Kitchen Remodeler in The Meadows, FL

Golf-Course Villas and Lake-View Condos: What 1970s-80s Kitchens in The Meadows Need

The developer, Taylor Woodrow, assembled the former Newburn Ranch land in 1973, the first golf course was designed in 1976, and the first home, in Woodmans Chart, sold in February 1977. Building continued in phases, with The Highlands course opening in 1984 and The Groves in 1987, so the community holds a run of styles: compact attached villas, low-rise condos on the lakes, and single-family homes on the fairways. Kitchen ages therefore vary by neighborhood, and many homes still have their original or first-replacement kitchens.

Those kitchens share familiar traits. Cabinets are often dark stained oak or laminate with fixed shelves, the kitchen is closed off by a wall or pass-through, and uppers stop under a soffit. In attached villas and condos, the plumbing wall is usually shared and cannot move far, so gains come from better cabinet sizing, deeper drawers and tall pantry pullouts rather than a new footprint.

Lakes and irrigated fairways keep the air damp, and long seasonal absences let small leaks go unnoticed. Swollen sink bases and delaminated end panels are typical in kitchens of this age. Closets tell a similar story: single rods and one shelf, which a reach-in closet system can roughly double in usable space.

Honore Avenue and Longmeadow: Our Coverage, Plainly Stated

We have no published projects or customer reviews from The Meadows on this site yet, and we will not suggest otherwise. What we can confirm is the coverage: the entire community, from the Honore Avenue and Longmeadow entrance to the villas around the lakes, is a short run from our Sarasota location, and the census places it in ZIP 34235.

The community has been growing, from 3,994 residents in 2010 to 5,037 in 2020, and in 2018 its community association agreed a partnership with the country club that included buying land and buildings to keep all three golf courses. For neighboring areas, see Fruitville, Sarasota Springs and Lakewood Ranch.

The 2020 census describes an older, part-year community: a median age of 71.6, two-thirds of residents aged 65 or older, and 26.4% of the 3,989 housing units vacant on census day. The Meadows Community Association counts 52 sub-associations under its umbrella, and in late 2019 it opened a 17th Street entrance alongside the original one at Honore Avenue and Longmeadow.

How Do Association Approvals Fit Into a Meadows Kitchen Remodel?

Our process has three steps. A salesperson or technician visits, measures the kitchen, closets or bath, and talks through your ideas. We then develop the design in specialized software and show it to you in 3D. Finally we deliver and install. Between steps two and three, Meadows owners usually need one more thing: the association’s sign-off.

• Ask your association or management company for its alteration or architectural request form before the design is final.
• Expect questions about contractor details, work hours, parking for the delivery and where debris will go.
• Use the 3D presentation and our written scope as the drawings and description most boards request.
• Condo owners should confirm any rules on shared walls, plumbing shut-offs and noise.

The Meadows is unincorporated, so permits are issued by the Sarasota County Building Division. If the plan relocates plumbing or wiring or removes a wall, that portion is permitted through the county and performed by a Florida-licensed contractor for the trade, and we coordinate our cabinet installation around it. You can verify any license at myfloridalicense.com. For condo-specific planning, see condo kitchen remodeling.