Home remodeling in Huntington, NY

What this page covers

This page focuses on kitchen, bathroom and interior renovation planning for owners of single-family and two-family houses in the Town of Huntington. Structural alterations, additions and new construction are not current planned services. Project availability and service-area approval have not been established.

Kitchen and bath scope

First, separate a room refresh from a layout change

Start a kitchen brief with three columns: keep, replace and investigate. Cabinets and counters may go in the replace column, while the location of a sink, a wall or a ventilation route may need investigation. Do not assume an attractive reference image establishes what is feasible in your house.

For a bathroom, describe whether the objective is easier daily use, more storage, a different fixture arrangement or a coordinated finish update. State whether this is the only bathroom available to the household. These details give an estimator a better starting point than a request for a single generic remodel price.

Use the kitchen remodeling and bathroom remodeling pages for scope examples. The layout and storage guide provides a separate decision checklist.

Town or village

Confirm which building office covers the property

The Town of Huntington's Building & Housing Division reviews building and site plans, issues building permits, inspects construction as it progresses and issues Certificates of Occupancy. The town's online application instructions tell owners of property in an incorporated village to contact their village for permitting information.

A town knowledge-base article names those villages as Asharoken, Huntington Bay, Lloyd Harbor and Northport, and says the permit function there is handled by village building officials. Suffolk County's list of villages in the Town of Huntington names the same four.

Town permit portal

Match the brief to the town's online application types

The Building & Housing page links an online permit portal, and the town's online-application instructions say permit applications must be submitted on the town's application portal. The two pages print different web addresses; when checked on 2026-11-08, the address on the instructions page redirected to the same portal that the division page links.

The instructions list separate application types, including a Residential Building Permit, a Residential Express Permit, a Residential Replacement Permit, an Amendment for an existing active building permit and a Plumbing Permit. They ask applicants to select the permit type carefully before paying a non-refundable application fee, and say a "Citizen Service" account is required to submit any application.

Prepare a brief that can be priced consistently

Write down the rooms involved, the items to retain, the items to replace and the decisions that remain open. Include existing plans or permit records if you have them, reference pictures, preferred materials and any household access constraints. Label unknown conditions as unknown instead of asking bidders to make incompatible assumptions.

A useful comparison asks each bidder to identify selections, allowances, exclusions, responsibility for required specialist work and how changes will be documented. Read how to compare remodeling estimates before reducing the decision to the lowest total.

Plan around the way the house is used

For a single-room project, list which spaces must stay accessible. For a wider renovation, decide whether the kitchen, bathrooms and living areas should be discussed together or in phases. In a two-family house, identify shared access and occupied space without assuming that a particular layout or use is approved.

The whole-home planning guide helps organize that conversation. Any occupancy, tenant, safety or regulated-work question needs the relevant professional review before work is offered.