Whole home remodeling · San Diego County
Whole home remodeling in San Diego, designed and built by one team.
A whole home remodel redesigns more than one room as a single plan: the kitchen, the bathrooms, the living spaces and the flow between them, drawn, permitted and built by one team on one contract. Award-winning in San Diego.
Accredited, certified and held to accountCalifornia contractor #922807, in business in San Diego for 21 years
Whole home remodeling
More than one room, designed as one home.
A whole home remodel is any project that redesigns more than one room as a single plan, from a primary suite and the bathrooms beside it to the entire floor plan, inside and out.
Kaminskiy designs and builds whole home remodels across San Diego County: one plan, one permit set and one contract for every room,. A kitchen that opens to the dining room, bathrooms that match, a primary suite where two closets used to be, a second story over a one-story bungalow. Our designers, architectural drafters and project managers plan every room together, so the materials match, the permits are pulled once and the home reads as one home instead of a collection of projects. Founded in San Diego by Sergei Kaminskiy, and still founder-led.
Start with a complimentary consultationBefore and after
Before and after remodels. Drag the line, watch the home change.
A kitchen and great room addition, a primary bath, a kitchen that opens to outdoor living and a kitchen remodel, from lived-in to finished. Pick one, then drag the line across the photo.
Four transformations. Tap one to switch.
In their own words
Client video testimonials.
Three whole home remodels first, then twelve more families.
Real clients, filmed in the homes we designed and built for them. Press play on any story.
They connected with us on a personal level and understood that we live here. This is our home.
One plan, every room
What a whole home remodel can include: the rooms, and the flow between them.
01Kitchen and dining
Open the kitchen to the dining room and the great room. Custom cabinetry, an island that works, lighting in layers.
Kitchens
02Bathrooms and the primary suite
Spa primaries, hall baths and a primary suite carved from a closet or two, all matching.
Bathrooms
03Room additions
Build out or build up: a second story, a great room, a suite that looks original.
Additions
04ADUs and conversions
A casita in the yard or a suite in the garage, for family or for rental income.
ADUs
05Outdoor living
Glass walls that slide away, an outdoor kitchen, a covered patio: the rooms beyond the walls.
Outdoor livingWhy one plan
Whole home or room by room: why one plan beats a collection of projects.
Most homes in San Diego County are decades old, and most of them have been remodeled one room at a time. Here is what changes when every room is designed together.
One set of permits
Remodeling room by room means applying for permits again and again, often years apart. One plan is drawn once, submitted once, reviewed once and inspected once.
Materials that match
Finishes chosen years apart rarely match, and products get discontinued. Every floor, cabinet line, tile and fixture is selected together, so the home reads as one home.
One team, one contract
One designer, one project manager who talks to you daily, one fixed scope in writing and one schedule you can see. No gap between a designer's drawing and a builder's bid.
Flow from room to room
The entry flows into the living room, the living room into the kitchen, the kitchen out to the yard. Walls move once, and the whole plan is drawn around how you live.
Do not move. Improve.
A new home in San Diego costs more than ever and rarely fits better than the one you have. A whole home remodel gives you the home you would have shopped for, where you already live.
Ready for the next chapter
Parents moving in, kids moving out, working from home, aging in place. The same plan can lower counters, widen doorways, add a suite or convert the garage, all in one pass.
Side by side
| Room by room | Whole home, one plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Permits | A new application for every room, sometimes years apart | One submittal, one review, one inspection schedule |
| Materials | Matched from memory as products come and go | Selected together, so every room shares one palette |
| Crews | A different contractor, and a different standard, each time | One design-build team on one contract |
| Price | Several bids over the years, never a total | One fixed scope, priced in writing before demolition |
| Disruption | Repeated: dust, noise and decisions every year | Once, planned, with a schedule you can see |
| Result | A collection of projects from different decades | One cohesive home |
How a remodel works here
Our whole home remodeling process: ten steps, zero surprises.
Every Kaminskiy project runs on the same ten steps, in the same order, with the same team from the first visit to the final walkthrough. Here is exactly what happens at each one, where it happens, and who is in the room.
Design
In-home design consultation
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- Design · Steps 01 to 04
- 01
In-home design consultation
We come to you. We listen, measure and photograph, talk through what is not working and share first ideas on the spot. We also tell you honestly whether we are the right fit for the project.
