Full kitchen renovations across San Francisco — layout, cabinetry, stone, appliances, plumbing and electrical. Priced line by line, built by the person who quoted it.
A kitchen is the most trade-dense room in a house. Plumbing, electrical, gas, ventilation, cabinetry, stone and appliances all have to land in the same few square feet, in the right order, at tolerances measured in sixteenths. Cabinets show every bit of a wall that isn't plumb.
In San Francisco that's the normal condition, not the exception. Victorians and Edwardians settle, floors slope, and walls wander. Getting a level run of cabinetry and a stone top with tight seams out of a hundred-year-old house is carpentry, and carpentry is what Leafair is built on.
Leafair Construction is run by Ryan McDonald, a licensed California General B contractor working across San Francisco and the Bay Area. You talk to the person who priced the job and the person who's on site — there's no project manager in between.
Every kitchen is quoted as a line-item estimate with written scope for each trade, so you can see what's included, what isn't, and what's deliberately left open until the walls come off. Nothing gets a made-up number just to make the total look finished.
Standard scope on a Leafair kitchen remodel. Every line appears separately on your estimate with its own written description.
The order doesn't change. At the inspection points, the City sets the pace — not the crew.
Containment goes up first, then cabinetry, counters, flooring and finishes come out.
Walls opened, headers set and openings adjusted to suit the new plan.
Every service run to its final location. Rough inspections follow.
Insulated, inspected, boarded, taped and finished ready for paint.
Set level and plumb, scribed to the wall, secured to blocking. Then counters are templated.
Countertops installed, backsplash tiled, flooring laid and transitions finished.
Paint, appliance installation, fixture and hardware trim-out, then the punch list.
Framing. Rough plumbing, gas and mechanical. Rough electrical. Insulation. Drywall. Final.
Every kitchen below was built by Leafair Construction in San Francisco or the surrounding Bay Area. Different houses, different budgets, different centuries — the cabinetry is set plumb and scribed to the wall in all of them.
You buy the finish materials. Leafair supplies the labor and everything that goes behind them.
Exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail from start to finish. Leafair turned our ideas into exactly what we pictured.
Top-tier craftsmanship and personalized service — they delivered exactly what they promised, on time.
The staining and painting work beautifully brought our wood surfaces back to life. The crew was quick and the whole job was done with zero hassle.
Leafair works throughout the city and the surrounding Bay Area. Not listed? Call and ask.
It depends on whether the layout moves and what you select. Keeping the existing plumbing and electrical where they are is a very different job from relocating a sink, adding an island or opening a wall. Rather than quote a range that means nothing for your kitchen, Leafair walks the space, prices every trade as its own line, and gives you a written estimate you can compare against anyone else's. Estimates are free.
A full kitchen renovation generally runs a couple of months from demolition to final clean. The two things that move the date are the City's inspection holds and the lead times on cabinetry, stone and appliances — cabinetry in particular is often ordered many weeks ahead. Getting your selections locked early is the single biggest thing you can do to protect the schedule.
Usually, yes. Moving plumbing or gas, adding circuits, altering framing or changing ventilation all require a permit from the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, and permitted work is inspected at set stages. Leafair handles the permit process and attends the inspections. Permit fees are paid by the homeowner directly to the City, and the time spent collecting permits and attending inspections is billed hourly rather than marked up.
Not the kitchen itself — once demolition starts the room is a construction site until cabinetry and counters are in. What Leafair can do is set up a temporary kitchen elsewhere in the house with a fridge, microwave and a working sink where plumbing allows, and keep the rest of the home sealed off with dust containment so you can live there through the job.
You do. Cabinetry, countertops, tile, appliances, sinks, faucets, light fixtures and hardware are selected and supplied by the homeowner, so you get exactly what you chose at the price you found it for. Leafair supplies all labor and all rough material, including framing, wiring, pipe, gas line, duct, insulation, drywall, thinset, grout and paint. If you'd rather Leafair handle the ordering, that can be arranged at cost plus overhead and profit.
You hear about it before anything is repaired. Damaged framing, old knob-and-tube wiring, failed plumbing or a floor that won't take stone only becomes visible once demolition is done. When something turns up you get a written change order with the cost, the reason and the schedule impact, and nothing proceeds on it until you approve. Work continues on everything else in the meantime.
Yes. Leafair Construction Inc holds California General B contractor license number 1108517 and carries full insurance. All trade work is performed by licensed and insured subcontractors.
Tell Ryan about the project and he'll get back to you to schedule a free estimate or job walk — usually within one business day.
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