Holod's Kitchen & Bath — Local services in Whitemarsh Township

We highly recommend Holod’s Kitchen and Bath, in particular Bill Cuevas as designer and project manager. Bill is professional, responsive, and fair. Our redesigned kitchen is functional and beautiful, which makes it a pleasure to cook in every day.

My husband and I had our kitchen and a powder room renovated in the summer of 2022. The planning process began in January 2022, when we chose a package that included design, a commitment to purchase cabinetry, flooring, and tile through Holod’s, and contractor services to carry out the project. (Another option is to work with your own contractor, but we didn’t have anyone else in mind.)

During the winter months, we had several meetings with Bill who gave us a total of three different layouts, taking our input into account after each one. We were dealing with a small kitchen and adjacent breakfast nook that would be combined into one eat-in kitchen. (I might be the only person in the world who didn’t want an island.) Bill consistently found us mid-priced, quality options like our Yorktowne cabinetry. The most challenging and priciest parts of the renovation included knocking down a semi-structural wall, removing radiators and adding radiant floor heat, and exterior masonry work (shout-out to Dan from Restoration Stoneworks of North Wales!).

There are a couple appliance houses and fixture stores that Holod’s allows you to work with. Bill was helpful with narrowing down our design choices. Our contractors then installed all the items.

In April we met our assigned contractor, Mike, who is one of the chillest men on Earth, and got our estimate for the work. Over the summer, he efficiently managed the subcontractors, including our day-to-day subcontractor, Freddy and his assistant, Caesar. Both these men were respectful, hardworking, and skilled.

I’m very happy with how inevitable “hiccups” were handled. Our quartz stopped production right before installation day and while we were out of the country. The bathroom wallpaper finally was delivered after being on backorder, then immediately recalled due to defective adhesive. I wanted tab pulls as hardware for lower kitchen cabinets and drawers, but couldn’t find ones I loved. In each case, Bill was forthright and helpful. I’m sure there were more hiccups that we never even knew about because he just handled them.

Punch List items were all taken care of throughout the fall, slowly but surely.

Reasons we love Bill: Besides being communicative and friendly, he has great ideas! He really listens and gives great options based on our feedback. He got behind my quirky ideas, namely a fuchsia vanity and flashy bathroom wallpaper, making my vision even better with his art deco touches. Some of our favorite aspects of the kitchen, such as two-tone upper and lower cabinets, quartz windowsills, and decorative lighting fixtures, happened only because of Bill’s vision.

What we’d do differently: Make sure there’s a place to store large appliances. We had to take out a pricey swivel pull-out to accommodate our instant pot and stand mixer. Meet with contractor prior to figure out the set-up of our temporary living space during reno. There’s so much dust. Every last fork and cup should have been in a closed bin, but we didn’t recognize that from the jump. The appliance dealer, Keiffer’s, ended up not placing orders when they said they did, then didn’t fess up. We wish we would have chosen differently.

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My kitchen remodel of a decade ago needed a 'refresh' and the folks at Holod were super in helping me choose a new backsplash tile that reflected my 'traditional' tastes but updated the look to a more contemporary trend, including recommending colors and patterns that I may not have considered- but which resulted in a kitchen that is now lighter and brighter.

They also arranged installation of new under-cabinet lighting and breakfast island lighting, providing referrals to a supplier that offered great, high-quality lighting choices. Work was completed promptly and the installation professionals were great to work with. When my own 'mistake' created a last-minute crisis, they worked with the tile installer to accommodate extra work needed to get the look I wanted. Stacia and Nina provided the kind of customer service that I would not have expected for less than a full...

Don't buy your tile here. The purchasing experience seemed nice. I was told by their rep to get just what I needed because they had plenty in their warehouse. Awesome. When it came time to fill the order, I was told the tile would be here in a week. I called one week later to see if the order came in AND THEY HADN'T EVEN PLASED IT!!! ok, so two weeks later the tiles showed up. Off to the races, right? Wrong!!! We got the amount I needed, the contractor broke a few and we needed one more box. No problem, they have plenty in their warehouse, right? WRONG! Two months wait for another box. Holods are incompetent liars. Go...