Rental Kitchen Refresh in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group refreshes a single rental kitchen for homeowners and individual landlords getting one property ready for a new tenant or a sale: paint, hardware, minor repairs, and the kind of cosmetic update that makes a kitchen show well without the cost or timeline of a full remodel. Build a preliminary online estimate, or call (614) 382-0000 to get your kitchen scheduled.

Is this what you’re seeing?

• A tenant has moved out (or is about to) and the kitchen needs to look fresh before the next lease or a sale
• Cabinets that are structurally fine but dated, scuffed, or in need of new hardware rather than full replacement
• Walls, trim, or cabinet doors that need paint to look presentable in listing photos or a showing
• Minor repairs, a loose cabinet hinge, a chipped countertop edge, a leaky faucet, that have piled up between tenants
• Wanting the kitchen to show well without committing to a full remodel budget or timeline
• A single property, not a portfolio, and you’re managing this yourself rather than through a property management company

How pricing works

Rental Kitchen Refresh is scope-based pricing built around a walkthrough of your specific kitchen, priced per item rather than a blanket remodel rate.

• Paint. Cabinet doors, walls, and trim are priced separately, since a full cabinet repaint is a different scope than a wall-and-trim refresh alone.
• Hardware. Cabinet pulls, knobs, and hinges are priced per set, an easy, high-impact update that changes how dated a kitchen looks without touching the cabinet boxes themselves.
• Minor repairs. Loose hinges, chipped countertop edges, leaky faucets, and similar punch-list items are each priced individually so a longer list stays easy to review.
• What changes the price: how much of the kitchen is being painted, whether hardware needs new drilling for different spacing, and how many minor repair items are on the list.

As general market context, not a Transit & Flow Group quote, HomeAdvisor’s 2025 data on cosmetic kitchen refresh projects, cabinet painting, hardware, and minor repairs, cites typical costs in the roughly $1,500 to $4,500 range, well below a full kitchen remodel. Enter your kitchen’s details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• A documented walkthrough of the kitchen with a written, itemized scope
• Cabinet door, wall, and trim painting as scoped
• Cabinet hardware replacement (pulls, knobs, hinges)
• Minor repairs: loose hinges, chipped countertop edges, leaky faucets, and similar punch-list items
• Coordination with your target tenant move-in or listing date

What’s not included

• Cabinet or countertop replacement, covered under our Kitchen Remodeling page if the kitchen needs more than a cosmetic refresh
• Layout changes, plumbing relocation, or electrical work beyond the minor repairs scoped
• Appliance purchase or major appliance replacement
• Portfolio-wide rental turnover programs; if you manage multiple properties and want standardized pricing and one point of contact across a portfolio, our Property Solutions division’s rental turnover and make-ready services, using the “Request Property Support” process, are the better fit

Central Ohio context

Most of the rental kitchen refresh calls we get come from individual landlords with one or two properties, or homeowners preparing to sell, rather than property managers running a larger portfolio. Older rental stock in neighborhoods like Linden, Hilltop, and Whitehall often carries small deferred kitchen items forward from tenant to tenant, worn hardware, scuffed cabinet doors, a faucet that’s been dripping longer than anyone wants to admit, that add up to a kitchen that shows poorly even though nothing is actually broken in a major way. Newer rental units in areas like Grove City and Dublin tend to start from a cleaner baseline but can still show builder-grade wear faster than expected after a lease or two. In both cases, a cosmetic refresh timed around your turnover window is usually enough to make the kitchen show well again without the cost of a full remodel.

Our process

1. Describe your kitchen online. Condition, target tenant or listing date, and photos, in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. Walkthrough and scope. We inspect the kitchen and build an itemized refresh scope, confirming price before work begins.
3. Refresh visit. Paint, hardware, and minor repairs are completed, working around your timeline.
4. Final walkthrough. We confirm the kitchen is ready to show, with photos.
5. Handoff. You receive the photo record and scope summary, and the kitchen is ready for its next tenant or its next showing.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.

Related services

If you manage a portfolio of rental properties rather than a single kitchen, our Property Solutions division’s rental turnover and make-ready services, using the “Request Property Support” process, are the better fit. If your kitchen needs more than a cosmetic refresh, see our Kitchen Remodeling page. Ready to get one kitchen show-ready before your next tenant or showing? Build a preliminary online estimate in the Estimate Builder, book online, or call Transit & Flow at (614) 382-0000.