McComsey Builders
Licensed in Pennsylvania (PA015145)
Andersen Certified Contractor
Family-owned since 1986
Most clients come to us with one of three frustrations. Often they’re feeling all three at once.
Dated cabinets. Builder-grade finishes. Lighting that makes the space feel smaller than it is. The rest of the home has come into its own, and the kitchen got left behind.
We build custom cabinetry in our own shop, design layered lighting that opens the space up, and bring in finishes that fit your home. The result is a kitchen that feels like the heart of the home, not a leftover from someone else’s design choices.
Cramped walkways. The fridge across the room from the prep counter. An island that’s too small to actually use.
We redesign the kitchen around how you actually cook and host. We open walls with engineered beams when the structure allows, reconfigure the workflow so the kitchen functions during a Tuesday dinner and a holiday for fifteen, and design around an island sized for how you actually cook and host.
Cluttered counters because the small appliances don’t fit anywhere else. Drawers stuffed past their limit. A pantry that’s full but not actually organized.
We design every drawer, shelf, and pantry around the way your family cooks. We build custom pantries and floor-to-ceiling cabinetry that use every inch. We add organizational features built around your family’s habits. We hide what you don’t want on the counter without making it hard to reach.
Custom Kitchen Renovation Projects
Take a closer look at a recent kitchen renovation. Click below for the full story.
Scope
Kitchen Addition & Renovation
Newtown Square, PA
The McComsey difference
Our name has been on the trucks since 1986 — and on every project we’ve ever built. Here’s what that means when it’s on yours.
We’re boutique by design. Every home and every kitchen is one of one. We start by sitting down with you, sometimes literally on lawn chairs in an empty house, and we draw cabinets specific to how you cook and gather. When trees come down on your property, we mill them into the floors, beams, and counters of your new home.
You’ll get a JobTread login with daily field reports, photos, the live budget, every file, and a direct line to our team. Weekly walk-throughs happen on site. You see what we see. Our kitchens come in within 5% of the original budget, and we hand you the keys when we said we would.
Bob and Mike took over from their dad, and the company they are building looks like the one they grew up around: tight communication, in-house cabinetry, a trusted bench of architects and trade partners, and a small team that does serious work. The McComsey name is on every job, and we treat your home like it is our legacy too.
Process
We created six clear steps so that once we start building there aren’t surprises. We take our time getting the budget right so the build can move fast and we limit disruption to your life.
It starts with a conversation. We ask who sent you our way, whether you have plans yet, and the kind of budget you’re working with. The goal is to make sure we’re the right team for what you have in mind before either of us spends another hour on it.
We come out to the property, walk the space with you, and review your plans if you have them. If you don’t have plans yet, we take photos and talk through the scope of work. You get the benefit of forty years of doing this work, telling you straight what will and won’t work and how a renovation or addition really comes together.
We send the plans out to our trade partners, scope every piece of the job, and on bigger or more complex projects, bring them back to the property for a second walkthrough. Their input is what gets us to a real, line-item budget.
We take the trade partner proposals, fill in anything missing, and build out a detailed Excel budget with specific line items. Then we sit down with you and walk every single line. You see why each piece costs and why, what’s included, and where there’s room to flex. By the time we're done, we're all reading the same numbers on the same page.
Once the budget feels right and we agree on a timeline, we lock it in as a signed approved order in JobTread. That's your starting point. As real-life decisions and changes come up along the way, every cost change gets documented against that baseline, so nothing’s ever a surprise.
Before we break ground, we introduce you to the people who’ll be running your project day to day. That means Mike, Evan, and your field lead. You’ll get their phone numbers, so that you know who to call, and any one of us is reachable when you need an answer.
Investment
A kitchen update with stock cabinets and your existing layout.
A full custom kitchen built around how your family uses your kitchen.
A note: Cabinet complexity, material selections, and structural work drive most of the difference between these tiers. We build a detailed line-item budget before you sign anything, and we walk through every line together.
Common Upgrades
Most of our kitchen clients come in knowing the basics they want. A handful of upgrades come up over and over again.
The defining piece. We draw them with you and build them in-house, which gives us direct control over cost, quality, and schedule.
When the existing footprint can’t get you there.
Walls down, walls moved, the kitchen reset around how you actually live.
Marble, quartz, walnut, soapstone. Whatever fits the room.
Hardwood refinishing, tile, or new floors throughout the first floor when the kitchen project warrants it.
Tell us what’s on your list. We’ll figure out how it fits the rest of the project.
FAQs
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Yes, and most of our clients do. We set up a temporary kitchen in your basement, garage, or another part of the home, build temporary insulated walls with plastic sheeting, and run negative-pressure systems to pull dust out the window. One client lived in her home through a six-month kitchen renovation and hosted Christmas in the new kitchen before we’d finished the punch list.
A kitchen remodel with stock cabinets and no layout changes starts at $60,000 and runs to about $120,000, with a typical timeline around three months. A kitchen with custom cabinets we build in our shop and a reconfigured layout starts at $180,000, with a timeline closer to five months. Cabinet complexity, material selections, and structural work drive most of the difference. Our minimum project size is $60,000. We build you a detailed line-item budget before you sign anything.
We build the cabinets ourselves. Custom cabinets are drawn with you and built in our own shop, which gives us direct control over cost, quality, and schedule. Most builders order cabinetry from a supplier and wait. We don’t.
About three months for a standard kitchen with stock cabinets. About five months for a custom kitchen with new cabinets and layout work. We give you a real timeline before you sign and walk you through it as the project moves.
Most kitchens don’t need an architect. Some need a designer, particularly if you’re reconfiguring the layout or adding to the footprint. Mike runs our kitchen projects and works with you directly on the design. If you already have a designer, we work alongside them.
$60,000. That covers a stock-cabinet kitchen at the standard tier. Custom kitchens with cabinets we build in our shop typically start around $180,000.
Testimonials
From the families we’ve built for, in their own words.
What we build
We bring the same attention to every project — from first walkthrough to handed-over keys.
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