Kitchen with a waterfall stone island, bar seating and exposed timber beams over a wide opening

Kitchen remodeling in La Quinta

Cove homes against the Santa Rosas and the gated resort communities that ring the PGA West courses.

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In businessServing the Coachella Valley since 2007

LeadershipPalm Springs native

LicensedGeneral Building Contractor since 2001

EducationB.S. in Construction Management

LicenseCSLB #788530

A hands-on general contractor, working one-on-one with every client in La Quinta.

A kitchen is the most requested remodel and the least forgiving, because everything in it has to work before it can look like anything. Sunterra handles the layout, the cabinetry, the stone and the tile as one job rather than four trades pointed at the same room.

Working in La Quinta means knowing its lots, its architecture and its permitting — not treating it as an anonymous dot on a service map. Darrin Coffin has built across the Coachella Valley since 2007, and stays hands-on from the first walkthrough to the final punch list.

About Darrin Coffin

Selected work

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Front elevation of a desert modern home with stacked stone columns and a wide concrete driveway — Custom Residence
Custom residential construction

Open living room and kitchen with a linear fireplace, stone feature wall and marble island seating — Residential Remodel
Remodeling and additions

Backyard pool at dusk beside a covered patio with string lights and a lit fire bowl — Outdoor Living
Pool, patio and fire features

Wood roof trusses and framed walls of a building under construction, with palm trees and mountains behind — Commercial Construction
Framing in progress

What this includes

Cabinetry, countertops, tile and the layout underneath them.

All kitchen remodeling

Cabinetry — white oak, slim shaker, painted and custom millwork
Quartz, granite and natural stone countertops
Backsplash, floor and feature tile installation
Layout changes, wall removal and island relocation
Appliance, plumbing fixture and lighting coordination

Most kitchen problems are decided before a single cabinet is ordered. Where the plumbing and gas already run, whether the wall you want opened is carrying load, how far the panel will stretch for an induction range — those answers set the budget, and finding them late is what turns a fixed price into a moving one.

What clients ask for right now is consistent: white oak in a slim shaker, a tonal quartz counter, warm neutrals rather than grey. Darrin will build that. He will also tell you which parts of it are cheap to change in ten years and which are not, because the cycle turns and the cabinet boxes are the part you will not want to redo.

3-D Rendering

See your vision take shape

Working with your architect and designer, detailed 3-D renderings let you explore architectural direction, cabinetry, tile, stone, colour and outdoor living before anything is built.

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What clients say

“Darrin's candid and professional style convinced us that Sunterra could accomplish our goals. He helped us avoid costly, unnecessary decisions and led us toward our goals with the quality we wanted. Within the month we had a dazzling new kitchen and bathrooms. My family and I highly recommend Sunterra because they will stand by their work!”

Rob & Lisa