We are looking to completely gut and remodel our 10'x20' kitchen. Including moving appliances and water/gas lines. This would also include new floors in an adjoining room which is probably 20'x20'. This does not seem absurd at all to me but my husband sure thinks so. He thinks it should cost $20k. He has no background to defend this but his argument is that I have no background to defend $50k. Which is also true.

Hi all,

Looking for opinions on the attached estimate I received for a kitchen remodel. Between the cabinet remodel/redesign and quartz countertops I am looking at ~50K. Does not include appliances, electrical, or plumbing. The images I attached to this post show a line by line on what they are charging and a total for the cabinetry and countertops. We are talking ~50 square feet of quartz. Kitchen size is ~11ft x 14 ft . Cabinets are North Point Premier. Thanks!

Title ^. I live in the same floor plan as this house and would love to do this to my kitchen. Any idea how much a remodel like this would cost? Keeping my appliances. Don’t need custom cabinets (Home Depot/Lowes is great)

Note my current house has a wall where the kitchen opens up to the living room in the video. So would need to get that removed. Thank you!

I already have new stainless steel appliances, and ill want to get a granite counter top, or comparable.

I always see adverts saying '$2500 for new kitchen!', but I don't believe that to be true.

I'm getting my 10x10 kitchen remodeled. New floors, counters, cabinets. Fridge, Microwave, sink, being reused since they're new. New stove and dishwasher.

Looking for laminate flooring, maybe granite or quartz countertops, and decent soft close cabinets. Changing one light fixture.

I realize there's not much to go on, but anyone have a ballpark what to expect. I'm going. To get a couple of quotes, but, just wondering in advance anyones guestimate so I don't have sticker shock.

In my mind I'm hoping for around 15k. Not sure if that's realistic anymore.

Thanks!

I am looking at contractors to remodel my kitchen and the estimates seem high. The Kitchen is 10x10.

I priced the cabinets at $3000.

Countertops at $1500

Flooring at $500

Keeping Appliances

Sink $150

Faucet $150

Backsplash $200

Hardware Not Included

The project does require light switch relocation, removal of drywall with patching, removal of old counters, cabinets, and flooring, and the installation of a ceiling fan that I already purchased. The estimate was $19700? Does the labor typically outweigh the materials?

EDIT 1/25/24:

For those that are curious, we FINALLY wrapped the remodel a couple days ago. Original projected completion date was end of November (which even at the time I thought sounded ambitious) so it only took ~2 months longer than expected 🙃 The kitchen was about 85%-ish done in mid-December though so we were at least able to use it. Hold ups were due to a combo of contractor scheduling delays, materials delays, and then the holidays thrown in in between.

Final spend came in right at exactly $70k, so $7k higher than what I had originally posted below
- not stoked on that but it def could've been worse. The overages were mostly due to random things like needing to replace/move a couple pipes, a bit more electric work than we thought we'd need, etc., but the single most expensive overage was the countertops (we ended up needing one and one-third quartz slabs so we had to buy two whole slabs, ugh).

There were definitely quite a few hiccups/issues/weird shit that happened along the way, which I know is to be expected - but some of it really made me go wtf. Just a couple examples of many: the appliance installers, who supposedly specialize in high-end appliance installations, hardcore damaged a few of our cabinets, the garbage disposal was installed poorly and disconnected as I was using it and flooded water everywhere, etc. Now I understand why people say renovations suck and I wish I could say I'll never do one again but that's doubtful.

There are a few things that didn't turn out quite the way I hoped (I'm definitely a perfectionist) but one thing I've learned throughout this humbling process is you need to pick and choose your battles and let some things go. Just relieved to finally have this damn kitchen.

Hi all - my partner and I are about to start work on our kitchen and wanted to get a gut check on our projected out-the-door cost based on the scope of work and our location. We don't know a lot of people who have done kitchen remodels in our area in recent years so hoping to glean some insights here. More info/context below:

Location: Los Angeles area (so HCOL)

Background context: Our house is a pretty decent size (~2000 sq ft) but the kitchen is very 90s dated with cheap-o cabinets and appliances and it's pretty dang small. It's basically a galley kitchen - about 14x8 ft. We brought on a designer first and after speaking with her and a few different contractors, we decided we'd just update the kitchen and keep the layout essentially the same/not expand it as that route would be a massive project and considerably change the layout of the adjacent parts of the house with walls, plumbing/electricity needing to be moved etc. We don't expect to live in this house for more than 5-7 years-ish so we decided it just made more sense to essentially aesthetically update it and get new appliances even though it's small.

Estimate/cost breakdown: We got estimates from 4 different contractors - three all came in around the same cost and one was quite a bit higher than the other three so we obviously ended up going with one of those three. We haven't even started work yet (demo should happen next week) but the estimates are already creeping up and that's what makes me uneasy (I know everyone says this inevitably happens but I'm admittedly frugal af and it's stressing me out). Here's the breakdown so far:

• Designer fee: $3k flat fee

• Appliances: $11k including taxes. We got a Thermador microwave + refrigerator + dishwasher + combined stove/oven bundle

• Contractor estimate: We were initially quoted ~$29k and we're now up to ~$44k before work has even started. This estimate includes:

  • Demo

  • Premium pre-fab semi-custom cabinets that they would then paint a specific color

  • Raising the weird sunken ceiling in the kitchen so it's the same height as the other rooms adjacent to it (this was a lot more $$ than both we and the designer were expecting)

  • Slightly widening one of the entryways into the kitchen (not a load-bearing wall)

  • Installation of everything (cabinets, countertops, fixtures, tile backsplash, pendants etc)

• Countertops: Haven't selected yet but our designer is budgeting $2k for quartz

• Tile + other fixtures: Our designer is estimating we can get everything else (backsplash tile, pendants, cabinet pulls, sink, etc) for no more than $3k

ESTIMATED TOTAL: Roughly ~$63k

Does this seem about right? We went into this process thinking that we could accomplish this for quite a bit less since the kitchen is pretty dang small and we're not changing the layout, but we're already being humbled to say the least.

I’m not looking to get a price quote, and I know there are a LOT of factors. Is there something to give me a ballpark to know if a remodel would be in the $1000 range? $5,000? $50,000?

Hey everyone,

I am looking to put a offer in on a house but the kitchen is dated. I am wondering a rough cost I should budget for? Looking for new appliances,Flooring, New doors on cabinets and paint the boxes, new countertops. I am in Canada not sure how much of a difference that would make

Just trying to judge how much could this potentially cost? I don’t need a fancy kitchen, just something that works, looks and feels nice for now. Only 27 and inherited a farm. Trying to judge what I’m up against. I think kitchen is one of the first parts I want to get done.

I’m not even sure if I have a gas line for a gas oven. Might have to be all electric.