Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling in Brandon, FL
Serving ZIP Codes: 33508, 33509, 33510, 33511
Brandon Outgrew Its Builder-Grade Kitchens
Brandon grew from a crossroads town to more than 114,000 people without ever becoming a city. Production builders did most of that growing, subdivision by subdivision, from the 1970s ranches near Limona to Bloomingdale Village in the late 1990s. They built solid houses fast, and they built them to a price point. That price point is what you're living with now: the closed-off kitchen, the oak cabinets, the garden tub nobody uses.
We're TGA Kitchens & Remodeling, and we design and build kitchen and bathroom remodels across Brandon's 33510 and 33511 ZIP codes. Our difference is simple: you see your finished space in photorealistic 3D before anyone swings a hammer. The same team carries your project from design through Hillsborough County permits to the last punch-list item.
We're not a one-day franchise wrap or a big-box middleman. We're a Florida certified building contractor with our own Design Center across the bay in Pinellas Park. Plenty of Hillsborough clients make the 45-minute drive once, touch the cabinet lines and quartz, and run the rest by phone.
This page covers what we see inside Brandon houses, what remodels cost in 2026, and how county permitting works. If you'd rather talk it through first, call (727) 800-4050.
What Production Builders Left Behind in Brandon
Walk ten houses in Heather Lakes, Providence Lakes, or Sterling Ranch and you'll see the same decisions repeated. Golden oak cabinets, laminate counters, a fluorescent box light, and a kitchen sealed off from the living space. None of it was wrong in 1988. All of it fights the way your family cooks and gathers now.
The pass-through galley
Brandon's 1970s and 1980s builders loved the galley kitchen with a pass-through window to the family room. It kept costs down and kept dinner smells contained. Today it keeps the cook out of the conversation. Opening that wall is the most requested change we hear from Brandon homeowners. It's usually possible, but it's a structural question first and a design question second. We answer both before demo, not during.
Soffits that might not be empty
The boxed soffits above your upper cabinets usually hide nothing but framing and 1990s air. Sometimes they carry a duct run or a vent stack, and you can't tell from below. We scope them during design, so the answer shows up in your quote instead of a change order. When they're clear, full-height cabinets reclaim an entire row of storage.
Everything sits on a slab
Nearly every Brandon subdivision home is slab-on-grade. Moving a sink, adding an island with plumbing, or relocating the dishwasher means trenching concrete. That's routine work for us, but it's real money, and it belongs in the budget on day one. Our design phase locks fixture locations early so nobody cuts slab twice.
When the oak boxes are worth keeping
Not every Brandon kitchen needs full replacement. If your cabinet boxes are square and solid, new doors, drawer fronts, and soft-close hardware can save real money. We'll tell you which side of that line your kitchen sits on during the first visit. Countertops follow the same logic: a quartz top on healthy boxes is a legitimate middle path, and we build both.
Your Brandon Kitchen in 3D Before Demo Day
Here's how we differ from the postcard remodelers filling Brandon mailboxes. Before you sign a construction contract, we build your actual kitchen in photorealistic 3D: your footprint, your window light, your finishes. Want the island eight inches longer? Navy lowers instead of white? A beam where the wall was? We change the model, not the finished job.
The blue modern farmhouse kitchen we completed in Bradenton went through this exact process. The owners approved the render, then watched the real room match it.
The 3D model also settles the structural argument early. Most Brandon roofs are trussed, which means many interior walls carry less load than owners fear. We verify which walls can go, price the beam if one's needed, and fold the engineering into the same permit set. One team runs your project from first sketch through county sign-off. No handoffs between a design firm, a separate engineer, and whoever answers a franchise phone line.
And when a layout fix isn't enough, we design and build home additions under the same license. A growing Brandon family that loves its school zone doesn't have to move to get a bigger kitchen.
Retiring Brandon's Garden Tubs
If your master bath has a corner garden tub under a glass-block window, it's probably held three baths in a decade. Brandon's 1990s builders installed them by the thousand. Taking them out is some of the most common work we do.
A tub-to-shower conversion turns that footprint into a walk-in shower with a bench and real glass. For households caring for aging parents, we install walk-in tubs and curbless showers with blocking for future grab bars. The hall bath your kids share gets the same attention: more storage, a taller vanity, tile that shrugs off wet towels.
Our spa-style master bath in Gulfport shows where this can go, with stone, frameless glass, and lighting layered for morning and night. Your version gets designed in 3D the same way the kitchens do, down to the tile layout.
Brandon Has No City Hall, So Permits Go to the County
Brandon never incorporated. More than 114,000 people, no mayor, no city permit office. Every remodeling permit here runs through Hillsborough County Development Services on the HillsGovHub portal, which accepts applications online around the clock.
