Kitchen & Bath Remodeling Across Dallas, TX

Six Design Group does kitchen and bath remodeling in Dallas, TX from home: we are based in Lake Highlands (75238), so most Dallas addresses sit 10 to 30 minutes away, depending on your side of the Trinity River. This page covers the whole city, including Lake Highlands, Lakewood, White Rock and the rest of East Dallas, Preston Hollow and Oak Cliff.

What sets Dallas apart is the age spread. A 1920s Lakewood Tudor on pier-and-beam and a 1970s Lake Highlands ranch on a slab need different plans before the first cabinet is ordered.

Pier-and-Beam, Ranch Slabs and Blackland Clay: Reading a Dallas House

The construction under your kitchen decides more of the plan than the finishes do. Homes built before about 1960, which covers most of Lakewood, the M Streets, Kessler Park and Winnetka Heights in Oak Cliff, and the older blocks around White Rock Lake, are commonly pier-and-beam. Floors may slope toward the middle of the house, drains are often cast iron, and supply lines may be galvanized steel. Open walls can also turn up old wiring that must be replaced.

Most homes built after 1960, including the bulk of Lake Highlands and many Preston Hollow ranches, sit on slab-on-grade foundations. Moving a sink or adding an island prep sink there means trenching through concrete and a plumbing permit.

Both foundation types sit on the expansive Blackland Prairie clay that runs under the city. It swells after heavy rain and shrinks in drought, so doors stick, drywall cracks and tile can split along a slab crack. We look for those signs at the first visit and recommend a foundation evaluation before tile goes down if the house is moving. Homes built before 1978, which covers most pre-war and ranch-era houses here, also fall under the EPA lead RRP rule, which sets how painted trim and cabinets are disturbed.

How Kitchen and Bath Remodeling in Dallas Runs From Our Lake Highlands Base

A Dallas project runs the same way off Skillman or across the river in Oak Cliff.

1. Consultation at your home. On a weekday between 9 am and 5 pm, we measure, photograph and talk through how you cook and store things.
2. Design and selections. You receive a layout, a written scope and an estimate tied to your selections.
3. Permits. Only a contractor registered with the City of Dallas can pull the permit. Jaspector (2026) lists a $78.65 minimum residential structural fee and a 1 to 3 business-day review; another 2026 source cites $200 to $800 or more and 1 to 3 weeks.
4. Demolition, rough-in and inspections. TSBPE-licensed plumbers and TDLR-licensed electricians are scheduled around city inspections.
5. Install and walkthrough. Cabinets, counters, tile and fixtures go in, then we walk the finished room with you.

Ask any contractor, including us, for the city registration and trade license numbers, then look them up on the TDLR and TSBPE sites.

From White Rock to Preston Hollow: Roads and Neighborhoods We Cover

We do not publish projects or reviews by neighborhood, so you will not find a list of Dallas streets here. What we can give you is the map. Lakewood, Casa Linda and the homes around White Rock Lake are a short run down Garland Road, Buckner or Abrams. Preston Hollow is about 20 minutes west on Northwest Highway or LBJ (I-635). Oak Cliff is reached by US-75 to I-35E or by I-30 across the Trinity, roughly 25 to 30 minutes. Lake Highlands, our own neighborhood, runs along Skillman, Audelia and Plano Road north of Northwest Highway; it sits inside Dallas city limits, so City of Dallas permits apply even though its schools belong to Richardson ISD.

Next door, we also cover Garland, Richardson, Mesquite and the Park Cities of University Park and Highland Park, each with its own permit office. For the paperwork, read what a Dallas kitchen permit involves.