- Where
- Your home
- Who is in the room
- A Kaminskiy designer
- You leave with
- First ideas, real measurements and a clear next step
- Cost
- Complimentary
- 02
Design retainer presentation
At our Design Center, our operations manager and lead designer walk you through options, direction and what the project could become. Agree on the direction and a design retainer starts the design work.
- Where
- Kaminskiy Design Center
- Who is in the room
- Operations manager and lead designer
- You leave with
- A design direction and a signed design retainer
- Timing
- One visit
- 03
Design and existing-conditions meeting
Back at your home, your designer finalizes the ideas while your project manager documents the existing conditions: structure, plumbing and electrical. Surprises get found now, on paper, not later behind a wall.
- Where
- Your home
- Who is in the room
- Your designer and your project manager
- You leave with
- Finalized design intent and documented existing conditions
- Why it matters
- No change orders for things we should have seen
- 04
Design and bid presentation
Your new space, rendered, with every line of the scope, the contract and the schedule reviewed together. Nothing is vague. Sign, and your start date goes on the calendar that day.
- Where
- Kaminskiy Design Center
- Who is in the room
- Your designer and project manager
- You leave with
- Renderings, a line-by-line scope, a contract and a start date
- Pricing
- Fixed, in writing
- Plan · Steps 05 to 07
- 05
Selections trip
Cabinets, flooring, counters, tile, lighting and paint, chosen with your designer in one guided trip. Then appliances and plumbing fixtures. Every selection is recorded so the build matches the design.
- Where
- Showrooms, with your designer
- Who is in the room
- You and your designer
- You leave with
- Every finish and fixture selected and documented
- Timing
- Usually one or two outings
- 06
Architecture and engineering
Additions, ADUs, load-bearing walls and big openings get a full set of construction documents. Our architectural team draws them, a licensed structural engineer stamps them, and the crew builds from the same drawings the city approves.
- Where
- Kaminskiy Design Center
- Who does the work
- Our architectural team and a licensed structural engineer
- You leave with
- A complete, engineered set of construction documents
- Applies to
- Additions, ADUs and structural work
- 07
Plans and permits
We submit to the city or county and manage the whole process, including corrections and resubmittals. Depending on scope it takes from about a week to several months. You do not chase anyone.
- Where
- City or county
- Who does the work
- Our permit coordinator
- You do
- Nothing. We handle it
- Timing
- About a week to several months, by scope
- Build · Steps 08 to 10
- 08
Pre-construction meeting
Approved plans are reviewed at your home, site procedures and protections are explained, and your Buildertrend portal is switched on so you can see the schedule, the daily log and every photo.
- Where
- Your home
- Who is in the room
- Your project manager and designer
- You leave with
- A live schedule and your Buildertrend portal
- Timing
- The week before construction
- 09
Construction
On time, on budget, to standard. Our own crew and vetted trades do the work. You hear from your project manager daily, and your designer stays involved through every selection install.
- Where
- Your home
- Who is in the room
- Project manager, lead carpenter, our trades
- You get
- Daily communication and a schedule you can see
- Standard
- Clean site, every day
- 10
Remodel complete
The grand reveal and a final walkthrough together, room by room. Then a two-year workmanship warranty on everything we built, and a team that still picks up the phone.
- Where
- Your home
- Who is in the room
- You, your designer and your project manager
- You leave with
- A finished home and a two-year workmanship warranty
- And then
- Celebration
A note from the founder
Sergei Kaminskiy. Founder and CEO.
If you are reading this, you are thinking about changing the place you live. I take that seriously, because I know what you are really asking: whom can I trust in my home?
A remodel is one of the largest investments most families ever make, and the money is only part of it. You are handing a team the keys to your home and your daily life for months, trusting them to deliver exactly what they promised. I have never forgotten what that trust asks of us. I started this company in San Diego in 2005 with one conviction: a remodel should be designed and built by a single accountable team, the same people from the first sketch to the final walkthrough, so nothing ever falls through a gap between companies. Twenty-one years later, that is still how every Kaminskiy project runs.
San Diego homeowners have voted us a Union-Tribune Readers Poll favorite fourteen of the last fifteen years. I am proud of the awards, but prouder of what earned them: a fixed price in writing, a schedule you can see, a project manager who talks to you every day, and a crew that treats your home as if their own family lived there. We do it the right way, every single time, whether the job is one bathroom or a whole home.
