Hung on level, shimmed boxes so the doors line up and stay lined up. Refacing when the boxes are fine.
Ask three Westchester kitchen contractors for cabinet prices and you get sticker shock in three directions: seventy-five hundred for a stock white shaker kitchen, eighteen thousand for a semi-custom line, sixty-five thousand for custom, and no way to tell which number your kitchen actually needs. The quotes are all over the place and it spirals. When you call this site about cabinets, we connect you with a licensed remodeler who prices the tiers side by side with the real local numbers, tells you plainly when refacing or painting the boxes you have is the better answer, and hangs whatever you choose on level, shimmed boxes so the doors line up and stay that way. Written price first. Call (914) 228-6746.
New cabinets, and within a month the doors sit crooked and the drawers rub, and the installer says it is the house.
It is the house, which is why the house gets checked first. Boxes are shimmed level and plumb before they are screwed to studs, and doors are adjusted on the hinges at the end, not left.You went stock to save money and the drawers and finish show it every day.
The contractor prices stock, semi-custom and refacing side by side so you choose with the numbers in front of you, not after.Gouged plaster, a cracked tile backsplash, and nobody owning it.
Backsplash and counters come off first when they need to. Walls are patched as part of the job. Damage is the contractor's, not a surprise on your invoice.Doors that sag or rub were hung on boxes that were not level or plumb. In a 1970s Yorktown kitchen the floor can be off an inch across the room. The installer finds the high point, sets a level line, shims every base to it, and hangs uppers to a laser. Doors get adjusted on the hinges last.
If the boxes are plywood and square, refacing with new doors, drawer fronts and hardware costs a fraction of replacement and looks the same from the room. If the boxes are particleboard and swollen at the sink, replacing is the honest answer. You get both prices.
Cabinet lead times are the single biggest reason kitchens run late. Four to twelve weeks from the supply houses, longer for custom. The date goes in the contract and the demolition does not start until the boxes are on site.
Cabinets are the largest line in a kitchen and the widest range. What moves the number:
| Refacing or painting | New doors, drawer fronts, veneer on the frames, new hardware. Westchester homeowners report $5,000 to $8,000 to have existing cabinets professionally sprayed, doors off, with new hardware. |
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| Stock | Standard sizes, limited finishes, fastest delivery. A local in-stock white shaker line was quoted at about $7,500 for a full kitchen in a Westchester thread. |
| Semi-custom | Modified sizes, more finishes, better drawer boxes. Local quotes for a 20-cabinet kitchen ran $9,600 to $21,000 depending on the line. The tier the regret threads say was worth it. |
| Custom | Built to the room. Westchester threads put custom runs at $30,000 to $65,000 for the cabinets alone. Right when the kitchen is oddly shaped or the finish is the point. |
| Bathroom vanities | Often the fastest cabinet job in the house: a vanity, a top and a faucet in a day if plumbing stays put. |
| Install only | If you have bought cabinets yourself, install is priced on its own, with the level and shim work included. |
Figures above are what northern Westchester homeowners reported paying, not quotes; the estimate you get lists the cabinets, hardware, install, removal of the old ones and any wall repair as separate lines.
Most kitchens here still have the original 1970s oak or the 1990s white thermofoil. The oak boxes are often plywood and worth refacing; the thermofoil peels at the dishwasher and usually goes. Floors dip, walls bow, and a soffit above the uppers hides a duct or nothing at all, which the contractor opens up before quoting taller cabinets. Cabinet replacement in place needs no Town of Yorktown permit; adding outlets in a new island does.
Tell us the room, the town and what is bothering you. A person answers during business hours at (914) 228-6746.
Kitchens and whole-home work go to one licensed contractor, bathrooms to another. Each one works in your town, not from a call center.
The contractor visits, measures, and gives you a written itemized estimate. You are under no obligation to book.
Compare it, ask questions, take your time. If you book, the contract and the work are between you and the contractor.
Bathroom vanity installation shows up constantly in Yorktown searches. A vanity swap with the plumbing in the same spot is a one-day job and usually needs no permit.
The same carpenter who hangs cabinets builds closet systems and built-ins, and prices them the same way, in writing.
Last updated September 29, 2026
If the boxes are plywood, square and dry, refacing gives you new doors, fronts and hardware for a fraction of replacement. If they are particleboard and swollen at the sink or dishwasher, replace. The contractor prices both.
The boxes were hung on an unlevel floor or a bowed wall without shimming. The fix is to level and shim the boxes, then adjust the hinges. It is prevented by doing that before install.
Refacing at the low end, stock next, semi-custom in the middle, custom at the top. The installed price depends on how many linear feet and the drawer and finish choices; the estimate lists cabinets, hardware and install separately.
Yes. A vanity, top and faucet with the plumbing kept in place is usually a one-day job and does not need a permit.
Reface or replace, kitchen or vanity. One call, one written price with both options when both make sense.