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Kitchen Remodel Cost
I've always wanted to remodel our kitchen. We need new floors, counter tops, cabinets and would like to remove soffits above our kitchen cabinets. We have a large breakfast bar that looks over our family room that would also need countertop. We have newish white appliances and would probably go basic with the
remodel, laminate counters, etc, because that's typical for our neighborhood and we are not
planning to stay more than 8 more years, likely closer to 5. I'm seeing people say they are remodeling a kitchen for $8-10,000. Are you doing the work yourself?My husband doesn't enjoy home improvement projects so that won't be happening here. I'm in Mpls, so MCOL. Any ideas on the cost or where to start? I would like to start a savings account for this specific project.
Re: Kitchen Remodel Cost
All work, demo and trash pick up will be done by us. Friends and family will probably help out. I am not willing to spent twice that much when I know we can do the work. I see it this way lots of things we don't like to do, but to save money sure we will do it. If your H does know how to do a kitchen- I would look into it, you could do a bit every weekend. Depending on size of kitchen, remodel or whatever could be anywhere from 15k and up-. My parents are having someone redo theirs, basic raised ranch counter tops, cabinets, ceilings, floors, fixing walle- 18k.
lol that you say this like it's so far-fetched. Many of us do that too.
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Ditto. You get a better deal no financing and offering real money on the table. And the benefit not having a bill really is priceless. Something like a kitchen is not a need unlike a car though.
That is debatable.
No, no it's not. As long you can cook in it a new one is not a need.
OP, I did an entire remodel for 6k (IKEA) and then in our new house we went the custom cabinets, ss appliances, granite route for 20k. It just depends. On the 6k kitchen we did the work ourselves.
I'd call around an have a few people come and give you estimates.
Sure everything is up for debate... If you already have a kitchen even if its old, for example ours is 35 years old, yes its nasty and old- but functional- I can cook in it. In the end if you want to finance why not if you can and can afford the bill. Personally I don't like having another loan above me holding me back.
There was a really good issue of Consumer Reports a couple of years ago that did a "what you get for the money" kitchen redo budget. Here's the breakdown (based on their costs).
$5000 - repaint cabinets, new hardware, new paint, cheap appliances, laminate countertops, vinyl tile floor, mostly DIY
$10,000 - reface cabinets, new hardware, new paint, mid-range appliances, laminate flooring, tile counters, some DIY
$20,000 - new cabinets, new hardware, new paint, high level appliances, ceramic tile flooring, quartz or marble countertop, tile backsplash, some DIY
Obviously these are very general prices, and it really depends on what types of materials you want to use and how much you're willing to DIY. If your cabinets are in good shape, maybe you can paint them to give them a fresh look. Decide what you want, then price it out and see what you can do yourself, and you'll get a more specific number.
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Yeah but the interest is the only part that is deductable. So if you are paying very little interest because your loan is so low, the deduction won't account for much. For what it's worth I would pay cash for something like a kitchen because it's a 'want' and not a 'need', unless the kitchen isn't working at all.
Side note: How do you even take out a loan for a kitchen, or a roof, or siding, etc? Is it just a home equity loan? Are those easy to get these days?
I pay for my remodels and my cars in cash. This is not weird.
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Thanks for weighing in!
Don't worry, it won't be financed. I'm on board with MM on being conservative with debt.
This made me laugh. Thank you, dex.
Our is currently in the $10k range & I expect we'll spend another $800-1k before we're done. So far we've put in new porcelain tile floors, new cabinets + added about twice as much cabinetry, new dishwasher, new solid surface countertops, new plumbing, new electrical, replastering one entire wall and fixing plaster on some other spots.
We've done all the work ourselves along with one good friend who we paid to help us. We still have to put in a new ceiling and new lighting, and finish refinishing all of the woodwork that we tore off.
Someone needs a lesson in needs vs. wants. If you can cook in your current kitchen your needs are satisfied.
Yes, we did it for ~8k, but did most of the work ourselves.
We hired out for the electrician, plumbing, and the mudding part of the dry wall.
