Our shop is on 46th Avenue in Elmhurst. Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and whole-home work across the borough, with your building’s rules handled before the city’s.
Across Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona and Rego Park, most of the housing is co-op and condo, which means the first rulebook is not the building code.
is a binding contract between you and your board setting what work is permitted and what documentation is required. These are not standardized; each building writes its own. Request a copy from your managing agent before planning anything.
Boards generally prohibit placing a wet space (bathroom, kitchen or laundry) over a dry space in the apartment below. In practice the layout of the apartment beneath yours often decides what you can build in yours.
Board review commonly runs from a few weeks to a few months depending on how often your board meets. A DOB Alteration Type 2 filing, the class covering interior work that does not change occupancy or structure, commonly takes four to eight weeks after submission. Both sit ahead of demolition.
Typically a certificate of insurance naming the building and managing agent as additional insured, plus the contractor's license details. We carry $1,000,000 in general liability and NYC DCWP license #2132-535-DCWP, in place before we quote.
We work throughout the borough: Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona, Rego Park, Woodside, Sunnyside, Forest Hills, Astoria, Long Island City, Flushing, Maspeth and Middle Village among them.
The stock is largely pre-war apartment buildings and attached houses, with original tile set into mortar beds, cast-iron waste lines and bathrooms and kitchens sized for expectations from the 1920s and 30s. Demolition takes longer and reveals more than in newer construction.
Jackson Heights carries an additional layer: much of it sits inside a New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission historic district. Interior work generally does not trigger LPC review, but anything altering the exterior can. The item to watch on a bathroom or kitchen is through-wall venting.
46th Avenue in Elmhurst, a short drive to most of the borough.
The wet-over-dry constraint gets found at the estimate, not after your board rejects the plan.
License details and COIs go out with the submission.
One crew lead runs your project from demolition to final walk-through. Every trade, from plumbing to tile to finish carpentry, is coordinated through us, on our schedule, held to our quality standard. You never have to coordinate between separate companies.
Almost certainly. Nearly every co-op and condo governs renovations through an alteration agreement, a binding contract between you and the board setting what work is permitted and what documentation is required. These are not standardized; each building writes its own. Request a copy from your managing agent before planning anything, and send it with your estimate request.
Wet-over-dry means placing a wet space (bathroom, kitchen or laundry) above a dry space such as a bedroom or living room in the apartment below. Most boards prohibit it, preferring wet stacked over wet so water exposure stays contained and riser access stays simple. It is the most frequent single reason a renovation plan is rejected.
Board review commonly runs from a few weeks to a few months depending on how often your board meets, and a DOB Alteration Type 2 filing, covering interior work that does not change occupancy or structure, commonly takes four to eight weeks after submission. Both sit ahead of demolition, which is why the approvals usually take longer than the construction.
Yes. The district falls under the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, which reviews work visible from the exterior, so an interior renovation generally does not trigger LPC review, but anything altering the outside of the building can. The item to watch is through-wall venting for a bathroom fan or range hood. We identify that at the estimate rather than at inspection.
Yes. Kadima Construction holds NYC DCWP license #2132-535-DCWP and Westchester County home improvement license #WC-39446-H20-25, and carries $1,000,000 in general liability insurance. Boards and managing agents generally require proof of both, usually as a certificate of insurance naming the building and managing agent as additional insured. Send your building's required COI format with the estimate request.
Send us your building's alteration agreement with the estimate request and we will tell you what is actually possible in your apartment.
