What a kitchen in Pierrefonds usually needs
Pierrefonds is about twenty minutes from the workshop, out the 40 and north on Saint-Jean, or along Gouin if the river route suits the hour. We finished a full kitchen here in 2026, a handleless white and black job that is still one of the projects people mention when they call, so the area is not theory for us.
The borough is mostly bungalows, split-levels and semis built between the early sixties and the mid eighties, with a band of older and larger houses along Gouin where the lots run down toward the water. Ceilings are eight feet almost everywhere, basements are finished, and the kitchens were drawn small on purpose because the eating was meant to happen in a separate room. Nearly every project we quote here involves taking down at least one wall or half wall, and that is usually the first thing we talk about rather than the last.
The other recurring question is moisture and heat. Houses close to the river move a little more with the seasons, and a solid wood door will show that at the joints within a few years. It is one of the reasons we build most doors here in sprayed MDF, which stays flat, and reserve solid wood for places where the grain is the point. Where a house has already been renovated once, we also check what was done to the electrical and the venting before promising an integrated hood, because a recirculating unit hidden in a cabinet is not the same appliance as a ducted one.
What we usually end up drawing
Handleless or slim shaker fronts in sprayed MDF. Uppers to the ceiling with the bulkhead removed where it turns out to be empty. A peninsula or a modest island, sized for the walkway rather than for the drawing. Integrated dishwasher and panelled fridge where the kitchen is visible from the living room. A quartz counter with a full height backsplash in the same stone, which is the single detail that makes a small kitchen look like it was designed rather than assembled.
How the visit works
- We come to the house, measure every wall and photograph the room. Free, usually within the week.
- You get elevations drawn in AutoCAD, so the kitchen is settled on paper before anything is cut.
- The price is written, itemised and fixed against those drawings.
- Everything is built in Saint-Laurent, then delivered and installed by our own people.
- The doors carry a ten year warranty, and the hardware keeps its manufacturer coverage.



