Kitchen Remodeling Greene, ME: The Only Room You Use All Week
- Newman Homes builds the kitchens Greene, ME commuter families need. For much of this town, the kitchen is the room that gets the hardest use Monday through Friday.
- Brandon Roberge brought 25+ years of building experience in Florida and Massachusetts to Maine in 2017. Our shop is in Augusta.
- Our projects meet the original timeline and budget 94% of the time. We check that figure monthly.
- 25+ years in construction, building as Newman Homes since 2017
- Over 200 projects completed in Central Maine
- Affordable work, two-year written warranty
Kitchen remodeling in Greene, Maine, in the town center, along the commuter housing on the main routes, on the farms and open acreage, and around Allen Pond.
Greene's commuter housing is newer than most of the service area, which means the kitchens are structurally fine and simply dated. That is the cheapest kind of kitchen project and it usually sits in the cosmetic or standard gut bands.
Refacing or replacing cabinets, new counters, sink, backsplash, floor and lighting, with the layout untouched, starts at the $28,000 floor. A standard gut with semi-custom cabinets and quartz runs $46,000 to $58,000.
What a Greene Kitchen Remodel Involves
A commuter kitchen should be designed around that narrow weeknight window, when everybody needs the room at once.
A landing zone at the door. Bags, keys, mail, and devices need somewhere that is not the counter you want to cook on.
Two people, two tasks. Weeknight cooking is one person at the range and another unloading or helping with homework. That is a layout with two clear zones.
Breakfast that works standing up. An island or a peninsula with proper seating clearance does more for a weekday morning than another wall cabinet.
Counters that clean fast. Quartz wipes down and needs no annual sealing, which matters when the room gets reset every night.
Septic and well. Nearly every lot here is on both, so a dishwasher and a disposal get checked against the system before design is final.
Electrical. Dedicated circuits throughout, plus real power where devices actually get charged.
What homeowners say
Read more reviews- ★★★★★
We were very pleased with the extensive home remodel we contracted with Newman Homes. Brandon was always very fair with any adjustments to our fixed price contract, and we were quite happy with the outcome.
David K. - ★★★★★
Left no mess behind. Brandon the owner also was easy to work with.
Ben G. - ★★★★★
I was very impressed with the promptness and professional completion of the job… Great company.
Marcia A.
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Where We Work in Greene
We work in the town center, the commuter housing along the main routes, the farms and open acreage, and the properties on Allen Pond and the Androscoggin frontage.
Open land gives us somewhere sensible to put materials and a dumpster. The driveway stays usable for anyone who needs to leave at seven.
When to Schedule a Greene Kitchen
Interior work runs year-round. For a commuting household, the real issue is the temporary kitchen.
We'd rather set it up properly than leave you eating out for a month. And we schedule the sink to return as early as the work allows.
Building permit applications are reviewed by appointment with the Greene Code Enforcement Officer, with a right of review by the town's Appeals Board. What clears is the officer's call.
Cabinets are six to ten weeks out. Expect the room to be unusable for three to five weeks.
Why Our Kitchens Land on the Number
We plan that disruption as carefully as the carpentry. Frankly, some contractors don't.
A kitchen project that runs long when both adults commute isn't a minor annoyance. It takes over a month of evenings, so it needs to be addressed during the estimate.
Anything genuinely uncertain gets a named allowance. Unspent money goes back to you.
Who We Remodel Kitchens For in Greene
Greene sits between Lewiston and Augusta, and many households drive toward one or the other every morning.
That creates a particular kind of home: rural or semi-rural, often on acreage with well and septic, and busiest between six and eight in the evening.
Farm properties and homes on Allen Pond raise different questions, but the daily pattern holds.
How Much Kitchen Remodeling Greene, ME Costs
A cosmetic refresh with everything staying where it is starts at $28,000. A full gut with semi-custom cabinets and quartz, with the sink and range left in place, runs $46,000 to $58,000. Relocate the plumbing while leaving the walls standing, and the range is $60,000 to $80,000. Remove a wall with a beam, move the sink, and add an island with power, and you're looking at $85,000 to $105,000. Custom cabinetry and stone on a changed layout add another $15,000 to $25,000. These aren't fixed prices. They're averages drawn from hundreds of projects, and your cost will depend on the particulars of your house. Greene sits comfortably in the middle of that range. Its houses are generally newer than the mill-city stock to the south. Open lots also make staging and delivery easier, which keeps labor hours down. You'll find a longer, itemized breakdown for Greene in our kitchen cost guide.
How to Hire a Kitchen Remodeler in Greene
One fact should change how you read every kitchen bid: Maine has no licensing requirement for general contractors or builders.
That doesn't apply to every trade in the room. Electrical and plumbing work requires state credentials.
For the rest, you're relying on the person making the claim.
Five things belong in writing.
A written schedule with the date the sink returns, because that is the milestone your evenings depend on.
Who sets up the temporary kitchen and the dust barrier, and whether it is included.
The contract itself, written to Maine's home construction contract requirements, where a third of the price is the most anyone can ask up front.
Whether the septic has been assessed for any fixtures being added.
A 2-year workmanship warranty, backed by an A+ file on our BBB profile.
Nearby Areas We Serve
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Directions from Greene, ME to our shop in Augusta
125 Community DrAugusta, ME 04330-8156
How We Run the Job
- We ask about your weeknights.When everybody gets home, and what the room has to absorb in that hour.
- Fixed price, itemized.Layout, storage, appliances, and any septic or well work each on their own line.
- We build.Photos twice a week, and a 2-year workmanship warranty when we are done.
Talk to Us About Your Greene Kitchen
Call (207) 480-7700 and you'll usually reach Brandon. The line is covered around the clock.
Tell us what your weeknights look like at info@newmanhomesme.com, or get your free estimate.