Electrician = $950
Plumbing and gas line move = $1300
Mudding = $250
We did it in the winter, which is when a lot of these guys are low on work. So, that saved us money big time because we could wheel and deal. If you won't be doing any of the work yourself, you probably won't be able to get close to 10k.
Do you guys have a family member you could pay to help walk your DH through the process?
For materials our expenses were roughly as follows:
Cabinets (ikea we put them together ourselves) ~ 3500
Dry-wall, nails, screws and wood for hanging drywall and soffits ~650
Electrical wiring ~200 (has copper so it's expensive!!)
Electrical Outlets/plate covers ~200
Lighting boxes ~250
Floor Tile ~200
Backsplash ~300
Dishwasher ~500
Countertop ~0 - We had a friend with extra material and we fabricated it ourselves. This was a huge cost savings. If we would have had the countertops professsionally fabricated it would have been ~2000
Misc ~500 This includes all the stupid little things you can never think of, like extra tools you have to buy, or glue, or grout spacers etc.
Oh, and I forgot my favorite thing. My overstock deal of my single bowl Kraus sink for $200 delivered to my door. (this and my dishwasher are my fave things actually and funny enough, I hate doing dishes, these two items just make doing dishes more bareable)
Thank you! We should be starting soon!!
We have a small kitchen. We kept our hardwood floors, didn't change the line of the kitchen and didn't need any new appliances.
For a basic subway tile backsplash, demo, paint (including patching the dry wall in some places), new cabinets and under cabinet lighting, our total came to 8K. We shopped around and didn't do a lick of it ourselves. Our cabinets are all wood and we have one glass front cabinet but they aren't top of the line.
also granite was included in that price, realizing now, we did get a very good deal. We live in a MCOL area. If I can figure how to post pictures, I will. I have a bunch on my phone but don't know how to upload because the phone is new.
we did bundle, our total price is 22K because we remodeling both upstairs bathrooms (one gut, one partial), adding crown molding to the whole house, fixing some dry wall issues and painting. We have a few more weeks left and then it will all be done. Our house is 37 years old and we wanted these updates. I'll agree, at least for us, it was a want not a need. We did finance ours. We hadn't had debt in years (besides our house) but we decided to go for it. We got a very low interest rate because of our credit scores and we are paying it like a car payment. So just wanted to disclose that, I'm not MMers to the core.
Our kitchen is on the small side 12x10 galley and we definitely are in our "starter" house so we didn't go crazy on our remodel but our budget was:
2400 - Cabinets, in stock from HD. Not fantastic quality but they look nice and work just fine. DIY Installation
950 - Granite - Went to a local granite place and got a clearance slab Price is for slab and installation
500 - Tile 100 for the tile (clearance from HD) 400 for removal of previous floor and sub floor, new subfloor installation, tile, grout, and sealing.
400 - Backsplash and Grout DIY Install
100 - New faucet.
So 4350 for everything. We are really happy with the way it came out. If you shop around you can find deals.
Wow! Tell me more about how long cabinet installation took you and who installed your tile (also HD?)
There are a lot of deals right now for kitchen cabinets, countertops, flooring and appliances.
Cabinets home depot has OK quality unfinished oak cabinets - about $150 or so per linear foot for upper and lowers combined. IKEA and HD also have special order cabinets that can be very competitively priced - both are offering 10 to 20% off now because the remodeling business is pretty slow. Using granite tiles for counter tops can save some money if you do it your self or find someone who gives you a good price on labor. For some reason i havent ever found someone who gave a really good price AND would do a good job on tile so i have learned to do it on my own. Finding prefab granite countertops can save a lot of $ too. countertops are 20 to 40% less then they were a few years ago. if you hvae standard sized appliances considering using them for a while in your new kitchen and wait until they break/fail before replacing. Will save a lot of $ and is "greener" then ditching them now just because the dont match. you can find more tips on saving $ on remodeling at the website www.saveonmyremodel.com also the website www.remodelormove.com has a cool kitchen remodeling cost calculator that doesnt require many details and allows you to select different amounts of labor that you want to hire versus do yourself.