Today the Kaminskiy family of companies cares for homes in more than 230 communities across seventeen states, and every project still begins the way my first one did: at a kitchen table, listening. When you are ready, one of our award-winning designers will sit down with you, hear what you want your home to become, and tell you honestly what it will take. That conversation costs nothing and asks nothing of you. It is simply the first step toward a home you will love living in, and I would be honored if you let us earn your trust.
Warmly,
Sergei Kaminskiy, Founder and CEO
Whole home work
San Diego whole home remodels at a glance.
Every photo is a Kaminskiy project in San Diego County. Open any photo to see it full size; the full whole home gallery has every project.
Pacific Beach kitchenWhite Shaker cabinets, a Calacatta-gold quartz island, brass pulls
Scandinavian kitchenFlat white cabinetry and a long island, part of a whole home remodel
Modern coastal living roomShiplap fireplace, wood mantel, tile hearth
Bay Park living roomA stone fireplace wall and glass doors to the yard
Adams Ave kitchenNavy lowers, a chevron backsplash, brass hardware
Pacific Beach primary bedroomNew second story, balcony slider, terracotta accent
Mira Mesa kitchenTwo-tone cabinetry, green island, a full wall of pantries
Del Mar primary bathOmbre tile shower, the first the team had ever built
Point Loma kitchenA hidden induction cooktop under porcelain
Whole home remodelGame room opened to the view
Point Loma spa bathBuilt from two closets
Del Mar kitchenOpen to the fireplace and the banquette
Poolside additionRancho Santa Fe
Garage to ADUKitchen, living and bath in the old garage footprint
Rooftop outdoor livingFireplace, spa and the sunset
Blue and brass bathDouble vanity with gold mirrors
Rancho Bernardo kitchenBright white island with seating
Light-filled living roomWhole home remodel
Primary suite additionPoway
Encinitas ADULiving room and kitchenette
Covered outdoor kitchenHillside view
Mira Mesa hall bathWalk-in shower and floating vanity
Open-concept white kitchenSan Diego
Double vanity bathGrey oak and white quartz
Point Loma kitchen and diningWhole home remodel
A detached ADUA new backyard home with its own front door, kitchen and bath
Chula Vista outdoor kitchenA grill run, a bar counter and a covered dining terrace
Twelve whole home projects
Whole home projects: twelve San Diego homes, room by room.
From a Pacific Beach bungalow that gained a second story to a North Park condo where no wall could move. Each project page has the full gallery, the designers and what the homeowners asked for.
Pacific Beach, rebuilt from the foundation up
A dated one-story bungalow became a bright two-level coastal home with a new primary suite, two bedrooms and three baths.
See the project
A 1960s maze, opened into one great room
Walls came down for a sage-green chef's kitchen, wall-to-wall glass and a hidden pantry.
See the project
A 1980s split-level, modern coastal
The kitchen opened to the dining and living rooms, a wide patio door to the pool, and a spa bath upstairs.
See the project
Bay Park, reconfigured for the view
A dated 1960s house turned into an airy, view-oriented home with spa-inspired baths and resilient finishes.
See the project
Scandinavian contemporary, San Diego
Open, minimal and functional, with modern appliances and customized storage in every room.
See the project
Adams Ave, transitional
Sleek blue cabinetry and timeless details, from the kitchen to the primary bath.
See the project
Modern and elegant
A primary bedroom with a high beamed ceiling and a sitting area, and an open great room and kitchen below.
See the project
Rancho Bernardo, bright and minimal
A long, narrow living room balanced with a fireplace focal point and a clever asymmetrical plan.
See the project
Scripps Ranch, transitional
Kitchen, primary bath, guest bath and a converted tandem garage, in matching stone and soft neutrals.
See the project
Poway, glamorous
Marble, chandeliers and a luxurious primary bath, room after room.
See the project
Solana Beach, inside and out
A whole home remodel that focused on the exterior: a flagstone walkway, new landscaping and an outdoor haven.
See the project
North Park condo, Italian countryside
Warm tones and rustic details in a condo where nothing could move, and everything feels open.
See the projectCloser to home
Whole home remodeling in your San Diego neighborhood.
