

Recent Work

Recent Ada-Area Kitchen Projects

Three recent kitchens from Ada and the surrounding West Michigan communities. Real projects, real fixed-price contracts, real finishes. Descriptive names — no client names, no street addresses.

Navy and gold statement kitchen with custom cabinetry, brushed-gold hardware, and a quartz island in an Ada-area kitchen remodel by Thornapple Construction
Ada-Area · Full-Custom Statement Kitchen

Navy & Gold Statement Kitchen

A full-custom statement kitchen in rich navy cabinetry with brushed-gold hardware, a working custom island topped in quartz, panel-integrated appliances, and a layout reorganized around how the family actually lives and entertains. Fixed-price contract, built to anchor the whole main floor — exactly the scope Ada's larger primary kitchens are built for.

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Open-concept kitchen conversion with a structural beam and unified great room in a Forest Hills home by Thornapple Construction
Forest Hills · Open-Concept Conversion

Open-Concept Kitchen Conversion

Wall removal, a structural LVL beam, and a full kitchen rebuild that opened a closed-off kitchen into a unified great room. Custom cabinetry, quartz counters, an oversized working island sized for daily life, and a layout that finally fits the way the household entertains. Fixed-price design-build scope.

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Warm modern family kitchen remodel in Cascade, MI with an oversized prep island and premium appliance package by Thornapple Construction
Cascade · Warm Modern Family Kitchen

Warm Modern Family Kitchen

A full kitchen renovation for a busy West Michigan family. Custom cabinetry, an oversized prep island with casual seating, a premium appliance package, and a reimagined work-triangle layout designed around daily routines, not magazine spreads. Built on a fixed-price contract from first sketch to final walkthrough.

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Luxury & Chef's Kitchens

An Ada Kitchen Built as a Working System

In Ada, the kitchen is increasingly the room the whole house is organized around — not a galley tucked behind a wall. The affluent, forever-home, wooded-and-river setting drives real appetite for a kitchen that works the way a serious home cook actually moves. That means a professional appliance suite — a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero column, a panel-front integrated refrigerator — sized and vented correctly. It means dual islands, or a working island paired with a true prep pantry, so prep, cooking, and gathering each have their own zone. It means custom inset cabinetry, designer stone, an integrated and layered lighting plan, a hidden appliance garage to keep the counters clean, and a beverage center for the way Ada families entertain.

We design the chef's kitchen as one integrated system rather than a shopping list of appliances bolted into an old layout. The work triangle, the landing zones beside every appliance, the sightlines from the island to the great room and the view beyond — all of it is modeled in 3D before a single cabinet is ordered, and all of it is priced into one fixed contract.

For a meaningful share of Ada clients, this is also the home they intend to grow old in. The Forest Hills Public Schools district brought them in, the address and the relationships are settled, and the plan is to stay. A kitchen built once and built right pays that family back every single day. This Ada page is part of our broader kitchen remodel service line and our wider design-build remodeling in Grand Rapids practice.

Custom kitchen island with quartz countertop and panel-integrated appliances in an Ada kitchen remodel by Thornapple Construction
Client Voice

What West Michigan Clients Say

"I love my kitchen. It's a breath of fresh air. Austin and Nate were amazing to work with. They stayed within my budget and were always patient and respectful. I can't say enough good about the whole process."

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Chantal M.
Kitchen Remodel · Grand Rapids

"A true craftsman who does great work. We love our new kitchen!"

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Brett V.
Kitchen Remodel · West Michigan

"Communication and work completed was high quality."

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Grand Rapids area

4.7-star average across 19 verified Google reviews.

Kitchen Remodeling Near Ada

Areas Near Ada We Also Serve

Ada sits at the heart of several established West Michigan communities that share the same housing stock and the same homeowners. We build kitchens across all of them — from full-custom layouts in Ada Village to chef's kitchens on the Thornapple River to historic-character updates in East Grand Rapids. The same fixed-price, design-protected process runs every project. This page is part of our broader Grand Rapids remodeling practice and our parent kitchen remodel service line.

  • Kitchen Remodel Forest Hills — full chef's kitchens and open-concept renovations across Forest Hills Northern, Eastern, and Central. Many Forest Hills Eastern addresses share Ada Township jurisdiction, so we run the same permit pathway there.
  • Kitchen Remodel Cascade — the township that actually issues Ada's building permits. Full-suite and full-custom kitchen remodels across Cascade Township, same buyer profile as Ada.
  • Kitchen Remodel East Grand Rapids — Gaslight Village and Reeds Lake homes just west of Ada. Historic-character kitchens that pair original detail with modern systems.
  • Home Additions in Ada — when a kitchen needs more room than the existing footprint allows, a bump-out or full footprint expansion is the answer. Our dedicated Ada home addition page covers the full pathway.
  • Bathroom Remodel Ada — spa primary suites and curbless tile showers, built on the same fixed-price design-build process for Ada homeowners.
  • All Ada Services — kitchens, bathrooms, additions, basements, and whole-home renovations. The full Ada service-area page.
  • See all West Michigan service areas →
Ada FAQ

Common Questions From Ada Homeowners

The real questions Ada homeowners ask before booking a kitchen remodel — not the generic ones the other guys recycle.

