Kitchen Remodeling in North Richland Hills, TX

North Richland Hills, a northeast Tarrant city of about 70,000, is mostly 1960s to 1980s houses plus the newer HomeTown NRH neighborhood. That split shapes kitchen remodeling in North Richland Hills more than anything else: older homes often want walls moved and floors matched, while HomeTown houses mostly want finishes upgraded. We drive out from Lake Highlands, about 50 minutes and 37 miles, and schedule each consultation by appointment so the trip count fits the scope.

How a Loop 820 Project Runs From Our Lake Highlands Base

The drive comes west on SH-183 past DFW Airport, then up to Loop 820. Once you book a weekday visit, Arian or Ax, who lead our projects, walks the house, checks the attic and framing if a wall is in question, and talks budget. Next you get a drawn layout, a selections list and the estimate in writing.

Permits come from the City of North Richland Hills, which runs its own building inspection office. State-licensed trades do the plumbing (TSBPE) and wiring (TDLR), and we schedule work so inspections land before walls close.

Older NRH Houses: Closed Kitchens, Hidden Floors and 1970s Baths

The typical older house here is a one-story brick home on a slab with a kitchen walled off from the family room. Opening that wall is the obvious layout question, and in many homes it carries load, which means a beam and a permit. The steps are laid out in our guide to taking out a load-bearing kitchen wall.

Floors come next. Some homes of this era have oak strip flooring under the carpet, and refinishing it may beat replacing it once a wall is gone. Others need new floor that runs through both rooms without a seam. Bathrooms of the 1970s tend to hang on to their original fixtures, and paint in pre-1978 houses must be handled under the EPA lead-safe RRP rule.

Boulevard 26, Smithfield and HomeTown: Reading an NRH Address

An NRH address is a decent first guess at what a remodel will find. In general, the city grew from south to north. The oldest one-story brick neighborhoods sit nearest Loop 820 and Boulevard 26, where North Richland Hills meets Richland Hills and Haltom City. The northern end, around the old Smithfield community and the Iron Horse Golf Course, filled in later, and HomeTown is newer still.

TEXRail, the commuter line between downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport that opened in 2019, stops at two stations inside the city, North Richland Hills/Iron Horse and North Richland Hills/Smithfield. That does not change a kitchen plan, but it marks how far north the city reaches.

The practical split for a remodel: in the southern neighborhoods, plan on a lead-paint test for pre-1978 trim, a look at the electrical panel and possibly a structural wall. Farther north, the house usually needs finishes and storage more than new systems. We confirm which applies at the first visit, before any design work.

Where North Richland Hills Fits on Our Map

Nothing from North Richland Hills appears in our published projects or reviews so far. What we can say: the city sits on Loop 820, about 37 miles from Lake Highlands, and borders Watauga, Haltom City and Richland Hills. We also serve nearby Hurst and Colleyville.