Kitchen Remodeling in Aliante, NV

Kitchen remodeling in Aliante usually means taking a kitchen that came off a builder's option sheet and making it fit the people who live there now. Aliante held its grand opening on May 3, 2003, and the first roughly 1,750 homes were built by D.R. Horton, KB Home, Pardee Homes and Pulte. Most of those kitchens are now more than twenty years old, and the original cabinets, counters and flooring are showing it.

Where Aliante sits

Aliante is a master-planned community in the northwestern part of the City of North Las Vegas. That puts it inside city limits, so building questions go to the City of North Las Vegas, not Clark County and not the City of Las Vegas.

What a 2003 builder kitchen looks like now

Phase one homes were priced from the mid-$100,000s to the upper $200,000s when they were new. At that price, builders used standard-grade cabinets, laminate or entry-level tile counters, and a basic sink and faucet package. After two decades, common signs of wear include:

• Cabinet doors with worn finish around handles and the sink base
• Drawer boxes with tired glides that no longer close fully
• Tile counters with stained grout, or laminate with seams lifting near the sink
• Flooring that does not match newer rooms where owners have already replaced it

The boxes are often still solid, which makes cabinet refacing a good fit: new doors, drawer fronts and veneer over the existing frames, paired with new soft-close hardware. Where the boxes are water-damaged or the layout is the problem, full replacement makes more sense, and we will tell you which one we see.

Sun City Aliante: kitchens for staying put

Sun City Aliante is the 55-plus section built by Del Webb and completed in March 2003. Homeowners there often ask for changes that make a kitchen easier to use for the long haul: pull-out shelves in base cabinets instead of fixed shelves, drawers in place of deep lower cabinets, brighter under-cabinet lighting, lever faucets, and a counter section at a comfortable seated height. None of this has to look clinical. It can be part of a regular remodel.

Islands and open plans

Many Aliante floor plans place the kitchen next to a family room with a small peninsula or island between them. Removing a peninsula, enlarging an island or adding seating are common requests. Moving a sink or cooktop into an island means running plumbing, gas or electrical through the slab or the floor, which raises cost and may need a city permit. We price the plain version and the moved-sink version side by side.

HOA and community rules

A master plan comes with community rules. Before demolition, check your association's requirements for contractor working hours, dumpster or roll-off placement and where trucks can park. Interior cabinet and counter work rarely needs design approval, but you will want to know about any notice requirements. We can put the scope in writing for your management company.

Typical costs

A cabinet refacing and countertop project in an Aliante kitchen usually costs much less than a full tear-out. A full remodel with new cabinets, quartz counters, tile backsplash and LVP flooring is a larger investment that depends on size and layout. We give you a written, itemized quote after we measure. Call (725) 330-5517 or

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