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From afar, the cabinets look fine. You may be able to salvage them with new knobs. Its unlikely you will get back what you put in for a new kitchen. So just freshen up the old one for less money. Upper microwave's are very expensive. Replace with a nice fan/light.
My suggestions.
What??? You don't like the tile backsplash with fruit??
I'm not totally hung up on resale. I want to enjoy my kitchen as long as I live there. This house was built buy a cheap a$$..there are homemade bidets in every bathroom. (kitchen faucet sprayers) All materials used are low grade. However, its on the biggest lot in an upscale neighborhood. We are getting it for way below what others in the area sell for. So basically we will get it back plus some. And in the mean time..I get to enjoy a nice new kitchen.
Well, in terms of doing the least I could, to get the most out of a "flip" I agree that those cabinets are far from the worst I have seen.
If you were to get new flooring, appliances and cabinets you could EASILY spend $50K, and that is going to be VERY hard to guarantee as "money in bank" on a 2-5 time horizon.
Is there a dishwasher? I think that might mean you wanna consider a new layout, so then MAYBE new cabinets make more sense, but if you follow the suggestions of getting rid of outdated lights and trim you could save quite a bit...
The most important question is...... what is your budget? I've seen people spend 90k remodeling a kitchen.
8k - 10k including granite countertops. The appliances are not figured in that.
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If you were to get new flooring, appliances and cabinets you could EASILY spend $50K, and that is going to be VERY hard to guarantee as "money in bank" on a 2-5 time horizon.
We will have about $15k total. Considering the price we are paying..add what we are putting into it..(30k) and we will easily get our money back plus..well..alot. If it was anywhere else I would not say that. This area is a different animal. It is not a house we are buying to flip..we just know it's not where we want to stay long term. So if for some reason we couldn't recoup our money..we would just stay put for longer.
Is there a dishwasher? I think that might mean you wanna consider a new layout, so then MAYBE new cabinets make more sense, but if you follow the suggestions of getting rid of outdated lights and trim you could save quite a bit...
No..no dishwasher. Could still put one in without ripping all of the cabinets out but if we are replacing everything else then leaving the old cabinets is..to use a desertsun term..like putting on new jeans while wearing old dirty tennis shoes.
We are in the process of buying a foreclosure that needs the kitchen gutted..so I'm starting from scratch. We don't plan on keeping the house long term..maybe 2-5 yrs. It's a good deal in a very nice neighborhood. So we are remodeling while keeping in mind resale. So my question is what seems to be the most popular color of kitchen cabinets? Light..dark? I really like the vanilla creme color with antiquing..do you find clients like that? We also plan on putting in granite.
I'm not a huge fan of granite. I would rather go with slab or quartz. Since we're pretty hardcore cooks in my family, we're going with a stainless steel prep surface.
I'm not a huge fan of granite. I would rather go with slab or quartz. Since we're pretty hardcore cooks in my family, we're going with a stainless steel prep surface.
Most buyers, in my area anyway, prefer slab granite. Granite tile is not well accepted. Quartz can be very pretty and has some benefits over granite, but buyers prefer granite over anything else.
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All materials used are low grade. However, its on the biggest lot in an upscale neighborhood. We are getting it for way below what others in the area sell for. So basically we will get it back plus some. And in the mean time..I get to enjoy a nice new kitchen.