Yes — Ada is one of our core kitchen-remodel service areas. We work across Ada Village, the Thornapple River corridor, Ada Township, the newer luxury subdivisions off Ada Drive and Honey Creek, and the Forest Hills and Cascade border. Project scopes range from cabinet-and-counter refreshes in established colonials to full chef's kitchens in river-corridor estates. Our Wyoming office at 619 36th St SW is roughly 25 minutes from most Ada addresses, and every consultation happens at your home, not at our office.

Ada kitchen remodels index slightly higher than the Grand Rapids metro median because the housing stock, the larger primary kitchens, and the finish expectations push more projects toward full-custom and chef's scope. A cabinet-and-counter refresh runs about $25,000 to $40,000. A mid-range remodel with semi-custom cabinetry, stone counters, and a full appliance package typically runs $55,000 to $85,000. A full custom kitchen with custom cabinetry, an opened layout, and professional appliances lands at $90,000 to $140,000. A true chef's kitchen with a Wolf or Sub-Zero suite, dual islands, and integrated paneling starts at $150,000. Every Thornapple project is locked at a fixed-price contract once scope is finalized — the quote is the price you pay, with no allowance games and no surprise change orders. Full breakdown in our kitchen remodel cost guide.

Almost always, yes — and Ada's permit pathway is unusual. Any kitchen remodel that relocates plumbing, adds or moves electrical circuits, runs gas line work, or touches structural framing requires a building permit, with plumbing, electrical, and mechanical trade permits riding along. Ada Township contracts with Cascade Township for permit issuance and inspections: you submit a permit application and three sets of plans to the Ada Township Planning and Zoning Department, the Zoning Administrator signs off on zoning conformity and any required water and sewer connection fees, and the application then moves to Cascade Township for issuance and inspection. A purely cosmetic refresh — paint, a like-for-like cabinet or fixture swap, no plumbing change — usually does not require a permit. Thornapple handles the entire pathway end-to-end so you never coordinate with either township. See our Grand Rapids remodeling permits guide for municipality-by-municipality detail.

Yes — this is the most-requested project type we build in Ada. Ada's housing stock and homeowners skew toward kitchens large enough to support a true chef's setup: a Wolf or Sub-Zero appliance suite, dual islands or a working island plus a prep pantry, custom inset cabinetry, panel-front integrated refrigeration, designer stone, an integrated lighting plan, a hidden appliance garage, and a beverage center. We design the chef's kitchen as a complete working system rather than a collection of appliances, and we price the whole thing into one fixed contract. For homeowners on the Thornapple River and in the wooded Ada Township sub-areas, the kitchen is genuinely the center of the house, and the scope reflects it.

A typical Ada kitchen remodel runs 6 to 12 weeks from demolition through final walkthrough. Lead times for custom cabinetry alone are usually 6 to 10 weeks — we sequence orders so cabinets land the week demolition wraps. Layout changes, plumbing relocations, structural work, and the plan-review cadence through Ada Township and Cascade Township all factor in. Larger chef's kitchens with custom inset cabinetry, designer stone, and specialty appliances on longer lead times can push toward 12 to 16 weeks. Every milestone is mapped in your project portal and written into the fixed-price contract before any demolition begins.

Yes — most of our Ada clients stay in their home during the entire kitchen remodel. We help set up a temporary prep area in the dining room, butler's pantry, or basement, install plastic dust barriers between the work zone and the rest of the house, lay floor coverings along the path to the kitchen, bring a portable restroom so our crew never uses your bathrooms, and schedule professional cleanings during the project. The work zone gets isolated; daily life stays as close to normal as a kitchen being offline allows.

Yes. Many established Ada homes were built with closed-off, single-cook kitchens that no longer match how the household lives or entertains. Opening the wall between the kitchen and the dining or living room is one of the most common scopes we build in Ada. We evaluate which walls are load-bearing, design the required LVL beam or steel header, route plumbing and electrical through the new ceiling, and coordinate the structural inspection through Cascade Township. On river-corridor and wooded lots, opening the plan is often as much about capturing the view as it is about flow. Read our open-concept kitchen pros and cons guide for the full trade-off discussion before committing.

Many Ada properties — particularly larger lots along the Thornapple River and in less-dense Ada Township sub-areas — are on private wells, septic systems, or both. A like-for-like kitchen remodel that keeps the same fixture count usually does not touch the septic side. But a gut remodel that adds a fixture — a second prep sink, a pot-filler tied to drainage, or a bar sink in an opened plan — can trigger a Kent County Health Department review for drain-field capacity and well-setback verification, on top of the Ada Township building permit. We confirm your water and waste situation during the discovery phase, fold any Health Department step into the timeline, and price it into the fixed contract so it never becomes a surprise mid-build.

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