ADU Company in Irvine — Design, Permits and Build Under One Contract

ADU Company in Irvine, CA

Kitchen remodeling in Irvine runs $45,000 – $95,000 for a full renovation in most of the city’s master-planned villages, with permits, HOA design review, and the need to match your home’s original Mediterranean or California contemporary vocabulary all shaping the final number. We’re Holloway ADU Builders, and while accessory dwelling units are our specialty, the same planning and finish work that makes a detached ADU feel like real housing applies directly to kitchens in Irvine’s tight-lot tract homes. Call (855) 617-6356 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll walk you through what your specific village allows before you spend a dollar on cabinets.

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Why Irvine Homes Are Different

Irvine was built as a series of planned villages, each with its own homeowners association and design-review committee, and that structure touches nearly every interior project we do. Most homes date from the late 1960s through the 2010s, with stucco exteriors, concrete-tile roofs, and attached two- and three-car garages on tightly graded lots where zero-lot-line side yards are common. When we remodel a kitchen in Irvine, we’re usually working inside a house where the original floor plan was repeated dozens or hundreds of times across the same tract, which means the framing, plumbing chases, and electrical panel locations are predictable but the HOA rules on window changes, exterior venting, and even visible work staging are not. The semi-arid coastal climate adds another layer: Santa Ana winds in fall, marine-layer humidity near the 405 and 5 corridors, and the long dry season mean ventilation placement and moisture management at exterior walls matter more than homeowners expect. In villages like Woodbridge, Turtle Rock, and Northwood, the houses are older and often need electrical service upgrades as part of a major remodel; in Stonegate, Cypress Village, and Great Park, the homes are newer but under stricter CC&Rs that can require architectural committee approval even for work that the City of Irvine would permit over the counter. We’ve served Irvine since 2016 and know the difference between what the city requires and what a specific village board will actually sign off on.

Our Main Irvine Services

Most Irvine homeowners call us for two things: building an ADU, and upgrading the bathrooms that serve the main house or the new unit itself. Here’s what each involves in Irvine specifically.

ADU Builders in Irvine

Building an accessory dwelling unit in Irvine means clearing two gates instead of one: the City of Irvine’s municipal ADU ordinance and your village’s HOA design review. In older villages like Woodbridge and Turtle Rock, the most common project is a garage conversion, often with a second-story addition that has to pass scrutiny on roofline and visibility from the street. In newer villages like Great Park and Stonegate, it’s usually a detached unit in a small rear yard, where setback rules and materials matching drive the design. We work with prefab and modular manufacturers including Abodu and Cover, as well as site-built and Tuff Shed conversions, so you’re not locked into one construction method. Full details are on our ADU Builders in Irvine page.

Bathroom Remodeling in Irvine

Irvine’s tract housing era means bathrooms were built on repeated production-line dimensions, which actually makes remodeling more predictable once you know your village’s plumbing stack layout. The bigger variable is waterproofing: marine-layer moisture and the occasional wet winter put real stress on shower pans and ventilation, especially in homes where the original exhaust fan vents into the attic rather than outside. We handle full gut-and-replace bathrooms, and we often coordinate bathroom work alongside an ADU so the new unit’s plumbing ties in cleanly with the main house. Read more on our Bathroom Remodeling in Irvine page.

Kitchen Remodeling in Irvine

Kitchen remodeling in Irvine usually means taking a late-20th-century tract kitchen, with its original oak or maple cabinets and a peninsula that blocks the room, and reworking it into an open layout that fits how Irvine families actually cook and gather now. The houses are generally well-built but now thirty to fifty years old, so we’re often replacing exhausted plumbing shutoffs, bringing the electrical panel up to current code, and reworking ventilation to handle both the heat and the long dry season. We also coordinate with HOA design review when the project changes exterior vent locations, window sizes, or anything visible from the street. For a broader look at how we approach full kitchen scopes, see our Kitchen Remodeling service page.

Full Cabinet and Layout Replacement

Signs you need it

You’re working around a cramped peninsula or island that cuts the room in half, the cabinet boxes are delaminating or the drawer slides are failing, and the original layout predates how your household actually uses the kitchen.

What it costs in Irvine

A full cabinet and layout replacement in Irvine typically runs $30,000 – $60,000 depending on cabinet line, whether we’re moving plumbing or walls, and what your village HOA requires for any exterior vent changes.

How we do it

We measure the existing footprint, map the plumbing and electrical constraints inside your specific tract floor plan, then design a new layout, pull city permits, and manage the HOA submittal before demo starts.

Countertop and Backsplash Upgrade

Signs you need it

Your original tile counters are chipped or stained, the grout lines are failing, and you want a surface that holds up to the hard water and daily use that Irvine kitchens see.

What it costs in Irvine

Countertop and backsplash replacement in Irvine usually costs $5,000 – $15,000, with quartz and porcelain slab at the upper end and a simple stone-look replacement at the lower end.

How we do it

We template the existing runs, remove the old surfaces without disturbing the cabinet boxes when possible, and install the new tops with undermount sinks and sealed backsplash joints.

What Kitchen Remodeling Costs in Irvine

How long does a full kitchen remodel take in Irvine?

Plan on 8 – 14 weeks for a full gut-and-replace, and add time if your village HOA requires design review for exterior vent or window changes. We’ll give you a written schedule before demo starts, and we stick to it.

Will my Irvine HOA slow down a kitchen remodel?

If the work is entirely interior, usually not. If you’re moving a range hood vent, changing a window, or doing anything visible from the street, the HOA review can add two to four weeks, so we file that submittal early. Call (855) 617-6356 for specifics on your village.

Brands We Service in Irvine

We work across the full ADU spectrum, including Abodu, Cover, and Dvele for prefab and modular builds, plus Tuff Shed conversions and site-built construction. We keep the material palette broad specifically because Irvine’s village HOAs often require cladding and roofing to match the existing home, whether that’s stucco, James Hardie fiber cement, or tile transitions. See our brands for the full list of manufacturers we’re authorized to build with.

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Neighborhoods We Serve in Irvine

We work across Irvine’s villages, from the older tract neighborhoods on the west side to the newer communities around the Great Park. Because most of our work requires permit coordination and often HOA review, we schedule estimates in clusters to keep response times reasonable throughout the city.

• Woodbridge
• Turtle Rock
• Great Park
• Stonegate
• Cypress Village

Service Area – Cities Near Irvine

Holloway ADU Builders works across Orange County, and we regularly take projects in the cities around Irvine. If you’re in Tustin, CA, Aliso Viejo, CA, Santa Ana, CA, or North Tustin, CA, we can handle the same ADU and kitchen scopes with knowledge of each city’s permitting quirks.

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