About Photolightcase

A Kitchen Remodeler That Asks Where You Will Eat

Photolightcase is a kitchen remodeling company on Yale Ave in Irvine. We replace and reface cabinets, install countertops and backsplash, rework lighting and ventilation, and take on layout changes that open a kitchen to the rest of the house. The homes are mostly the ones you would expect in this city: tract houses in Woodbridge and Northwood with their original cabinets, newer builds near the Great Park with builder-grade finishes, and townhomes where the neighbor is on the other side of the wall.

What sets the way we work apart is the first question. Before layout, before finishes, we ask who lives in the house and how they eat. A couple who cooks twice a week can manage a remodel with a microwave and a coffee maker. A family with three kids, a lunchbox routine and a parent who works from home needs a real temporary kitchen, a schedule that keeps the sink connected as long as possible, and a crew that knows not to run a saw during the school pickup call.

How We Approach a Job

• Sequence before style. Cabinets, slabs and appliances are ordered with delivery dates confirmed before demolition, so the stretch without a kitchen is as short as the work allows.
• Honest about what to keep. If your cabinet boxes are sound, we will say so, and refacing them may serve you better than a full tear out.
• Protect the rest of the house. Dust barriers, floor protection and a clear path for the crew that does not run through the family room.
• Plain answers on permits. When walls, circuits, plumbing or gas move, plans go to the City of Irvine and inspections happen at the right stages. If your HOA needs to review, that goes first.

We do not promise that a remodel will be painless. Living next to a construction site for weeks is tiring. What we can do is make sure every inconvenience is one you knew about and agreed to in advance, and that there is always somewhere to heat dinner.

Talk to Us

Call (949) 562-9651 or stop by 9018 Yale Ave, Irvine, CA 92620. Tell us about the house and the people in it, and we will start from there.