Kitchen remodel cost in Marietta: the three anchors
| Source (dated) | Figure | What it describes |
|---|---|---|
| Cost vs. Value 2025, Atlanta — minor kitchen, midrange | $28,359 · 111.8% recouped | Kept cabinet boxes, new fronts, laminate counters — a modelled refresh (the 111.8% is an Atlanta outlier; do not budget on it) |
| Baxter (metro Atlanta guide) — mid-range | $50,000–$65,000 | Full remodel, new cabinets, quartz, Marietta named a mid-range sweet spot |
| Cost vs. Value 2025 — major kitchen, midrange | $79,591 · 52.5% recouped | Semi-custom cabinets, island, layout changes |
| Silver Oak (Atlanta design-build) — mid-range | $100,000+ | Design services and management included |
Market guide ranges, October 2026 — published Atlanta/Marietta sources and Remodeling Magazine Cost vs. Value 2025 (Atlanta), reconciled in our research. These are planning ranges, not a quote for your home; your written scope sets your price.
Programmatic cost sites publish Marietta kitchens as low as $8,150–$50,990 using wage-derived models. Those are not design-build quotes, and any contractor who lands there after a site visit is describing a smaller scope.
What moves your number
- Layout changes (moving plumbing/gas) — the biggest single lever
- Cabinet tier: refacing < stock < semi-custom < inset custom
- Countertop material and island size
- Systems discovered in 1970s–90s homes: panels, polybutylene, soffit ductwork
Add a 10% contingency, as local guides advise — older Marietta homes earn it. Then get the scope in writing with inclusions and exclusions, which is how our kitchen remodeling estimates are built.
The permit line nobody mentions
Layout and plumbing changes are permitted work. City of Marietta fee: $4 per $1,000 of construction cost plus $50 via SagesGov; unincorporated Cobb has its own schedule. A quote with no permit line for a layout-changing kitchen is a quote missing a cost you will meet later.
A worked example: the same kitchen at two scopes
Take a typical 1980s East Cobb kitchen, 200 square feet, footprint unchanged. At the minor-remodel scope Cost vs. Value 2025 (Atlanta) prices at $28,359, the work is a face-lift: cabinet boxes stay and get new fronts, counters and a standard appliance package swap, floor and layout untouched — which is why that scope can post a 111.8% recoup in the report. At the major midrange scope priced at $79,591, the same room is gutted: semi-custom cabinets, a moved sink or range with the plumbing and electrical that follows, new flooring through the adjoining rooms, and the inspections each trade triggers. Neither number is 'the cost of a kitchen' — they are two different projects sharing a room, and the written scope, not the headline figure, is what your budget should be built on.