Seven San Diego neighborhoods have their own whole home remodeling page: the local projects, who issues the permits there, and the questions homeowners in that neighborhood ask most. Every other neighborhood has a home remodeling page of its own.
The design-build difference
One design-build team. One contract. No finger-pointing.
Most remodels fail between the designer and the builder. Here they are the same company, in the same building, on the same schedule.
Designed in-house, built in-house
Our designers, architectural team and project managers work together every day. One set of drawings, one price, one point of contact.
Your project, live
Schedule, daily photos, selections and payments in Buildertrend. Homeowners who live out of state follow along the same way local ones do.
Fixed scope, written down
A detailed scope of work, payment schedule and timeline before anything is demolished. A two-year warranty after it is done.
A Design Center, not a catalog
Cabinets, tile, stone, fixtures and lighting selected with your designer in our showroom. One trip, not twelve.
Plan before you call
Remodel cost calculators: know your number before the first meeting.
A whole home remodel is a kitchen, a bathroom or two, and more. Start with the two rooms that usually set the budget: honest estimators built from real Kaminskiy projects, no sales call required.
Kitchen
Kitchen Remodel Cost Calculator
Layout, finish level and timeline in seven questions. Your range in about sixty seconds.
Estimate my kitchen
Primary bath
Master Bath Cost Calculator
Refresh or full remodel, layout changes, finishes. See what a spa bath realistically costs here.
Estimate my bathroomGood questions
Whole home remodeling FAQ: a few straight answers before you call.
Cost, timelines, living through it, phasing, permits and value. More on the full FAQ page.
Read all FAQsAny project that redesigns more than one room as a single plan. That can be a primary suite and the two bathrooms beside it, the whole first floor, or every room inside and out, including a second story. The scope is yours to set. What makes it a whole home remodel is that the rooms are designed together, so the materials, the layout and the schedule all belong to one plan.
It depends on the size and age of the home, how many walls move, and whether plumbing, electrical or structure change. Finish level matters too. What we promise is a fixed price in writing before anything is demolished: at the design and bid presentation you see every line of the scope, the contract and the schedule together. Our kitchen and bathroom cost calculators on this page give honest ranges for the two rooms that usually set the budget.
Longer than a single room, and most of the time goes into design and permits, not construction. A kitchen alone usually runs 4 to 8 months from the first consultation to completion, so a whole home remodel runs longer, and permit review times vary by city within the county. You get the schedule at the bid presentation, and your project manager keeps it live in Buildertrend from the pre-construction meeting on.
Sometimes, and we plan for it either way. Smaller scopes can be built in a sequence that keeps a kitchen or a bathroom working. Larger ones are usually easier, faster and cleaner with the home empty. We talk through temporary arrangements with you before the start date goes on the calendar, never after.
Yes. The plan is drawn once, as one home, and can be built in phases as budget and life allow. Because the design, the materials and the permit set already exist, each phase matches the last. We wrote a guide to phasing a whole home remodel in San Diego, linked below the questions.
No. Our designers and architectural drafters create the plans, a licensed structural engineer stamps them where the scope calls for it, and the same company builds from those drawings. There is no handoff between a design firm and a contractor, and nothing falls into the gap between them.
Usually, yes, and it is almost always less than buying and moving to a home that fits. An updated kitchen, bathrooms and an open plan are what buyers in San Diego look for first. The bigger return is daily: a home that works the way you live. If you are weighing remodeling against buying or building, our guide on whether remodeling is cheaper than building is linked below.
Yes. Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling is a fully licensed and insured California contractor, license #922807, in business in San Diego since 2005.
Open houses
Walk a finished Kaminskiy home before you start yours.
When a project is complete and our clients are kind enough to open their doors, we host an open house. Wine and cheese, the neighbors, and the home itself. Walk the finished rooms, run your hand over the materials, meet the designer and project manager who built it, and ask the homeowners what it was really like.
- Walk a completed project, room by room
- Speak to the clients firsthand
- Meet our designers, project managers and operations manager
- Wine, cheese and the neighbors
Start here
Schedule your complimentary in-home design consultation for your whole home remodel.
- A designer comes to you, measures, listens and shares first ideas.
- No pressure and no obligation. We tell you if we are not the right fit.
- Our Client Care team calls back during the time slot you choose.