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What is the Most Expensive Part of a Kitchen Remodel?

March 26, 2021 By Webmaster

What is the Most Expensive Part of a Kitchen Remodel?

Going through a complete kitchen remodel is an excellent way of improving your household. It increases home value, provides your home a “breath of fresh air” feeling, and allows you to make a home truly yours. The euphoria of going through this process wears off when you realize the cost is way over whatever increase in home value you want. Where is all this money going?

Typically, the most expensive part of your kitchen remodeling process is the cabinets. Depending on the materials and labor required, cabinets’ cost can be up to $20 thousand. This number is assuming that you plan to replace all of your cabinets.

In the rest of this article, we plan on digging into methods you can use to save money on your kitchen remodel costs.

Four Ways to Save Money on Your Kitchen Remodelling Costs

With the high cost of any kitchen remodel process, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the whole process. With these four tips to save money, we hope to take some of the burdens off of your wallet:

Stick to a Budget

The beginning of any good kitchen remodel process is to create a budget. You will have a good idea of how much it should generally cost your goals from a bit of material and labor research.

This research will allow you to set a priorities list to know what you can cut first. It may also give you more opportunities to add extras if you happen to be under budget.

Buy Used or Wholesale

It’s easy for us to stick with new materials and products. Many retailers would be happy to handle the entire project for you. But, if you happen to have access to lightly used material or something you can buy on bulk sale, you can save some money.

Do some research on buy and sell pages. If you plan on buying used, be sure to inspect the products for quality. If you feel uncertain, bring along a contractor friend.

Don’t compromise on something you want for savings. If you like this kitchen to be truly yours for the long-term, make sure it’s something you could see yourself staring at for years to come.

Keep Appliances and Sinks Where They Are

Besides cabinets, having to rearrange electrical outlets or plumbing can easily be just as expensive. This type of renovation may also require you to hire an additional plumber, which can easily add to your budget.

If you can avoid it, try and leave fridges, stoves, sinks, and dishwashers where they are.

Get it Right the First Time

If you hire a contractor that puts in no effort, it’s going to show. Rehiring may involve a legal battle with the old contractor and the need to hire a new contractor. If you hire someone to remodel your kitchen, make sure you hire someone who has the experience to do it right the first time.  

Final Thoughts

Kitchen renovation is one of the most expensive investments you can make. However, creating a budget, buying used, and keeping appliances where they are can save you money. To make sure you don’t have to hire a second contractor, contact Bertone for more ideas on how this can save you money.

Filed Under: blog, kitchen cabinets, Kitchen Cabinets Scarborough

Repair or Replace Your Kitchen Cabinets?

April 25, 2016 By Webmaster

Kitchen Cabinets ScarboroughCabinets are the indispensable element of any modern kitchen. They’re not only essential for food, dishware, cutlery and other storage but in most kitchens they’re the single largest visual element. Because of this your entire kitchen will suffer aesthetically once the face of your cabinets start to show their age. Restoring the look and vitality of your kitchen then will come down to a choice: to repair/reface the cabinets or simply replace them. In this post we’ll make a case for the latter.

Kitchen Cabinets Scarborough: The Case to Replace

Once kitchen cabinets become a bit long in the tooth it’s time to decide whether to repair them – typically by refacing them – or to simply rip them out and replace them. There are 3 main advantages to repairing your kitchen cabinets in Scarborough:

  • Shorter downtime for your kitchen – Refacing your cabinets is quicker than having new ones designed and fabricated, having the old ones removed and then installing the new ones. You’ll likely be able to use your kitchen without much disruption throughout the process.
  • A wide range of available styles and finishes – You have an incredible array of options when it comes to new faces you can apply to the old cabinets. You won’t have to worry about finding the look that’s right for you.
  • Environmentally responsible – Refacing your cabinets creates less debris which makes it a more sustainable, environmentally friendly choice than total cabinet replacement. You won’t be contributing to already overflowing landfills.

Those are all pretty good reasons to consider repairing/refacing your old kitchen cabinets in Scarborough. Now let’s take a look at the advantages of replacing the old cabinets outright.

  • A fresh start – If you’re serious about giving your kitchen a makeover you’ll also want to address shortcomings in the size, number and distribution of your old cabinets at the same time you address their exterior appearance. To do that there’s no substitute for new cabinets.
  • Long term durability – In most cases cabinets that are being replaced are already 20-30 years old or more. They’ve not only become unattractive but inside they’ve absorbed a lifetime of dirt and grime and their joins have been loosened by decades of expanding and contracting. It won’t be long after you reface them that you’ll need to think about replacing them anyway.
  • ROI – New kitchen cabinets are considered a mid-level kitchen renovation project and as such you can expect an ROI in the neighbourhood of 70-75%. That’s a pretty nice neighbourhood. By contrast simply refacing the cabinets will typically return something like 50-55% of what you spent; and they’ll need to be replaced sooner rather than later anyway.

There are good arguments to be made on both sides of the issue but if you’re interested in long term usefulness, return on investment, a serious upgrade in functionality and the sparkling new face you’d get from refacing then replacement kitchen cabinets in Scarborough is the way to go. Talk to the pros and Bertone Woodworking to find out more about how new kitchen cabinets can benefit your home.

 

Filed Under: Kitchen Cabinets Scarborough

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