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Central Park West Kitchen Remodeling for Landmark Pre-War Co-ops

Home Design & Co is a Manhattan based, family owned firm with more than 25 years in NYC’s most selective buildings. On Central Park West we remodel kitchens inside landmark pre-war co-ops and Upper West Side brownstones, working to your board’s alteration agreement and the hours your building actually allows.Central Park West kitchen & bath remodeling, NYC.


What makes a Central Park West kitchen renovation different

  • Boards that review in detail

    Central Park West co-op boards review an alteration package in detail, and a landmark building adds a further layer of approval. We assemble the full submission and correspond with the managing agent directly.

  • Narrow approved work windows

    These buildings are built around an interior light court, and the kitchen and service hall of every line open onto it. Sound crosses the court rather than the wall, so the neighbours who hear your demolition are the ones facing you, not the ones beside you. We seal the court-facing openings before the first wall comes down and keep the loud phases inside the hours the building allows.

  • Insurance requirements ($5 Million+)

    We carry the coverage Central Park West boards ask for, with the corporation and the managing agent named on the certificate.

  • Pre-war risers and waterproofing

    Moving a sink or dishwasher in an older line needs engineering sign-off. We file it and hold to the building’s wet-over-dry rules.

  • One service elevator, shared

    Deliveries compete with residents and other trades. We reserve elevator time ahead so a work day is never lost to logistics.

  • A block that never fully quiets

    With Weill Cornell and the Hospital for Special Surgery nearby, neighbors keep irregular hours. We give notice before noisy phases and respect quiet-hour rules.

We deal with each of these before they turn into delays, with one point of contact from filing to final walkthrough. Central Park West is part of our wider Upper West Side remodeling practice.

Why Central Park West homeowners hire us

On Central Park West the board sends your drawings to the building’s own architect, and you pay for that review whether it passes or not. Two rounds of comments cost more than the drawings did. We draw to what these buildings have approved before and answer the reviewer directly, so the package clears in one pass. We also remodel kitchens in Lincoln Square.

  • Board packages, start to finish

    We prepare the alteration package, carry the $5M insurance coverage boards ask for, and deal with building management directly, so you are not translating between parties.

  • DOB filings and inspections

    Permits filed, inspections scheduled and attended, sign-offs closed out. The city paperwork stays on our side of the table.

  • A project manager on your building’s clock

    Elevator reservations, delivery windows, contractor registrations and debris removal, all planned against the hours your building actually permits.

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A kitchen set behind the park-view rooms

A Central Park West apartment is planned around the view: the park takes the front rooms and their light, and the kitchen went at the back, off a service hall, where neither reaches. The 1920s and 1930s buildings here are rarely square either, with angled corners, offsets around the light court and ceilings that step where the setbacks land. We measure the room as it was actually built rather than to a grid, run the cabinetry along the walls that are straight, and borrow light from the rooms behind instead of pretending the kitchen will ever face the park.

Custom cabinetry, upgraded lighting and durable stone are specified to survive a building that will not let you back in to redo them.

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Bathrooms planned around the waterproofing

Bathrooms in these buildings sit over a neighbor, so waterproofing and the wet-over-dry rule drive the plan before any finish is chosen. We detail the pan and the membrane, then design around them.

We carry the building requirements and approvals through to sign-off, and leave a room that is quiet, well lit and easy to keep.

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See your kitchen before we build it

Every project opens with a one-on-one design session. We measure, listen to how you actually use the space, and produce detailed 3D renderings so you can walk the layout before anything is ordered or demolished.

Line-item estimates, no moving numbers: every line is priced and explained up front, so the number you approve is the number you pay. Our portfolio and Instagram show photographs of completed NYC remodels, never stock imagery or invented before-and-afters.

Itemized estimateEvery line explained
  • Scope of workItemized
  • 3D design packageItemized
  • Cabinetry and millworkItemized
  • Stone and tileItemized
  • Plumbing and electricalItemized
  • Permits and building filingsItemized
  • Project managementItemized

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What our clients say

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Renovating inside Manhattan’s most selective buildings

Every neighborhood has its own boards, riser lines and work hours. Pick yours.

Also serving West Village, Gramercy, Chelsea, Tribeca and SoHo. Call and we will tell you what to expect in your building.

Ready to start on Central Park West?

A kitchen here goes better when the building is handled first: the package filed, the hours agreed, the elevator booked. We run that side of it and keep you to design decisions.

  • Licensed and fully insured to the limits Central Park West boards require
  • 3D designs approved before demolition begins
  • Work scheduled inside your building’s permitted hours