About Primerconference

Kitchens in Shared Buildings

Primerconference is a kitchen remodeling company in Bellevue, Washington, and most of what we do happens above the ground floor. Our work is concentrated in downtown condominium towers and the mid-rise buildings around Old Bellevue and Meydenbauer Bay, where a kitchen remodel means working with a property manager, a building engineer and a set of house rules as well as with the owner.

We took on that kind of work on purpose. A lot of remodelers treat a condo like a small house and discover the differences halfway through: the tall pantry that will not turn the corner out of the elevator, the dumpster that is not allowed at the curb, the hood that has nowhere to vent, the drain that cannot move because it runs through a slab shared with the unit below. Each of those surprises costs an owner time and money, and a few of them cost a relationship with the neighbors.

How We Work

We start with paperwork. Before a design meeting, we read your building’s alteration agreement and house rules, and we ask the manager how elevator reservations, loading dock access and noisy work hours are handled. The scope we propose is one the building can approve.

We keep the owner informed in plain language. You will know which choices affect the approval, which ones affect the schedule, and which ones only affect the look. When a refresh would do the job better than a full remodel, we say so.

We are careful with the building. Elevator cabs get padded, corridors get runners, debris leaves in covered carts, and loud work stays in the hours the rules allow.

What We Will Not Do

We do not skip the association’s review to get started sooner, cut into a concrete slab without scanning and written approval, or touch a sprinkler head without the building’s fire protection contractor. We also do not invent features for a kitchen your building cannot support.

Talk to Us

If you own a condo in Bellevue and are thinking about the kitchen, call (425) 342-3151. Our office is at 233 Forest Dr SE, Bellevue, WA 98007. Have your building’s rules handy if you can.