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If you own a home in Los Angeles, you already know how quickly renovation budgets can spiral. Kitchens sit right at the center of that, and cabinets eat a huge chunk of the kitchen cost. It is common for clients to come to a design meeting with a firm budget and walk out wondering if custom cabinets are worth double or even triple the price of stock boxes from a big-box store. I have walked through dozens of LA kitchens where the homeowner regretted going cheap on cabine

If you remodel kitchens in Los Angeles for any length of time, you eventually run into the same argument on every job. The homeowner says, “We’re just changing cabinets. No walls. No plumbing. Why would the city care?” The contractor looks nervous and says, “It depends what else we’re touching.” Both are partly right, and that is where people get into trouble. Los Angeles has very specific rules about when you need a permit for kitchen cabinets and when you do not. At