Design + Build — Manhattan — Since 2000
Manhattan renovations by people who know your building.
Kitchens, bathrooms, and full apartment renovations, with custom cabinetry built in our own shop. We work Manhattan only — co-op boards, prewar walls, and tight elevators included.
Manhattan kitchen — Renovation NYC
What we do
Four things, done all the way through.
Kitchens, bathrooms, full apartment renovations, and the custom cabinetry that goes inside them — we run all four ourselves, start to finish, so nothing gets lost between subcontractors.
Layout, cabinetry, counters, appliances and the lighting above them. We design it, build the cabinets in our own shop and install them.
Waterproofing first, then tile, fixtures and vanities. Wet work in an occupied building is where a careless contractor costs you a ceiling downstairs.
Full apartment work run by one team on one schedule. Renovation NYC put the usual range at three to six months for a Manhattan apartment.
Cabineteria, the shop side of the business. Bookshelves, Murphy beds, radiator covers and closets built to your walls rather than to a catalogue size.
Why Manhattan is different
Renovating in a Manhattan building
is a different job.
A contractor in the suburbs gets a driveway and a dumpster. Here you get a board, an alteration agreement, a service elevator with hours on it and a neighbour on the other side of the wall. That part of the work is most of the work, and it is the part we have been doing since 2000.
The board package
Co-op and condo boards want drawings, insurance certificates and a contractor they recognise. We assemble the package and we answer the questions that come back on it.
Permits and code
Filings, inspections and the NYC Energy Conservation Code. Insulation, windows and correctly sized heating and cooling all have to meet it before anything closes up.
Elevator and hours
Deliveries booked, the service elevator padded, work kept inside the hours your building allows. The super should not need to call you.
The common areas
Hallway and lobby protection, daily cleanup and a crew that leaves the building the way it found it. Our reviews say this more often than they say anything else.
Selected work
Plates from the portfolio.
Every photograph on this page is Renovation NYC's own work, shot on their own jobs. Nothing here is stock.
Plate 01
Kitchen, arched windows, vented hood
Plate 02
Bath, freestanding tub, honed marble
Plate 03
Murphy bed with flanking storage
Plate 04
Kitchen remodel, 320 East 54th Street
Plate 05
Radiator cover and window seat
Plate 06
Shower enclosure, mosaic surround
Plate 07
Kitchen, glass upper cabinets
Plate 08
Bedroom wall of cabinets, television lift
Plate 09
Walk-in closet, walnut interior
Built in our shop, fitted to your walls.
Manhattan apartments are full of odd walls, radiators in the wrong place and ceilings that are never quite the height you were told. Stock cabinetry fights that. Ours is measured on site and made for the opening it is going into.
- Kitchen cabinets
- Bathroom vanities
- Built-in bookshelves
- Entertainment centers
- Murphy beds
- Loft beds
- Radiator covers
- Closets and storage
Renovation NYC offer free at-home design consultations to Manhattan residences, where they measure and plan the woodwork on site.
Book a measure and design visit...Four stages, and you always know which one you are in.
Consultation
We come to the apartment, measure, look at what the building will and will not allow, and talk through what you want to spend.
Design and drawings
Layouts, elevations and finish selections, drawn to the standard your board and the Department of Buildings will expect to receive.
Agreement and approvals
Scope, price and schedule in writing before anything is opened up. Board package submitted, insurance certificates issued, permits filed.
Build
Protection goes down, demolition, the work behind the walls, then cabinetry, tile, paint and a final walkthrough with you.
What clients actually wrote.
“Zac and his team did excellent work for me, fabricating bookshelves and a desk. They were reliably on time, returned texts and emails promptly, worked cleanly and respectfully. The work is lovely, exactly what I wanted.”
Diane Weintraub Pohl
VIA GOOGLE“After living here 30 years, I needed to make some changes to make my place safer for me. It was a small job, but Zac was up for it. He was extremely supportive of me with my concept. The construction ... looks better than I imagined.”
Gary Kanter
VIA GOOGLE“My kitchen was renovated using Renovation NYC ... The work was excellent, and the outcome is stunning. Any concerns or problems I had were promptly and politely addressed by Zac and his team, who make sure you are completely satisfied with the results.”
Carol Thomas
VIA GOOGLEThese are published word for word from the Google reviews shown on renovationyc.com. The review widget there is set by Renovation NYC to display four and five star reviews only, so this page quotes the count rather than an average rating.
Start here
Book a design consultation.
Tell us the building and the rooms. Renovation NYC come to the apartment, measure and talk through the budget before anyone draws anything. Consultations are free for Manhattan residences.