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DjPiLL
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To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
How much did you spend on your new kitchen and what did you get exactly?
I am more interested in how much it cost if you had somebody come in and do the work because we all know the cost of labor is easily as much as the parts.
If you have a picture of what you put in... feel free to post it. 
I am trying to get an idea how much cheaper a house that needs a new kitchen should be as compared to a house that already has a nice one.
TIA!
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Posted by DjPiLL
How much did you spend on your new kitchen and what did you get exactly?
I am more interested in how much it cost if you had somebody come in and do the work because we all know the cost of labor is easily as much as the parts.
If you have a picture of what you put in... feel free to post it.
I am trying to get an idea how much cheaper a house that needs a new kitchen should be as compared to a house that already has a nice one.
TIA!
pill...you can't gauge how much of a difference in price 2 houses will be solely based on whether or not there is a new kitchen in it. there are so many factors that determine the house price, like area, school district, lot size, etc. you can have two identical homes, in the same town, 2 different school districts, and one with a new kitchen, and the price could vary drastically b/c of the difference in school district, lot size, etc. (or be similar in price b/c of those same factors)
also, for example, you can put in a $50,000 kitchen and only get back 20% on your investment, or put in a $25,000 kitchen, and get back that same investment. it depends.
am i making sense? (its late)..
Message edited 8/26/2005 1:06:35 AM.
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DjPiLL
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Yeah definitely making sense.
I guess a better question would be... I am just trying to figure out how much a new kitchen would cost.
Forget the area, lot size, etc. I can do all those numbers myself.
I am a pretty good judge on area, lot size, value.
I am just not a home-improvement expert... thats all.
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MrsERod
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
well in that case, i can only tell you what my aunt and uncle spent, ROUGHLY, on their new kitchen. they GUTTED the place. new wiring, raised the ceiling...granite countertops, all stainless steel appliances, ceramic tile, and custom cabinets w/mouldings...they spent about $30K for everything. of course, you don't have to spend THAT much, because they went with higher end cabinetry, not to mention the granite alone is 
i would imagine you can put in a decent enought kitchen for around $10-20K
eta: my uncle did alot of the work himself too, so they save $$ that way.
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DjPiLL
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Thats what I figured. Did they have a large kitchen... or an average sized one?
I was hoping to do it in the 15k range (on average).
In the past I was only considering houses that were already renovated or needed minimal work. But now that I am starting to look in Nassau... I have to think otherwise.
I am so handy-illiterate when it comes to home improvements. I just want to make sure I have all my facts straight so I can go in and make a sound decision on what I can do and how much things would cost to improve/fix on a house.
Thanks for your input on this. I'll see what some others say tomorrow as it is time for bed now!
I DJed three nights in a row and I am burnt.
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DjPiLL
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Posted by MrsERod
eta: my uncle did alot of the work himself too, so they save $$ that way.
See thats where I am a little concerned. I will be doing ZERO of the work.  So I need numbers that include everything... including labor.
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MrsERod
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
their kitchen is about 13x14 (i would say that's an average size, give or take)
eta: i'd probably add at least another $5k for labor
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
We had a family member do our labor (he has a business) and it was 7K for labor alone. We also closed up where the original door was and put in a sliding glass door on the opposite wall and replaced the window with a smaller one. That accounts for the higher labor.
My FIL is a semi-retired kitchen designer/contractor.
We have a small kitchen so to maximize space we did custom (they are higher than usual) kitchen cabinets. This tripled the cabinet space. My SIL was re-doing her kitchen two months earlier and all of her appliances were only three years old so we took them in a truck from MA (that saved us $$$). The cabinets were a wedding gift from my in-laws... my FIL gets them at "cost" and I think he paid 11K. not sure he won't tell me.
He recently told us the retail price of our kitchen is $45,000.
FM me with any questions you have. I speak to him every day.
Sorry the pic is so small.
If you are comparing houses... a house down the block from ours is selling for $429K and we are selling for $465K. What they don't have that we do? A brand new kitchen, new bathroom, new deck, 3 week old heating unit, CAC. All of that, not including the headache and the mess, is worth a lot more than the $35K price difference. Kitchen was $45K, CAC 6K, Bathroom 6K, Heating unit 4K. Image Attachment(s):
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Bxgell2
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
See thats where I am a little concerned. I will be doing ZERO of the work. So I need numbers that include everything... including labor.
Are you sure? You would be suprised at how easy some of this stuff is - like the backsplash and floor tiles, which, in and of themselves, can save you SO much money if you do it yourself. We gutted our kitchen and installed everything mostly by ourselves, with a little bit of help from a handyman who we gave about $2k. We had NEVER done anything like that before, but it came so much easier than we expected. The cabinets and counters (and island) took some time- maybe 3-4 days but that was only working 4 hours each day. The backsplash and floor tiles took one day to install ourselves... it's something to consider. Because we did most of the work ourselves, our kitchen ended up costing us a total of about $5k...
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Posted by DjPiLL
Thats what I figured. Did they have a large kitchen... or an average sized one?
I was hoping to do it in the 15k range (on average).
In the past I was only considering houses that were already renovated or needed minimal work. But now that I am starting to look in Nassau... I have to think otherwise.