What actually needs a permit? Swapping cabinets and countertops in the same footprint doesn't. Moving plumbing, adding circuits, removing a wall, or changing windows does. Trade permits for electrical, plumbing, and HVAC ride alongside the building permit.
We file everything under our Florida certified building contractor license, CBC1268077, and we track the reviews so you never touch the portal. Want to check any contractor's history? HillsGovHub's public search shows every permit on an address, and Development Services answers at (813) 272-5600.
One more Brandon advantage: you're inland. Most projects here skip the coastal substantial-improvement math that caps remodel budgets on the barrier islands. Your plans still get a wind-load review, because this is Florida. But your budget goes into the house, not elevation paperwork.
What Brandon Remodels Cost in 2026
Straight numbers, because a discount off an unstated price tells you nothing. A same-layout kitchen refresh with new cabinets, quartz counters, backsplash, and lighting runs $35,000 to $60,000 in 2026. Opening a wall, adding an island, and relocating plumbing pushes a kitchen to $60,000-$100,000 and up. Hall bathrooms run $15,000 to $28,000. A master bath overhaul with a garden-tub-to-shower conversion lands between $30,000 and $60,000, while a standalone conversion runs $12,000 to $20,000.
Three things move Brandon numbers more than anything else. Slab plumbing relocations add concrete trenching. Cabinet grade swings the total hardest, stock, semi-custom, and custom can differ by $20,000 on the same kitchen. And structural openings add an engineered beam plus the engineering behind it.
Every TGA contract is a fixed scope with draws tied to construction milestones, not calendar dates. You'll know the price before demo because the 3D design phase settles the decisions that usually blow budgets.
If a quote comes in far under these brackets, ask what's being reused. A one-week "remodel" that wraps your existing cabinet boxes isn't the same product. Sometimes a wrap genuinely is all you need. If that's true for your kitchen, we'll say so and shake your hand.
Brandon Remodeling Questions, Answered
Quick answers we give on the phone, written down.
Do I need a permit to replace kitchen cabinets in Brandon?
Not for a like-for-like swap. Keep cabinets and counters in the same footprint with no plumbing or electrical changes, and Hillsborough County doesn't require one. Move a sink, add circuits, or open a wall, and you will. We pull it through HillsGovHub as part of the job.
How long does a kitchen remodel take in Brandon?
Plan on four to five months from first meeting to final walkthrough. Design and 3D revisions take three to five weeks. County review times vary, but straightforward interior remodels usually clear in a few weeks. Construction runs six to ten weeks, longer when walls move.
What does a bathroom remodel cost in Brandon in 2026?
Hall baths run $15,000 to $28,000. Master baths with a tub-to-shower conversion run $30,000 to $60,000. A standalone conversion lands between $12,000 and $20,000. Tile selections and glass enclosures move those numbers most.
Can you remove the wall between my kitchen and family room?
Usually, yes. Brandon's trussed roofs mean many interior walls aren't carrying roof load, but nobody should assume. We verify. If the wall earns its keep, an engineered beam replaces it, permitted and inspected. You'll see the opened-up room in 3D before you commit to anything.
Will my HOA care about an interior remodel?
Interior work in Bloomingdale, Providence Lakes, or Brentwood Hills rarely needs HOA sign-off. Exterior changes like windows and roofing often do. We supply the drawings your architectural review committee wants and keep the county side moving in parallel.
Is Brandon in a flood zone?
Most of Brandon sits well inland, outside the high-risk coastal zones. So the FEMA substantial-improvement rule rarely limits what you can invest in a remodel here. Lots near creeks and ponds can differ, so we confirm your parcel's flood designation during design.
Do you work in Valrico and Bloomingdale East?
Yes. Valrico's 33594 and 33596, Bloomingdale, Seffner, and Riverview all sit inside our service area. Same county permit process, same team, same 3D design workflow.
From Brandon Parkway to Our Design Center
The fastest way to know if we're your remodeler is to stand in our Design Center. Take Brandon Parkway to the Selmon Expressway, cross the Gandy Bridge, and you're here in about 45 minutes. You'll walk the cabinet lines, put your hands on quartz and porcelain, and page through 3D renders beside photos of the finished rooms. Ask to see the Bradenton farmhouse kitchen renders next to its finished photos. That comparison is the whole pitch.
TGA Kitchens & Remodeling, Design Center. 3851 62nd Ave N, Suite A, Pinellas Park, FL 33781. (727) 800-4050.
Can't make the drive? We start most Brandon projects with an in-home consultation anyway. Show us photos and a rough budget, and we'll tell you honestly what it buys in 2026. We hold a 4.9-star rating across 110+ Google reviews, and we'd like the chance to earn yours.