I am so handy-illiterate when it comes to home improvements. I just want to make sure I have all my facts straight so I can go in and make a sound decision on what I can do and how much things would cost to improve/fix on a house.
Thanks for your input on this. I'll see what some others say tomorrow as it is time for bed now!
I DJed three nights in a row and I am burnt.
What type of work is needed to be done exactly? Or are you just generlizing?
If you do all the legwork and research, you will def find the right person(s) to do it at the right price (and yes, there are actually honest people out there), then you can do it for much less.
You can't really estimate how much the work will cost unless you know what condition the kitchen is in.. For example, if you find a house with a kitchen that has pretty decent cabinets but the countertop/backsplash, floor and appliances aren't to your liking, with much looking, you could probably do it for less than 20k.. the cabinets for my kitchen cost me 16k alone! editted to say that the 16k was with we went through a someone that my my husband knew.
Good luck!
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Posted by Bxgell2
Are you sure? You would be suprised at how easy some of this stuff is - like the backsplash and floor tiles, which, in and of themselves, can save you SO much money if you do it yourself. We gutted our kitchen and installed everything mostly by ourselves, with a little bit of help from a handyman who we gave about $2k. We had NEVER done anything like that before, but it came so much easier than we expected. The cabinets and counters (and island) took some time- maybe 3-4 days but that was only working 4 hours each day. The backsplash and floor tiles took one day to install ourselves... it's something to consider. Because we did most of the work ourselves, our kitchen ended up costing us a total of about $5k...
i agree, with some research and the proper planning, a lot of the work is actually easy.
Time consuming, but easy.
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Posted by Bxgell2
Are you sure? You would be suprised at how easy some of this stuff is - like the backsplash and floor tiles, which, in and of themselves, can save you SO much money if you do it yourself. We gutted our kitchen and installed everything mostly by ourselves, with a little bit of help from a handyman who we gave about $2k. We had NEVER done anything like that before, but it came so much easier than we expected. The cabinets and counters (and island) took some time- maybe 3-4 days but that was only working 4 hours each day. The backsplash and floor tiles took one day to install ourselves... it's something to consider. Because we did most of the work ourselves, our kitchen ended up costing us a total of about $5k...
How did you learn do to everything? Did you take those classes Home Depot sometimes does on the weekends? Or just by reading books and stuff on the internet? I'd like to have our kitchen cabinets, sink, countertop and backsplash redone, but have NO idea how to start.
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
We're in the midst of this now. We have a nice sized kitchen. I'm afraid to add all the numbers up...
Cabinets: $12K (Kraftmaid)
Countertop: ~$5K (granite)
Appliances: ~$5K (stainless)
Those are the biggies, though we also replaced the floor with hardwood, removed the drop ceiling, put in hi-hats, re-routed plumbing and opened up a wall.
We were quoted $5-10K for labor (purely installation of cabinets) but we're doing it all ourselves.
pictures when its done...
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
money magazine said the average kitchen reno is $42K...
that being said, we redid our small kitchen in our first house for under $10K, but used bottom of the line cabinets (since it was a starter place) and did ALL the work ourselves
we are looking to redo our current kitchen and are trying to stay under the $20K mark...again doing most of the work ourselves...
really - the cabinets are not hard at all
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
My parents spent close to 30,000.00 for everything. New lights Top of the line cabinets Granite counter. Tile backsplash New wiring.
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Bxgell2
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
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Posted by Bxgell2
Are you sure? You would be suprised at how easy some of this stuff is - like the backsplash and floor tiles, which, in and of themselves, can save you SO much money if you do it yourself. We gutted our kitchen and installed everything mostly by ourselves, with a little bit of help from a handyman who we gave about $2k. We had NEVER done anything like that before, but it came so much easier than we expected. The cabinets and counters (and island) took some time- maybe 3-4 days but that was only working 4 hours each day. The backsplash and floor tiles took one day to install ourselves... it's something to consider. Because we did most of the work ourselves, our kitchen ended up costing us a total of about $5k...
How did you learn do to everything? Did you take those classes Home Depot sometimes does on the weekends? Or just by reading books and stuff on the internet? I'd like to have our kitchen cabinets, sink, countertop and backsplash redone, but have NO idea how to start.
We live near a home depot (we live outside Philly) that is AMAZING. The workers know so much and are really helpful so that's where we got a lot of our informaiton, and we did end up taking a lot of the classes. We also did some research on the internet, and we hired a contractor to do a little bit of work for about $2k, and he showed us how to do some of the stuff. Like, for tiling the floor, he layed down the first few tiles, showed us how to do it and we did the rest. It was time consuming, but not nearly as complicated as I expected - very rewarding, and saved SO much money!
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DjPiLL
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Thanks for all this great information.
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| Posted 8/27/05 11:18 PM |
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Re: To Homeowners who put a new kitchen in
Kitchen installation is not all that hard. Read a print, set a level line, scale some numbers and confirm w/a home owner. Done. Backsplash, tile, etc., it is what it is. If you want to do some work than you will save big. If not, expect to pay. Fact: Kitchens and baths sell houses. Period.
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